SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Two (One (1) 8(a) and one (1) HUBZone Small Business) Indifinite Delivery Type Environmental Architect Engineering Services Contract within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Mission Boundaries
- Notice Date
- 11/13/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place, Room 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230
- ZIP Code
- 40202-2230
- Solicitation Number
- W912QR-3301-7261
- Response Due
- 12/23/2003
- Archive Date
- 2/21/2004
- Point of Contact
- Yong N. Foston, 502-315-6212
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville
(yong.foston@lrl02.usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- 8a Competitive
- Description
- NA DESCRIPTION: 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Government intends to award two (2) Indefinite Delivery Type contract for a 3 year base period with an option to extend the contract for an additional two years at the discretion of the Government. Each contract amount will not exceed $5,000,000 including the option period. Task Orders typically range from $100,000 to $1,000,000. Firm fixed price Task Orders will be issued; not to exceed the contract amount. Contract selection is anticipated on or about Februa ry 2004. Contract awards will be within 1 year of selection concurrent with the issuance of the first Task Order. Some projects may require partnering with the selected firm which could require the selected A/E to attend an approximate one-day partnering meeting to define the Users expectations of the A/E, create a positive working atmosphere, encourage open communication, and identify common goals. Significant emphasis will be placed on the A/Es quality control procedures as the District will perform the quality assurance only on the project. The Contracting Officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: performance and quality of deliverables under the current contract, current capacity t o accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, and equitable distribution of work among the contractors. The top ranked firm will be awarded the contract. If necessary, secondary selection criteria (e-g listed below) will b e used as a tiebreaker among technically equal firms. The contract awarded as a result of this announcement will be administered by the Louisville District for use on federal projects under its jurisdiction and, if requested, for other Corps of Engineers Districts within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division. This announcement is open only to small disadvantaged business (SDB) firms under the 8(a) program and HUBZone Small Business. If no HUBZone Small Business is qualified, a second 8(a) may be select ed. To be eligible for contract award; a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov. For further questions and/or concerns please contact: CCR Assistance at (888) 27 7-2423 (Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. thru 6 p.m.) or Electronic Commerce Information Center (ECIC) at (800) 334- 3414 (Monday thru Friday, 8 a.m. thru 6 p.m.). 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work to be performed under this contract will be within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Divisions mission boundaries to support the Louisville Districts mission. The required services will consist of the following areas: CERCLA; RCRA; NEPA; Environmental Compliance Assessment; Air Quality/CAA; Pollution Prevention; Hazardous Materials Management; Historic Preservation; Archaeology and other state and federal environmental regulations. Task Orders under this contract may include, but are not limited to, all aspects of CERCLA, RCRA and NEPA phases of studies and designs associated with environmental restoration. This includes Preliminary Assessments/ Site Inspections (PA/SI), Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies (RI/FS), En gineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) and Remedial Designs under CERCLA and the comparable studies and designs under RCRA. Other studies may include Environmental Baseline Surveys (EBS), Environmental Assessments (EA), Finding of Suitability to Trans fer (FOST) and Finding of Suitability to Lease (FOSL). Other Task Orders may include property and claim ownership determinations (identification of past and current land owners, assessments of financial viability, research deed/lease agreements), historic and archaeological site surveys, preparation of community relations plans, participation in public meetings, preparation of work plans, sampling and analysis plans (field sampling plan and quality assurance project plan), and health and safety plans (inc luding ordnance and explosives avoidance plans), environmental permitting and regulatory program compliance. Task Orders may also include site characterization including field investigations, chemical sampling and laboratory analysis, development of Conce ptual Site Models (CSM), development of hydro geologic models, human health and ecological risk assessments, development of cleanup goals, preparation of environmental investigation documents, remediation investigation reports, aerial photography and site mapping, design, preparation of plans and specifications, management plans and/or specifications for lead and asbestos contaminated materials, project remediation cost estimates, remediation project bid package preparation, project construction phase serv ices and project follow-up maintenance monitoring and operation optimization. In addition, a brief Design Quality Management Plan including an explanation of the firms management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), quality control proc edures, firms procedures to insure that internal resources are not over committed, and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors) must be included in paragraph 10 of the SF255 . In Block 10 also indicate the estimated percentage of involvement of each firm on the proposed team. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Items (a) through (d) are primary criteria and (e)-( g) are secondary and will only be used as a tie-breaker among technically equal firms. (a) Professional Qualifications of the key management and technical personnel to include appropriate education, training, registration/certification, overall and releva nt experience and knowledge with design and selection of remediation technologies is required. The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, certifications, and relevant experience and longevity with the firm. Firms will be evaluated in t erms of professional qualifications and technical competence in the type or work required as exhibited by evaluation of the firms staff with regard to experience and roles of staff members specifically on projects addressed in selection criteria (b). Two resumes are required for the following personnel project assignments, at least one registered professional in each discipline: environmental engineer, civil engineer, geotechnical engineer and/or geologist. In addition, a resume for professionals qualifie d by education, training, certification and specialized experience is required in each of the following fields: project technical manager; certified industrial hygienist (CIH) accredited by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH), hydrologist, hyd ro geologist (PE or PG), chemist/chemical engineer, hydraulic engineer, environmental law specialist, health physicists (for radiological projects), regulatory specialist, human health and ecological risk assessment specialist, archaeologist, wildlife and aquatic biologist, cost estimator. Firms must be able to obtain state licensing for professionals, trade certification and licenses as required for projects located in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee. The states of registration and certification of each team member must be included in each resume in Block 7 of SF255. Block 7 may also include a matrix that displays the discipline, degree, years of experience, state(s) of registration/certification in each of the specialized exper ience categories for each person on the proposed team. (b) Specialized Experience and technical competence of the firm and proposed team (including consultants) in the expected activities identified above, to include experience in: performance of environ mental studies and designs conducted under CERCLA and RCRA regulations as well as appropriate state regulations. Additionally, firms must have expertise in huma n health and ecological risk assessment, cost engineering, hydrogeology, Ordnance and explosives (OE), unexploded ordnance (UXO), chemical warfare munitions (CWM), environmental statistics, NEPA regulations, hydrology, GIS and CADD. Those projects conducte d under the following regulatory authorities will be rated more favorably: EPA Region 5, EPA Region 4, State EPA authorities for Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Other project characteristics that will be rated more favorably include: chlor inated solvents in soil and groundwater; explosives contamination in soil and groundwater; karst hydrogeology; NIKE sites; monitored natural attenuation; land use control plan implementation, IRP sites, FUDS sites and BRAC sites, projects utilizing the Lo uisville Chemistry Guide protocols for chemical laboratory analysis and data validation. (c) Capacity to perform concurrent multiple task orders and sufficient staffing and/or team to accomplish same. Resumes for at least two personnel in each of the fol lowing areas must be submitted: environmental engineer, civil engineer and geotechnical engineer and/or geologist. (d) Past performance with respect to cost control, quality of work compliance with performance schedules on DOD and non-DOD contracts. Firms must list POC names and phone numbers for each project shown in Block 8. (e) Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DoD contracts; (f) Knowledge of the locality of the project, to include knowledge of local conditions and local codes. (g) Volume of DoD contract awards in the last twelve months listed in Block 9 of the SF 255. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit ONE (1) completed copy of SF255 (Revision 11/92) for prime and ONE (1) copy of SF254 (Revision 11/92) for prime and each consultant to the above address not later than 3:00 pm local time on 23 December 2003 to be considered for selection. Block 3b of SF255 must include the ACASS number for the prime contractors primary performing office proposed for the function. Also, the business size status (large, small, and/or minority) should be indicated in SF 255, Block 3b. To receive information to obtain an ACASS number, call (503) 808-4591. Submittals must be addressed as follows: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville Distric t, CELRL-CT, ATTN: Yong Foston, Room 821, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Place, Louisville, KY 40202. Any firm with an electronic mailbox responding to this solicitation should identify such address in the SF255. Release of firm status will occur within 10 days after approval of any selection. Administrative and procedural questions shall be directed to Yong Foston at Yong.Foston@lrl02.usace.army.mil. FAXED SUBMITTALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Block 8 must be limited to 10 projects and a total of 20 pages (single sided or 10 pages double sided). The projects presented should not be more than 10 years old. All projects presented in Block 8 beyond the first 10 and all pages beyond 20 will be discarded and not considered. SF255 Block 10 MUST NOT EXCEED 20 P AGES (single sided or 10 pages double sided). All pages over 20 will be discarded and not considered. Cover letters and extraneous materials (Brochures, etc.) are NOT desired and will not be considered. This is NOT a request for a proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided for A/E contracts.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville 600 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Place, Room 821, Louisville KY
- Zip Code: 40202-2230
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 40202-2230
- Record
- SN00469156-W 20031115/031113212734 (fbodaily.com)
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