SOURCES SOUGHT
E -- NEPA Sources Sought Synopsis
- Notice Date
- 3/1/2007
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- PO Box 5400 Albuquerque, NM
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DE-AC52-07NA27016
- Response Due
- 3/19/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/19/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR NEPA ACQUISITION The US Department of Energy seeks qualified small business sources capable of preparing Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EA), Environmental Reports (ER), and supporting environmental documentation. During the next five years DOE headquarters program and field office nationwide, including the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and their offices will require contractor support services for the preparation of Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), environmental assessments (EAs) and related documents under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), environmental reports (ERs) and other documentation required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in its review of license applications, and documentation required by other State and Federal regulators. DOE plans to issue multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts for the preparation of EISs, EAs, ERs, and supporting documentation, and could award one or more contracts to qualified small business concerns. Work will be performed for all DOE, NNSA, and FERC sites and programs nationwide. The target date for contract award is September 2007. The total term of the contracts will be five years. Specific EIS, EA, ER, and supporting documentation preparation to be performed under this acquisition will be issued on individual task orders from any DOE, NNSA, and FERC program or site office. Information on current NEPA contracts can be found at http://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/contracting.html . Contractors must be capable of supporting preparation of multiple NEPA or related documents and addressing DOE facilities in several widely separated locations simultaneously. The contractor will be required to supply expertise in such fields as chemical engineering, nuclear engineering, health physics, groundwater modeling, and air quality modeling, in addition to environmental specialties such as ecology, wetlands management, endangered species management, and cultural resources. Examples of actions DOE has evaluated in its NEPA documents include but are not limited to nuclear stockpile management; spent nuclear fuel management; tritium production and extraction; transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of radioactive and hazardous materials and waste; decommissioning, decontamination, and disposal of nuclear and support facilities; site-wide multi-program analyses of DOE sites; construction and operation of laboratory facilities, including biohazard facilities; electrical power transmission line siting and operation; re-licensing of hydroelectric facilities, permitting of interstate natural gas pipelines; clean coal projects; management of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; fisheries and wildlife management; wetland replacement and impact mitigation projects; and power marketing actions. In addition, under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 DOE anticipates the need for NEPA support services for reviews of energy conservation initiatives and power generation or alternative fuel production projects using fuels such as biomass and ethanol. Contractors will be expected to have the expertise to address the potential environmental impacts, to include impacts on human health, safety and socioeconomics, of these kinds of projects. Interested small business concerns are requested to submit (1) an expression of interest and (2) a statement of capabilities (SOC), no later than 19 March 2007. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services with a size standard of $6.5 M. The expression of interest shall state whether the concern is a Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, Veteran Owned Small Business, and shall not exceed two (2) pages. Interested small businesses should review and understand the requirements in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19 and clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. The SOC shall not exceed ten (10) pages and shall include the interested firm???s complete mailing address, point of contact (name, telephone number, and e-mail address). The SOC shall list the prime contract EIS, EA and ER document (and significant subcontractor) support work performed since Feb 2003 including the (1) EIS, EA, and ER document title and a brief description, (2) name and address of the contracting activity, (3) name and telephone number of the contracting officer???s technical representative and (4) prime contract number. In addition, the contractor shall provide a brief narrative that demonstrates the company???s capability to perform the requirements contained in this Sources Sought Synopsis. Only electronic copies of the expression of interest and SOC sent to fting@doeal.gov will be accepted. Any questions or comments regarding this announcement should be e-mailed to fting@doeal.gov . Telephone responses and inquiries will not be accepted. This notice is not a request for proposals and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. DOE/NNSA will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this Notice. No solicitation exists at this time. Please be advised that all information submitted will be considered procurement sensitive. Information which the Contractor considers ???Bid and Proposal Information??? or ???Proprietary Information??? pursuant to existing laws and regulations must be marked accordingly [see FAR 3.104-1 (3) & (4)].
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