Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715

C -- A/E SERVICES ARE REQ. AND IDTC FOR GEOTECHNICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL SITE INVESTIGATIONS FOR VARIOUS SITES WITHIN THE NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION SOL DACW31-96-R-0047 POC Jean Petty (410) 962-2587 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Ms. Jean Petty (410) 962-2587. For Technical Inquiries P.O.C.: Chris Evans (410) 962-4431. An Indefinite Delivery Type Contract for A/E services, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, is required for various military, civil works, and hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) project sites within the Baltimore District Corps of Engineers boundaries. The services are required for geotechnical and environmental site investigations and related engineering tasks. The contract will be negotiated and awarded for a base year, with one option year extension. The maximum award amount for this contract is $750,000.00 per year, with $150,000.00 maximum per delivery order. 2. SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS: If the selected firm is a large business concern, a subcontracting plan with the final fee proposal will be required, consistent with Section 806(b) of PL 100-180, PL 95-507, and 99-661. A minimum of 25% of the total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small business concerns. At least 8 percent of total planned subcontracting dollars shall be placed with small disadvantaged businesses, including Historically Black Colleges and Universities or Minority Institutions, and at least 5 percent with Women-Owned Businesses (WOB). The plan is not required with this submittal. The anticipated award date is on or about October 1996. 3. PROJECT INFORMATION: The Architect-Engineer (A/E) firm shall perform geotechnical and environmental site investigations and related engineering services on project sites for the Baltimore District, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. The A/E shall perform geotechnical and environmental site investigation work at specified military, civil works, and/or hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) project sites within the geographic boundaries of the Baltimore District which includes the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, New York, and New Jersey, and the District of Columbia and to a lesser extent the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. 4. SELECTION CRITERION: See Note 24 for general A/E selection process. The contract will be focused on the performance of the following types of work: 1. Preparation of Sampling and Analysis Plans, 2. Preparation of Site Specific Safety and Health Plans, 3. Soil and Rock Drilling, 4. Soil and Rock Sampling, 5. Test Pit Excavation, 6. Pavement and Structure Drilling and Sampling, 7. Piezometer and Well Construction, 8. Groundwater Monitoring and Sampling, 9. Aquifer Testing, 10. In-SituGeotechnical Testing and Instrumentation, 11. Environmental Field Screening and Testing, 12. Direct Push Technology Probing and Sampling, 13. Off Shore Drilling and Vibrocoring, 14. Ground Surveying in support of these tasks, 15. HTRW Site Specific Services in support of these tasks (such as hazard monitoring, decontamination of personnel and equipment, and management of IDW), 16. Site Access, Clearance, and Restoration tasks, and 17. Submittal of Site Investigation Drill Logs, Well As-builts and Records, Samples and Sampling Records, Electronic Data Records, and Field Test Reports. Only firms and their primary consultants having experience and qualified personnel (to include 29 CFR1910.120 training and medical surveillance) in geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, industrial hygiene (CIH required), chemistry, geology, hydrogeology, geotechnical and environmental drilling, and land surveying should apply. In addition, the selection criteria will include: 1. Past experience and complexity of work in geotechnical and environmental site investigations, 2. Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private sector in terms of quality control and meeting established schedules, and 3. Past safety record in performing geotechnical and environmental site investigations. 5. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Architect/Engineer firms meeting the requirements described in this announcement are invite to submit a SF 254 and SF255, supplemental information requested should be furnished for prime, joint venture(s) and/or consultants. Notwithstanding the statements to the contrary in General Note 24 and Block 6 of the SF255, only SF254's submitted with the SF255 will be considered in the evaluation.'' Be advised that the Baltimore District does not maintain SF 254's at this office. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Send SF 254's and SF 255's to Baltimore District Corps of Engineers, 10 S. Howard St., Rm 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715, no later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. If the 30th day is a Saturday, Sunday or Federal Holiday, the dead-line is the close of business of the next business day. Include your firms ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. For ACASS Information call 503-326-3459. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this project will be made. This is not a request for proposal. (0141)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0010 19960521\C-0001.SOL)