SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Marine and Terrestrial Historic Properties Investigations, as Needed, in Texas and Louisiana for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District.
- Notice Date
- 9/10/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Galveston, 2000 Fort Point Road, PO Box 1229, Galveston, TX 77553-1229
- ZIP Code
- 77553-1229
- Solicitation Number
- W912HY-10-S-0018
- Response Due
- 9/20/2010
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2010
- Point of Contact
- Angela.Zahid, 409-766-3849
- E-Mail Address
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USACE District, Galveston
(angela.zahid@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought No. W912HY-10-S-0018 Project Title: Marine and Terrestrial Historic Properties Investigations, as Needed, in Texas and Louisiana for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District has a requirement for the above subject. This is not a Solicitation Announcement and is not a Request for Proposals; THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE; and does not obligate the Government to any contract award. The purpose of this Sources Sought synopsis is to determine interest and capability of potential qualified Small Business Administration (SBA) certified: 8(a), Hubzone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Small Business firms relative to the North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) 541990. The Small Business Size Standard is $7 million. The Government will use responses to this sources sought synopsis to make an appropriate acquisition decision about soliciting this project as either a competitive Set-Aside for Small Business firms, Service Disabled-Veteran Owned firms, 8(a) firms, or HubZone firms; or to proceed with full and open competition as Unrestricted. Project Information: General - The Cultural Resource Management Firm, operating as an independent contractor and not as an agent of the Government, shall, in accordance with the terms and conditions more particularly set forth below, furnish all labor, management, facilities, supplies, materials, and equipment and do all things necessary for performance of professional marine cultural resource investigations and other types of cultural resource investigations as needed. The marine cultural resource investigations shall occur in the Gulf of Mexico and the bays and rivers along the Texas coast. The marine investigations shall include, but not be limited to: Section 106 compliance; archival and historical research; remote-sensing services (including magnetometer, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, and bathymetry surveys); monitoring; data analysis; assessment of underwater sonar targets and magnetic anomalies; determination of eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); data recovery, and laboratory analysis. In addition, either as part of a marine project or as an independent project, terrestrial and historic cultural resource investigations may be requested. Terrestrial investigations shall include but not be limited to: Section 106 compliance; archeological reconnaissance and intensive surveys; site assessments and NRHP evaluations; data recovery and mitigation; cemetery relocation; remote- sensing services (including ground penetrating radar, magnetometer, and electromagnetic resistivity); and laboratory analysis. The historic investigations shall include, but not be limited to: Section 106 compliance; reconnaissance and intensive surveys; historic structure surveys, Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, archival research, oral history research, map and photographic reviews, and historic structure reports. All work shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's 'Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation' (48 FR 44716-44740) or the Secretary of the Interior's 'Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties' (36 CFR 68), as appropriate. Marine archeologists must be able to obtain a permit from the Texas or Louisiana State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as appropriate. The contractor may be required to respond to simultaneous projects to meet project deadlines. Location of Work Services will be performed in connection with civil works projects assigned to the Southwestern Division, but primarily in Galveston District. The Galveston District, which encompasses 49 Texas counties and portions of four Louisiana parishes, covers an area averaging 100 miles in width along the Texas Coast, extending from approximately 15 miles east of the Texas-Louisiana state line south to the Rio Grande and the adjacent waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Specific project locations will be identified for each task order. Field location will primarily consist of shallow and deep draft inland waterways and channels, rivers, lakes, bays, streams, and similar bodies of water as well as waters offshore from Texas and Louisiana, and other states as required by specific task orders. Terrestrial field conditions will generally include terrain of varying types, steepness, and consistencies ranging from dry land to soft marshlands, including swamps. Services can also be performed in the Tulsa, Little Rock, and Fort Worth Districts. The Following information is requested: 1.Name of the Firm w/address, phone, fax, email address, and point of contact 2.Indicate whether your firm will submit a bid for this project, if the project is set-aside for 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, Hubzone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran- Owned Small Business, or Small Business. 3.Hubzone and 8(a) firms must provide a copy of your Federal SBA certification. 4.Provide a list of subcontractors you propose to use. List the company name, address, Federal (SBA) business size and their specialty. If the decision is made to issue the job as a Set-aside for any of the five Small Business categories, the requirement is: at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern. 5.Indicate specialized experience and technical proficiency in: a) Marine cultural resource contracts of similar scope; b) ability to obtain permits for marine cultural resource investigations from the Texas and Louisiana SHPOs; c) Terrestrial and Historic cultural resource contracts of similar scope; d) experience in Marine Cultural Resource Investigations along the Texas Coast; e) Experience in Terrestrial and Historic Cultural Resources along the Texas Coast; f) Ability to respond to multiple simultaneous projects. 6.Submission Requirements: Firms submitting responses shall present their information in a matrix format displaying previously completed contracts. The matrix shall describe the three most recent projects that demonstrate the Firm's capability to meet each of the required qualifications listed above. Include the contract number, project location, description of work, and a point of contact and phone number for each effort. Contractors are required to be registered with the Central Contractor's Registration (CCR) prior to award. Information concerning CCR registrations is located at www.ccr.gov. Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to help the government make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought announcement. For technical questions, please contact: Jerry Androy at 409-766-3821. If you can meet all of the requirements for this project, please respond to this sources sought synopsis by email to: Ms. Angela Zahid, at angela.zahid@usace.army.mil Responses must be received no later than 2:00 P.M. central standard time, on 20 Sep 2010.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, Galveston 2000 Fort Point Road, PO Box 1229 Galveston TX
- Zip Code: 77553-1229
- Zip Code: 77553-1229
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