Federal Emergency Management Agency, Acquisition Services Division/FM-AO, Operations, Recovery & Preparedness Branch, 500 C Street, S.W., Room 408a, Washington, D.C. 20472

R -- R--OFFICE ENGINEERING SERVICES DUE 082595 POC David MacKendrick, Contract Specialist, 202/646-3753, H. Robert Weiss, Contracting Officer, 202/646-3748. This is a sources sought synopsis to inform all interested parties that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) intends to award to Woodward Clyde Federal Services (WCFS) work titled ''Office Engineering Services''. This work will be awarded to WCFS on a sole source basis, unless FEMA receives information that demonstrates that there are other qualified firms which can provide the required services. The following is background information, as well as a general description of the project to be performed. Background Information: FEMA has been engaged in a program to bring 505 federally owned fuel tanks located at Emergency Alert System stations into compliance with all applicable environmental protection requirements of Federal, State and local government. These tanks are located in the 50 States and 6 Territories, and the requirements for actions such as closure, registration, remediation, and new installations vary significantly among jurisdictions. FEMA has retained Woodward-Clyde Federal Services (WCFS) to perform the Architectural and Engineering services (site evaluations, regulatory compliance and removal/replacement designs) for this project, and retained the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to perform the field construction services (tank removal/replacement and environmental restoration). This has required close coordination between 5 WCFS offices and 33 USACE Districts to prepare construction designs that are biddable and in compliance with all applicable Federal, State and Local requirements. New Requirement: As part of this program, FEMA has a need to contract for ''Office Engineering'' services. This action will require a contractor to perform quality assurance on all work, plans, designs and actions to ensure that the environmental requirements of the 56 States and Territories have been fully complied with in regards to the 505 federally owned fuel tanks at Emergency Alert System stations. Due to the nature of the work to be performed, if a new contract is established, it will be procured in accordance with FAR Part 36 ''Construction and Architect-Engineering'' Services. The estimated cost of the procurement will be between $250,000.00 - $500,000.00 and cover a 12 month period of performance. In support of the new requirement, the contractor will maintain central environmental compliance files on each of the 505 tanks and update the existing data base of tanks with information on the progress of the USACE and status of completion of State and local imposed remediation requirements (database is programmed in FoxPro). This effort will require detailed knowledge of the applicable environmental protection requirements of the 50 States and 6 Territories as well as a close working relationship with all of the 33 USACE Districts and 5 WCFS offices currently under contract with FEMA in this program. This required capability is essential to ensuring that the central files and data base are accurate, up to date, and will serve as legal proof that the action performed are in full compliance with all the AST/UST requirements of the Federal, State and local governments with jurisdiction over these 505 tanks. Firms interested in performing this work shall submit a statement of qualifications which will be used to determine if the company is qualified to perform the work. Thus, each Statement of Qualification should set forth the companies case which details why they feel they are qualified to perform the work. All submissions must be received by 2:00 PM Friday August 25, 1995. Those received after the date and time specified will not be considered. All submissions shall be sent to the following address: FEMA, 500 C Street, S.W., Room 408a, Washington, D.C. 20472, Attn: David MacKendrick. (0220)

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