SERO - Architect and Engineering Services

The Federal Bureau of Prisons - Field Acquisition Office located in Atlanta, Georgia, seeks to negotiate and award multiple contracts for Architect-Engineering services for institutions located within the Southeast Region (Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Puerto Rico). The resulting contracts shall be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contracts with the requested services being procured through individual task orders. The term of the contract will be for one (1) twelve month base period with the possibility of four (4), unilaterally exercised, twelve month option periods. The Government is not obligated to exercise any of the option periods. The guaranteed minimum amount of the contract is $10,000.00 per contract awardee per year and the estimated maximum is $1,000,000.00 per contract awardee per contract year. The evaluation criteria for contract award are as follows: (1) Professional Qualifications Necessary for Satisfactory Performance, (2) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence (Including Proposed Project Team and Organization Subcontractors and Consultants), (3) Past performance, (4) Capacity to Perform Work in the Required Time, (5) Knowledge of Locality and Proximity to Site, (6) Demonstrated Success in Waste Reduction and Energy Efficiency in Facility Design. The evaluation criteria for #1 and #2 are the most important and equal to each other in relative importance, and the remaining criteria are listed in descending order of relative importance. Discussions will be conducted with at least three of the most highly qualified firms. The A/E firm shall have a its' main office in one of the following five states: Georgia, Florida,Alabama, Mississippi, or South Carolina. Applicant responses to the aforementioned evaluation criteria shall provide two copies (2) copies of the Standard Form 330, Part I and Part II, and any attachments which will form the basis for the initial evaluation of qualifications. The firms DUNS number shall be included on the Standard Form 330. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541330, with a small business size standard of $4.5 million. This acquisition will be made on an unrestricted basis and is open to all business, both small and large. All contractors interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database, located at www.ccr.gov, and complete the On-line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), located at http://orca.bpn.gov. The website for registration is www.ccr.gov. Faith-based and community-based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 10.002, the Government does not intend to use FAR Part 12 for this acquisition. The A/E Services shall be selected in accordance with FAR Part 36.6. All responses on the Standard Form 330 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:00 PM local time on July 7, 2008. Unrelated pamphlets or booklets are not requested or required. Facsimile transmissions will not be accepted. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a Request for Proposal. Please mail responses to the Southeast Regional Office, 3800 Camp Creek Parkway, SW, Building 2000, Atlanta, Georgia 30331. Questions regarding this requirement should be made in writing via e-mail to the contact information listed below.