Construction Quality Assurance (QA) Inspection Services

CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract(s) is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. It is the intention of the government to award this contract to a small business firm. A firm will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. Construction Quality Assurance (QA) Inspection Services are required for an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide for the primary disciplines of Quality Assurance Inspection. It is anticipated that this contract will be awarded by June 2021. In the final selection process, the most highly qualified firms may be interviewed. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 541330 and the Small Business size standard is $16.5 million in average annual receipts. The period for this contract is five (5) years for a total IDIQ value not to exceed $10,000,000 per contract. Work under this contract is subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders. Work will be ordered by firm-fixed price task orders. The District intends to award one IDIQ contract. The top ranked firm in the pool of the SF 330 evaluation will be requested to provide a firm fixed price proposal and may be awarded the contract, if negotiations are completed. If necessary, secondary selection criteria will be used as a tie breaker between firms considered as technically equal. The Contracting Officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate in order: past performance; the special qualifications of the firms; the nature of the work involved in the task order; the capacity of the firms to accomplish the work in the required time; and knowledge of the region. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act as determined by the employee's office location (not the location of the work). Rates will be negotiated for the contract period at the time of the original award. PROJECT INFORMATION: The Contractor shall furnish Construction Quality Assurance (QA) Inspection Services, as necessary, within the area of responsibility of the St. Paul District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The majority of the work will be located within a 30-mile radius of Fargo, North Dakota but the services may be required anywhere within the District boundaries. The Contractor shall provide all services, materials, plant, labor, and equipment (except that specified to be Government-furnished) required to perform the work under task orders issued by the Contracting Officer. The type of jobs on which quality assurance inspection shall be required will include, but are not limited to: levees, channels, drainage structures, fish passages, hydraulic gate installation and testing, stone placement, bank stabilization, parking lots, concrete and bituminous roads, water control structures, pump station and building construction. Quality assurance activities that may be required includes but is not limited to reading plans/specifications, monitoring, documenting, and reporting on construction contractor quality control activities, safety, submittal tracking and review, and communicating with the responsible Government personnel. The quality assurance inspectors will be responsible for ensuring that all phases of the contract are performed and completed in accordance with the terms of the construction contract. All monitoring and observation will be documented on the Inspector's Quality Assurance Report electronically using the Resident Management System Government Mode (RMS GM).