USDA, Forest Service, Lolo National Forest, Attn: Contracting, Building 24, Fort Missoula, Missoula, MT 59801

C -- CIVIL ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL R1-16-96-395 DUE 051496 POC Contact Point, Audrey Boller, 406/329-3764, Contracting Officer, Connie L. Bohannan, 406/329-3768 USDA, Forest Service, Lolo National Forest intends to procure Professional Engineering services to perform an independent review of physical conditions, resources, facilities, and pipeline operations along the 30 miles of Yellowstone Pipeline right-of-way under Forest Service Permit. The pipeline is a 10-inch petroleum products transportation pipeline with a 20-foot right-of-way. The purpose of the review is to identify any conditions along the right-of-way that may pose a risk to the integrity of the pipeline, the environment, or public health and safety. The subject right-of-way includes several scattered parcels between Helena, Montana, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. These parcels are in the following drainages: Tenmile (west of Helena), Little Blackfoot, Clark Fork, Prospect (west of Thompson Falls) in Montana; and Pritchard, Coeur d'Alene, and tributaries to Coeur d'Alene Lake in Idaho. The selected A-E firm will also provide an independent review of any mitigation measures which the Yellowstone Pipe Line Company or Forest Service may propose to address concerns raised by the initial review. The initial review report shall be submitted to the Forest Service and the Yellowstone Pipe Line Company by September 30, 1996 and final report within 120 calendar days of the initial report. The cost is estimated not to exceed S100,000. Architecture-Engineer firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited tosubmit: (1) a Standard From 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and (2) a Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to the procurement office shown. Firms having a current Standard Form 254 on file with the procurement office shown are not required to resubmit this form. Firms responding to this announcement before the closing date will be considered for selection, subject to any limitations indicated with respect to size and geographic location of firm, specialized technical expertise, or other requirements as follows: (1) professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services: technical competence by discipline (education, registration and experience) of individual team members expertise in petroleum products pipeline engineering and safety, fluvial geomorphology and stream channel hydraulics, fisheries biology, geology, soil science, cultural resources, wildlife biology and botany; (2) specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required and experience in following the six-step process for organizing a watershed analysis, as established in the Federal Guide for Watershed Analysis, Ecosystem Analysis at the Watershed Scale (August 1995, version 2.2 or later version); (3) capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) location within the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project and applicable regulatory requirements. Firms shall warrant that, to the best of their knowledge and belief, there are no relevant facts or circumstances which could give rise to an organizational conflict of interest that would affect the firm's ability in performing the services required. Submit a statement of qualifications and performance data utilizing Standard Form 254 and Standard Form 255 by May 14, 1996. This is not a Request for Proposal. (0099)

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