U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, P.O. Box 98518, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518

C -- ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SOL DE-RP08-96NV13052 DUE 070196 POC Darby Dieterich (702) 295-1560, or Contracting Officer, Joanne M. Bradbery, (702) 295-3206 Environmental Architect-Engineer services are required at designated corrective actions sites or corrective action units at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), parts of the Tonopah Test Range, parts of Nellis Air Force Range, and off-site locations in Nevada where underground nuclear testing or related activities have occurred under the cognizance of the Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office (DOE/NV). Assessment/characterization environmental services will be provided in accordance with the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (FFACO) between the DOE/NV, the state of Nevada, and the Department of Defense, Defense Nuclear Agency. In addition, environmental services, including remediation activities, may be required for off-site locations in the states of Alaska, Colorado, Mississippi, and New Mexico where underground nuclear testing or related activities occurred. The environmental services to be provided must be in compliance with the Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (FFACO), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act, appropriate state regulations, and applicable DOE Orders and regulations. As a result of this synopsis, a cost reimbursement, performance-based type of contract will be awarded with incentive measures to be negotiated between DOE/NV and the selected contractor on an annual basis. The contract will be awarded for a three-year base period with two, one-year options. The value of this effort is anticipated to be approximately $100,000,000.00 over the five year period. The services required may include: (a) programmatic planning, documentation and management; (b) technical, schedule and cost baseline development and reporting; (c)development of environmental documentation; (d) regulatory and policy review; (e) public involvement (f) preparation of documentation for and conduct of assessment/characterization studies; (g) data acquisition and data base management; (h) field services and laboratory analysis; (i) conduct remedial actions at off-site locations; and (j) long-term monitoring. As a part of this requirement, the contractor will be required to maintain an office in the Las Vegas, Nevada, metropolitan area including, at a minimum, a program manager, project manager, data base manager, clerical support staff, and other personnel necessary to implement the scope of work. The prime contractor is required to perform the work set forth in items (b) technical, schedule and cost baseline development and reporting, and (f) preparing the documentation for and conduct of assessment/characterization studies. Experience of the proposed subcontractors/consultants is not allowable for these two areas. This procurement will be conducted in accordance with Brooks Act procedures. The following A-E selection criteria will be used in the evaluation of Environmental Engineering firms: (1) Technical approach and competence of the firm (including first tier subcontractors/consultants) in performing the required scope of work; (2) Performance on current and past (last 5 years) contracts demonstrating recent specialized experience of the firm in performing a comparable work scope for Government agencies and private industry including: (i) applicability of past experience to current scope of work; (ii) compliance with performance baselines/project control; (iii) health & safety record; and (iv) federal and state regulatory compliance record; (3) Professional qualification and specialized experience of the team members (including first tier subcontractors/consultants) in performing the types of services anticipated under this contract; (4) Capacity of the firm to handle anticipated volume and types of work, as well as project acceleration, in order to utilize personnel effectively and to meet critical schedules. Indicate the firm's present workload (in Section 10 of the SF 255) and the availability of the project team (including first tier subcontractors/consultants) for the specified contract performance period; (5) Involvement of company management in the performance of the scope of work; and (6) Subcontracting opportunities for Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned Business concerns. Of the six criteria, criteria (1) is of greater weight than the other criteria. Criteria (2) and (3) are of lesser weight than criteria (1), but equal to each other in importance. Criteria (4) is of significantly lesser weight than criteria (2) or (3). Criteria (5) and (6) are of lesser weight than criteria (4), but equal to each other in importance. Firms proposing as prime contractors with team subcontractors will be evaluated on the basis of the qualifications of the team as a whole. Identify any explicit assignment of responsibilities among corporate team members. Firms are also cautioned that an Organization Conflict of Interest Clause applies to this effort. In accordance with Department of Energy Acquisition Regulation (DEAR) 909.570-11, the award of related architect-engineering services and construction efforts to the same firm is prohibited. Therefore, any contractor or affiliate who provides initial technical and design support shall be prevented from also performing any resultant remediation action. Under this effort, the A&E contractor would be required to subcontract for the remediation construction and required to perform the construction management for the remediation activities. A copy of the Statement of Work (SOW) for this effort will be available via the Internet at the following address: http://www.nv.doe.gov/Places/Procurement/Solicit.htm. A copy of the SOW will also be available for review at the Public Reading Facility located at the DOE North Las Vegas Facility, Building B-1, 2621 Losee Road, North Las Vegas. A site tour of the NTS will be conducted on June 12, 1996, to provide additional information as to the nature of the work. A follow-up session will be scheduled the following day (June 13, 1996) to answer questions that arose during the tour. Prospective offerors who plan to attend the site tour and/or follow-up session are limited to three people per organization. Prospective offerors attending the tour should meet in the U.S. Department of Energy Auditorium, 2753 S. Highland Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, at 7:00 A.M. PDT on June 12, 1996. Prospective offerors attending the follow-up session should meet in the U.S. Department of Energy Auditorium, 2753 S. Highland Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada, at 9:00 A.M. PDT on June 13, 1996. Prospective offerors who plan to attend the site tour and/or follow-up session must submit the following information to Darby Dieterich via facsimile transmission at (702) 295-1560 by 12:00 P.M. PDT on June 10, 1996 for each individual attending: name (first name, middle initial and last name), Social Security Number, date of birth, place of birth, citizenship, Company name and address, job title, business telephone number, home address, and home telephone number. Only U.S. Citizens may obtain access to the NTS. Please also stipulate if you plan to attend the site tour, the follow-up session, or both. No recorders or cameras may be taken on the NTS tour. Appropriate clothing for touring an industrial facility must be worn. A written record of the questions and answers resulting from the tour will not be provided to prospective offerors on an individual basis. The information will, however, be available within a couple of days after the follow-up session via the Internet at the address cited above and will be also be provided to the Public Reading Facility. This is not a request for proposal. Architect-Engineer firms which meet the requirements described in this announcements are invited to submit a complete, updated Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and a Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer Related Services for Specific Project to the address set forth below. The same information must also be submitted for first tier subcontractors/consultants. Submittals must be marked to the attention of Darby Dieterich and sent via USPS addressed to DOE Nevada Operations Office, P.O. Box 98518, Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518 or via courier addressed to DOE Nevada Operations Office, 2753 S. Highland Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89109. To be considered, submittals must be received no later than 4:00 P.M. PDT on July 1, 1996. For identification purposes, Solicitation reference number DE-RP08-96NV13052 should be used. Oral requests will not be honored and facsimile responses will not be accepted. See Note 24. See Note(s): 24. (0150)

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