Geotechnical engineering services nashville district added language

1. Contract Information: Two Indefinite Delivery Contracts for Geotechnical Engineering Services will be awarded to perform a variety of geotechnical engineering services for the Nashville District Corps of Engineers. Projects outside the primary area of responsibility may be added at the Governments discretion. The NACIS code for this contract will be 541330. The SIC code will be 8711. The contract time period will be five (5) years. Tasks will be directed by individually issued Task Orders. More than one Task Order may be issued concurrently. The total accumulative amount for each anticipated award will not exceed $5,000,000.00 with no one Task Order exceeding $1,000,000.00. The contracts are anticipated to be awarded in April/May 2008. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. 2. Project Information: The A-E firm will be required to provide geotechnical engineering services. Services may include but are not limited to geotechnical investigations analysis and designs, dr illing service capability including overwater drilling and laboratory services including soil, rock and concrete testing. Responding firms also demonstrate capability in the area of surveying and GIS. 3. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria are liste d below in descending order of importance. Criteria a-e are primary factors. Criteria f-h are secondary factors and will only be used as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. (a) Specialized experience and technical competence of the prime firm and a ny subcontractors in the type of work described in paragraph 2 above. Evaluation factors will include knowledge and experience on lock and dam geotechnical design issues and water resource type projects. The effectiveness of the proposed management structu re and the prior working relationship between a prime firm and any subcontractor will also be evaluation factors. A single point of contact must be clearly identified in the submittal. Firms should also demonstrate ability to provide CADD services compati ble with Microstation . (b) Professional qualifications of the key project management and technical personnel to be assigned to the contract. Evaluation factors will include the education, training, and registration of these personnel. (c) Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work. Work will often require simultaneous action on several design tasks at one time. (d) Knowledge of the locality and local geotechnical conditions in the Nashville District. (e) Past experience on DOD contracts with respect to co st control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (f) Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, including women-owned, minority-owned and service disabled veterans in the proposed contract team, meas ured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (g) Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months. (h) Location of the firm in the general geographic area of the Nashville District. 4. Submission Requirements: Interested firms having the capa city to perform this work must submit two copies of SF 330 by close of business on 31 March 2008, 2:00 P. M. CST. All firms submitting must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). No other general notification to firms under consider ation for this work will be made, and no further action is required. Include the firms ACASS number in submittal. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4590. Solicitation packages are not provided. For SF330 being submitted by Express Mail, the delivery a ddress is: US Army Corps of Engineers ATTN: Eric Choate, CELRN-CT, Room A-604, 110 Ninth Avenue South Nashville, TN 37203. For questions pertaining to this solicitation, contact Eric Choate, Contract Specialist at (615) 736-7946 or by e-mail at james.e.cho ate@usace.army.mil or John Grayson, Contracting Officer at (615) 736-7278or by e-mail at john.grayson@usace.army.mil.
Point of Contact
Eric Choate, (615)7 36-7946
Email your questions to USA Engineer District, Nashville at james.e.choate@usace.army.mil

Place of Performance
Address: USA Engineer District, Nashville P.O. Box 1070, 801 Broad Street Nashville TN
Postal Code: 37202-1070
Country : US