DESC: 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. The Marine Design Center requires assistance in environmental, geotechnical, mechanical and marine engineering, on-site technical support, computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), preliminary design, detailed (final) design and related design studies, analysis and reports for marine equipment and facilities. It is intended to negotiate and award an indefinite delivery contract, having an estimated value of $9,500,000.00. The average Task Order value of the work under this contract is estimated to be $1,500,000.00 to $2,000,000.00. The contract will be for a five year duration unless the total of the awarded task orders reaches $9.5 M sooner. The NAICS Code is 541330 with a size standard of $38.5 mil. This procurement is Unrestricted. The wages and benefits of service employees (See FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work). 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Individual task orders up to the value of the contract will be issued with specific tasks as needed to fulfill the needs of the Marine Design Center and its customers in any or all of the Corps Districts. Work for other Divisions, Districts or Government agencies could also be a part of this contract. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The following evaluation factors are listed in order of priority; (1) Organizational expertise in the design of new and repair and upgrade for vessel docking and mooring facilities, floating piers, fixed pile supported pier design, pier fenders and mooring protection design, analysis of vessel forces on moorings, soils engineering, pile foundations particularly for submerged soils and ice protection of vessels and moorings and design of systems to support channel improvement operations; (2) Organizational expertise necessary to provide site investigation, analysis, design services for dredge material placement to upland disposal sites, with emphasis on environmental issues and necessary approvals; for extending the life of existing upland disposal sites using design modifications, improved pumping or dewatering procedures or dredged material removal systems; for the integration of dredge pipeline systems to optimize the distribution within the upland site to allow for best dewatering and settling, treating water turbidity and silting; and for addressing noise and lighting impacts on neighboring properties; (3) Organizational expertise to provide support during construction services, site investigation and preparation of technical reports for projects involving floating and fixed piers, pilings, bulkheads and upland dredge disposal sites; (4) Organizational expertise in environmental engineering related to marine activity, including activities related to floating plant impacts, to vessel engine exhaust emissions, to obtaining emission certifications, to the modeling of vessel emissions and determining compliance with federal, state and local requirements. Also demonstrating the ability to provide equipment and on board vessel services to directly measure real time engine fuel consumption and real time stack exhaust temperature and emissions; (5) Core staffing of a team of professionally registered multi-disciplined Engineers and Scientists to include but not be limited to Civil, Structural, Coastal, Hydro-geologist, Environmental, Geotechnical, Biologist, Certified Industrial Hygienist supported by either in-house or a demonstrated network of professionally qualified Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Naval Architects, Marine Engineers and specialty sub-contractors. The organization, including subcontractors where applicable, shall be structured for contractual and practical ease of operation, and shall have at their disposal all necessary resources, including computers and specialty software, to simultaneously accomplish the efforts under the contract. All work shall be reviewed and approved by registered professional engineers; (6) Past performance, if any, of the firm with respect to performance on Department of Defense contracts and private contracts; (7) A delineated project team structure with prior team experience that demonstrates that the team coordination and management will be effective and responsive to the Government with respect to the execution of the contract administration and management, engineering and drafting performance and work product review; (8) Capacity to generate all output data in electronic format, including AutoCAD electronic files for all drawings; (9) Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions on the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms which desire consideration and meet the requirements described in the announcement are invited to submit a completed hardcopy SF 330 Part I and II (revised 03/13) for the prime firm and prepare a separate Part II for each firm that will be part of the team proposed and submitted with Part I. If a firm has branch offices, submit a separate Part II for each branch office that has a key role on the team. Please submit this information to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, Wanamaker Building, Room 702, 100 Penn Square East, ATTN: Megan Coll, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390 not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, the deadline is the close of business the next business day. No electronic submissions will be accepted. Include your DUNS number in block 11 of paragraph C of Part I of the SF 330. All contractors are advised that registration in the DODs System for Award Management (SAM.gov) is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to be registered in the SAM Database may render your firm ineligible for award. All firms are encouraged to register as soon as possible. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing Web Site http://www.sam.gov or you may call (866) 606-8220 (available 24 hours, 7 days a week). As a requirement for negotiations, the selected contractor(s) will submit for government approval a quality control plan that will be enforced through the life of the contract. The contracting officer reserves the right to terminate negotiations, with firms that do not respond to Government requests for proposals, information, documentation, etc. in accordance with established schedules. Solicitation packages are not provided and no additional project information will be given to firms during the announcement period. This is not a request for proposal.
