The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers announces procurement for Water Resouces Planning IDIQ Contract for the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. Point of Contact is Dianne Hall, 304-399-5003

The Huntington District Corps of Engineers intends to procure up to two Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity Water Resources Planning Contracts for the Ohio River and Great Lakes Division. Geographical boundaries for the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division include Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Huntington, Louisville, Nashville and Pittsburgh Districts. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. The contractor shall furnish all supervision, labor, supplies, and materials necessa ry to perform work associated with task orders. Contract period will be for a base period of one year with a provision for 4 (four) option years for a total amount not-to-exceed $5 million. The contract(s) will be awarded to the Offeror(s) whose proposal conforms to the solicitation and is within a technical/price competitive range as determined by the Contracting Officer and has been evaluated as most advantageous to the Government, all factors considered. All responsive proposals will be evaluated uti lizing the following factors (in descending order of importance). A. Qualified personnel in the key disciplines, B. Specialized experience and technical competence, C. Capacity to accomplish the work, D. Past performance on DoD and other contracts with r espect to cost control, quality of work and compliance with performance schedules, E. Small Business (SB) Participation: The extent of SB, small disadvantaged business (SDB), woman-owned small business (WO), HUBZone small business (HUBZ), service-disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB), historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), and minority institutions (MI) will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the SB, SDB, WO, HUBZ, SDVOSB, HBCU or MI is a prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner. This announcement is Unrestricted. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541330, which has a size standard of $4.5 million in average annual receipts. Solicitation documents will be available 27 December 2007. Solicitation packages will be available for download at https://www.fbo.gov/. Additional information on how to access the website can be found under the Advertised Solicitations link at the Huntington District web page: www. lrh.usace.army.mil/CT. To be eligible for award, a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-888 -227-2423. Questions may be submitted to Dianne Hall, (FAX: 304-399-5281).