Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Area Office, Branch of Contracts and Property Management, P.O. Box 1060, Gallup, New Mexico 87305-1060

C -- ARCHITECT-ENGINEER (A-E) FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SOL N00-97-17 DUE 070797 POC Point of Contact -- Contact Edison Leslie, Contract Specialist, (505) 863-8228 The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Navajo Area Office, Gallup, New Mexico intends to award an Architect-Engineer Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract for Environmental Services. This prospective Firm Fixed Price contract will consist of delivery orders requiring various environmental services at various locations on the Navajo Indian Reservation in state of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. This acquisition is set-aside for 51% Indian-owned and controlled firms under the Buy Indian Act, 25 USC 47. Joint Ventures are not acceptable, and Indian entities who do not have business offices within 200 miles of Gallup, New Mexico will receive less points. Environmental services required during the term of the proposed contract include: environmental and construction consulting, developing environmental checklists and performing environmental inspections, corrective measures studies, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, engineering studies/evaluations, tank tightness testing, preparing design plans,specifications, cost analysis, closure plans, sampling plans, health and safety plans, environmental assessments, quality assurance programs, conduct hazardous materials inventories, and other technical assistance including: preparation of manifests, handling and disposal of hazardous materials; supervision in sampling and construction of chemical repositories; locating of lead abatement contractors and recyclers, and; certification requirements. Specific statement of work and services required will be issued with each delivery order. Work subject to negotiation under each delivery order shall not exceed $100,000. with a total for each one-year period not to exceed $300,000. Selection evaluation criteria in descending order of importance will include: (1) Specialized Experience -- Recent experience in a full range of environmental services including Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) projects, preferable involving corrective measures studies, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) projects or other tank farm-type projects and petroleum spill remediations including arrangements for disposal, (2) Professional Qualification -- Technical competence of the firm's project staff to provide a full range of environmental engineering services. Firm should furnish resumes of the firm's project staff, their proof of professional engineer's and other specialists license, and their affiliation to the corporation. Greater consideration will be given to those firms whose project staff are present employees of the firm, (3) Performance -- Past performance ratings of government agencies and private industry on contracts in terms of cost control, quality work and compliance with performance schedules, and (4) Location -- Geographic location of the firm to ensure timely response (A 4-hour response time is desirable) to unanticipated requests for on-site support, and familiarity of the Navajo Indian Reservation and knowledge of regulatory requirements that effect the reservation. Firms meeting the requirement described in the announcement and desiring consideration are invited to submit a completed Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project to the address shown above, Attention: Edison Leslie. The SF-254's and SF-255's must be received in the office shown above no later than 3:00 P.M., local time on July 7, 1997. The most highly qualified firms will be issued a Request of Proposal (RFP) and be requested to submit a technical and cost proposal and a health and safety plan. Award of a contract is anticipated in September 1997. This is not a Request for Proposal. (AC0606016-02) (0157)

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