USAED, KANSAS CITY, 757 FEDERAL BUILDING, 601 E 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY MO 64106-2896

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE KANSAS CITY DISTRICT. SOL W58XUW-7182-7493 POC CONTRACT SPECIALIST GEORGANN BUTLER 816-983-3831 (Site Code DACW41) USAED, Kansas City, 757 Federal Building, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2896 C- INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE KANSAS CITY DISTRICT. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: AE Services are required for one or more indefinite delivery type contracts for environmental and engineering services for the Kansas City District (KCD). Each contract will be accomplished by separate task orders not to exceed $1,000,000 for the base period not to exceed one year, with an option to extend the contract for two (2) additional periods and $1,000,000 for each period. The contract will involve the preparation of various environmental documents, studies, and specifications for various military installations and civil works projects supported by the KCD, Corps of Engineers. The first of these contracts is expected to be awarded by October 1997. The method used to allocate task orders, if multiple contracts are awarded, will include consideration of experience and user needs, workload, performance, and proximity of the firm to the project. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work under this contract may involve areas of biological monitoring (including preparation of monitoring plans); environmental compliance (including but not limited to preparation of biological assessments [Endangered Species Act], environmental assessments and environmental impact statements [National Envirionmental Policy Act], and 404 Permit Applications [Clean Water Act]); environmental management; preparation of planning studies for military installations and civil works projects (including, but not limited to, risk assessments, pollution prevention plans, integrated natural resource management plans [including component plans], mitigation planning and specification, and various supporting studies); and preparation and/or updating of existing databases (including but not limited to mapping, aerial photography, geographic information systems [GIS], and computer aided design and drafting [CADD]). Use of global positioning system (GPS) may be required. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria are listed in order of importance. Items f. through h. will be used as the tie breakers. a. Professional capabilities. (1) Responding firms shall demonstrate capability in these primary disciplines (in order of priority): environmental sciences, wildlife biology (including threatened and endangered species management and conservation), ecology, aquatic/wetlands biology, ecotoxicology and risk assessment, botany, civil engineering, chemistry, program/project management, economics (as it pertains to natural resouces and environmental impact assessment), entomology, soil science, zoology, hydrogeology, and GIS/CADD. b. Specialized experience and technical competence. (1) Responding firms should demonstrate experience in all areas of the "PROJECT INFORMATION" portion of the announcement. In Block 8, cite whether experience is that of the prime (or joint venture), consultant, or individual. Work cited that is experience of the prime (or joint venture) from an office other than that identified in Block 4 shall be so labeled. (2) Experience in working cooperatively and productively with regulatory agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and state fish, wildlife, and natural resource agencies on regulatory compliance and coordination issues. (3) Experience in working with Federally and/or state listed endangered species, primarily bats, but also raptors, mussels, and fish; and the Endangered Species Act. (4) Capability to prepare documents specified in Army Regulations (AR) 200-1, 200-2 and 200-3; and Engineering Regulation (ER) 200-2-2. (5) Quality management procedures. Include proposed organizational chart and a narrative description of how the quality management procedures will function in Block 10 of SF 255. (A detailed quality control plan will be submitted by the AE as part of the negotiation process.) c. Knowledge of, and capability to perform, work within Corps of Engineers and Department of Defense environmental programs and environmental compliance as it pertains to NEPA, Clean Water Act, and the Endangered Species Act. Specific knowledge of local conditions and project site features within the KCD area of responsibility. Work under this contract may occur anywhere in the KCD area of responsibility, but a significant portion of the initial work under this contract is anticipated to occur at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and therefore greater weight will be given to experience at Fort Leonard Wood. d. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. e. Capacity for potential concurrent workload of $500,000 to $1,000,000 of environmental services. f. Location of firm in general geographical area. g. Extent of participation. Large business will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practical extent with Small and Small Disadvantaged firms in accordance with Public Law 95-507. The plan is not required with the submittal, but changes to the study/analysis/design team may require reconsideration by the Selection Board and must be approved prior to award to any large business. Of the subcontract amount, goals assigned to the KCD are 60.3 percent for small business, 9.8 percent for small disadvantaged business, and 3.0 percent for women-owned small business concerns. Small Disadvantaged Business Goals for less than 5 percent must be approved two levels above the Contracting Officer, pursuant to DOD FAR Supplement 219.705-4. For informational purposes, the small business size for this solicitation is one where they average annual receipts of the concern and its affiliates for the preceding three (3) fiscal years does not exceed $2.5 million, the Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8712. h. Volume of DOD contracts awarded in the last 12 months to the prime A-E firm. In Block 10 of the SF 255, responding firms should cite all contract numbers, award dates and total negotiated fees for any DOD contract awarded within the last 12 months to the office expected to perform this work. Please indicate all delivery orders awarded your firm by DOD agencies within the last 12 months under an indefinite delivery type contract, regardless of the award date of the contract itself. Indicate date of delivery orders and fee for each. Modifications to task orders which were awarded prior to the last 12 months need not be listed. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit an SF 255 to the address listed below no later than close of business (AUGUST 5,1997 4 p.m. Kansas City time). The SF 255 will be no longer than 125 pages in length (excluding SF 254's) and Block 10 will be 20 pages or less in length. Each firm/consultant listed within the SF 255 must have a current SF 254 (submitted with the last 12 months) on file with the Corps of Engineers, or one must be submitted with this package. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. Submit responses to: U.S. Army Engineer District, Kansas City ATTN:Georgann Butler, 757 Federal Building, 601 East 12th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2896. Questions of a technical nature should be addressed to Alan Gehrt at 816-983-3142 and those of an administrative nature to Gregory C. Gulledge at 816-983-3808. (0184)

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