SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Indefinite Delivery Contract for Scientific & Engineering Support Services associated with dredged material transport & placement at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) & artificial reefs off the coasts of New York & New Jersey.
- Notice Date
- 11/16/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- US Army Engineer District, New York, CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0090
- ZIP Code
- 10278-0090
- Solicitation Number
- W912DS-10-S-0004
- Response Due
- 12/1/2009
- Archive Date
- 1/30/2010
- Point of Contact
- Shaukat Syed, 917-790-8176
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Engineer District, New York
(shaukat.m.syed@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY TO BE USED FOR MARKET ANALYSIS ONLY. NO AWARDS WILL BE MADE FROM THE RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS. NO SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIAL QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS DOING WORK UNDER NAICS CODE 541330. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of potential small business sources; specifically small business, certified 8(a), certified HUBZone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns for potential IDC awards of approximately $3M. The NAICS Code is 541330 (size standard $4.5 million average annual receipts for preceding three fiscal years). Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used to determine appropriate acquisition decisions for a future procurement. Interested firms must submit a qualifications statement (not more than 20 pages) including but not limited to the following information: a. Self-certification that your firm is a small business concern b. Indicate proposed team members to include: Name of prime firm and sub-consultants, addresses, role in this contract and POC information of each firm c. Organizational Chart of Proposed Team d. Demonstrate the capability to perform in accordance with EP 715-1-7, Chapter 3-8 (2) c which can be found at http://140.194.76.129/publications/eng-pamphlets/ep715-1-7/toc.htm. There is a limitation on subcontracting whereby at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel must be expended for employees of the prime firm as required by FAR 19.508(e) and 52.219-14. e. Total number of employees dedicated to the contract, listing each employees function, professional discipline, college degrees, and professional license listing the state and date of registration f. Resume of the overall Project Manager and senior personnel of each key discipline shown below in the list of professional disciplines g. Demonstrate experience in the required scientific and engineering support services listed below Required Scientific and Engineering Support Services: The Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) is an area designated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for remediation due to the presence of contaminated dredged material associated with historical dumping activities. The HARS is being remediated with uncontaminated, Category I dredged material by placement of at least a 1-meter thick sediment cap. A Site Management and Monitoring Plan (SMMP) developed for the HARS, encompasses, through tiered selection criteria, precision bathymetric surveying, side-scan sonar analysis, sub-bottom seismic profiling, surface and subsurface sediment collection and analysis (photography, benthic community structure analysis, grain size, chemical characteristics and toxicity, bio-assays and bio-accumulation studies), water quality analysis, oceanographic and sedimentological process studies. The SMMP is being used as a guideline to manage placement of dredged material at the HARS, to ensure efficient construction of the 1-meter sediment cap, and to monitor changes at the HARS while remediation activities occur and, ultimately, to ensure remediation has been completed. The USACE New York District (CENAN) is responsible for contracting and overseeing the various activities described in the SMMP. A revised HARS SMMP will be available in 2010. Alternative locations for ocean placement of dredged materials may be necessary after HARS remediation is completed and it may be necessary to investigate alternatives during the final years of HARS remediation. This future contract will be used to complete the activities described in the HARS SMMP and related activities in a timely, technically sound, and cost effective manner. Additionally, this contract will allow data collection associated with investigation of future sites for ocean placement of dredged materials. New York District proposes to issue a solicitation for award of one (1) contract. This contract must maintain data continuity between previous work at the HARS and all subsequent data collection, in particular, maintaining compatibility with the Dredging Analysis Network for New York District (DAN-NY) computer database, as well as the ability to complete tasks on short notice and within limited periods of performance. Task orders issued against this contract will be utilized for collection and analysis of data associated with activities described in the HARS SMMP and related activities from areas within and/or adjacent to the HARS, and the New York Bight Apex, including: (1) conducting high-resolution multi-beam bathymetric surveys, (2) conducting side-scan sonar surveys, (3) collecting photographs of the sediment surface and sediment profiles using SPI technology, (4) collecting and analyzing sediment vibra-cores, (5) collecting bottom sediment samples for shipment to an approved laboratory for toxicity analysis, (6) collecting basic oceanographic data within the New York Bight Apex, (7) collecting surface and sub-surface sediment samples for shipment to an approved laboratory for chemical analysis, and (8) conducting benthic community structure analyses. Special qualifications include, but are not limited to: capability and experience with; precision hydrographic surveying, sediment profile imagery collection and analysis, geotechnical data collection and analysis, monitoring of marine habitats, environmental testing and analysis, GIS use and formatting of GIS data, GIS metadata preparation, and preparation of studies and reports. The contractor must be familiar with current U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regulations, guidelines, and procedures. The contractor must also have the capability to manage and supervise other contractors and demonstrate the ability to handle the large volume of work under strict deadlines. The contractor must also be capable of providing monitoring data in formats compatible with the GIS software used by NY District. The contractor must demonstrate in the submittal its plan for successful quality assurance and integration of all disciplines to insure that a quality product is produced. Supervisory and/or key personnel should have advanced college degrees in an appropriate discipline or Hydrographic Surveyor certification, and should have experience in the following: (1) scientific planning (2) budgeting (3) marine field work (4) hydrographic surveying, (5) map preparation, (6) geotechnical data collection and analysis, (7) oceanographic data collection and analysis, (8) sedimentological studies, (9) biological assessment, (10) GIS software development and GIS data management, and (11) report preparation. Consideration will only be given to firms that assemble a team of in-house technical experts and consultants with a professional staff consisting of the following disciplines: (1)Project Manager (Resume Required) (2)Oceanographer (Resume Required) (3)Biologist (Resume Required) (4)Ecologist/Environmental Scientist (Resume Required) (5)Sedimentary Geologist (Resume Required) (6)Hydrographic Surveyor (Resume Required) (7)Sediment Profile Imagery analysis (8)GIS Specialist (Geographer/Cartographer/Geospatial Data Analyst) (Resume Required) (9)Benthic Community Structure Analysis (Resume Required) (10)Technical Writer Submit three (3) copies of qualification statements to: Attn: Shaukat Syed, CENAN CT, Rm. 1843, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NY District, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278 Do not submit qualifications statements to the POC listed in the FedBizOps advertisement. Qualifications statements will not be accepted after 4:00 pm on the original response date shown in the advertisement in the FedBizOps. If the original response date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal Holiday, the response date will be moved to the next business day. Facsimile transmissions of the qualifications statements will not be accepted. Due to heightened security around 26 Federal Plaza, be prepared to leave ample time to gain entry into the building. If we do not receive adequate qualified respondents, the solicitation shall be issued on an unrestricted basis and all firms regardless of size shall be eligible and encouraged to compete for this project.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, New York CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York NY
- Zip Code: 10278-0090
- Zip Code: 10278-0090
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