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C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ARCHITECT-ENGINEER CONTRACT FOR VARIOUS MILITARY HAZARDOUS WASTE INVESTIGATION AND CLEANUP PROJECTS AT THE JOINT READINESS TRAINING CENTER (JRTC)/FORT POLK, LOUISIANA SOL DACA56-97-R-0024 DUE 060997 POC Jimmy White or Jacque Lattie, AE Contracts and Documents Section, (918)669-7043 or 7039 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Indefinite Delivery Contract (Fixed Price-Type) will be awarded for Various Military Hazardous Waste Cleanup Projects Primarily at the JRTC/Fort Polk and other work assigned to the Tulsa District Office. This is not a request for a proposal, and there is no bid package. Contractors will be selected for negotiations based on their qualifications submitted in accordance with this announcement. This procurement is unrestricted. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in September 1997. This contract is for a base year and four option years with a total contract amount not to exceed $5 Million. The base year and each option year are in an amount not to exceed $1 Million. The maximum dollar limit per Task Order is $1 Million. Should the total contract amount reach $1 Million prior to passage of 365 calendar days, the option for an additional year and an additional $1 Million of work and services may be exercised. Similar action is available on the remaining years. Minimum award under this contract is $20,000 in the base year and $10,000 in each option year. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.21-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting plan is not required in this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work under this contract will involve environmental related work at Fort Folk. Various sites will require investigation as a result of past DoD operations on approximately 120,000 acres. AE services required may include: site investigations; subsurface exploration; chemical sampling, testing and analyses; RCRA facility investigations; corrective measures studies; treatability studies; pilot scale studies; engineering evaluations and cost analyses; air emissions inventories and monitoring; human and ecological risk assessments and other engineering studies and reports; community relations; engineering design; preparation of plans and specifications; cost estimating; field inspections; shop drawing review; and other construction documents for a variety of hazardous waste and environmental type projects. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection requirements. Selection criteria: Items a through d are the primary selection criteria listed in descending order of importance. The criteria listed in paragraphs e through g will be applied as a tie-breaker. a. Specialized Experience and technical competence. In Block 8 of SF 255, cite whether the experience is that of the prime (joint venture), consultant or an individual. Work cited that is experience of the prime (or joint venture) from an office other than that identified in block 3b shall be so labeled. Specialized experience includes: familiarity with regulations and practices pertaining to hazardous waste sampling, handling, transportation and disposal within Louisiana, geographic information systems. All chemical sampling analyses shall be done in accordance with EPA and Corps methods. The A-E must demonstrate capability to provide drawings compatible with the most recent version of Intergraph System's IGDS. b. Capacity to initiate and complete the work within the time parameters of the project. Firms should demonstrate strong ability to provide comprehensive program and project management for complex work; strong ability to provide comprehensive environmental technical and compliance support; ability to provide necessary number of teams or crews for complex and unexpected field, laboratory and regulatory compliance support; ability to initiate, manage and complete multiple concurrent delivery orders; ability to meet unforeseen schedule changes. c. Professional capabilities. Responding firms shall demonstrate capability and capacity in these disciplines: Civil, Environmental, Chemical, and Process Engineering; Hydrogeology; and Industrial Hygiene (CIH). Specialists are required in geology, hydrogeology, chemistry, toxicology, risk assessment, industrial hygiene, RCRA permitting, Clean Air Act permitting, community relations, GIS, and environmental law. d. Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Location of the firm in general geographical area of the project. f. All large businesses are reminded that the successful firm will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practical extent with small and small disadvantaged firms in accordance with Public Law 95-507. This plan is not required with this submittal, but must be approved prior to award to any large business. The subcontracting goals for the Tulsa District are 65% for small business, including 10% for small disadvantaged business and 5% for women-owned small business concerns. g. Volume of DoD delivery orders awarded in the last 12 months to the prime A-E (cite in block 10 of SF 255) including date of delivery order award and value. Limit Block 10 to no more than 10 pages. 4. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submittal requirements. Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one copy of SF 255 (and a SF 254 of the prime firm and all consultants) to AE Contracts and Documents Section, 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128-4629. SF 255's and SF 254's must be received in AE Contracts and Documents Section no later than 4:30 p.m. on June 9, 1997. The SF 255 should specifically address the requirements of this announcement. Include in your submittal, a proposed organization chart and a narrative description of how the organization will function. Responding firms are requested to clearly identify those tasks to be performed in-house and at what office, those tasks to be subcontracted and at what office. Specify the address of the office and key person that is assigned in Block 7C. Also, address your firm's approach to Contract/Project Management and Quality Control in Block 10 of the SF 255. Do not exceed 10 written pages for Block 10. Firms failing to respond to these requirements may not be considered. If firms/consultants listed on the SF 255 have a current SF 254 (submitted within the past 12 months) on file with the Corps of Engineers' Architect-Engineer Administrative Support System (ACASS), Portland, Oregon, they need not submit an SF 254. No other notification is required. This is not a request for proposal (RFP). Personal visits to discuss this contract will not be scheduled. Questions should be addressed to Mr. Jimmy White at (918)669-7043 or Ms. Jacque Lattie at (918)669-7039, U.S. Army Engineer District, Tulsa, 1645 South 101st East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74128. Solicitation/bid packages are not provided. (0128)

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