C -- Open-End A-E Contract, Comprehensive Planning

OPEN-END A-E CONTRACT, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING: The 16th Contracting Squadron at Hurlburt Field, near Fort Walton Beach, FL is seeking qualified comprehensive planning firms to perform services on an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity type contract. The primary services will be to provide comprehensive planning studies as described in the Air Force Master Statement of Work for Air Force Comprehensive Planning, dated 7 Jul 2003, to include, but not limited to: field investigations, mapping, aerial photography, transportation planning, Geographic Information System (GIS) services, environmental surveys/studies/compliance/design services, hazardous material (asbestos, lead based paint, etc.) surveys and testing for Hurlburt Field and other Air Force Special Operation Command facilities worldwide. Other services might include project programming, schematic design, design development, value engineering, cost estimating, and preparation of specification and construction contract documents. Delivery orders will require architectural and all major engineering disciplines such as civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and environmental. The primary factors to be used in A-E selection will include: (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services; (2) specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in comparable work including Air Force comprehensive planning, mapping, aerial photography, transportation planning, GIS, energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction and use of recovered materials; (3) capacity of the firm to accomplish the work in the required time; and (4) past performance history on DoD and other contracts in terms of quality of work, cost control and compliance with performance schedules. Equal importance will be placed on all primary factors during evaluation. The secondary factors to be used in A-E selection will include: (1) Geographic proximity to Hurlburt Field, provided the application of the criteria leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms from which to make selections; (2) volume of work previously awarded to the firm by DoD in the last 12 months with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of DoD A-E contracts among qualified firms. Consideration will be given to small business concerns, historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions that have not had prior DoD contracts. Include the following statement in submittal section 10, Standard Form (SF) 255's: "This firm/joint venture has been awarded $xxx,xxx of DoD fees in the twelve months preceding the date of this SF255; and (3) extent to which potential contractors identify and commit to small business and to small disadvantaged business, historically black college and university, or minority institution performance of the contract, as subcontractors. A-E firms shall provide a list of proposed subcontractors and consultants, to include business size and socioeconomic status. Prior to award of a contract, the selected firm, if not a small business concern, shall be required to present an acceptable small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business subcontracting plan. Firms desiring consideration must submit Standard Forms 254 and 255 in duplicate. In part 11 of the Standard Form 254 include owners name, point of contact, address, phone # and fax #. This information may be used to send out surveys to the owners to determine the firms past performance. Responses should address only specific items requested in this announcement and Standard Form's 254 and 255. Extraneous information will not be reviewed. A-E selected is guaranteed a minimum of $15,000 in fees during the basic year of the contract. The A-E fee for any one delivery order may not exceed $299,000, with the cumulative amount of all delivery orders not to exceed $395,000 in a single contract year. The contract will be for one year or until the $395,000 limit is reached, whichever comes first. The proposed contract may include options for up to 4 additional years with the same fee restrictions on each year. This is not a request for proposal. Responses must be received on or before 19 September 2003, 4:00 p.m. CDT to be considered for selection. Submittals should be sent to 16 CONS/LGCB, Attn: Mr. Chris Wentworth, 350 Tully Street, Hurlburt Field, FL 32544-5244.