Contracting Officer, USCG CEU Providence, 300 Metro Center, Blvd., Warwick, R.I. 02886-1747, Attn: Frank Pfeiffer,

R -- IDIQ CONTRACT FOR PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SOL DTCGG1-95-B-3WK006 DUE 120594 POC FRANK PFEIFFER, CONTRACTING OFFICER Services under Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract on an as needed basis, for professional environmental engineering service for Coast Guard shore facilities and property. The contract period of performance is one year with a one year renewal option. The total amount of the basic contract will not exceed $500,000.00 per year with a minimum contract guarantee of $5,000.00. Task orders placed against this contract will not exceed $100,000.00. CEU Providence is responsible for environmental technical services support to individual Coast Guard commands within the First Coast Guard District. The geographical area of responsibility includes Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York. This contract is required to support Coast Guard environmental personnel in carrying out their responsibilities under the various environmental regulations. Selection criteria will include in order of importance: (1) professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of services required; (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required; (3) capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) location of A/E firm in the general geographic area of CEU Providence; (5) location of A/E consultants; (6) past record of performance in cost control, schedule, and quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; and (7) past evaluations, if any, with the Coast Guard. Types of individual task orders may include the following: (1) Environmental Analysis (Phase I and II Site Assessment) which will include all documentation reports, engineering studies, borings, and studies, required by federal, state, and local governments that are applicable to a specific project including but not limited to: Comprehensive Environmental Response and Compensation Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource and Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean Air Act (CAA), Endangered Species Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, National Historical Preservation Act; (2) studies, literature research, analyses, reports, plans, and specifications as necessary to prepare environmental documentation for proposed Coast Guard design/construction and remediation projects. Documentation will comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as well as other federal and Coast Guard regulations and include Categorical Exclusion Determinations, Environmental Assessments, Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI), Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and; (3) Assessments of Past Practices; (4) Environmental Audits; (5) soil and ground water sampling and analysis; (6) Site and Remedial Investigations; (7) Historical and Archeological Studies; (8) storm water discharge evaluations under National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); (9) Asbestos and Lead Paint surveys and abatement; (10) aids-to-navigation (ATON) battery investigations and remediation; (11) Various degrees of consultation with Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies; and, (12) development of plans and specifications as odered and in accordance with the USCG CADD standards, where applicable. Firms desiring consideration should submit the appropriate documentation as described in Note 24 to the address indicated above not later than thirty (30) days after the published date of this announcement. No other notification of this project will be made to firms. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES FOR MINORITY, WOMAN-OWNED, AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES: The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Utilization (OSDBU), has a program to assist minority, woman-owned, and disadvantaged business enterprises to acquire short term working capital assistance for transportation-related contracts. Loans are available under the DOT Short Term Lending Program (STLP) at prime interest rates to provide accounts receivable financing. The maximum line of credit is $500,000. For further information and applicable forms concerning the STLP, call the OSDBU at (800) 532-1169. For information concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official listed above. (0019)

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