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F -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONVERSATION SERVICES, EGLIN AFB SOL n/a POC Ron Hillis, Contract Specialist, 850-882-4605x4537 Description: The Air Armament Center is seeking sources to propose for performing a task-ordering contract to assist the Environmental Management Directorate at Eglin AFB in conducting environmental analysis and planning, verifying compliance to applicable regulations, pollution prevention, remediation and restoration of contaminated sites. Identification and documentation of natural and cultural resources is also required. Services shall include, but are not limited to, literature/regulation searches, historic background research, documented reporting, field investigations, environmental design, qualitative and quantitative risk assessments, environmental training and proactively measuring environmental awareness, public affairs support, and environmental assessments (NEPA). Task orders will require proficiency in one or more of the following disciplines: chemical, civil and environmental engineering, geotechnical, toxicology, industrial hygiene, chemistry, geochemistry, biology, geology, hydrogeology, geophysics, and archaeology. Knowledge of Federal and State of Florida environmental regulations is also required. As appropriate, the reports will be certified by professional engineer licensed in the State of Florida. All fieldwork will be conducted on approximately 465,000 acres owned or controlled by Eglin AFB in Northwest Florida. Occasional travel within the US is anticipated. Security clearances of TOP SECRET including Special Access Required (SAR) and Special Compartmentalized Information (SCI) clearances are anticipated requirements during the course of this contract. Work is expected to be continuous and involve multiple projects in various stages of completion with each requiring a unique mixture of disciplines. This is anticipated to be a 12-month basic contract with six one-year option periods to begin approximately 1 Oct 1999. The factors to be used for evaluating the proposals and their relative order of importance will be included in the solicitation. A draft solicitation and a pre solicitation conference are anticipated to be held in May. The annual total for the tasks is not expected to exceed $5,000,000. The contract is anticipated to be Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF). The Government anticipates making multiple awards. The Government reserves the right to designate a small business set-aside and/or competitive 8(a) based on responses to the synopsis. Col. Caravello has been appointed the Acquisition Ombudsman by the Air Armament Center Commander. The Ombudsman is to hear offeror's or potential offeror's confidential concerns, if any, regarding this acquisition. His purpose is not to replace the technical staff or contracting officer but to serve as an honest broker and communicate concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations to the appropriate government personnel. His address is: AAC/CV, 101 West Ave Suite 116, Eglin AFB FL 32542-5495. Phone: 850-882-0662. Email: Caravell@eglin.af.mil. Firms responding to this synopsis should state whether they are a large, small, or Section 8(a). The SICcode for this acquisition is 8744 with a size standard of 500 employees. See note 26. Posted 01/15/99 (W-SN288615). (0015)

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