SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Sources Sought from 100% 8(a), HUB Zone or Small Business Set-Aside Firms for Indefinite Quantity Solicitation for Solid Waste Planning and Engineering Services Within Southern Division AOR
- Notice Date
- 10/31/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Engineering Field Division, South, 2155 Eagle Drive, North Charleston, SC, 29406
- ZIP Code
- 29406
- Solicitation Number
- N62467-04-R-0057
- Response Due
- 12/1/2003
- Point of Contact
- Kathleen Murray, Contract Specialist, Phone 843-820-5998, Fax 843-818-6876, - Crystal Potts, Program Management Assistant, Phone 843-820-5937, Fax 843-818-6895,
- E-Mail Address
-
murraykk@efdsouth.navfac.navy.mil, pottsct@efdsouth.navfac.navy.mil
- Description
- The proposed contracts listed herein are being considered for 100% 8 (a), HUBZone or Small Business Set-Aside. All interested 8(a), HUBZone or Small Business Set-Aside concerns will notify this office electronically to katie.stohs@navy.mil of their intention to submit the required information listed below by 1 December 2003. Solicitation N62467-04-R-0057, Sources sought for the Indefinite Quantity Solicitation for Solid Waste Planning and Engineering Services breaking the 26 state AOR into two regions as follows: the states east of the Mississippi include AL, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, and WI, and the states west of the Mississippi include AR, CO, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, ND, NE, OK, SD, TX, and WY. NOTE: 8 (a), HUBZone and small business firms: At least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. This electronic notification submittal must include (1) the name of the firm; (2) evidence of capacity to perform the requirements and capacity of firm to manage several projects at one time; (3) Knowledge of Department of Defense (DOD) regulations to include recent experience (within the past 5 years) of firm members, individually and collectively, as a total in performing solid waste planning and engineering projects. This work includes, but is not limited to the following services: (1) Preparing solid waste management plans (SWMPs). SWMPs include, but are not limited to, describing and planning: a) waste generation, collection and disposal; b) waste characterization; c) source reduction; d) recycling; e) composting, f) incineration, g) landfilling, and h) recommendations for, but not limited to: i) improving regulatory compliance ii) improving existing practices iii) controlling costs, and iv) meeting DOD and Navy (DON), federal, state, regional, and local goals. (2) Preparing designs, studies, and/or permit applications for solid waste management facilities: a) preparing designs includes, but is not limited to: i) design calculations; ii) evaluation of alternative methods; iii) preparing plans and specifications; iv) cost estimates, and v) other work needed to provide complete packages. B) studies include, but are not limited to: i) researching existing and anticipate conditions; ii) completing application for Commanding Officer?s, or the designate representative?s signature, i) assisting in presenting the application to: 1) the applicable regulatory authority, and/or 2) public meetings and/or hearings, and 3) assisting in evaluating of any proposed permit condition, implied or expresses. D) miscellaneous projects generated by federal, state local laws, regulations, goals, policies, and business practices or self-initiatives. II. Facilities include, but are not limited to: (1) installation-wide systems; (2) transfer stations; (3) construction and demolition debris landfills; (4) yard and green waste composting facilities; (5) recycling facilities (including wood); (6) upgrading/closing of existing sanitary landfills (non-CERLA and/or subtitle C) (7) medical/infectious waste collection and disposal; (8) other facilities, structures, or systems that may be used to manage solid waste (9) developing/modifying GIS and AUTOCAD drawings; 10) conducting Environmental Management System (EMS) reviews, inspection/gap analyses and/or progress reviews to ensure conformance to a specified standard such as ISO 14001, Navy EMS policy or other standard and; (11) Green Construction and Demolition cost estimates and cost analyses, which refers to measures taken beyond typical construction demolition that promotes reuse and recycling and takes special care of protection of human health and the environment (EO13101). III. Naval and Marine Corps installations include, but are not limited to: (1) air stations; (3) Marine Corps Bases; (4) reserve centers; (5) support activities; (6) logistics centers; (7) maintenance depots, and (8) shipyards. If adequate interest is not received from 8 (a) concerns, consideration will then be given to setting the requirements aside for HUBZone concerns. If adequate interest is not received from HUBZone concerns, considerations will then be given to setting the requirements aside for Small Business concerns. Also, if adequate interest is received from 8 (a) and HUBZone concerns, it is the Contracting Officer?s determination on how this will be set-aside per Small Business Administration guidelines. If adequate interest is not received from Small Business concerns, then the requirement will be issued unrestricted as N62467-04-R-0057 Indefinite quantity solicitation for solid waste planning and engineering projects within the Southern Division area of responsibility. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SF254, SF255, etc. LISTED BELOW ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED AT THIS TIME FOR THE SET-ASIDE DETERMINATION, BUT WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SLATE/SELECTION DETERMINATION. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL BE REQUIRED AT A LATER DATE. Solicitation MAY result in the award of one contract. The geographical area for this contract will be Southern Division?s Area of Responsibility which encompass the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The contractor may also, on occasion, be tasked to provide the services described herein to any DOD or other Federal agency activities outside the Southern Division geographical area. These projects will be assigned on an exception basis as determined by the Contracting Officer. A professional engineer will sign engineering work; therefore, contractor personnel must consist of professional engineers registered in the applicable state in which the work is conducted. The format for all reports shall include both a hardcopy and an electronic PDF. A minimum of $20,000.00 shall be guaranteed. This guaranteed fee is a certain obligation at the time of the award and as such will be fulfilled within the base year of the contract. This contract, N62467-04-R-0057, is for one (1) base year and four (4) one-year options: the contract with the base and four option years will not exceed $4,000,000. No new work can be added after one year following award of the initial work unless the option year is exercised. The following criteria (numbered in order of importance) will be used in the selection process: 1. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: a) The team leader shall be a registered professional engineer with i) a minimum of five years of experience, ii) demonstrated responsible charge of: 1) developing solid waste management plans; 2) optimization studies, 3) feasibility studies, and 4) other solid waste related projects. B) technical competence of the individual team members: i) experience, ii) education, and iii) registration. 2. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Recent applicable project experience or understanding relating to: a) Federal, state, regional, and local solid waste laws, policies, and regulations; b) DOD/DON solid waste policy, instructions, and regulations c) Developing and Implementing recycling programs with cost analysis d) Affirmative Procurement e) Sustainable Design and Green Demolition f) Integrated informational management systems, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications and relational databases g) Development and Implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS) h) Management of Medical Waste and; i) Landfill Management Experience. 3. PERFORMANCE: a) Past performance on solid waste management planning/engineering; and b) contracts with government agencies and private industry in terms of i) cost control; ii) quality of work; iii) compliance with performance schedules, and iv) points of contact for reference checking purposes. 4. CAPACITY: a) professional ability to perform multiple projects concurrently, and b) ability to sustain the loss of key personnel while accomplishing the work within required time limits. 5. LOCATION: a) Proximity to the geographical region covered by Southern Division; b) Knowledge of local and regional conditions and regulations that should be considerations of the solid waste management process, and; d) Ability to provide timely responses to issues that could arise during various phases of the contract. 6. VOLUME OF DOD WORK: Firms will be evaluated in terms of work previously awarded to them by DOD within the past 12 months. The objective is equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms. This includes small and small disadvantaged business firms and firms that have not had prior DOD A-E contracts. 7. JOINT VENTURE, TEAMING OR SUBCONTRACTOR UTILIZATION: Any large firm that is selected will be required to submit a subcontracting plan before price negotiations begin for contract award. Large business firms will be evaluated on the extent to which they identify and commit to small businesses, veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged businesses, and woman-owned small business concerns as consultants in performance of this contract. The current subcontracting goals established for these contracts is 73.7% for small businesses, 15.3% for small disadvantaged businesses, 13.8% for woman-owned businesses, 3.1 % HUB Zoned businesses for FY03 and beyond, 3% for veteran-owned businesses, and 3% for service disabled veteran-owned business concerned. In order to assist the committee to more efficiently review all applications, A SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE AS SPECIFICALLY DEFINED IN CRITERIA 1,2, AND 3 (QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND CAPACITY AND PROPOSED TEAM STAFFING AND DEPTH OF ADDITIONAL STAFF SUPPORT) IS REQUESTED AS PART OF OR IN ADDITION TO THE SF 255. 1. Summarize your proposed team with the following data: a) firm name; b) individual name; c) if the individual is with a consultant firm, then state your work history with the individual and consultant firm; d) office assigned to (home or branch office); e) Professional Registration, state, and date; f) assigned team responsibility; g) years with current firm, years with other firms; and h) percent of time committed to this team. 2. List the number of individuals in each discipline NOT assigned to the proposed team who could be used to augment the proposed team in the event of loss of key personnel or failure to maintain schedules. 3) Summarize in descending order of significance, at least three of your most relevant projects for the type of the projects required under the experience category. For each of the presented projects give the following information where applicable: a) list the currently proposed team members who worked with you on the projects; and b) an owner point of contact with telephone number; c) show the original submission schedule, owner approved time extensions, and the final execution schedule. 4. A-Es responding should prepare to provide their Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) prior to selection interviews once a short list has been approved. The QAPP will include an explanation of the management approach; an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and team components and specific quality control processes used. For consideration, provide ONE SF254 for each consultant proposed. The SF255 with attachments shall be limited to 25 pages (8.5 X 11?, one sided), with print size not less than 12-pitch font. Every page that is not a SF254 will be included in the 25-page count. The submittal package must be received in this office not later than 3:00 P.M. on a YET TO BE DETERMINED DATE. Submittals received after this date and time will not be considered. If additional firms are needed for consideration, SF254s already on file will be used. Offeror?s must also be registered in the Contractor?s Central Registration (CCR) in order to participate in this procurement. The website for CCR is www.ccr.gov . Include telephone/fax numbers and e-mail address in Block 3a, the DUNS number, Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Codes, if known, ACASS number and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) in Block 3. The DUNS, CAGE and TIN are discussed in the DOD FAR Supplement, Part 204 Subpart 204.72. NAICS (formerly SIC) is 541330 and Size Standard is $4M. Label lower right corner of outside mailing envelope with ?A-E Services, N62467-04-R-0057.? This is NOT a request for proposal. Site visits will not be arranged during advertisement period. Express mail address is: Commander, Southern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, 2155 Eagle Drive, North Charleston, SC 29406 Surface mail address is: Commander, Southern Division, P.O. Box 190010, North Charleston, SC 29419-9010. ADDRESS ALL RESPONSES TO ATTN: CODE ACQ21KS.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Southern Division Area of Responsibility (AOR), breaking the 26 state AOR into two regions
- Country: United States
- Country: United States
- Record
- SN00463113-W 20031102/031031213421 (fbodaily.com)
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