C--Indefinite-Delivery Contract for A-E Services for Cost Engineering and Related Services for Miscellaneous Civil Works Mainly within the State of Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands

Contract Specialist Name and Phone No: Sara D. Pines - +1 (555) 000-0000 Technical POC: Gin Hightower - +1 (555) 000-0000 This solicitation is unrestricted and is open to large and small business firms. One contract will be awarded from responses to this announcement. The contract will be an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for a period of one year from dat e of award, with options to extend for two (2) additional years. The contract will not exceed a total of three years. Work will be assigned by negotiated task orders. Maximum order limit is $1,500,000.00 for the life of the contract, including options. The primary purpose of this proposed contract is to provide services for projects located within the geographic boundaries of the Jacksonville District. Additionally, the contract may be used to provide services within the geographic boundaries of the So uth Atlantic Division. The contractor will have the right to refuse orders for services to be performed outside the geographic boundaries of the Jacksonville District. Criteria used in allocating task orders among the contracts include performance and qu ality of deliverables under current contracts, current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, equitable distribution of the work among the contractors, and other relevant factors. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work will consist of preparing construction cost estimates and related services as follows: Planning Estimates to include Rough Order of Magnitude estimates, estimates to screen alternatives, budget estimates as well as other types of estimates early in t he project cycle (up to about 50% design); Current working estimates at different discrete points in the design process as indicated in the task order; Government Estimates for projects to be used in Invitation for Bid and Requests for Proposal type solici tations; Government Estimates during construction to evaluate modifications or claims; Related estimating services will include quantity takeoffs at all estimate levels, development of construction schedules (task, equipment, cash flow), labor rate survey s, cost risk analysis and other estimating support as required in the task orders. Types of projects will include primarily Civil Works (flood control, environmental restoration, coastal, and navigation); dredging for navigation, flood control and environ mental restoration projects (not using Corps Dredge Estimating Program CDEP); Hazardous, Toxic and Radiological Waste (HTRW) projects; Minor Military Construction projects. FACTORS FOR EVALUATION IN ORDER OF PRIORITY ARE: 1. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: Firms must clearly demonstrate specialized experience and expertise in Cost Engineering. The firms must have experience in preparing estimates and quantity takeoffs for major construction projects involving complex, multi-disciplina ry teams. Firms must have demonstrated experience with Corps of Engineers (COE) Civil Works Projects. Staff shall have demonstrated experience in preparing cost estimates on large COE civil works construction projects (greater than $ 10 million), dredging projects, and Hazardous, Toxic and Radiological Waste projects. Senior Cost Engineers shall have a minimum 5 years experience in cost engineering. Lead estimators as Professional Engineers will be considered but is not required. Demonstrated experienc e with MCACES Gold is required. The firm must have the capability to perform cost estimates using the software program 'MII' as required by HQ, USACE beginning in May 2004 (or when commercially available). Note: Mll software is not currently available f or purchase and distribution. Firms will be required to have the capability to immediately implement the software and train personnel once it is available. 2. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: All engineering products to be reviewed and certified by a Pro fessional licensed Engineer. Firm must have, either in-house or through association with qualified subcontractors, U.S, registered personnel as follows: Civil, Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical. 3. PAST PERFORMANCE: Firm must demonstrate its past performance in accomplishment of s imilar work. A track record of successful bid openings on COE projects will be considered but is not required. A successful bid opening would be defined as at least one bidder in the awardable range, with no major errors or omissions from the estimate res ulting in a revised Government Estimate. Firm must submit information for current relevant contracts and subcontracts including the name, address, and telephone number of references. (Relevancy is defined in the DOD guide to collection and use of past p erformance as 'information that has a logical connection with the matter under consideration and application time span'.). Pertinent issues are ability to meet established schedules, ability to accomplish work within budgetary limitations and quality of t he delivered product. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry regarding quality and timeliness of work will be reviewed. Past DOD experience data available to the Government through the A-E Contract Administration Supp ort System (ACASS) will be utilized to obtain performance evaluations on prior contracts. Firm may include supporting information in the proposal, such as letters of commendation from clients, on past performance on recent similar contracts. Firm may al so include information on problems encountered in prior contracts and discuss actions taken to remedy unsatisfactory performance. 4. SOFTWARE AND EQUIPMENT: Firms shall have the capacity to use the following software and have the hardware platforms to p roperly run the software: Required Software: MCACES Gold 5.31; MII; RACER (latest version)* Preferred software: Microsoft Project; MicroStation (latest version); InRoads Firms must be capable of submitting all data sets on CD ROM as well as hard copies. The SF 255 submitted shall include evidence that the firm has adequate hardware and/or supporting software necessary to run the required software listed above. Firms must state a willingness to update software and equipment as required throughout the duration of the contract. *Hardware requirements for Mll include: Pentium-lll Processor (900 MHz or higher recommended), 256 MB System RAM, CD-ROM Drive, 20 GB Free Disk Space , 800x600 SVGA Video Display Card, and 17 inch monitor (19 inch or larger recommended). 5. CAPACITY TO ACCOMPLISH THE WORK IN THE REQUIRED TIME: Firms must have the capacity to proceed with work and accomplish it in a timely manner once a notice to proce ed is issued. THE FOLLOWING SECONDARY CRITERIA WILL BE USED AS TIEBREAKERS: 6. GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OF FIRM TO THE WORKSITE: Location of the firm relative to the worksite (considered the State of Florida) and demonstrating that the expertise required in items 1 and 2 above are co-located will be given preference. 7. VOLUME OF DOD CONTRACTS AWARDED: Work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense, will be reviewed with the objective of effecting equitable distribution of work among qualified A/E firm s. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms, which meet requirements described in this announcement and wish to be considered, must submit one copy each of SF 254 and SF 255 for the firm or joint venture and SF 254 for each subcontractor. In Block 4 of SF 255 li st only the office personnel for the office to perform the work which is indicated in Block 3B. Additional personnel strengths, including consultants, should be indicated parenthetically, and their source clearly identified. In Block 7G of the SF 255, in dicate specific project experience for key team members and indicate the team member's role on each listed project (architect, project manager, etc.). Submittal of supplemental attachments to SF 255 per evaluation factor s 1-5 is strongly recommended. Submittal package is to be received in this office at the address indicated below, no later than 3:00 P.M. Eastern Time on July 12, 2004. Submittals received after this date and time will not be considered. Unnecessarily elaborate brochures or other presentations beyond those sufficient to present a complete and effective response to this announcement are not desired. The Director of Defense Procurement has issued a final rule requiring that contractors must be registered in the CCR before receiving a contract from any activity of the Department of Defense. The rule authorizes contracting officers to reject offers from contractors that have not registered. (The CCR's web site may be accessed at http://www.ccr.gov). Smal l and small disadvantaged firms are encouraged to participate as prime contractors or as members of joint ventures with other small businesses. All interested firms are reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practical extent with small and small disadvantaged firms in accordance with the provisions of Public Law 95-507. If a large business firm is selected for award, the firm must comply with FAR 52.219-1, regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. Of those dollars the large business firm intends to subcontract, the Corps of Engineers target goals for subcontracting are 57.2% to small business concerns; 10.0% to small disadvantaged business concer ns; 10.0% to women-owned small business concerns; 3.0% for HUBZone certified concerns; and 3.0% to service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Large firms should keep these target goals in mind when considering qualifications of potential subc ontractors and ensure that each proposed subcontractor's socio-economic status is clearly identified in the submission of qualifications. An approved small business subcontracting plan will be required prior to award to a large business firm. The NAICS co de is 541330, with a small business size standard of four million dollars. Response to this announcement should be in writing only; telephone calls and personal visits are discouraged. The required forms shall be submitted to the following address: U.S. A rmy Corps of Engineers, ATTN: CESAJ-EN-T, 701 San Marco Boulevard (The Prudential Building), Jacksonville, FL 32207-8175. This is not a request for proposal. Firms are encouraged to post their name/address on the web site to facilitate contact between pr ime contractors, sub-contractors, and firms interested in joint ventures. A printout of the listing of interested firms can only be obtained by accessing the announcement on our web page: https://ebs1.saj.usace.army.mil/ebs/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp