SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Sources Sought Notice - Aquatic Habitat Assessment and Monitoring and Pallid Sturgeon Propagation in the Missouri River
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 924120
— Administration of Conservation Programs
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, US Army Corps of Engineer - Omaha District, 1616 Capital Ave, Omaha, NE 68102-4901
- ZIP Code
- 68102-4901
- Solicitation Number
- W9128F09R0073
- Response Due
- 7/7/2009
- Archive Date
- 9/5/2009
- Point of Contact
- Wanda Carter-Davis, (402) 995-2059<br />
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Corps of Engineer - Omaha District
(wanda.c.carter-davis@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Omaha District, US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking qualified members of the Small Community (Small Businesses (SB) Small Disabled Small Business (SDB) Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) Service Disabled Veteran Owned SB (SDVOSB) Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HubZones) and Section 8(a) Participants) or small business-led teams, and small business joint ventures and Other than Small (OTS) concerns that qualify under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 924120 Administration of Conservation Programs for the following requirement : Aquatic Habitat Assessment and Monitoring and Pallid Sturgeon Propagation in the Missouri River. Work to be performed on the Missouri River between Gavins Point Dam and the Nebraska/Kansas state line in the state of Nebraska. The Contractor may perform all or part of the following services: A) Aquatic Habitat Assessment and Monitoring: For the benefit of pallid sturgeon, the Corps, through management actions or site-level projects, creates and then monitors aquatic habitat in the channelized segment of the Missouri River. The contractor will be responsible for assessing improvements/changes in the physical habitat characteristics associated with the channelized river, and the biological response to those habitat changes. All data are recorded on standardized data sheets and followed by implementing a variety of QA/QC procedures. An annual report that summarizes each years data collection effort is required. B)Pallid Sturgeon Propagation: This component provides support for propagation and population augmentation activities associated with annual stocking goals for pallid sturgeon. Activities associated with pallid sturgeon propagation include: broodstock collection, sexing, and transport; egg staging and spawning; tagging; and stocking. This announcement is part of our market research, and your responses are sought to identify sources that have the knowledge, skills, and capability to perform the work. Interested contractors, including small businesses and small business-led teams that qualify under NAICS Code 924120 are hereby invited to submit a response to the market survey to demonstrate their technical, managerial and business capability to provide the requested services. It is anticipated that the Government will issue an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract NTE $5M; period of performance: - five year period. THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR A FORMAL PROPOSAL. This notice is provided as information to the marketplace and is an invitation for an expression of interest and demonstration of small business capability to perform the anticipated work. The Government will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. All interested, capable, qualified and responsive firms are encouraged to reply to this market survey request. Interested Contractors must furnish the following information: General Information 1. What is your company name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address? 2. What is your business size? 3. Do you have any corporate affiliations? If so, please identify. 4. Are you interested in participating as a leader or member of a small business-led team? a. If so, specify what type of team arrangement (joint venture, prime contractor/subcontractor, other). b. Provide a list of potential team members and associated disciplines, if known. c. Describe your current/anticipated team management structure. Past Performance Information 5. Please provide any past performance information for the previous 3 years that clearly demonstrates familiarity and experience with the requirements. For each project, include the following information: a. Size, term, and complexity of job; b. Information on your role as either a prime contractor or subcontractor; c. Point of contact (POC) at the agency or prime contractors organization to verify contact information, including name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, and information on the specific tasks you performed on the project. d. Please provide a brief description of your experience either managing a team or acting as a member of a team of businesses working on large, complex projects. Provide POCs (name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number) that can verify this experience e. Firms responding to the Market Survey must demonstrate that they have the appropriate personnel, materials, equipment, management, quality, and cost controls necessary to perform the services identified under this contract. Firms must demonstrate that they have specific expertise and experience in the following areas: conducting fishery monitoring and research; fish propagation and augmentation activities; familiarity with the plans and protocols for standardized assessments and sampling activities within the basin. f. The firm must have experienced personnel with expertise in establishing working relationships and coordination with a broad spectrum of outside entities (other states and federal agencies) that are responsible for overseeing natural resource management in this geographic area. g. Firms must possess or have the ability to obtain and submit one copy of each of the required biological collectors permits :U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Section 10 Endangered Species Permit (for federally listed pallid sturgeon); Missouri Department of Conservation Wildlife Collectors Permit (for fishes and turtles, including state and federal listed species) and Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks Scientific, Education, or Exhibition Wildlife Permit (for fishes and turtles, including state and federal listed species). PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED WILL BE CONSIDERED PROCUREMENT SENSITIVE. Responses to this announcement may be sent electronically to Wanda Carter-Davis at Wanda.C.Carter-Davis@usace.army.mil and should arrive no later than 3:00 p.m. (CST) 07 July 2009. Responses should be limited to no more than 10 pages. If you are unable to send the information via e-mail, you may mail it to the address below. All mailed documents must include a return address on the outside envelope to be accepted. US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS CONTRACTING DIVISION CECT-NWO ATTN: Wanda Carter-Davis 1616 CAPITOL AVENUE OMAHA, NE 68102-4901 Questions should be forwarded to Wanda Carter-Davis via e-mail at the address above. See Note 22.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Corps of Engineer - Omaha District 1616 Capital Ave, Omaha NE<br />
- Zip Code: 68102-4901<br />
- Zip Code: 68102-4901<br />
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