NASA Langley Research Center, Bid Dsitribution Office, MS 126, Hampton, Va. 23681-0001

C -- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL 1-39-AFC.1211 POC R. Todds Lacks, Contract Specialist, 757-864-2477. NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), Hampton, Virginia, plans to issue Request For Offer (RFO) 1-39-AFC.1211 for Environmental Engineering Services O/A December 31, 1996, with proposals due approximately 45 days thereafter. The RFO can be accessed, viewed and downloaded from the NASA Langley Internet Procurement Home Page at http://db-www.larc.nasa.gov/procurement/home-page.html. Firms that do not have access to the Internet may request a hard copy of the RFO from the point-of-contact listed at the beginning of this synopsis. A draft Statement of Work for this procurement will be available O/A December 10, 1996, on the NASA Langley Internet Procurement Home Page. The Contractor shall furnish all resources necessary to support a comprehensive environmental compliance, restoration, and pollution prevention program at LaRC. General task areas include pollution prevention, hazardous waste management, air pollution control, and laboratory and engineering support. Specific services to be performed include: maintaining, implementing and updating the requirements set forth in the LaRC Pollution Prevention Plan which will require periodic site visits, technical and economic feasibility assessments, planning, scheduling, monitoring, consultation and follow-up assessments, identification, evaluation and implementation of emerging pollution prevention options, evaluation of the availability and feasibility of using substitutes for products that contain toxic or hazardous materials or that use such materials in their production, reviewing the use of hazardous chemicals and recommending alternative processes or chemical substitutes, operation of the LaRC Recycling and Reclamation Facility for paper, cardboard, toner cartridges, used oil and scrap metals, proactive technical and engineering support to reduce the amount of waste generated at LaRC, proactive approach to minimizing disposal costs under the contract, operation of the LaRC Central Hazardous Waste Storage Facility to include waste characterization, collection, transportation, tracking, processing, accounting and proper off-site disposal of hazardous waste, laboratory and engineering services to support the Center's environmental permit and general environmental sampling and analyses requirements, environmental related studies, on-site air pollution control activities which include maintaining an emission inventory, advising the Center of regulatory issues, preparation of annual regulatory reports, conducting air emissions assessments and sampling, evaluating LaRC operations for compliance and recommending air pollution control technologies, and training and awareness activities for Government and contractor employees. A firm-fixed-price contract is contemplated with cost reimbursement lines items to cover hazardous waste disposal costs. It is anticipated that 100% of the work under this contract will be accomplished under "completion form" as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), paragraph 16.306 (d)(1) and (2), and will be "performanced-based" with the contractor performing and being evaluated against specific performance standards/metrics. The total potential period of performance, including options is 5 1/2 years, commencing May 1, 1997. The period of performance will consist of a 1-year base period and options for four 1-year periods and six 1-month periods. This procurement will be conducted under full and open competition guidelines and will include an 8% small disadvantaged business subcontracting goal. The Standard Industrial Classification Code for this procurement is 8711 and the size standard is $2.5M in average annual receipts for the 3 previous years. Midrange Procurement Procedures will be used to process this procurement. These procedures are set forth in the NASA FAR Supplement Part 1871. All responsible sources may submit a bid which will be considered by the Agency. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the pre-award and post-award phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the Contracting Officer, the buying team, or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Before consulting with any ombudsmen, interested parties should first attempt to resolve their concerns with the contract specialist or the contracting officer. The LaRC Ombudsman is Belinda Adams. Concerned parties may call Ms. Sandra S. Ray at 757-864-2428. Do not call the ombudsman for solicitation requests or for general information. For solicitation requests or for general information, contact the point-of-contact listed at the beginning of this synopsis. Concerns, issues, disagreements and recommendations which cannot be resolved by the installation point-of-contact or the ombudsman may be referred to the NASA Agency ombudsman Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681-001 (0338)

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