SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR OCEAN DISPOSAL SITES
- Notice Date
- 2/8/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Portland District, US Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division (CENWP-CT_, P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946
- ZIP Code
- 97208-2946
- Solicitation Number
- DACW57-02-R-0010
- Response Due
- 2/25/2002
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2002
- Point of Contact
- Courtney Jones, 503-808-4630
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to Portland District, US Army Corps of Engineers
(Courtney.L.Jones@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NA The Portland District of the US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking small businesses that have the technical capabilities and interest to conduct biological and physical characterization studies at two disposal sites at the mouth of the Columbia River. BACK GROUND. Portland District is working with the Environmental Protection Agency in their process of designating two ocean disposal sites off the mouth of the Columbia River. Although these sites can be used for other purposes they will be used primarily by the Corps for disposal of material dredged from the entrance channel to the Columbia River. One of the sites, the deep water site, is new and was selected after a several year process with federal and states agencies as well as interested private groups. The site was selected using existing information and was located in an area that the group concluded would be least impacting to the resources and fisheries in the area and have the capacity for the 50 year planning life of the disposal action. The seco nd site is an expansion of a historic sit (Site E) at the tip of the Columbia River north jetty. It is doubled in size to the west and is now referred to as the shallow water site. It is a highly erosive area that is generally believed to be unproductive except for Dungeness crabs in the summer. TYPES OF WORK REQUIRED. Studies will involve the sites from both a physical and biological standpoint. The study at the deep water site will involve physical sampling of the sediments as well as sampling benthic i nvertebrates, macro-invertebrates and demersal fish populations. The shallow water site will be limited to sampling for Dungeness crabs. The data gathered will be used to establish baseline conditions as required by the site designation process. Sampling m ethodology as well as location and distribution of stations will be the responsibility of the contractor to design and recommend in a proposal. The sampling plan should be statistically credible as well as comparable with previous studies done in the area. Methodologies for the deep water site should also be compatible with the Revised Procedural Guide for Designation Surveys of Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites Tech Report D-90-8, Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg, MS. The tec h report is available on line at https://www.wes.army.mil/el/dots/pdfs/trd90-8/cover.pdf. The contractor can propose other methodologies but sufficient justification must be provided to insure comparability with historic data. Data will be analyzed using recognized statistical methodologies to adequately describe the populations in the site. REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The RFP will be a two-phase Best Value procurement issued on or about 25 February 2002. The award is expected in the late spring to allow for s ampling to begin in June of this year. Two seasons are anticipated, one in early summer and one in the late fall. The data analysis and report preparation shall be completed by January 2003. Phase I of the proposal is a Qualifications Proposal that will be evaluated on the following factors: 1)Specialized Experience 2)Professional Qualifications 3)Past performance. Two or three firms will be selected to provide Phase II of the proposal which is a technical approach based on 1)Sampling plan design (innova tive methods sought) 2)Analysis methodology 3)Phase I result. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for small business concerns, the size standard for which is: a concern, including all affiliates, with $6 Million average annual receipts over the past th ree years. REGISTRATION. Interested responsible firms are invited to request a copy of the subject Request for Proposal, issued in CD Rom, at no charge, by registering on our website at https://www.nwp.army.mil. In addition, in order to do business with the Department of Defense, the contractor must enroll on the Central Contractor Register (CCR). Contractor may access the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov. Te chnical P.O.C. is Kim Larson who may be emailed at Kim.W.Larson@www.usace.army.mil or called at (503)808-4776. Administrative P.O.C is Sandra Hillebrandt who may be called at (503)808-4615 or emailed at Sandra.L.Hillebrandt@www.usace.army.mil. NAICS 541380.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Portland District, US Army Corps of Engineers Contracting Division (CENWP-CT-C, P.O. Box 2946 Portland OR
- Zip Code: 97208-2946
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 97208-2946
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