Construction Management Services

Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) A-E Services Contract for Construction Management, Quality Assurance Activities, and Related Services within the Limits of the Mississippi Valley Division with Primary Use within the Limits of the New Orleans District 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541330. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the Department of Defense (DoD) Central Contractor Registration CCR via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at +1 (555) 000-0000. ATTENTION: Effective January 1, 2005, all contractors who submit an offer/bid is required to register in the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). The web site for ORCA is http://orca.bpn.gov. ORCA registration replaces some of the Representations and Certifications. Two Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity IDIQ type contracts will be negotiated and awarded, each with a base period not to exceed one year and four option periods not to exceed one year each. Anticipated award date is on or about January 2013. Contract ceiling will not exceed $12,500,000 or five years in duration, whichever comes first. The minimum guarantee is $20,000.00 each for the base period and option periods 1 and 2 if exercised, and $10,000.00 for the remaining option years exercised. The Government reserves the right to exercise the contract options before the expiration of the base contract period or preceding option period, if the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resulting contract(s) must be at least equal to those determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work). This announcement is restricted to small business. The work will be awarded by task orders not to exceed the base contract amount. The primary purpose of the proposed contract is to provide services for projects located within the geographic boundaries of the New Orleans District; however, work may be located in areas assigned to other Corps of Engineers districts. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: - a. Performing construction management, quality assurance activities, and related services to satisfy fluctuating needs and conditions. Quick response, flexibility, and extensive management and coordination are critical for this procurement. The contractor shall be required to work very closely and in detail with the representatives of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The following are types of construction the contractor will be required (but not limited) to provide services for: levees, revetments and various structures, dredging, floodwalls, pump stations. - b. The work includes providing the supervision, equipment, materials, labor, travel, lodging, and all means necessary to provide the USACE an immediate response for construction contract capability. The majority of the construction and management related services will be in the New Orleans District; however, work may be located in areas assigned to other USACE Districts. - c. The work may involve the following engineering disciplines: Structural, Civil, Geotechnical, Hydraulic, Environmental, Mechanical, Electrical and Cost Engineering; Construction Management, and Quality Assurance. - d. The work may involve the following types of projects, and work may involve new or existing structures: Hydraulic structures such as locks, floodgates, flood control structures, floodwalls, levees, navigation structures, drainage canals and structures, pre-stressed and post tensioned concrete structures, pumping stations; marine structures such as bulkheads, dolphins, fenders, guide walls, jetties; highway work such as roads, culverts and bridges; and buildings such as storage facilities, pump houses, or offices related to the structures above, hydraulic and bucket dredging, stone placement and revetment operations, debris removal and other emergency services. - e. The work may involve the following work activities; contract document preparation including development of quality assurance plans in accordance with Government policy and regulation, on-site inspection in accordance with QA plans and construction contract plans and specifications, monitoring, documenting and reporting on construction contractor quality control, construction safety, monitoring progress, materials testing, fill and volume computations and plots, submittal management, cost estimating, scheduling, coordination, contract modifications, budgeting, and various reporting. - f. Quality Assurance Construction Material Testing services may include; laboratory and field material property testing and inspections for steel, soil, concrete, asphalt, masonry, steel coating, welding, and fire proofing during construction. All laboratory facilities, personnel and equipment used to perform testing shall be part of a laboratory that has been validated by the USACE Materials Testing Center, Vicksburg, MS. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in order of precedence. Criteria a thru e are primary selection factors. Criteria f, g and h are secondary selection factors and will be used only as 'tie-breakers' among technically equal firms. - a. Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm and its key personnel to perform the services and produce the documents listed in paragraph 2 above. - b. Professional qualifications of the key personnel, including professional registration and certifications in engineering, and construction management available to work on this contract in the following disciplines: Project Management, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Cost Engineering; and Construction Management. - c. Capacity -personnel and equipment- to perform the work in the required time using all of the latest versions of commercial and USACE software packages utilized by the USACE; produce cost estimates ;perform soil testing and analysis in accordance with the USACE' geotechnical criteria; and provide personnel in sufficient numbers to accomplish very large volumes of work within compressed timetables. - d. Past performance on Department of Defense and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. - e. Knowledge of the locality. - f. Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the New Orleans District. - g. Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, HUBZone small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract term as measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. - h. Volume of DoD A-E Contract Awards in the last 12 months with the objective of affecting an equitable distribution of DoD A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SB and SDB. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: : Interested firms, which meet the requirements described in this announcement, are invited to submit 5 copies of SF 330 dated 6/2004 - (SF 330 replaced both SF 254 and SF 255 which are no longer accepted) - for the prime firm and all subcontractors and consultants to the address below not later than Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 11:00 a.m., New Orleans, LA central standard time. Include the firm's DUNS number in SF 330, Part II. 2a. Block H. In Block E of the SF 330, include an organizational chart, equipment requirements, and the use of subcontractors or consultants and describe the firm's quality control plan, including coordination of subcontractors and consultants. Each offeror/consultant listed within Part I of the SF330 must submit Part II of the form with this package. In the SF330, Part I, Section F, cite whether the experience is that of the prime (or joint venture) from an office other that identified in Block 21 shall be so labeled. The evaluation factors listed must be addressed in the appropriate sections of the SF330 for the prime contractor as well as all subcontractors and consultants, and any other pertinent information. Complete Safety Plan will be required after contract award. Safety performance data - person-hours lost - must be submitted including data for any subcontractors. A detailed Quality Control Plan must be received and approved by the Government prior to contract award. For Overnight or courier deliveries, the physical address is U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, 7400 Leake Avenue, ATTN: CEMVN-CT-W, Michelle Lappen, Room 184, New Orleans, LA 70118-1030. This is not a Request for Proposal. Refer to Solicitation No. W912P8-13-R-0002.