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C -- INDEF DEL TYPE A-E CONTRACTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL & NONRESTORATIVE HAZ TOXIC RADIOLOGICAL WASTE SVCS MIL/CIV PROJ WITHIN/ASGND LRD SOL DACA03-97-R-0002 POC Virginia A. Moore, Contracting Officer, (501)324-5072: David Howell, Civil Engineer, (501)324-5045. CONTRACT INFO: A-E SERVICES, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, are required for various military and civil works projects in or assigned to the LRD. One indefinite delivery contract will be negotiated and awarded; with a base period of one year and two one-year option periods. It will be for site investigations, research, planning, analytical studies, pre-design efforts involving a broad environmental field that primarily includes natural and cultural resources and nonrestorative HTRW studies. Any work requiring professional engineering certification must be done by, or under the direct supervision of, registered professional engineers. The contract amount for the base period and each option period shall not exceed $1,000,000 ea period. Options may be exercised early if the contract amount for a given contract period is near its maximum prior to end of that period. Individual fixed price delivery orders will not exceed $500,000. The individual delivery orders issued under the proposed contract may contain certain options. The minimum guaranteed amount for the base year is $20,000. Projects outside the primary area of responsibility may be added at the Government's discretion upon agreement of the selected firm. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business (LB) is selected for either of these contracts, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for the contract is that a minimum of 55% of the prime contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with Small Business (SB), including Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) of 9%, Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) of 3%, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities and minority Institutions (HBCU)/MIs) of 5%. The plan is not required with this submittal, but will be required prior to award. Projects within the Southwestern Division's and Lower Mississippi Valley Division's primary area of responsibility may be added at the Government's discretion upon agreement of the selected firm. PROJECT INFO: (a) General: Preparation of complete or partial Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs), Record of Environmental Considerations (RECs), Environmental inventories and related special studies documentation; hazardous waste inventories and recovery plans; cultural resources investigations; air emission inventories, permit applications, and conformitory analyses; forest inventories/management plans/ controlled burning plans; storm water pollution prevention planning; water quality sampling/studies; wetland inventories/ studies; and other scientific and technological investigations to accomplish the mission for the LRD. Work shall involve multi- disciplinary environmental investigations and other studies for any of a variety of Federal military and civil work entities. (b) Environmental Work Requirements: The contractor shall, as directed, conduct appropriate field surveys, site visits, interviews, prepare required research designs, and conduct literature searches. (c) Regulatory Compliance and Guidance: The investigations, studies, and reports will pertain to the following: military activities; to the planning, construction, operations and maintenance of the COE Civil Works projects; to other activities in support of other Government agencies. (d) Applicable Work Locations: Delivery Orders outside the boundaries of LRD are allowable when they are coordinated with the commander of the major subordinate command and geographical district in which the work is located prior to issuing. (e) Safety: The contractor shall at all times conduct operations in a safe manner and in accordance with the CE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1, 10/87). (f) Security Clearance: Contractor must be capable of receiving DIS Industrial Security Clearance at the ''Secret'' level. (g) NEPA Studies: The contract scope of work will include conducting field surveys and regulatory review of applicable environmental laws. (h) Natural Resources: The natural resource work may include: Specific flora/fauna surveys, Ground-truth GIS identified habitat classifications, Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans, Fish and Wildlife Mangement Plans, Endangered Species Management Plans, biological assessments, environmental studies, wetlands delineation/determinations. (i) Cultural Resource Studies including: Archeological and environmental inventories; development of historic contexts, overviews, reports, and publications; literature reviews; historic preservation and cultural resource management plans; mitigation plans; and ethnohistorical documentation, skeletal analysis, recordation, and documentation in support of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance. (j) Environmental Engineering and Environmental Compliance Assessments: The Contractor shall obtain or acquire all necessary permits/certifications required by Federal, State, and local regulatory agencies. Work shall include survey, sample collection, and testing; development of required regulatory documents; prepartion of pre-design reports; permit applications and spill prevention plans. (k) GIS (ARCINFO)/Remote Sensing Work: The contractor will be required to gather, manipulate and submit GIS data and field locate sites using the Global Positioning System (GPS) for integration into GIS. SELECTION CRITERIA: Significant evaluation factors in their relative order of importance are listed in CBD Note 24 (Monday Edition). The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and than by each sub-criterion). Criteria items a through e are primary. Criteria items f through h are secondary and will only be used as ''tie-breakers'' among technically equal firms. Consideration will be given to Joint Venture firms that have previously worked together. (a) Professional Qualification: The responding firms must have qualified personnel in the following disciplines: Civil, Environmental, Mechanical, Structural, Electrical, Chemical, Cost Engineers, Biologists, Surveyors/GPS, Chemist, Planners, Archeogists, Economists, Foresters, and Drafters/CADD/GIS Operators. (b) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. Responding firms must demonstrate experience in civil and military projects and a strong balanced environmental, engineering, and planning capability. The responding firms should demonstrate prior experiecne in environmental analysis and NEPA studies. The responding firms or their listed subcontractors must have the following qualifications necessary to perform cost estimates: (1) Cost Engineers that have completed formal training on MCACES Gold 5.30 or later software; (2) Experience with HTRW, military, and civil work breakdown formats for estimates; and (3) Capability for the estimates to be prepared under the guidance and signed by a certified/registered professional. (c) Capacity to perform two $150,000 delivery orders in a 150-day period. The evaluation will consider experience of the firm and any consultants in similar size projects, and the availability of an adequate number of personnel in key disciplines. (d) Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (e) Specific Knowledge of Locality. (f) The physical location in relation to the LRD. (g) Extent of Participation of SB, SDB, HBCU/MIs, and WOSB in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. (h) Volume of DoD contract awards in the last 12 months. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms which meet Note 24 requirements are invited to submit a completed SF 254 and SF 255 (both 11/92 edition) and a separate SF 254 for each subcontractor, to reach this office within 30 calendar days from the date of this publication to be considered. If the 30th day is a Sat, Sun, or Federal Holiday, the deadline is the close of business of the next business day. The SF 255 must contain information in sufficient detail to identify the team (prime and consultants) proposed for the contract (not necessarily total capacity); consultants as (A) and in-house as (B). Please specify the address of the office in which the key person is assigned in BLK 7c. Each firm must note in BLK 10 of the SF 255 the dollar amount (note ''none'' if applicable) of all DoD contracts awarded to each firm and all affiliates during the past 12 months (do not include consultants); include the contract number, dollar amount of the awards, and the total amount awarded; include the percentage of the estimated subcontracting amount that would be performed by a SB, SDB, WOSB, and HBCU/MIs in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the estimated effort; describe owned or leased equipment that will be used to perform this contract, as well as CADD/GIS capabilities; and include a QC Plan Outline. The QC Plan Outline should include a brief presentation of internal controls and procedures that firm uses to insure that a quality design is produced. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Blk 3b. For ACASS information, call 503-326-3459. Indicate in BLK 4 of the SF 254 if your firm is LB, SB, SDM, or WOSB. To be classified as SB, a firm's average annual receipts or sales for the preceding three fiscal years must not exceed $2.5 million. Firms failing to respond to these requirements may not be considered. No other general notification of firms under consideration for this contract will be made and no furhter action is required. SPEC NOTE: (1) Dept of Labor Wage Rates may be incorporated in the request for proposal and any contract awarded as a result of this announcement. FIP Services may be procured within the lives of the proposed contracts. (2) An amendment with complete detailed PROJECT INFORMATION will follow this CBD announcement. (0303)

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