RECOVERY--C--PREPARATION OF VARIOUS DESIGN DOCUMENTS FOR THE U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE (USFW), NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER (NCTC), SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV

This contract action was accomplished using other than competitive procedures because this is a task/delivery order where an exception to fair opportunity requirements was approved as this is a follow-on order to a competitive initial order (FAR 8.405-6(b)(2) or 16.505(b)(2)(iii). RECOVERY--PER FAR 5.7 THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY; THEREFORE FAR 5.203 DOES NOT APPLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY AWS AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE CONTRACTOR UNDER THE CONTRACT NUMBER: W912DR-08-D-0009, BURT, HILL, KOSAR, RITTLEMAN & ASSOCIATES Initiated as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, (Pub L. 111-5) dated 17 February 2009, U.S. Fish & Wildlife (USFW) received authorization for this project. The project has been listed as high priority Operations & Maintenance Activities for many years, and has remained unfunded. The Garrison included in this scope of work for the certification of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED EBOM) and three additional campus improvement projects. The complete list of projects is as follows: PN# 328486; LEED Certification PN# 328490; HVAC/Hydronic repairs/synchronization PN# 328491; Replace existing Cooling Tower PN# 328483; Install Solar Water Heating In general terms, this Task Order design effort consists of preparing nominal-criteria Design-Build (D/B) Request for Proposal (RFP) packages, in accordance with the DD Form 4283, authorizing the project. Subject to approval by the Corps in order to expedite the schedule, more fully developed design documents may be accepted. A scoping conference will be held at Fort Detrick during which specific requirements will be identified for this Task Order. Coordination with the Architect-Engineer (A-E) is required after award of this contract to determine specific milestone dates based on the timeframe to have complete D/B RFP packages, ready-to-advertise no later than a Notice-to-Proceed + 90 days (No later than 30 Jun 2010).