USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service, formerly USDA, Soil Conservation Service, 75 High Street, Room 301, Morgantown, WV 26505

C -- WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS PLANNING & ENGINEERING FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN WEST VIRGINIA SOL SCS-11-WV-95 DUE 081895 POC Contact Point, Beverly Stemple, (304)291-4486, Contracting Officer, William L. Doerr, (304)291-4486, Additional Contact, DeAnn Shoemaker, (304)291-4486 The work covered by this contract shall consist of all operations necessary to provide the following: The contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, equipment, labor, materials, transportation, space, and related support facilities to perform the services described below. The work involves planning engineering and feasibility report preparation pertaining to water resource projects in West Virginia. The work will involve the following phases: GENERAL - Coordination: 1) The A/E will coordinate all phases of the study efforts with the local planning units, cities, towns, counties, public service districts, water companies, and other local, State, and Federal entities and individuals. 2) The A/E will obtain input and review from the West Virginia Public Service Commission, West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, and other regional and state agencies as needed. 3) The A/E will actively participate in each planning meeting involving planning committees, or other groups as necessary. The A/E will actively participate in public meetings. PHASE 1 - Development of Data Base: 1) Review and become familiar with existing reports and ongoing activities in the study area. 2) Conduct a field survey of all water resource activities and developments within the study area. 3) Collect geographical, topographical, ecological, economic, social, hydrological, and other technical data. PHASE 2 - Problems and Needs: 1) Determine age and condition of potable water systems. Identify and/or describe pressure problems, leaks and losses, waste, and administrative and financial state of existing water systems. Determine quantity of water needed to serve existing customers in the study area. Project the future water consumption needs. Evaluate water quality as it pertains to providing potable water meeting all applicable standards. Identify problems associated with private wells and other potable water sources and systems used within the study area. Evaluate capacity of current water sources to meet the identified current and future potable water demand. 2) Identify potential water resource related recreation opportunities and needs. 3) Identify flood hazard problems. Categorize flooding problems by local drainage, river flooding, or other type of flooding. Describe and quantify the extent of flooding and the damages associated with the flooding problems. PHASE 3 - Impediments to Improvements: 1) The A/E will analyze the physical and financial impediments to implementing water resource projects, such as potable water systems and supplies, flood damage reduction measures, recreation facilities, and fish and wildlife developments. 2) For water supply, evaluation will include the spatial relationship of current and potential customers, ability of customers to pay for necessary expansions and upgrades, and hydrologic, geologic and topographic factors. Evaluate existing companies and systems abilities to meet current and future water supply needs, taking into consideration current and future demands and drinking water standards. PHASE 4 - Alternative Solutions and Benefits: 1) The A/E will evaluate all potentially feasible and practical alternative solutions to the identified problems, including rehabilitating existing water treatment and/or transmission systems, reorganizing management and service areas of existing water systems, combining smaller water systems into larger systems, building new water treatment facilities and transmission systems, including new customer service areas into existing or proposed water systems, and developing new raw water sources; and, developing flood damage reduction measures, recreation developments, and fish and wildlife habitat enhancements. 2) The A/E will quantify economic, environmental, social, and other benefits of all evaluated practical solutions for purposes of comparing potential solutions. 3) The A/E will provide planning designs and cost estimates for all evaluated practical solutions. This will include location maps showing improvements, typical drawings and diagrams of improvements, immediate capital outlay estimates, estimates of annual costs (debt service, maintenance, materials and supplies, personnel, administration, etc.), and customer cost (for water system improvements). PHASE 5 - Report: 1) A planning/feasibility report will be prepared by the A/E which will include narrative documenting development of the data base, the problems and needs, resource base and existing systems and facilities, impediments to improvements, alternative solutions, recommended plan elements, and coordination efforts. The report will be concise, and include maps, diagrams, and data (displayed in tabular or graphical format, as necessary) to assist with interpretation of material. All substantiating data will be included as seperate appendices to the report. 2) The A/E will submit final draft document to the NRCS, West Virginia Public Service Commission, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, and other pertinent local, State, and Federal entities for review. The type of contract that will be awarded is an Indefinite Delivery and Indefinite Quantity contract, which will consist of one or more work orders, the total of which will not exceed $800,000. The minimum the Government must obtain is no less than $5,000 in services during the contract period. The contract period will have a base of one (1) year and four (4) option periods of one (1) year each. Firms will be evaluated on the following factors: 1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services (30%); evaluation will be based on experience and qualifications of proposed key personnel including specialized technical skills, project coordination, management skills, and experience in working together as a team on water resource related projects and reports. 2) Specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required (30%); evaluation will be based on experience related to the development of water resources studies, reports and related documents. 3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required performance time (15%); evaluation will be based on volume and nature of present workload as it relates to the ability to perform the required work. Availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion and/or acceleration of the work. 4) Past performance on contracts with federal, state, and local agencies and private industry (15%); evaluation will be based on the quality, as demonstrated by sound technical knowledge and judgement, and timeliness of performance under previous contracts. 5) Location in the general geographical area and knowledge of the cultural, social, economic, geographic, topographic, and natural resources of West Virginia (10%); evaluation will be based on proximity to Morgantown, West Virginia and the extent of previous work performed in the State of West Virginia and bordering states. Interested and qualified firms should submit a completed SF-254 and SF-255 to this office no later than 3:00 p.m. on August 18, 1995. Only firms responding by this date will be considered for selection. This is a Total Small Business and Labor Surplus Area set-aside. (0194)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0019 19950714\C-0001.SOL)