IDIQ Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (Southwest Division) for Design-Build Landscaping for Regional Office (AR, AZ, CA, LA, NM, NV, OK, and TX). This synopsis replaces W912HY-08-R-0021

Presolicitation Notice Solicitation No W912HY-08-R-0021, is now changed to W912HY-09-R-0001.

The NAICS code has changed from: 561730 Landscaping to 238990 All Other Specialty
Trade Contractors which corresponds to SIC 1771 and the Small Business Size Standard
is $14 Million.This solicitation is restricted to 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business
Concerns in the Small Business Administration (SBA) Region VI (Texas, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas) and Region IX ( Arizona, California,
and Nevada) for 5-Year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple
Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(Southwest Division) for Design-Build Landscaping to include (but not limited to)
planning, design and construction of outdoor recreation facilities, landscaping
and irrigation systems as needed to enhance the new facilities located within the
boundaries of our military customers in the southwest region. The Southwestern
Region refers to the geographic area encompassed by the IMA/Southwest
Regional Office (AR, AZ, CA, LA, NM, NV, OK, and TX). It is anticipated that a
large portion of the work will be at Fort Bliss,TX.

FOR INFORMATION ONLY: These contracts are required by the Armys
initiatives under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), the integrated
Global Presence and Basing Strategy (IGPBS), and the Army Modular Force
(AMF) program, although the projects may be required from any Military
Program. The Army must posture facilities to effectively orient combat
capabilities where they can most effectively organize, train, and deploy to support
ongoing operations worldwide. The execution of the work under the Military
Construction Program will be accomplished using a product line concept for the
facilities. The product line concept will be used for the construction of barracks,
dining facilities, company operation facilities, headquarters buildings, vehicle
maintenance shops, unit and ammunition storage facilities, aviation facilities,
equipment parking areas, and other features of the program. Under the product
line concept, Districts in the Corps of Engineers Southwestern and South Pacific
Divisions will be assigned one or two facility types and will be responsible for
awarding Design-Build IDIQ contracts for their assigned type of facility (product
line). When there is a requirement for their facility type, each District product line
team will scope, negotiate, and award a task order to deliver the required
facilities to the Program Office assigned to manage the overall project. The
District product line team will assist with the administration of the task order to
include design reviews, submittals, and modifications. The design/build
contractor for each product line will be responsible for maintaining current
documents and incorporating into future task orders changes in army criteria as
well as, modification, and clarification identified in ongoing task orders. The team
will be responsible for keeping up with the current standards and criteria for their
facility type(s).

SCOPE OF WORK: The project may include design and construction of outdoor
recreational facilities, landscaping and irrigation systems to enhance all product
line facilities defined part of this project. The design and construction of features
may also include incidentals to include but not limited to pavilions, concrete
slabs, trail construction, trash and smoking dispensers, bicycle racks, water
fountains, exercise stations, benches, picnic table, lighting and signage.
Typical work for the outdoor recreational facilities, landscaping and irrigation
systems may include but is not limited to 1) planning, design, estimating, and
construction 2) site planning and site verification 3) site engineering to include
subsurface investigations, laboratory analysis, and final geotechnical report 4)
pavement design 5) planting design 6) irrigations system design 7) coordination
with utility providers and Land Development Engineer, and other product line
contractors 8) acquiring all local, state and federal permits 9) sustainable design
solutions to meet a minimum LEED Silver to support the MILCON program 10)
site electrical systems 11) meetings and design review conferences 12) design
configuration management 13) quality control systems 14) safety plans 15)
environmental protection through the following products: environmental
protection plans, incorporating protection features, environmental assessment of
contract deviations, land resources plans, monitoring water resources, air
resource monitoring and control, chemical materials management and waste
disposal, recycling and waste minimization, preservation of historical,
archaeological, and cultural resources, protect biological resources, integrated
pest management, post construction clean-up 16) traffic control plans 17)
scheduling and phasing 18) preparation of design drawings on AutoCadd and
Microstation 19) and development of as-built drawings.

CONTRACT INFORMATION: This solicitation will be evaluated under the
Design-Build single phase process utilizing best value acquisition procedures.
The Government will evaluate the proposals in accordance with the criteria
described in the solicitation and award Multiple Award Task Order Contracts to
the responsible Offerors, whose proposal conforms with all the terms and
conditions of the solicitation and whose proposal is determined to represent the
overall best value to the Government, considering technical-design quality,
performance quality and price/cost. The following evaluation criteria listed are
proposed: 1) Past Performance 2) Relevant Specialized Experience 3)
Management Effectiveness and 4) Price.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to
this project is 238990 (All Other Specialty Trade Contractors) which corresponds
to SIC 1771. The Small Business Size Standard is $14 Million. The total capacity of all
contracts combined is estimated not to exceed $92M over a 5 year period. The
estimated duration for each contract award will be an initial Base Period of twelve
(12) months with up to four (4) Option Periods of twelve (12) months each, for a
total not to exceed contract period of sixty (60) months. Each contract will
remain active: 1) unless the contractor has a documented past performance
record of unsatisfactory; 2) until contract expiration; 3) until task order
completion; 4) until the total contract capacity limit is reached, or 5) the contract
is Terminated for Convenience of the Government. Up to five (5) MATO contract
awards will be made to 8(a) Small Disadvantage Business contractors with a
total maximum dollar limitation of $92M for all MATO contracts combined. The
Government reserves the right to exceed the stated maximum dollar limitation.
The minimum guarantee will be $5,000.00 for each MATO contract awarded.
The minimum guarantee amount will be applicable to the base period only.
Funds above the minimum guarantee will be obligated with the issuance of task
orders. The minimum task order limitation will be $2500.00.

Estimated solicitation issue date is on or about 7 November 2008 under
solicitation number W912HY-09-R-0001. Proposal due date is 8 Dec 2008.
If the Government elects to conduct a Pre-Proposal Conference, details
regarding the Conference will be provided in the solicitation. The solicitation will
be a negotiated acquisition. There will be no public bid opening. This solicitation
is set aside as a competitive acquisition under the 8(a) Small Disadvantaged
Business (SDB) Program for SBA Regions VI and IX. Offerors must be certified
by the Federal Small Business Administration (SBA) as a qualified 8(a) business
prior to receipt of proposals in order to be considered for award. This solicitation
will be issued via Internet only. Notification of amendments shall be made via
Internet only, as well. It is therefore the contractors responsibility to check the
following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. After
solicitation issuance, contractors may register to be placed on a plan holders list,
view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments at the following
internet addresses: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/andhttp://www.fbo.gov/.
Plans and specifications will not be available in paper format or on
compact disc. Technical inquiries are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in
ProjNet at www.projnet.org\projnet . All offerors are encouraged to visit the
Armys Single Face to Industry Website at https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi to view
other business opportunities. Offerors must be registered with the Central
Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government contract award.
To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov . To register, the
CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this
solicitation will be Jacqueline Adekanbi, (409)766-3100; or by e-mail at
jacqueline.b.adekanbi@usace.army.mil.