A/E Services For The Risk Management Center Which Includes Projects Within The United States And Its Territories For Dam And Levee Safety And Other Work As Assigned To Usace

Architect/Engineer services to support the Unites States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Risk Management Center (RMC), Head Quarters (HQ) USACE, Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise (DSMMCX), and Levee Safety Center (LSC), which will include projects within the United States and its territories for dam and levee safety and other work as assigned to the USACE national centers. These services shall include but not be limited to geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering, hydrology, geology, geomorphology, geophysics, seismology, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, structural engineering, civil/site engineering, economics, consequence estimation, environmental, geographic information systems, computer aided design and drafting, construction cost estimating, construction cost and schedule risk analysis, construction engineering and surveying will be required to support the program. These services may be in support of site characterization studies, engineering evaluations and analyses in support of hydrologic (e.g. Inflow Design Flood) and seismic loading, consequence studies, dam or levee inspections, levee screenings, levee inventory and review activities, feasibility studies, preliminary designs, value engineering, constructability reviews, policy or guidance development, training development or support, emergency response and recovery, or other analyses or studies related to the dam and levee safety programs. These services shall include evaluation of bridges, gates, spillways, pumping stations and other appurtenant structures attached to dams, locks, and levees as necessary to characterize the project as a whole. RISK ANALYSIS SERVICES. These are services involving expert elicitation, risk methodology and policy development, quantitative and screening-level risk analyses for dams and levees, issue evaluation studies, existing condition risk assessments, dam safety modification studies, periodic assessments, consequences estimation, determination of total and incremental risk reduction benefits that can be realized from corrective actions, risk facilitation, risk software operations, report preparation and other risk related studies and evaluations under the dam and levee safety programs.