Contracting.

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(1) Engineering design of structures, facilities, and excavations.

(2) Blast effects analysis.

(3) Surveying.

(4) Geographic Information Systems.

(5) Geophysical investigations.

(6) Soil sampling and analysis.

(7) Risk assessment.

(8) Permitting.

(9) Planning.

(10) Cost estimating.

(11) Systems safety.

(12) Other efforts requiring engineering and technical expertise contained within the OE

Design Center.

f. Contracting.

(1) The appropriate contracting function provides acquisition support to the OE project

team on all acquisition matters. Responsibilities include:

(a) Assures all OE-related Request for Proposals (RFP), Commerce Business Daily (CBD)

Announcements, new contracts, SOWs, and delivery orders have been reviewed by an OE Safety

Specialist prior to issuing/awarding.

(b) Assures an OE Safety Specialist is a member of the proposal evaluation team for all

OE-related contracts.

(c) Assures current OE Data Item Descriptions (DID) are used in all OE-related contracts.

Current DIDs are available on the OE MCX website at http://www.usace.army.mil/oew.

(d) Plans, directs, coordinates, and accomplishes actions required to select, negotiate,

award, administer, modify, and terminate contracts for OE projects.

(e) Appoints a Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) when applicable.

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