This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. BACKGROUND. Land Surveying Services are being procured in accordance with PL 9 2-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, as required for design support primarily for projects within or assigned to the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or within the North Atlantic Division. This contract will be used primarily within the Norfolk District Boundaries, however may be shared with other U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Districts upon approval by the Contracting Officer and acceptance by the Contractor. The Surveying and Mapping work for this task order will be used primarily for Topographic surveying. Work may include but is not limited to land surveying services including: Project control, Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys, utility surveys, and other surveys listed in selection criteria. Hydrographic survey is not required in the performance of this contract. All work must be performed by or under the direct supervision of a licensed professional Surveyor. The previous contract for these services was W91236-09-D-0008. Up to two indefinite delivery contracts (IDCs) will be negotiated and awarded, each with a base period of one year with three option years. Each contract shall not exceed $2,500,000 over the entire four (4) year period. Each task order issued shall be firm-fixed price (as negotiated). Funding shall be cited on individual task orders. Deployment time and mobilization time will be negotiated on a task by task basis. Background checks or security clearance requirements will be negotiated on a task by task basis but are generally not required. Only firms considered highly qualified will be awarded a contract. Prior to award, the Government will negotiate the rate of an escalator which will adjust for inflation the IDC rates every twelve (12) months during the life of the contract. Work under this contract will be subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders. Selection of the firms is not based upon competitive bidding procedures, but rather upon the professional qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services. If multiple contracts are awarded under this announcement, the Contracting Officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: (1) response to qualifications established for each task order, (2) current capacity and ability to accomplish the order in the required time, and (3) equitable distribution of work among the contractors. Price will not be used as a criterion for this selection. SIZE STANDARD. The North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) for this procurement is 541370. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business firm is selected for this announcement, it must comply with the FAR 52.219-9 clause regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan for that part of work it intends to subcontract. Before a Small Disadvantaged Business is proposed as a potential subcontractor, they must be registered in the database maintained by the U.S. Small business Administration (PRO-Net). Failure of a proposed small disadvantaged business to be registered in PRO-Net at the time the responses are submitted will result in their elimination as a proposed subcontractor. To be eligible for contract award, firms must be registered in DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contracting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-888-227-2423 CONTRACT INFORMATION. No specific projects or tasks are identified at this time and therefore funds are not presently available for tasks under the contract. As projects are received for execution, use of the contracts awarded under this announcement will be considered if A-E Services are to be utilized. The A-E shall be responsible for drawing preparation using computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) software. All drawings produced for this contract shall be in compliance with the Architect/Enigineering/Construction CADD standards as issued by the CADD/BIM Technology Center https://cadbim.usace.army.mil/CAD The Government will only accept the final products, without conversion or reformatting, in the Autodesk suite of softwares (AutoCAD) Drawings produced by scanning drawings of record or containing photographic images shall be delivered in a faster format compatible with AutoCAD electronic digital format. GIS information shall adhere to the Tri-Service Spatial Data Standards. Design Analysis and any other reports shall be prepared using MS-Word (.doc). Firms will also be required to provide documents in PDF format. The contract requires that the selected firm(s) have on-line access to E-mail via internet for routine exchange of correspondence. All services shall be performed in accordance with Norfolk District Design Guide, as well as, all applicable codes and criteria required for Government work. Facilities shall be fully accessible to meet the requirements of Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and all applicable laws, codes and regulations pertinent to accessibility. All work shall be performed in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (https://www.acquisition.gov/FAR/). Designs will be prepared using US Standard English units of measure. ProjNet (DrChecks) (https://www.projnet.org) will be used for comment resolution of all design review submittals. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A thru F are primary. Criterion G and H are secondary and will only be used as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. Recent means A-E tasks or projects completed within the last five years, older projects will not be considered. The Contractor may submit a maximum of 10 projects for consideration. A) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL COMPETENCE: For criteria listed below, recent experience of subcontractors may be submitted to demonstrate applicable experience and competence provided that the nature and extent of all contractor team arrangements are identified and disclosed. Contractors should describe the nature and extent of prior teaming experience with the proposed subcontractors. (1) Demonstrate recent experience by the prime firm and its subconsultants with regard to Horizontal and vertical control surveys, GPS surveys, topographic surveys, utility location surveys, Boundary surveys (incl. research, and setting property corners). (2) Demonstrate recent experience by the prime firm and its subconsultants with regard to establishing, producing, and recording easements and right-of-way plats and documents (incl. legal descriptions, plats). (3) Demonstrate the ability by the prime and its subconsultants to establish 1st and 2nd order horizontal and vertical control markers, establish and record NGS bench mark. (4) Demonstrate the ability by the prime and its subconsultants to produce digital files in a format compatible with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ASCII digital files from data collection output, TIN and DTM files compatible with AutoCAD. (5) Specialized equipment (owned or leased) to be utilized on the project should be included. (6) Demonstrate the ability by the prime and its subconsultants to provide data files on CD or DVD, create PDF files of specifications and other documents (this includes scanning documents where direct file conversion to PDF is not possible), access the Internet and submit data by File Transfer Protocol (ftp) utilizing an ftp client. B) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Indefinite delivery contracts will require each Contractor provide the following personnel (either in-house or through a sub consultant) as a minimum. Required personnel cannot fulfill more than one (1) role on the contract delivery team (i.e., a separate employee must be provided for each stated requirement above to meet the number required). Submitting firms must demonstrate the education, training, registration, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm of key management and technical personnel. Resumes must be provided for each of the personnel, including subcontractor personnel if applicable, listed below. Repeat the resume page as required in order to provide information on all personnel referenced. Resumes are NOT required for the survey crew. Professional qualifications of a proposed subcontractor or its personnel may be submitted to demonstrate applicable qualifications provided that the nature and extent of all contractor team arrangements and all applicable written personnel commitments are identified and disclosed. Safety, first aid, or hazardous materials handling certifications may be listed, however are not required for this announcement. Two (2) Registered Surveyors as well as survey crew personnel Two (2) CADD operators (C) CAPACITY: Ability to perform work to schedules - Firms will be evaluated on their ability to complete multiple taskings/projects simultaneously. Firms shall: (a) show current and projected workload within the firm; (b) address a plan for how they propose to accomplish three surveys simultaneously at separate locations. (D) PAST PERFORMANCE: Firms will be evaluated in terms of work quality, compliance to schedules, and cost controls [with emphasis on projects submitted under factor (a)] as determined from PPIRS and other sources. Submit letters of commendation, awards, previous project evaluations, etc. to show past performance. Firms must provide a chart that demonstrates actual schedule performance vs. established milestones. . If experience or qualifications of subcontractors are submitted pursuant to Criterion A, the past performance of all proposed subcontractors will be evaluated. (E) QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM: Firms will be evaluated on the acceptability of their internal quality control program used to ensure technical accuracy and discipline coordination of plans and specifications prepared by the firm or by its subcontractors on behalf of the firm. Describe and define the firm's program/processes for quality control and list, by name and position, all key personnel responsible. (F) KNOWLEDGE OF LOCALITY: Firms must demonstrate familiarity and knowledge of codes, laws, permits and construction materials and methods within the contract area. As indicated above, the contract area is primarily focused within the Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the North Atlantic Division. Information presented shall demonstrate general understanding with specific experience as applicable. (G) VOLUME OF WORK: Firms will be evaluated in terms of work previously awarded to the firm by DoD within the past 12 months. The objective is to provide an equitable distribution of DoD A&E contracts among qualified A&E firms, including small and small disadvantaged business firms and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts. List any DoD contracts awarded to the firm within the last 12 months. (H) Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business and Women-Owned Small Business Participation: Degree of participation of all types small business as prime contractor, subcontractor, or joint venture partner. ALL OFFERORS (except small businesses) who plan to subcontract portions of the work are required to provide a narrative discussion of their plan for utilization of small and small disadvantaged businesses. As a minimum, the narrative shall discuss: a. Goals for subcontracting acting with small and small disadvantaged businesses in sufficient detail to allow government evaluators to determine that these goals are realistic, justifiable, positive, and in accordance with the Government's goals and policy in order to maximize opportunities for these types of businesses. b. The extent to which small disadvantaged businesses, and where appropriate, historically black colleges and universities/ minority institutions (HBCU/ MI) have been identified for participation as part of the offeror's team. c. The offeror's past and present commitment to providing subcontracting opportunities and encouragement to small and small disadvantaged businesses. If the selected firm intends to submit a plan with lesser goals, it must submit written rationale in the plan why the above goals cannot be met. The Government's Goals for this effort are: The subcontracting goals for Norfolk District are as follows: at least 51% of a prime firms intended subcontracted amount be placed with small businesses; at least 20% be placed with small disadvantaged businesses; at least 8% be placed with woman-owned small businesses; at least 4% be placed with service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses; at least 6% be placed with a HUB-Zone small businesses. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one hard copy of SF 330 Part I and one copy for the Prime and all consultants in an electronic format searchable in PDF or MS Word without translation; and one hard copy of SF 330 Part II for the prime firm and all consultants, and one electronic copy searchable in PDF or MS Word of the entire submittal to the address below at the time and date below. ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS shall be submitted via Readable CD. The SF 330 Part I shall not exceed 65 pages (8.5 quote mark x 11 quote mark ). Each side of a sheet of paper is a page. Use no smaller than 12 font type. Include the firm's DUNS number in SF 330, Part I, Section H. Facsimile transmissions will not be accepted. Additional size limitations: (i) Limit resume of each individual to no more than one page. (ii) Limit example projects to no more than 10 projects. With respect to all submission limitations, including but not limited to maximum number of projects, total page limits, and resume page limits, the Government will not consider matters submitted beyond those limits and contractors shall receive no consideration for those matters. Any written submission using a font type smaller than the specified 12 font type will not be eligible for consideration. Submit SF 330 Parts I and II to: US Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District; ATTN: Steve Slaby; 803 Front Street; Norfolk, VA 23510-1096; not later than 2:00 PM on September 27, 2013. Facsimile or email transmissions will not be accepted. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. Board will only consider the following information: SF330, as submitted or from ACASS, SF 330, with any required supplemental information; documented performance evaluations, such as from ACASS' DoD Contract award data. The Boards will not assume qualifications which are not clearly stated in a firms' submission or available from ACASS. The boards will review the entire submission of each firm and not excerpts or summaries. A firm will not be contacted to clarify or supplement its submission. Boards shall not consider any cost factors. NOTE. In order to maintain total objectivity in the selection process, phone calls and e-mails to discuss this announcement are discouraged unless absolutely necessary. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. This is not a request for proposal. ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST: This statement provides examples of certain organizational conflicts of interest which are proscribed by Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 9.5. The purpose of this statement is to prevent the existence of conflicting roles that might bias a contractor's judgment and to prevent an unfair competitive advantage. The following subsections prescribe a non-exhaustive list of limitations on contracting as the means of avoiding, neutralizing or mitigating organizational conflicts of interest. a. If, under this announcement, the contractor will provide systems engineering and technical direction for a system, but does not have overall contractual responsibility for its development, integration, assembly, checkout or production, the contractor shall not be awarded a subsequent contract to supply the system or any of its major components, or to act as consultant to a supplier of any system, subsystem, or major component utilized for or in connection with any item or other matter that is (directly or indirectly) the subject of the systems engineering and technical direction. The term of this prohibition shall endure for the entire period of this contract and for two (2) years thereafter. b. If, under this announcement, the contractor will prepare and furnish complete specifications covering non- developmental items, to be used in a competitive acquisition, the contractor shall not be permitted to furnish these items, either as a prime or subcontractor. The term of this prohibition shall endure for the entire period of this contract performance and for either two (2) years thereafter or the duration of the initial production contract whichever is longer. This rule shall not apply to contractors who furnish specifications or data at Government request or to situations in which contractors act as Government representatives to help Government agencies prepare, refine or coordinate specifications, provided this assistance is supervised and controlled by Government representatives. c. If, under this announcement, the contractor will prepare or assist in preparing a work statement to be used in competitively acquiring a system or services, the contractor shall not supply the system, its major components, or the service unless the contractor is the sole source, the contractor has participated in the development and design work, or more than one contractor has been involved in preparing the work statement. The term of this prohibition shall endure for two (2) years. d. If, under this announcement, the contractor will provide technical evaluation of products or advisory and assistance services, the contractor shall not provide such services if the services relate to the contractor's own or a competitor's products or services unless proper safeguards are established to ensure objectivity. e. If, under this announcement, any personnel of the prime firm or any subcontractor at any tier previously served with the procuring agency in a capacity that provided access to non-public, competitively useful information relevant to the requirements giving rise to this procurement activity, the prime contractor or subcontractor shall avoid deriving an unfair competitive advantage, or the appearance of an unfair competitive advantage, by precluding the use of such non-public, competitively useful information in the preparation of any document responsive to any request of the procuring agency pursuant to this procurement activity.