Bechtel National, Inc., 401 West A St., Ste 1000, San Diego, CA 92101-7905

L -- LAND SURVEY SERVICES POC Roosevelt M. Pascal, Project Senior Buyer, (619)687-8729. Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) will be issuing a Request for Proposal to a limited number of companies qualified to perform Land Survey Services to determine locations of soil borings, wells, grids, and other surface and subsurface investigation locations at hazardous waste sites on Navy and Marine facilities located in Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico. The RFP is expected to result in more than one award and will be for licensed surveyors to perform the tasks outlined in the scope of work. The work will be authorized on a delivery order basis, with no minimum. Scope of Work: The work shall include providing all personnel, material, equipment, and services necessary to perform optical and some Global Positioning System (GPS) surveying of locations and ground surface elevations of new and existing site investigation locations. Locations of surveyed features shall be referenced to the nearest appropriate control points and shall be determined to within 0.5 feet horizontally (State Plane Coordinate system) and 0.01 feet vertically. The amount of surveying at each site will vary, and will be rescheduled as required. No photogrammetry or generation of base maps is expected. Selection criteria: Firms selected to receive the RFP must demonstrate: (a) successful past performance on relevant projects involving investigation of sites with potentially hazardous constituents; (b) sufficient qualified personnel, available and committed to this program, fully health and safety qualified under 29CFR1910.120, Title 8 CCR 5192, and demonstrated familiarity with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements manual EM385-1-1 (Rev 10/87); (c) access to suitable facilities and equipment to accomplish the scope of work; (d) the existence of a written QA/QC plan and standard operating procedures to be used for land survey services, and (e) business stability, financial responsibility, and evidence of insurability. Firm location in Southern California is preferred but not required. Evidence of WBE or MBE status should be provided as appropriate. Submission requirements: Interested firms are requested to submit qualification packages, including as a minimum: (a) an SF255 for the firm, and for those firms planning to joint venture or subcontract portions of the work, a separate SF255 for each firm; (b) specific and similar experience, including 5 client references with contract name and telephone number, and a brief narrative that includes the survey techniques used, a general description of project objectives and results, geographic location, topographical setting, and specific descriptions of survey equipment and tools used; (c) location of office(s); (d) documents of current registration (by state) of personnel; (e) identification of key personnel for the program, a statement regarding the health and safety qualification of personnel who will be performing the work and resumes documenting technical/management qualifications; (f) a copy of your current insurance certificate stating limits for worker's compensation, commercial general liability, and automobile liability; (g) current equipment inventory; (h) representation as to whether your firm is large, small, disadvantaged, woman-owned concern; and (i) a statement that the company is not currently prohibited from doing business with any Government agency. Submittals are to be no more than fifty (50) pages and should be made to: Bechtel National, Inc., 401 West A Street, Suite 1000, San Diego, CA 92101-7905, Attention: R.M. Pascal. Only a limited number of RFP's are available. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Responses not received at the above address within fourteen (14) calendar days of the date of this announcement may not be considered for receipt of the RFP. All successful prequalified respondents shall be placed on the Bidder's list for forthcoming RFP. After award of the Subcontract, requirements for land survey services shall be released through the issuance of a Delivery Order. The Delivery Order shall include the pay items, descriptions, Scope of Work, site-specific health & safety plan, maps or any other documents required for the execution of the work at a Not-To-Exceed value. This is not a Request for Proposal. (332)

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