A-E Miscellaneous Design Services

THIS IS A PROPOSED INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY TYPE (IDIQ) CONTRACT FOR MISCELLANEOUS DESIGN SERVICES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE 2 DISTRICTS (MEMPHIS AND VICKSBURG) THAT COMPRISE A PORTION OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS; BUT MAY ALSO BE USED ANYWHERE WITHIN THE GEOGRPAHICAL BOUNDARIES OR OTHER MISSIONS OF THE 6 DISTRICTS INCLUDED IN THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This pre-solicitation notice is for interested firms to submit their SF330 by 30 September 2016, 1:30pm. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). The proposed procurement listed herein will be Unrestricted. For the purpose of this procurement to qualify as a small business concern, in addition to being independently owned and operated and not dominate in the field of operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, the concern must have had average annual sales receipts for the preceding three fiscal years not exceeding $15.0 million. The services to be procured under this announcement are classified in North American Industry Classification System Code 541330. This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. A single contract will be awarded as a result of this announcement by the Memphis District. Work will be accomplished under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Type Contracts NTE $3,000,000 with a performance period of three (3) years for each contract. Specific work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E service capabilities are required for various civil works projects and support for other agencies. Work may be comprised of civil, structural, hydraulic, hydrologic, geotechnical, environmental, sanitary, electrical, mechanical, surveying, mapping, CAD and architectural design. Work may include, but is not limited to engineering support for feasibility studies, preparation of design reports, condition assessment of existing utilities, value engineering, preparation of conceptual and contract drawings, computer aided drafting, cost estimating, preparation of contract specifications, performing design analyses and preparing design-build request for proposals. Work shall be accomplished in English and/or metric units as directed. Professional design experience in civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, hydrologic, sanitary, mechanical and electrical engineering and surveying and mapping, CAD, architecture, and cost estimating is required. Capability and experience is required for design of flood damage reduction projects including channels, levees, weirs, grade control structures, drainage structures (pipes and culverts), gated structures, floodwalls and pump stations; and other projects including channel stabilization, site development, condition assessment of existing utilities, multipurpose buildings and recreational facilities. Firms must employ qualified, registered professional personnel in the following key disciplines: civil, structural, geotechnical, hydraulic, hydrologic, sanitary, mechanical and electrical engineering, surveying, geospatial, soil sampling and laboratory testing and architecture and demonstrate experience in presenting project details and/or study results using Bentley's MicroStation software to develop drawings to present project details and/or study results. Three-dimensional models may be required. Development of Building Information Models (BIM) may also be required. The contract is anticipated to be awarded on/about December 2016, with the contract period of service not to exceed three years from the contract award date, or expenditure of the contract amount, whichever occurs first. Award of any subsequent contracts will be based on projected District workload. Work to be performed is subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders with no one task order to exceed neither $1,000,000 nor the accumulated total of task orders to exceed $3,000,000 during the three year term of the contract. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria will be based on the following considerations and are listed in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A through E are primary. Criteria F and G are secondary and will only be used as a "tie-breaker," if necessary, in ranking the most highly qualified firms. A. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: The prime firm and/or its subcontractor(s) (hereinafter referred to collectively as "firm") shall have relevant, regional experience in collecting survey data, GIS mapping, hydraulic modeling, soil boring and laboratory testing, design analysis and documentation, report writing & master planning, preparation of construction drawings, preparation of specifications for small to large civil works projects including flood risk management and navigation projects, including channels, levees, and dams; irrigation and water supply projects, including channels, pipelines, pump stations, and control structures; municipal studies, including stormwater, sanitary sewer, and water distribution modeling; and ecosystem restoration studies and construction projects. The firm shall demonstrate experience using the following the software packages for study and design purposes - Microstation, Inroads, SpecsIntact, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, SewerGEMS (and/or other SWMM-based hydraulic modeling), WaterGEMS/CAD, and ArcMap. B. Professional qualifications: The firm should indicate professional registration, professional associations, advanced training, certification, and specific work experience of management and key personnel. The firm should indicate the qualifications and specific work experience of its management and key personnel in the disciplines required in Section 2 above. C. Capacity: Consideration will be given to firms that indicate the capacity to perform multiple projects simultaneously, accommodate regular meetings at the Memphis and/or Vicksburg District Office or project site and to complete work in a timely manner. D. Knowledge of locality: Consideration will be given to firms that indicate experience and knowledge of the geographic area encompassed in the Memphis and Vicksburg Districts and its terrain features, area working conditions, location of major land forms, and river basins, etc. E. Past Performance: Consideration will be given to ratings and verifiable past performance on previous DoD contracts. Consideration will also be given to firms that have above-average performance on the type of work described in paragraph 2 above. F. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and minority institutions (MI) in the contract team. Participation will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the SB, SDB, HBCU or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner, the greater the participation, the greater the consideration. G. DoD contract awards in the past 12 months. The greater the awards the lesser the consideration. In the final selection process, the most highly qualified firms will be interviewed. The contract will be awarded on or about December 2016. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities for this work must submit one paper copy and one electronic copy (in PDF format submitted on a CD) of SF 330 along with a copy of part II of each sub-consultant's SF 330 to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District, ATTN: Judy Stallion, CEMVM-CT, Memphis District, Corps of Engineers, Room 669, 167 North Main Street, Memphis, TN 38103-1894, no later than 1:30 PM (Central) 30 September 2016. Include both the solicitation number and the company's DUNS number on all submittals. Note the following restrictions on submittal - Resumes of key persons, specialists and individual consultants (Section E) anticipated for this contract will be limited to a maximum of 20 typed pages. Pages in excess of the maximum of 20 will be discarded and not used in the evaluations. Additional information (Section H) will be limited to a maximum of 20 pages. All telephone calls should be directed to Mr. Matthew Taylor, +1 (555) 000-0000 or email at contact@example.gov. *** APPOINTMENTS WILL NOT BE SCHEDULED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT *** This is not a Request for Proposal. A fee proposal will be requested at a later date. Place of Contract Performance: USACE District, Memphis 167 North Main Street, Memphis TN 38103-1894 and various locations throughout the Mississippi Valley Division's area of operations. Set Aside: Unrestricted