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C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER SERVICES FOR THREE INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE LOUISVILLE DISTRICT Contact Mrs. Sharon Evans, (502) 582-6208. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The proposed services will be obtained by a negotiated Firm Fixed Price Contract. The maximum amount of the contract shall not exceed $4,000,000, and no individual contract shall exceed $400,000. The contract period is one year from date of award with two one year options to extend for an additional year. Before award of this contract, the firm (if not a small business concern) shall be required to present an acceptable Small Business and Small Disadvantaged Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with Public Law 95-507. To meet the current subcontracting goals, 52.5 the total subcontract dollars must go to small business firms, 8.8% must go to small disadvantaged business firms, and 3.0% must go to woman-owned firms. The plan is not required with this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The Louisville District intends to award up to three Indefinite Delivery Contracts for Architect-Engineer Services for environmental services to support the Louisville District's mission as an Environmental Support District. The required services will consist of following primary environmental program areas: NEPA; Environmental Compliance Assessment; Air Quality/CAA; Water Resources/ CWA/ SDA;RCRA; Pollution Prevention; Hazardous Materials Management; Historic Preservation; Archaeology; Specific projects can include historical land use profiles, ground water modeling as well as surface and subsurface sampling of soils, sediments and water plus chemical laboratory analyses for hazardous, toxic and radioactive substances according to USEPA approved methods and protocol for RI/FS level investigations. Air and materials sampling and analysis are required to address issues such as Title V Air Permit, radon gas, lead based paint, asbestos, etc. Analytical and writing skills are essential to prepare documents such as Environmental Site/Compliance Assessments, Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Studies, Pollution Prevention Plans, NEPA Documentation, Historic Preservation Plans, Natural Resource Management Plans, Defense Priority Model Scoring, Environmental Impact Statements and Risk Assessments. Secondary environmental program areas may include: RCS-1383 Preparation; Data Management in Army's Automated Environmental Management Information System (AAEMIS); National Contingency Plan (NCP); Forestry Management; Wildlife Management; Pest Management; Wetlands; Coastal Zone Management; Land/Range Management & Restoration; and Noise Abatement. The required services may also include the production of plans, specifications and cost estimates for the design of environmental projects, environmental software support, public relations support and construction management services for environmental projects. Field personnel must be appropriately health and safety trained and equipped for environmental site investigations. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process information. The selection criteria in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion) are listed below. Criteria a-d are primary and e-h are secondary: a. Qualified registered professional personnel in the following disciplines with experience pertinent to that required for this project. Professional experience and knowledge with design and selection of remediation technologies is required. Field work, preparation and/or review of documents by experienced professionals in the fields of environmental law, archeology, history, biology, chemistry, geology, ecology, economics, cathodic protection and technical writing as well as the professional engineering disciplines of civil, mechanical, electrical, chemical, environmental and geotechnical. b. Specialized experience and technical competence in: Certified Industrial Hygienist (ABIH) are required and must be indicated by resumes in the SF255. Knowledge of and working experience with Regulators in EPA's Region IV and Region V and the respective state environmental regulatory agencies in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky is required and must be indicated on the SF255. Upon contract award the successful contractor will be required to obtain Corps of Engineers certification for the laboratory providing services under their contract. Work sites will be limited to the geographic area of the Ohio River Division where the U.S. Government owns, operates or maintains facilities (Military or Civil). c. Capacity to complete the work in the required time. d. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Geographical location and knowledge of the locality of the project. f. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last 12 months as described in Note 24. g. Superior performance evaluations on recently completed DOD contracts. h. Extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black collages and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract tea, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: a. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms which are interested and meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit one completed SF 255 (Revision 11-92), U.S. Government A/E and Related Services for Specific Projects to the Office shown above. SF 255 (Revision 10-83) is obsolete and only the 11-92 edition of SF 255 will be accepted. All responses on SF 255 to this announcement must be received no later than 4:30 pm Local Time on the 30th calendar day after the date of this publication to be considered for selection. The day following this CBD announcement counts as day number 1. If the 30th day falls on Saturday, Sunday or a U.S. Gov't. holiday, the deadline is the close of business on the next Gov't. business day. b. It is requested that interested firms list the fee amount and date of all DOD contracts awarded during the last 12 months to the firm and all subsidiaries in Block 9 of the SF 255. c. Responding firms must submit a current and accurate SF 254 for each proposed consultant. Additionally, all responding firms which do not have a current (within the past 12 months) SF 254 on file with the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers, must also furnish a completed SF 254. If a SF 254 is included, only the 11-92 edition of the form will be accepted. The business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in Block 3 of the SF 255. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $2.5 million. d. No other information including pamphlets or booklets is requested or required. e. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made and no further action is required. Solicitation packages are not provided for A/E contracts. This is not a request for proposals. (352)

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