SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A-E) INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACTS(IDC) FOR EXECUTION OF THE HAZARDOUS, TOXIC, AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE (HTRW)/ENVIRONMENTAL MISSION OF THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (USACE) NORTHWESTERN DIVISION (CENWD).
- Notice Date
- 4/24/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, Kansas City, US Army Engineer District, Kansas City, ATTN: CENWK-CT, 700 Federal Building 60l East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2896
- ZIP Code
- 64106-2896
- Solicitation Number
- W912DQ-08-R-0049
- Response Due
- 5/28/2008
- Point of Contact
- Shelley Thomas, Phone: 816-983-3842
- E-Mail Address
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Shelley.Thomas@nwk02.usace.army.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Description: The Northwestern Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement to acquire Architect-Engineer (A-E) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste HTRW)/Environmental Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC) for execution of its environmental mission. These A-E contract acquisitions will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part Subpart 36.6. The majority of the work will be in support of the Kansas City and Omaha Districts environmental missions, although the resulting contracts may include work at other locations throughout the Northwestern Division. Contract Information: The Government intends to award up to three contracts, totaling $20 million, from this announcement. The contracts are intended for 8(a), HUBZone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms, one in each category. The 8(a) contract is planned to be awarded for $10 million, while the HUBZone and SDVOSB contracts are planned to be $5 million each. In the event that the solicitation process for either the HUBZone or SDVOSB set-asides results in no firms being ranked as most highly qualified, the Government may proceed to make alternate awards using the following process: HUBZone: the contract capacity may be used for the next most highly qualified ranked SDVOSB firm, then to the next most highly qualified ranked 8(a) firm, in that order; SDVOSB: the contract capacity may be used for the next most highly qualified ranked HUBZone firm, then to the next most highly qualified ranked 8(a) firm, in that order. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541330. For this procurement, a firm is considered a small business if its average annual gross receipts are $4.5 million or less. The period of performance for each contract will be one year, with four (4) one-year option periods. Selections are expected to be made in June 2008. It is anticipated that the first contract will be awarded no earlier than July 2008. One or more months may elapse between subsequent contract awards. Task orders will be issued as the need arises during the contract period. These task orders will be firm fixed-price type orders. For the 8(a) contract, no single task order will exceed $500,000 or five years in duration. For the HUBZone and SDVOSB contracts, no single task order will exceed $250,000 or five years in duration. When a requirement is identified, the Government Project Delivery Team will first determine if it is a new requirement or a follow-on effort to an existing project. Due to the nature of the requirements, projects are completed in phases, such as preliminary assessment, remedial investigation, feasibility study, and design. If it is a follow-on requirement, every effort will be made to assign the task order to the original A-E as long as they have the capability to perform. A firms experience, qualifications, past performance, capability and capacity will be considered in the determination of task order assignments. The period of performance for task orders awarded under these IDCs will be based upon the work requirement and will be included in the task order solicitation and negotiated award documents. The Service Contract Act, as amended in 1965, is applicable to this solicitation and resulting contracts and will incorporate the provisions of that act. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the Department of Defense (DOD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Firms are also required to use the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage, and viewing of many of the representations and certifications required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations and previously found in solicitations. Detailed information can be found in the Help section of the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. The help section includes ORCA background information, frequently asked questions (FAQ), the ORCA Handbook, and whom to call for assistance. Project Information: Firms must be capable of performing work on a wide variety of HTRW/environmental sites in a manner that complies with federal, state and local regulations and laws and within the required time frames. Specific needs will be determined based upon project requirements as described in each task order. Project assignments will typically require performance on-site and in an office setting. Assignments may include, but not be limited to: site investigations, subsurface exploration, chemical sampling, testing and analyses, hazard evaluations, feasibility and other engineering studies and reports, archaeological investigations and mitigation, wetlands determination and mitigation studies, groundwater and other modeling, contaminant fate and transport analysis, HTRW remedial designs, preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimating, value engineering screenings and studies, field inspections, verification of existing conditions, pilot studies, surveying and mapping, community relations, construction-phase services (engineering design during construction, checking shop drawings), and working on a variety of hazardous waste and other environmental type projects, including radioactive and mixed wastes, energy conservation, pollution prevention, waste reduction, use of recovered materials, underground storage tanks and fueling systems, habitat restoration and mitigation, and sites potentially contaminated with military munitions. For on-site investigations, firms must provide personnel with current health and safety training, as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Selection Criteria: (A) Primary Selection Criteria. Selection of firms will be based on the following primary criteria, listed in descending order of importance: (1) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firms team demonstrated during the past five (5) years in the broad range of environmental work required for this contract including (a) Investigation, planning, design, and construction phase services for a variety of hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste cleanup projects. Experience must demonstrate wide-ranging capabilities for diverse projects with differing contaminants in various media; (b) Knowledge of and adherence to regulations and practices pertaining to hazardous waste sampling, handling, transportation and disposal including RCRA, CERCLA, CWA, TSCA, and NEPA; (c) Oversight of Remedial Investigation, Feasibility Study, Remedial Design, Remedial Action, and Long Term Response Action projects performed by other parties, in conformance to their respective consent decrees or administrative orders; (d) Demonstrated quality management procedures. Include a narrative description of quality management procedures and implementation to include internal quality control, responsibilities, and a proposed organization chart. Firms will be evaluated for the degree in which their team possesses experience and competence in these four areas ((1)(a) through (1)(d), above). The most highly qualified firms will have extensive experience in all of these areas; (2) Professional qualifications of firms staff and team consultants to be assigned to this contract. The education, training, registration, overall and relevant experience, longevity with the firm, and experience of personnel working together with key management and other technical personnel will be considered. This criterion is primarily concerned with the qualifications of the key personnel and not the number of personnel, which is addressed under the capacity criterion below. Responding firms should demonstrate the professional qualifications of their staff in these primary disciplines, which are listed in descending order of importance. List professional registrations, if applicable, for the disciplines: (a) Environmental engineer; (b) Chemical process engineer; (c) Chemist; (d) Risk Assessor; (e) Hydrogeologist; (f) Project Manager; (g) Civil Engineer; (h) Geotechnical engineer; (i) Industrial hygienist; (j) Health physicist; (k) Cost engineer; (l) Geologist; (m) Archaeologist; (n) Biologist; (o) Mechanical engineer; (p) Electrical engineer; (q) Architect/Landscape Planner; and (r) Structural Engineer; (3) Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. ACASS is the primary source of information on past performance. ACASS will be queried for all firms submitting a proposal. When deemed appropriate by the evaluation board, performance evaluations for any significant team subcontractors who have previously been prime A-E contractors may also be considered. The board may seek information on past performance from other sources, but it is not required to seek other information on the past performance of a firm, if none is available from ACASS. The board will consider the relevance of each performance evaluation to the proposed contract, including the type of work, age of the evaluation, and whether subsequent evaluations indicate a change in a firm's performance. A firm that has earned excellent evaluations on recent DOD A-E contracts for similar projects will be ranked relatively high on past performance; (4) Capacity. The board will consider available capacity of key disciplines from the prime firm and its team consultants to perform work in the required time; (5) Knowledge of the locality. The board will evaluate a firm's familiarity with local conditions. Examples include knowledge of, and experience dealing with, the state and local regulatory agencies, geological features, climatic conditions or local construction methods that are unusual or unique. Work under these contracts may be in a widely dispersed geographic area; therefore, responding firms should demonstrate the extent of their capabilities. (B) Secondary Selection Criterion. The secondary criterion will only be used as a tie-breaker, if necessary, in ranking the most highly qualified firms. The secondary criterion will not be co-mingled with the primary criteria in the evaluation. The secondary selection criterion is Volume of DOD Contract Awards. Responding firms should cite all contract numbers, award dates, and total negotiated fees for any DOD contract or task order awarded within the past twelve (12) months. Submittal Requirements: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one (1) original plus five (5) copies of SF330 (06/2004 edition) for the prime firm and all team consultants. Section H of the SF 330 is limited to twenty (20) pages with double-sided sheets counting as two pages. For all SF 330 sections, use no smaller than 10 pt. font. A contract-specific Quality Control Plan will be prepared and submitted by the A-E after contract award, but is not required with this submission. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. Submittals must be mailed or delivered to the following address not later than 28 May 2008, 2:00 p.m. local time: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Attn: CENWK-CT-H (Thomas), 757 Federal Building, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2896. No faxed or other electronic submittals will be accepted. Please contact Ms. Shelley Thomas, Contracting Specialist, at Shelley.Thomas@usace.army.mil if you have any questions regarding this announcement.
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- Address: US Army Engineer District, Kansas City ATTN: CENWK-CT, 700 Federal Building 60l East 12th Street Kansas City MO
- Zip Code: 64106-2896
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