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C -- RESPONSE ACTION CONTRACT FOR REMEDIAL, ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT, AND NON-TIME CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTIVITIES AT SITES OF RELEASE OR THREATENED RELEAS E OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN REGION V SOL W500499G4 DUE 071395 POC Contact Point, NICK AIEVOLI, (202)260-6143, Contracting Officer, SAUL GOLDBERG, (202)260-9478 RESPONSE ACTION CONTRACT FOR REMEDIAL, ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT, AND NON-TIME CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTIVITIES AT SITES OF RELEASE OR THREATENED RELEASE OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES IN EEREGION V - ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, OHIO AND WISCONSIN The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires professional architect/engineer services to support remedial planning and oversight activities in Region V - ILLINOIS, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA, OHIO AND WISCONSIN under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA). These services include performance of site management; remedial investigation and feasibility studies; engineering services to design remedial actions; engineering evaluation and cost analysis for non-time critical removal actions; construction management for implementing remedial actions and non-time critical removal actions, including issuing and managing subcontracts for construction of the selected remedy and engineering services in overseeing construction; enforcement support, including oversight of remedial investigations/feasibility studies, remedial design, and remedial action, and negotiation support; and other technical assistance, including community relations, sampling and analysis support, and pre-design investigations. Services may include technical and management services supporting EPA's coordination and oversight of remedial activities where they are performed by a State, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), or responsible parties identified in enforcement actions. This procurement for Response Action Contracts (RACs) implements the remedial action component of the EPA's Long-Term Contracting Strategy (OSWER Directive 9242.6-07.FS), which prescribes an integrated ''one program'' approach to enforcement and site cleanup and decentralizes contract management to the EPA Regions to enhance program flexibility and improve contract oversight and cost management. The Response Action Contracts will supplement and eventually replace the Alternative Remedial Contracting Strategy (ARCS) contracts, and integrate enforcement oversight and non- time critical removal actions previously performed under the EPA's Technical Enforcement Support (TES) and Emergency Response Cleanup Services (ERCS) contracts, respectively. The procurement envisions the award of three (3) Cost Plus Award Fee contracts. An offeror will be awarded only one contract in Region V. The base period of performance will be five years, with one five-year option period for a total period of ten years. Work will be issued by work assignments; work assignments may be specified as level-of-effort (LOE) or completion. Each contract will have a maximum of 1,350,000 LOE hours, $67,500,000 in the subcontracting pool and $108,000,000 for completion form work. The base quantity for the base period is 150,000 LOE hours, $7,500,000 for the subcontracting pool and $12,000,000 in the completion form work. The base quantity for the option period is 80,000 LOE hours, $0 for the subcontracting pool and $0 for the completion form work. The procurement will be conducted in accordance with Brooks Act procedures. Firms shall submit Standard Forms (SF) 254 and 255 (SF 254/255) as required for Brooks Act procurement. For purposes of this synopsis the word firm means the prime and any team subcontractors. Individual SF 254s shall be submitted for the prime and each team subcontractor. A single joint SF 255 shall be submitted for the firm. The firm's SF 255 shall highlight the prime contractor and each proposed team subcontractor's particular area of technical/professional expertise as it relates to this procurement. EPA also asks that each firm organize the information on the SF 255, block 10 so as to highlight responses to the Technical Evaluation Criteria only. This will facilitate review of information submitted. The first five criteria are of equal weight. The sixth criteria is of a lesser weight than any of the first five criteria and the seventh criteria is of lesser weight than any of the first six criteria. 1.Demonstrated experience of the firm's key personnel in effectively and cost efficiently managing contracts of similar scope and complexity. Greater consideration will be given to those firms whose proposed key personnel are present employees of the firm. 2.Recent specialized experience and technical competence of the firm's staff to perform the services listed in the synopsis. 3.Professional Qualifications of the firm's staff to perform the services listed in the synopsis. 4.Taking into consideration current and projected workload commitments, the firm's capacity to staff the contract with experienced trained personnel at the levels and disciplines necessary to perform the stated volume of work. 5.Past performance on contracts for similar services, as those described in this synopsis, with Government and/or private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedule. 6.Location or commitment to establish a corporate presence in the general geographic area of Region V and knowledge of the state and local environmental regulations in the Region, provided that application of this criteria leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms. 7.Demonstrated commitment to the Agency's goal for participation by small and small disadvantaged businesses (SDB) as TEAM and/or subcontractors. Demonstrated adequacy of a viable SDB plan and tangible commitment to utilize SDBs in the performance of the resulting contract with particular emphasis on the offeror's or TEAM's participation in the Agency's Mentor- Protege Program as a mentor firm shall be evaluated. The Region V RACS process differs from the previous RACS procurement for Regions I, VI, VII, and VIII in the following areas: There will be three (3) contracts awarded. However, a firm may only receive award of one (1) Region V RACS contract. Firms will be short listed based on 254s/255s submittal. There will be no interrogatories. Short listed firms will be interviewed by the A/E Evaluation Board (AEEB). Since it is intended to award three (3) contracts, the Board will select three firms for negotiation and possible contract award. Request for Proposals will only be sent to the selected firms. Selected firms will be asked to submit a cost proposal, a proposed non- expendable equipment plan identifying non-expendable equipment necessary to perform the services listed in the synopsis, a contract management plan, a conflict of interest plan, a quality assurance plan, procedures for handling confidential business information, a health and safety plan, a plan to deliver analytical services, and a Small and Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization plan (EPA goals, expressed as percentages of total subcontracting dollars, are 30% SB, 20% SDB, 5% Women Owned Business). Note, failure to include acceptable Mentor/Protege Plan with the Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization Plan is unacceptable. The plans set forth above must be determined acceptable by EPA. In order to be awarded a contract, agreement must be reached on a reasonable cost plus award fee. Prior to award, the contractor will be required to have an acceptable accounting system that allows for segregation of costs. The Statement of Work and Minimum Qualifications can be accessed via the Internet. For World Wide Web (WWW) viewers like Moasiaic and Netscape the addresses is http://glnpogis2.r05.epa.gov:7070/11/sf and for Gopher viewers the location is host:glnpogis2.r05.epa.gov Port: 7070 Selector: 1/sf. Technical questions must be submitted to the attention of Nick Aievoli at the email address of aievoli.nick@epamail.epa.gov. via the Internet, or in writing at one of the addresses below within 14 days of the publication of this synopsis. Responses affecting all Offerors can be accessed at the above Internet address. Firms interested in responding to this CBD Synopsis must submit nine (9) copies of their completed SF 254s/255s by 07/13/95, 1:30 p.m., Washington, DC time to Nick Aievoli (202-260-6143) at either of the following addresses: (Hand Carried/Courier) U.S. EPA, BID/PROPOSAL ROOM, 3rd Floor, 499 South Capitol St., Washington, D.C. 20003 or (U.S. Mail only) U.S. EPA, BID/PROPOSAL ROOM (3805F), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. (0160)

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