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C -- ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES IN THE STATES OF ME, VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY, DE, NJ, AND PA SOL N62472-96-D-1390 DUE 042496 POC Tina Phillips, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0626. Engineering Services for an Indefinite Quantity Contract for Environmental Planning Services involving the preparation of environmental assessments, environmental impact statements, archeological/cultural resource studies, wetland delineation and mitigation plans, air quality conformity determinations and coastal zone consistency determinations. Other studies may include feasibility studies, military construction project documentation, land surveying, and project planning/engineering studies. The initial project under this contract will be for the preparation of an environmental assessment for the construction of a 600 person Bachelors Enlisted Quarters at the Naval Submarine Base, New London, CT. The work to be performed under this contract may also require the preparation of environmental assessments or environmental impact statements for projects such as base closure/realignment studies, family housing projects, dredging projects and other similar projects. Environmental assessment and impact statements require the preparation of comprehensive documentation of the existing natural and man-made environments of the project site(s) and surrounding vicinity and the impacts proposed projects will create. Environmental documentation will also require evaluation of alternative sites/methods, etc. Archeological/cultural resource studies may be part of the basic contract and shall require documentation of facilities/properties that may be considered to have architectural, historical, or cultural significance. Studies may include the preparation of reports/nomination forms, etc., documenting facilities, structures, sites, etc., that may qualify for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. This work shall be coordinated with the appropriate state historic preservation office and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Studies involving wetland delineation(s) may also be added to, or part of, the contract and shall be conducted using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and appropriate state wetland delineation criteria. If required, wetland boundaries shall be surveyed using accepted land surveying techniques. Air quality conformity determinations, in compliance with the Clean Air Act Amendment of 1990, may also be added to the basic contract as part of a larger study or as individual determinations for special projects. Coastal Zone Management consistency determinations, if required, shall be developed for submission to the coastal zone management coordinators of the appropriate states. Submission of documentation will include electronic deliverables (in accordance with Northern Division's CADD policy) and standard word processing procedures. Significant evaluation factors (in order of importance): 1. Specialized experience of the firm in the type of work required. A/E firms shall indicate recent specific experience in these four basic study areas: 1) environmental documentation; 2) cultural resources planning; 3) coastal zone management; 4) wetlands delineations/ studies/ mitigation planning. 2. Professional qualifications of the staff to be assigned to this contract (including those of any consultants). 3. Capacity of the assigned team to accomplish the work within the required time constraints. 4. Past performance with respect to quality of work and compliance with performance schedules (emphasis on D.O.D. work). 5. Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that there is an appropriate number of qualified firms therein for consideration. 6. List the small or disadvantaged or women-owned business firms used as primary consultants or as subconsultants. 7. Volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense. Estimated Construction Cost: N/A. Type of contract: Indefinite Quantity Contract/Firm Fixed Price Task Order. Estimated Start Date: Sep 1996. There will be no dollar limit per project. The total fee that may be paid under this contract will not exceed $2,500,000 per year. The duration of this contract will be for one year from the date of an initial contract award with an option for one additional year. The minimum guarantee for each option year will be $25,000. The options may be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government subject to workload and/or satisfaction of A/E performance under the subject contract. Since this contract may result in an award valued in excess of $500,000, a small business subcontracting plan will be required if the selected firm is a large business concern. The small disadvantaged business set-aside goals and the women-owned small business goals in the plan shall not be less than 5% each of the subcontracted work. The SIC code is 8711 and the small business size standard classification is $2,500,000. THE PROPOSED CONTRACT IS BEING SOLICITED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS, THEREFORE REPLIES TO THIS NOTICE ARE REQUESTED FROM ALL BUSINESS CONCERNS. A/E firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit completed Standard Forms 254 and 255 to the office shown above. Firms responding to this announcement by 24 April 1996 will be considered. Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-10. NEITHER HAND-CARRIED PROPOSALS NOR FACSIMILE RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. Respondents may supplement this proposal with graphic material and photographs which best demonstrate capabilities of the team proposed by the project. No material will be returned. This is not a request for proposal. (0079)

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