SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Class III Archaeological Survey Report
- Notice Date
- 7/22/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Yuma Contracting Division, ATTN: AMSSB-ACY, Building 2100, Ocotillo Street, Yuma, AZ 85365-9106
- ZIP Code
- 85365-9106
- Solicitation Number
- DATM07-02-R-1031
- Response Due
- 8/5/2002
- Point of Contact
- Jacque Phillips, 928-328-6903
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Yuma Contracting Division
(jacque.phillips@yuma.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- NA United States Army Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) Arizona is seeking pre-qualified contractors to conduct and deliver a CLASS III ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPORTS. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, as supplemented with additional information included this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposal that is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-07. This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small businesses under SIC code 8999 with a small business standard of $5M/NASIC 51 4199. Notice of pre-qualification requirement to all potential offerors: This acquisition contains a pre-qualification requirement. In order to be eligible for award for this acquisition, you must be pre-qualified. The following contractors have already been pre-qualified based on previous submissions: Archaeological Consulting Services, LTD., Western Cultural Resource Management, Inc., Northland Research, Inc., and Statistical Research, Inc. If you have not been previously qualified, see pre-qualificati on instructions given below. You are to quote a single Firm Fixed Price for the complete project. The statement of work and the wage determination applicable for this project is cited below. Statement of Work: 1.0. GENERAL: 1.1. SCOPE: You will perform a Class III archaeological survey consisting of 5434 acres located in the KOFA Range, Yuma Proving Ground. The terrain is fairly flat, dissected by numerous washes with vegetation present along the washes. 1.2. HOURS OF OPERATION: Normal hours of operation at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) are 0630 to 1700 MST, Monday through Thursday. You must submit a request for work other than these hours at least 24 in advance through your assigned technical point of contact. 1.3. BACKGROUND: 1.3.1. MISSION: We are a develo pmental testing facility under the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. Our mission is testing of various weapon and protection systems that support the soldier in the field. Commodity areas include: munitions and weapons, air delivery, tracked vehicles, automotive systems and human engineering products. 1.3.2. LOCATION: We are located in the southwest corner of Arizona. YPG totals about 840,000 acres. Temperatures are in excess of 100 degrees F during the months of June, July, August and September. Our l and is rough desert terrain. 1.4. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 12 August 2002 - 31 December 2002. 1.4.1 FIELD SURVEYS: 1.4.1.1. The field survey shall be completed No Later Than (NLT) than 3 months after contract award. 1.4.2. FINAL REPORTS: 1.4.2.1. The final report for the survey shall be completed within 8 weeks of the completed archaeology Class III survey. 1.5. SECURITY: 1.5.1. You shall comply with all installation security requirements. The area of the survey is restricted. Security badges are required. At least 5 days prior to beginning performance, you shall submit to the Contracting Office a listing of your personnel who will be on site. The list shall include: Employee?s full name and address; Employee?s social security number; Employee?s height, we ight, hair color, eye color; Employee?s naturalization number (if not an American citizen). 1.5.2. You must notify Range Control before traveling down range and when leaving the range and to ascertain if an ETO escort is required. 1.5.3. Any of your perso nnel who have not had a Range Safety briefing will need to have one before entering the range. You should allow a significant portion of your first day onsite for processing of security requirements. 2.0. DEFINITIONS: 2.1. GENERAL: 2.1.1. ETO ? Explosive T echnical Officer. 2.1.2. HOLIDAYS - Our ten official holidays are New Year?s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents? Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans? Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. 2.1.3. NLT - Not Later Than. 2.1.4. TECHNICAL POINT OF CONTACT (TPCO): A representative of the requiring activity who is responsible for work hours coordination and review and acceptance of the fin al work product. 3.0. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY: 3.1. We will furnish a location map of area to be surveyed. 3.2. Radios for use during field surveys are available at KOFA Tech Control, telephone (520) 328-7451. 4.0. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS: You sh all provide all personnel, supplies and equipment necessary to conduct the survey and prepare the deliverables. 5.0. SPECIFIC TASKS: 5.1. You will provide all personnel, supplies and equipment, including four-wheeled drive transportation necessary to condu ct an intensive Class III archaeology survey. The proposed survey area is 5434 acres. Work is to start in a timely manner after contract award to ensure field survey is completed by 30 October 2002. Site descriptions including GIS deliverables and word-pr ocessed site forms must be delivered in electronic format compatible with government systems. 5.1.1. All work must conform to Arizona State and Secretary of the Interior Guidelines for conducting cultural resources surveys, including qualifications of arc haeologists and field crewmembers. Resumes showing proper qualifications must be submitted to the YPG Contracting Office prior to start of work. 5.1.2. Survey interval between surveyors shall be no greater than 20 meters. You shall adhere to the Arizona S tate Museum?s Site Definition Policy. The survey shall be of sufficient detail and intensity to clearly establish the existence, location and approximate boundaries of all cultural resources within the survey area. 5.1.3. It is your responsibility to file for and obtain all necessary permits. 5.2. You shall be responsible for all portions of the field survey to include: conventional recording of sites and isolated occurrences using standard Arizona State Site Records forms. Fieldwork shall also include stan dard site mapping, photography, global positioning system (GPS) recording of sites, structures, features, artifacts and isolated occurrences including the gathering of GPS data on aboriginal trails. Aboriginal trails will be surveyed using a sweep procedur e; GPS beginning point to end of line. 5.2.1. No subsurface testing or artifact collection is required. We currently have a no artifact collection policy for cultural resources surveys. If archaeological artifacts are found and in danger of destruction, t hen the archaeologist will consult with the Installation Cultural Resources Manager (ICRM). Collection of artifacts will be determined by the ICRM. 5.2.2. All archaeology sites, isolates and aboriginal trails are to be clearly delineated on USGS topo maps, 1:24,000, including detailed individual recorded site maps and site location maps at 1:24,000 scale and shall be delivered in hard copy and geographic lat/long format upon project completion. Archaeology sites shall be inconspicuously marked with a metal identification tag to include YPG and ASM site numbers. 5.3. APPLICABLE AREA: 5.3.1. The project area is approximately 5434 acres and is outlined on attached map. The project area is located on the KOFA Firing Range and could be subject to unexploded ordna nce contamination. 5.4. REPORTS: The survey shall be of sufficient detail and intensity to clearly establish the existence, location and approximate spatial boundaries of all cultural resources within the survey area. 5.4.1. All site descriptions on standa rd state forms, text, tables, figures, graphics shall be prepared in PC compatible format: Word format on 3.5? disks, double sided, high density; Data shall be in ASCII format; and edited and proof-read. 5.4.2. You shall be responsible for all analysis and editing necessary to produce final site descriptions and GIS output. Additionally, you shall provide metadata describing the content, quality, condition and ot her characteristics of data. You shall follow the approved Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata. 5.4.3. Survey reports shall provide mitigation recommendations for cultural resources sites, if any, to include testing and data recovery. A data r ecovery plan must be submitted to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for review and comment prior to any actual data recovery performed. When you submit the final report you shall also include a cost estimate for any required mitigation action. Any mitigation action necessary would be negotiated under separate contract. 5.4.4. DELIVERABLES: Twenty-three (23) copies of the final report shall be delivered as follows: Nineteen (19) copies bound in the PERFECT BINDING style without location data an d marked as such. Four (4) copies bound in the PERFECT BINDING style with locational data and marked as such. Data compendium (if applicable) 2 copies (1 unbound on acid-free paper). A CD ROM master of the final report, site cards, including data compendi um (if applicable) shall be provided. Field notes, maps, photographs and photo logs shall be provided to the ICRMP upon completion of report. Hard copy of Site boundary/archaeology sites delineated on appropriate 7.5 minute topo map(s). 5.5. STATUS: You s hall meet with your TPOC and other Government personnel on the fourth Thursday of each month at 2:00PM MST to discuss status and potential findings. 5.6. ACCEPTANCE: The final report will be inspected in accordance with the inspection clause in the contrac t. Final acceptance will be based on the delivery of all requirements in accordance with the contract. 6.0. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS: As stated in paragraph 5 above. A map of the location can be downloaded along with a copy of this combined synopsis/solicitat ion at the following http://www.yuma.army.mil/contracting/rfp.html website address. The following Federal Acquisition Regulations provision and clauses are applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items (Oct 20 00); FAR 52.212-2 - Evaluation -- Commercial Items (Jan 1999) - Award will be made to the pre-qualified offeror proposing the lowest priced proposal. If you are not already pre-qualified, you must submit the following information with your offer for revie w and pre-qualification. Evidence of at least 5 years experience in the various programs included within the cultural resources field, evidence of experience with regional and military agencies, and a sample of your technical experience with regional and m ilitary agencies, and a sample of your technical writing and our experience with the National Register of Historic Places. Contactors who are not already pre-qualified and fail to submit this information will not be considered for award. 52.212-3 - Offero r Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items (May 2002). FAR 52.212-3 must be completed by the offeror and submitted with your quote to be eligible for award. 52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items (Feb 2002). 52.212-5 - C ontract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (May 2002) ? (with the following clauses selected by the Contracting Officer): 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government, with Alterna te I; 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns; 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vie tnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans; 52.222-19, Child Labor - Cooperation wi th Authorities and Remedies; 52.232-33 Payment by Electronics Funds Transfer - Central Transfer ? Central Contractor Registration (if you do not accept payment by Government credit card); 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer ? Other than Central Contractor Registration; 52.232-36, Payment by Third Party (if you accept payment by Government credit card). PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: PROPOSALS ARE DUE NLT 4:00 P.M. MST on 05 AUGUST 2002. Your proposal shall include your total proposed price, your legal company name and address (the exact name and address given within the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) website (see: http://www.ccr.gov/index.cfm to validate your company information), your phone and facsimile number, Email address, company Point of Contact (POC), your business size, DUNS number, CAGE Code, Tax Identification Number, completed Contractor certifications (52.212-3) and pre-qualification submission (if not already pre-quali fied). The Government POC for this acquisition is Miss Jacque Phillips, Contract Administrator. You may hand-carry, Fax or Email your proposal to Miss Phillips. Physical mailing address: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Yuma Contracting Division, ATTN: AMSSB-ACY/ Jacque Phillips, building 2100, Room 8, U. S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, AZ, 95365-9106. Email Address is Jacque.Phillips@yuma.army.mil or Facsimile number is (928) 328-6849. If you have any questions, you may contact Miss Phillips at (928) 328 6903.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, Yuma Contracting Division ATTN: AMSSB-ACY, Building 2100, Ocotillo Street Yuma AZ
- Zip Code: 85365-9106
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 85365-9106
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