J. Herbert Stone Nursery Seed Coolers & Controls Retrofit Design

The USDA - Forest Service, J. Herbert Stone Nursery, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest is seeking qualified firms to provide professional Architectural/ Engineering (A&E) services for the J. Herbert Stone Nursery Seed Coolers & Controls Retrofit Design. The project includes professional mechanical, electrical, and incidental structural engineering services to design the removal and replacement of industrial refrigeration equipment and controls for a building that contains two seed freezer rooms, one seed thaw room and three seed stratification rooms at the J. Herbert Stone Nursery administrative site located at 2606 Old Stage Road, Central Point, Oregon 97502.

General Scope of Work: The intent and object of the project is to obtain A&E services for the design of the following: demolition of existing mechanical and electrical system, an industrial refrigerant system, computerized control and monitoring system, related plumbing system, related electrical power and controls and related structural modifications. In addition, verification of existing as-built configuration and condition and all other elements as required for a complete system design. The scope also will consist of, but is not limited to, all aspects of professional design, including the generation of working drawings, system designs, engineering report, alternative analysis, and providing construction documents including but not limited to drawings, specifications, schedule of items, construction estimate and design calculations.
This acquisition is for architect-engineer (A-E) services, and is procured in accordance with the Brooks Act (P.L 92-582) as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6 to determine the most highly qualified firm. One A-E firm will be selected to perform the design utilizing the Short Selection Process (FAR Part 36.602-5). Firms responding to this public notice shall be evaluated in terms of the technical evaluation criteria identified below.
The Government anticipates award of a firm fixed price contract for the services described in this synopsis. The applicable NAICS Code for this project if 541330 with a corresponding size standard of $4.5 million. Per the terms of the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Act, this project is 100% set-aside for Emerging Small Business Concerns.

The estimated start work date is September 1, 2010. The period of performance will be 150 calendar days.

Submission Requirements:

Interested parties shall submit the following: Two (2) copies of Standard Form 330 (SF 330), Parts I and II, Architect-Engineer Qualifications for the prime offeror (which also includes a completed Part II for the firm and key- sub-consultants) addressing Technical Evaluation Selection Criteria:

1. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services. Provide brief resumes of proposed team members who will specifically serve and perform technical tasks under this contract. Provide resumes of other relevant team members such as Civil Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Structural Engineer, and Cost Estimator. Each resume shall include a maximum of five specific completed projects that best illustrate the individual team members experience relevant to the contract scope. The Designers of Record shall perform and direct the design within their respective discipline and shall sign and seal the drawings. All Designers of Record must be professionally registered in their discipline in the State of Oregon.

2. SPECIALIZED EXPEREINCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE
Provide a detailed narrative of up to ten (10) maximum relevant projects (not ten projects for each firm or consultant) completed within the last five (5) years that best illustrate overall team experience relevant to this contract scope. List projects that demonstrate the team's experience with projects of similar size and scope to those to be performed under this contract.

3. PAST PERFORMANCE
Provide past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules. A firm with no record of federal past performance information shall be evaluated neither favorably or unfavorably. For each Federal project provided as experience under Criteria 1 and Criteria 2, provide a copy of all performance evaluations (architect-engineer) issued for that contract. For non-Federal contracts, provide facility owner documentation of the firm's performance issued on that contract. If no documentation exists, so state.
Provide accessible owner points of contact: name, title, address, telephone number and fax number and/or email address.

4. CAPACITY
This consists of a firm's capacity to accomplish the work in the required time.
Describe experience in successfully delivery projects performance schedule, providing timely construction support and successfully completing multiple projects within delivery dates. Discuss how surge workload will be managed.

5. LOCATION
This item is a measurement of the firm's location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project.

Describe and illustrate the team's knowledge of design approaches, codes/ordinances, costs and other conditions unique to the geographic area related to this project. Documentation of the firm's ability to provide at least 35% overall design services in-house from an existing office within the geographical area from which a preponderance of work related to the specific contract for which the offeror has requested consideration will be drawn. Additional consideration will be given for each major consultant to the prime with an existing office within the same geographical area.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: All information must be included in the SF-330 package. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in both the Central Contractor Registration Database (http://www.ccr.gov) and the Online Representations and Certifications Application (http://orca.bpn.gov).

The firm rated by the Evaluation Board (EB) as the most qualified shall receive the RFP package with terms and conditions applicable to any resultant contract. Should the Forest Service and selected contractor be unable to reach an agreement on a fee and contract terms, the negotiations will be terminated the Forest Service will enter into negotiations with the next highest ranked firm.

Those firms that meet the requirements in this announcement and wish to be considered must submit their Standard Form 330 per above listed submission requirements to:
USDA Forest Service
Rogue River-Siskiyou NF
Attn: Contracting
3040 Biddle Road
Medford, Oregon 97504

Submissions must be received no later than 4:30 p.m., Pacific Daylight Savings Time, on August 9, 2010. Submittals received after this date and time will not be considered. EMAIL OR FACSIMILE SUBMITTALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.