Commander, Pacific Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Pearl Harbor, Hi 96860-7300 (code 0223)

C -- ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS, PERMIT APPLICATIONS, AND RELATED STUDIES FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL, POLLUTION PREVENTION, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, SOLID WASTE, AND HAZARDOUS WASTE AT VARIOUS NAVY AND MARINE CORPS ACTIVITIES, UNDER THE COGNIZANCE OF PACNAVFACEN SOL N62742-98-R-1800 DUE 120397 POC Fred Roudebush, Contract Specialist, (808)471-5038/Contracting Officer, Jill Nii, (808)474-2038 Services include, but are not limited to the preparation of environmental investigations, studies, reports, management plans, engineering designs, and permit applications, related to air pollution control, pollution prevention, hazardous material, solid waste, and hazardous waste. The firm should have bilingual (Japanese & Korean) capability for Far East projects. If asbestos or hazardous materials exist, the Architect-Engineer (A-E) may be required to identify, evaluate, and recommend alternate methods for disposal in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. The selected A-E may be required to participate in a pre-fee meeting within ten days of notification and provide a fee proposal within ten days from the meeting. The contract will be an Indefinite Quantity type where the work will be required on an "as-needed" basis during the life of the contract providing the Government and contractor agree on the amount. Each project will be a firm fixed price Task Order. The Government will determine the Task Order amount by using the rates negotiated for the basic contract and negotiate the effort required to perform the particular project. The contract shall not exceed twelve months or a maximum of $1,000,000 total fee, whichever comes first. The government guarantees a minimum amount of $25,000 for the contract. Should an impasse on price occur over the initial or subsequent projects, the Government will apply the dollar value of the Government estimate for that project or projects toward the minimum guarantee. The Government reserves the option to extend the contract an additional four years for a total of five years, with a maximum fee of $1,000,000 per year. There will be no further synopsis in the event the options included in the contract are exercised. Estimated date of contract award is February 1998. Proposals may be subject to an advisory audit performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. The following selection evaluation criteria, in relative order of importance, will be used in the evaluation of A-E firms: (1) Professional qualifications of the firm and staff proposed to perform environmental investigations, studies, plans, reports, engineering designs, and permit applications related to air pollution control, integrated pollution prevention (environmental quality) management, hazardous material management, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) compliance, solid waste management, hazardous waste management, and other environmental projects; (2) Specialized recent experience and technical competence of particular staff members in Federal, local regulatory and final governing standards for air pollution control, integrated pollution prevention (environmental quality) management, hazardous material management, EPCRA compliance, solid waste management, and hazardous waste management; (3) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (4) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (5) A-E firm's quality control practices/techniques; (6) Demonstrated success in prescribing the use of recovered materials and achieving waste reduction and energy efficiency in facility design; (7) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project; provided, that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; (8) The volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense shall also be considered, with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of Department of Defense A-E contracts among qualified A-E firms and firms that have not had Department of Defense contracts; and (9) Use of small or small disadvantaged or women-owned small business firms. A-E firms shall address their planned potential for usage of small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned small business, historically black colleges and minority institutions in Block 10 of the SF 254. A Subcontracting Plan will be required from large business firms with a proposed fee of over $500,000.00. The Subcontracting Plan is required to be submitted as part of the A-E's fee proposal and must be approved prior to contract award. Each firm's past performance and performance rating(s) will be reviewed during the evaluation process and can affect the selection outcome. IN BLOCK 10 AND AN ADDENDUM THERETO, IF NECESSARY, STATE WHY YOUR FIRM IS SPECIALLY QUALIFIED BASED ON EACH OF THE ABOVE SELECTION EVALUATION CRITERIA. FOR SELECTION EVALUATION CRITERION "(2)", PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FOR ONLY THE STAFF PROPOSED FOR THIS WORK USING THESE COLUMN HEADINGS: "NAME", "RELATED PROJECTS WORKED ON", "YEAR", "FIRM", AND "TECHNICAL ROLE". Show the office location where the work will be done and describe the experience and location of those personnel that will do the work. A-E firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit complete, updated Standard Forms 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to the office shown above. A-E firms utilized by the prime A-E must also submit completed Standard Forms 254 and 255. Only one copy of each form is required. Firms responding to this announcement by December 3, 1997, 2:00 P.M. Hawaiian Standard Time will be considered. This is not a request for a proposal.***** (0300)

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