Contracting Officer, Attn: Pam Komer, USCG CEU, 1240 E. Ninth St., Rm. 2179, Cleveland, OH 44199-2060

C -- MISC ENVIRONMENTAL A/E SERVICES SOL DTCG83-96-R-3CL193. POC P. Komer. Professional A/E Services for Misc. Environmental Services for shore facilities and offshore aids-to-navigation facilities. Shore and offshore facilities include buildings, waterfront facilities, lighthouse structures and grounds. Provide professional A/E consultant services for various environmental engineering inspections, investigations, assessments, impact statements, designs, government cost estimates, compliance monitoring activities, environmental management plan development, environmental permit preparation/compliance, review of government designs, and construction inspection services. Services may be required in the states of the Second, Fifth and Ninth Coast Guard Districts including but not limited to the following: Northern AL, AR, CO, DE, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, Northern MS, NC, ND, NE, NU, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, VA, WI, WV, WY. Services required may include: (1) environmental investigation, assessment, and reporting (PAs, SIs, RIs) under RCRA, CERCLA, TSCA, CWA, CAA, SDWA, and other applicable Federal and State laws; (2) design, install, operate and maintain remedial systems, cost estimates, and construction inspection of remedial design for sites contaminated with solvents, heavy metals, PCB's, petroleum hydrocarbons, hazardous and other regulated wastes, and radon, lead paint, and asbestos abatement; (3) for Item 2, analysis of remedial alternatives, recommendation of cost effective alternatives, and development of final designs and construction contract documents; (4) environmental permit compliance requirements; (5) development and certification of spill plans, storm water management plans, community relations plans and assistance with fulfillment of public participation requirements, and other environmental management plans; (6) environmental auditing; (7) development of environmental data bases and data entry; (8) NEPA documents such as environmental assessments and impact statements addressing such areas as, but not limited to, geology and soils, water and air resources, fishery resources, wildlife resources, endangered species, recreation, historical and archaeological resources, socioeconomic resources and aesthetic resources. Most work will consist of delineating contamination plumes, developing/screening remedial alternatives, developing remedial designs, developing construction drawings and specifications, independent review of government projects, development of environmental management plans, and environmental auditing. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) intends on issuing indefinite delivery contract(s). The USCG reserves the right to make multiple awards. The term of the contract will be one year starting from the date of contract award. The basic contract will be limited to $300,000 per individual task order, $1,500,000 per year, with a guarantee of $5,000 minimum placed against it. The government has the option to extend the term of the contract one year. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. Firms will be selected based upon the following weighted criteria: a) TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE (27%) as demonstrated by the ability of the firm to implement a variety of chemical and biological approaches to solve groundwater and soil contamination problems in a cost effective manner, capabilities in developing and implementing environmental management plans, permit applications, remedial investigations and risk assessments, ability to design, install, operate and maintain remedial systems, and ability to understand and apply federal, state, and local regulations to develop and negotiate compliances strategies. Firms should demonstrate technical excellence by detailing their successful clean closures and/or reductions in contaminant levels for groundwater and soil and the time frame implementation. In-situ remedial alternatives should be emphasized. These projects should be referenced in Block 8 of the SF 255. b) PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND PAST PERFORMANCE (23%), including experience with projects similar in size and scope to the types of projects the USCG anticipates at the site, ability to complete tasks in required time frame, accuracy of construction cost estimates, and ability to respond to short regulatory deadlines. c) MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES (23%) as demonstrated by internal quality control and quality assurance procedures used to ensure technical accuracy and the coordination of disciplines, the structure of the firm as it relates to the overall approach to project management, capability to perform work in house and ability to manage fluctuating work load. d) PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS (20%), which includes the numbers and types of professional employed, past performance of relevant work experience of those individuals who would be committed to USCG projects, professional accreditation of employees, and adequate representation of minorities and women personnel qualified and available to work on design projects in comparison to number of equally qualified and paid minorities and women located in the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area of performance. Firms should have professionals licensed in the service area states or demonstrate the ability to obtain these license professionals. e) COMPUTER CAPABILITIES (7%) as demonstrated by possession of autoCAD release 12 for windows, and ability and past experience with developing computer data bases. Firms will be required to use CE-CADD overlays, version 5.2 or higher. Firms desiring consideration are invited to submit SF 254 and SF 255 - annotate with the solicitation number DTCG83-96-R-3CL193. Only those firms which meet the USCG's requirements as outlined above will be given consideration. USCG recommends that Block 10 of the SF 255 contain a one page executive summary of the firm's field(s) of expertise. In order to be considered, the required forms should be received by 1:30 PM EDT, 26 June 1996. This is not a request for proposal. An RFP will NOT be issued. (142)

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