SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Headquarters Marine Corps Environmental Core Support
- Notice Date
- 11/20/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, Marine Corps RCO - Northeast Region/Quantico/National Capital Region, M00264 MARINE CORPS RCO - NORTHEAST REGION/QUANTICO/NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION 2010 Henderson Rd Quantico, VA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- M0026409I0001
- Response Due
- 12/5/2008
- Archive Date
- 12/20/2008
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer L. Dubonjennifer.dubon@usmc.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)U.S. MARINE CORPS ENVIRONMENTAL CORE SUPPORT This RFI is for planning purposes only and is issued in accordance with FAR Clause 52.215-3. (a) The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this solicitation or to otherwise pay for the information solicited except as an allowable cost under other contracts as provided in subsection 31.205-18, Bid and proposal costs, of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (b) Although "proposal" and "offeror" are used in this Request for Information, your response will be treated as information only. It shall not be used as a proposal. (c) This solicitation is issued for the purpose of obtaining market information. No solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government to procure these items or to issue a solicitation. In addition, the Government is under no obligation to pay for information submitted in response to this RFI, and response to this notice cannot be accepted as an offer. 1. General The U. S. Marine Corps (USMC) plans to solicit and award an indefinite delivery/ indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to obtain technical and programmatic environmental management support for its Environmental Management Program. These services shall consist of providing environmental management support in areas such as environmental sustainability, environmental compliance, Environmental Management Systems (EMS), natural and cultural resources management, environmental fiscal resource management, environmental information technology and systems, strategic risk communications, and environmental training and education. The purpose of this contract is to allow the USMC flexibility and agility to respond to the rapidly changing environment and to maximize readiness and sustainability of Marine Corps training opportunities. 2. Draft Statement of Work Statement (SOW) In order to describe our programmatic environmental support requirement and define our acquisition strategy, we are publishing this RFI as part of market research to learn and leverage best commercial practices. For project planning and information gathering, the attached draft SOW and example task orders provide the current environment and the types of labor, expertise, and tasks needed to support our mission. The USMC is seeking a fully trained program management support team whose capability and quality meets USMC standards as detailed in this SOW. The awardee must possess the ability execute and manage multiple and varied tasks of the types described in the SOW within the field of environmental and natural resources management. The USMC requires technical and programmatic support for its Environmental Management Program. The USMC has several long-term objectives to integrate environmental principles into everyday business practices. For many years, the Government has provided contract arrangements to support this need. This is a continuation of that effort. The USMC Environmental Management Program objectives are designed to: a)Provide current, uniform environmental policy, guidance, and direction USMC-wide (including OCONUS installations). b)Program, plan, budget, and execute resources to meet environmental objectives. c)Attain and maintain environmental compliance through comprehensive and systematic environmental management approaches and Environmental Compliance Evaluations (ECEs). (Note: ECE services are provided under a separate contract).d)Promote pollution prevention as the primary means for achieving and maintaining environmental compliance. e)Support and implement efficient environmental training and education at all levels and establish and maintain effective communication and public outreach programs. f)Manage natural and cultural resources to protect the ability of our installations to support training and defense requirements. g)Perform environmental cleanup in a manner that is cost effective and best protects the health and safety of installation personnel, the surrounding community, and the environment. h)Seek continual improvement in all areas of environmental management through the promotion, demonstration, and use of innovative technologies, tools and practices.i)Provide Environmental Management System (EMS) support to organizational, regional, and installation levels. 3. Information Needed All industry is invited to provide comments on this RFI. Information obtained from this RFI will be used within the USMC and will not be disclosed outside of the agency. With regards to the attached SOW, please provide comments/answers to the following: a) Identify a point of contact of someone who can address questions regarding the information you submit (Name, telephone, email, fax). b)Suggestions, comments, ideas regarding this process and the task areas identified in the draft SOW. We are particularly interested whether the identified task areas provide sufficient detail and information for you to develop a thorough and well-informed proposal. c)Provide, by task area, a capability statement that clearly supports how you would perform the work in each task area, and provide examples of similar past work accomplished in each task area, with annual and total dollar value. Also please provide appropriate past performance references for each task area. d)If you are required to perform work in all task areas, which could you perform without teaming with another company? To what extent (dollar value and/or numbers of personnel)? Specifically, what is your maximum capacity per order? Total of all concurrent orders? e)If you are not capable of performing work in all task areas, how would you obtain the expertise needed to accomplish the work? Which task areas would that be? f)Discuss your ability to execute task areas both CONUS or OCONUS. Each task order under this contract will provide more details regarding the task area and the location. g)Discuss what if any areas of the SOW you find vague or require further clarification. 4. How to reply Firms interested and/or experts desiring to furnish information should do so not later than 15 December 2008. Responses to this RFI should not exceed twenty five (25) pages. Both email and mail submissions will be accepted. Vendors should clearly mark any information that is proprietary. Please send email responses to jennifer.dubon@usmc.mil. If you should have any questions, please send those to this same email address. Mailed responses should be sent to: Ms. Jennifer Dubon, Contracting Officer, Customer Liaison for Headquarters USMC, Regional Contracting Office, NE Liaison Satellite Office (RCO-LSO), 2 Navy Annex, Room 1204, Washington, DC 20380-1775. Fax number: (703) 614-9311.
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