Inland Electronic Navigational Charts (IENC) Maintenance for the Louisville District USACE and the Mississippi River and its Tributaries.

Inland Electronic Navigational Charts (IENC) Maintenance for the Louisville District USACE and the Mississippi River and its Tributaries. Soliciation is available for download at www.fbo.gov.

Requirement to develop and maintain a suite of USACE Inland Electronic Navigational Chart (IENC) cells in a continual update environment. Production of new IENC cells for waterways being added into the USACE portfolio using new source material and continual maintenance of a provided suite of IENC cells through the application of new source materials supplied by USACE and from USCG publications, in monthly intervals will be performed. The new, revised or updated cells shall be compliant with IHO S-57, IHO S-100 and Inland ENC specifications and USACE encoding rules, as outlined in the task orders. Contract duration is estimated at 5 (five) Years from date of award.

This solicitation is a Request for Proposal (RFP). The North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code is 518210, with a size standard of $25,000,000. The estimated cost range is $700,000 per year. Proposals will be evaluated using a Best Value Tradeoff Source Selection Process. Proposals will be evaluated based on the following technical factors: Prime Contractor Relevant Experience, Prime Contractor Confidence in Past Performance, Key Personnel, Technical Capabilities, Management and Price. All evaluation factors, other than cost or price, when combined, are more important than cost or price. This project will be available by download from the Internet only. The project specification files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. In order to download the files for this project, registration at the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website http://www.fbo.gov is required. Downloads are available only through the FedBizOpps website. This announcement serves as the advance notice for this project. AMENDMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOVE WEBSITE BY DOWNLOAD ONLY. Further details will be issued with the solicitation. General questions may be addressed to Lauren.N.Otte@usace.army.mil.