Company Qualifications

Cooper Zietz Engineers, Inc. w CZE was established in 1990 to satisfy a specific client need—providing specialized project construction management, quality assurance, quality control, design and constructability review, and feasibility analysis for military, civil works, and public infrastructure projects. Our personnel boast strong backgrounds in engineering design as well as construction engineering practices.

CZE is a small, highly specialized, professional services firm with strong core competencies in maintaining project quality and controls, including budget, schedule, performance, and subcontractor administration. The firm’s management is totally committed to maintaining these competencies. A vice president of the firm oversees all day-to-day field activities, providing immediate access to corporate resources and assuring that our personnel provide excellent service.

CZE employs professional engineers licensed in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Ohio, and Delaware. We are a state-certified small, disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) in Oregon (No. 588), Washington (No. D1M6115051), and several other states.

CZE is nationally recognized as a Native American owned or “Buy Indian” Business (qualified under FAR 52.226.1). Our current self-reporting status is available through the Central Contractor Registry at http://www.ccr.gov.

Construction contract support, administration, and QC inspection have been part of the firm’s practice since its founding. In response to specific client needs, we also staff projects with highly qualified project managers, resident engineers, office engineers, engineering technicians, and a wide range of specialized construction inspectors. Personnel can be assigned to long-term, projects or can be used to augment staffing on a short term basis. Project management and other company resources are maintained such that field staff can be easily increased on short notice.

GSA Authorized Federal Supply Schedule Price List Customer Contract and Ordering Information:

Cooper Zietz Engineers, Inc.

620 SW Fifth Avenue

Suite 1225

Portland, Oregon 97204

Timothy J Oliver, P.E.

Tel. 503-253-5429

Fax 503-253-5412

email: timothyo@coopercm.com
website: www.coopercm.com

Contract #: GS10F0337T
DUNS #: 802745448
Period of Performance: August 9, 2007 through August 8, 2012
Minimum Order: $100 Maximum Order: $750,000

CZE can provide Professional Engineering Services under the following GSA SINs:

SIN 871-1 STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS/ACTIVITIES
Definition and interpretation of high-level organizational engineering performance requirements and the objectives and approaches to their achievement. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to an analysis of mission, program goals and objectives, requirements analysis, organizational performance assessment, special studies and analysis, training, privatization and outsourcing.

SIN 871-2 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
Abstract or concept studies and analysis, requirements definition, preliminary planning, the evaluation of alternative technical approaches and associated costs for the development or enhancement of high level general performance specifications of a system, project, mission or activity. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to requirements analysis, cost/cost-performance trade-off analysis, feasibility analysis, regulatory compliance support, technology conceptual designs, training, privatization and outsourcing.

SIN 871-3 SYSTEM DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION
Translation of a system (or subsystem, program, project, activity) concept into a preliminary and detailed design (engineering plans and specifications); performing risk identification, analysis, mitigation, and traceability; and then integrating the various components to produce a working prototype or model of the system. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to computer-aided design, design studies and analysis, high level detailed specification preparation, configuration management and document control, fabrication, assembly and simulation, modeling, training, privatization and outsourcing.

SIN 871-4 TEST AND EVALUATION
Application of various techniques demonstrating that a prototype system (subsystem, program, project or activity) performs in accordance with the objectives outlined in the original design. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited testing of a prototype and first article(s) testing, environmental testing, independent verification and validation, reverse engineering, simulation and modeling (to test the feasibility of a concept), system safety, quality assurance, physical testing of the product or system, training, privatization and outsourcing.

SIN 871-5 INTEGRATED LOGISTICS SUPPORT
Analysis, planning and detailed design of all engineering specific logistics support including material goods, personnel, and operational maintenance and repair of systems throughout their life cycles. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to ergonomic/human performance analysis, feasibility analysis, logistics planning, requirements determination, policy standards/procedures development, long-term reliability and maintainability, training, privatization and outsourcing.

SIN 871-6 ACQUISITION AND LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT
Services required under this SIN involve the entire planning, budgetary, contract and systems/program management execution functions required to procure and/or produce, render operational and provide life cycle support (maintenance, repair, supplies, engineering specific logistics) to technology-based systems, activities, subsystems, projects, etc. Typical associated tasks include, but are not limited to operation and maintenance, program/project management (including, but not limited to, construction management) technology transfer/insertion, training, privatization and outsourcing.

CZE can provide Professional Engineering Services for the following engineering disciplines.

Chemical Engineering:
Planning, development, evaluation and operation of chemical, biochemical or physical plants and processes. Changes in composition, energy content, state of aggregation of materials, forces that act on matter, and relationships are examined and new and conventional chemical materials, products and processes. This includes, but is not limited to, planning, evaluating chemical plants and petroleum refineries, pollution control systems, biochemical processes, plastics, pharmaceuticals, fibers; analysis of chemical reactions that take place in mixtures; determination of methodologies for the systematic design, control and analysis of processes, evaluating economics, safety, etc.

Civil Engineering:
It includes, but is not limited to, planning, evaluation, operations, production, furnishing, construction, alteration, repair, processing or assembling of vessels, aircraft, or other kinds of personal property, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning for such vessels and/or aircraft.

Construction Management Services:
These services include management of the planning, design, and construction process of capital improvement projects. Construction Managers organize the effort, develop the management plan, monitor the participants’ progress against the plan, and identify actions to be taken in the event of deviance from the plan. Construction Managers apply and integrate comprehensive project controls to manage the critical issues of time, cost scope, and quality. Customer agencies utilize construction managers as their principal agent to advise or manage the project. The following are some of the tasks that can be provided under Construction Management Services:

• Recommend most effective use of funds
• Continuous schedule enforcement
• Ensure design complies with budget
• Match construction spending to funds availability
• Enhance control of the scope of work
• Optimal project/program scheduling options
• Best use of individual project team members’ expertise
• Maximum avoidance of delays, changes and claims
• Optimal flexibility in contracting/procurement options
• Application and integration of comprehensive project controls
• Design quality assurance throughout the design process
• Consideration of material, systems and process alternatives
• Code compliance review

Electrical Engineering:
Planning, design, development, evaluation and operation of electrical principles, models and processes. It includes, but is not limited to, the design, fabrication, measurement and operation of electrical devices, equipment and systems (e.g., signal processing; telecommunication; sensors; image processing; energy systems and control; fiber optics; etc.).

Mechanical Engineering:
Planning, development, evaluation and control of systems and components involving the production and transfer of energy and with the conversion of one form of energy to another. It includes, but is not limited to, planning and evaluation of power plants, analysis of the economical combustion of fuels, conversion of heat energy into mechanical energy, use of mechanical energy to perform useful work, analysis of structures and motion in mechanical systems, and conversion of raw materials into a final product, etc. (e.g., thermodynamics, mechanics, fluid mechanics, internal combustion engines, steam and gas turbines, dynamic systems, dynamics fluid mechanics, heat transfer, manufacturing, materials, solid mechanics, reactors, etc.).

Tasks
CZE can provide Professional Engineering Services related to following non-inclusive list of tasks.

Architect-Engineering (A/E) Services as that term is defined in FAR 36.601-3 are excluded from the PES Schedule.

Specialized Experience

CZE has significant experience in systems and facilities engineering, ranging from facility design to construction management, comprehensive system audits, and threat evaluation and emergency preparedness. We have worked with and developed numerous database applications to solve business management and facility management problems. CZE staff have overseen the installation of all types of facility systems, including power, electrical, fuel, HVAC, plumbing, security, IT, and integrated building management systems. CZE staff have completed facility commissioning and start-up, HAZOP analyses, and process performance testing. In addition, CZE engineers have project experience in process design and integrated control system design for HVAC and life safety systems.

PROCESS INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING
CZE is well versed in the design and installation of various instrumentation systems. Our experience includes verification of proper application and installation; verification of proper power, signal, instrument air, and plant air connections; and functionality verification of instrument calibration and signal interface with integrated control systems. CZE staff experience with instrumentation and process control program management span a broad range of installations, including chemical weapons disposal facilities, nuclear and hydroelectric power stations, integrated chemical plants and refineries, cement plants, aluminum plants, coal-fired power plants, semiconductor, and other specialty manufacturing facilities. These applications have included a variety of different steam boiler and distribution systems; HVAC and life safety systems; pump controls; and natural gas, LPG, and other fuel storage and distribution systems. CZE engineers also are experienced in process design and design of integrated control systems and of fully automated, continuous, self-monitoring multi-station manufacturing lines. Specific instrument experience includes:

• Ultrasonic, conductive, and RF level transmitters
• Pressure indicators and differential pressure indicators/transmitters
• SCADA systems, DDC systems, and PLCs
• Mechanical and infrared position sensors
• Thermocouples, thermistors, and other remote temperature sensing devices
• pH and other chemical sensors
• Continuous emissions monitoring systems
• HVAC systems and controls and HVAC balancing
• Electric and pneumatic control valves with and without feedback loops
• Life safety gas sensors and automatic transfer switches
• Liquid and gas flow monitors and transmitters
• Electrical power installations including uninterruptible power systems, automated backup generation, and automatic transfer switchgear
• Various motor speed sensors, transmitters and variable frequency drives

PHYSICAL SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE
CZE has evaluated design basis threats and coordinated the development of design criteria and security plans with the federal, state and local agencies. We have coordinated security and threat evaluations of existing infrastructure, target sets, controlled areas and surrounding areas/terrain; developed overall design and implementation budgets and schedules; and supervised the implementation of physical security upgrades to existing features and installation of new security features.

Partial List of Clients

Project Experience

The following highlights our experience in four different focus areas:

Chemical Weapons Disposal Systems.

Since 1998, CZE has conducted ongoing inspections and evaluations of integrated chemical weapons treatment and incineration systems at Johnston Atoll, Oregon, and Arkansas to ensure that systems were properly constructed and tested in accordance with the design drawings and specifications. Process system inspections included comprehensive walkdowns of agent collection system equipment (piping, electrical, instrumentation); thermal treatment systems (burner control systems, thermal sensing equipment, pressure sensors); pollution abatement systems (scrubbers, quenchers, demisters, baghouses, valves, instrumentation, and electrical equipment); brine reduction systems (dryers, demisters, tanks); power supplies, transformers, and motor control centers; boilers; piping; and electrical and instrument signal wiring to identify design discrepancies, flaws in workmanship or installation, and incomplete QA/QC documentation. We also verified proper systemization of instrument calibration and signals to centralized control for automatic waste feed cut-off. We have audited system control logic and database collection systems for accuracy and designed new database systems to track our activities at these facilities.

Building Management Systems.

The firm has provided construction management services for building repair and alteration projects throughout the country, including fire and life safety alterations and standby power installations. This work has included all phases of electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and interior upgrades along with incorporating energy saving features. CZE has been involved in the planning, design, preparation of contract documents, construction management, field inspection, and building commissioning for these facilities that have included hospitals and other medical facilities, office buildings, and other public facilities.

Homeland Security Systems.

CZE is providing construction management support services for facility expansion, repair, and security upgrades for multiple U.S. Coast Guard facilities. These activities include upgraded HVAC monitoring and control systems and electrical power upgrades and UPS and emergency generator back-up systems; video surveillance installations, and base perimeter lighting upgrade, rooftop camera mount installation, and reconstruction of security gates and walls. CZE also provided construction management services during the construction of an Urban Training Facility for the U.S. Army at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska.

Strategic Defense Systems.

CZE has provided construction management support services for a variety of on-site work for the Missile Defense System Test Pad in Fort Greely, Alaska. This work has included electrical inspection during the construction of the ground launch facility. CZE staff also has extensive experience providing similar services at U.S. Navy installations throughout the world.