Contracting Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake (Attn: Code 02AE), Washington Navy Yard, Bldg. 212, 901 M Street SE, Washington, DC 20374-5018

C -- TWO INDEFINITE QUANITY CONTRACTS FOR MISCELLANEOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN SERVICES, VARIOUS LOCATIONS, EFA CHESAPEAKE SOL N62477-98-D-0009 AND N62477-98-D-0010 DUE 121997 POC Contact Randolph Jones, POC, 202-685-3152 WEB: EFA Chesapeake Homepage, http://www.efdlant.navfac.navy.mil/efaches.htm. E-MAIL: Randolph Jones, Point Of Contact, rjones@efaches.navfac.navy.mil. The work includes two indefinite quantity contracts for environmental engineering and design services at various locations within the Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, which includes Washington DC, MD, and VA. The majority of the work will be compliance projects related to the Clean Water and the Safe Drinking Water Acts, but a secondary emphasis will be on possible work covering a full range of environmental engineering services covering compliance requirements such as, but not limited to, Pollution Prevention, Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Waste, PCB's, Underground Storage Tanks, Lead and Asbestos abatement, Spill Contingency Planning, Air Pollution, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act . Delivery orders/projects may include, but not be limited to, all or part of the following: preparation of studies and technical reports, conducting engineering investigations and remediations, environmental sampling; training; project engineering documentation (PED), preparation of preliminary and final designs; and preparation of plans, specifications, and construction cost estimates ready for bidding. Potential environmental engineering projects include: sanitary and storm sewer system evaluation studies; computer evaluation of water distribution systems; water leakage surveys; water conservation studies; water shortage studies; backflow prevention surveys; salt water intrusion studies; potable water well evaluation studies; water sampling and analysis; surveys of illicit discharges of storm sewer systems; preparation of NPDES permit applications for wastewater and storm water discharges; industrial and domestic wastewater and storm water sampling and analysis; soil, sludge and groundwater sampling; preparation of operation and maintenance manuals for water, wastewater, and industrial treatment plants; water, domestic and industrial wastewater treatment (in particular upgrading or improving the operation of existing facilities); water, wastewater and industrial treatment feasibility studies; utility system master plans; water and wastewater treatment plant studies; industrial wastewater/pretreatment surveys; sludge management and disposal; biomonitoring; stormwater management plans; storm water pollution prevention plans; NPDES surveys; development of Geographic Information Systems; preparation of supporting documentation for military construction (MILCON) projects; solid waste disposal. The possibility of hazardous materials/hazardous wastes, i.e. asbestos, lead paint, PCB, heavy metals may exist at the project sites. If hazardous substances are encountered, the A-E Contractor will be required to conduct removal surveys, including testing and sampling, provide design removal procedures and prepare construction contract documents in accordance with applicable rules and regulations pertaining to such hazardous substances. All licenses and/or accreditations necessary for the locality of the project sites are required by the A-E firm and their subcontractors. Such services as studies, review of shop drawings, construction consultation, construction inspection, and preparation of construction record drawings may be required at any time up to the final acceptance of all work. The general intention is to provide for such design and engineering services as necessary to support the procurement of these contracts. The selected firms for these contracts will be required to provide overhead, profit, and discipline hourly rates initially to the Contracting Officer within 7 days after receiving the Request for Proposal. The selected firms for these contracts will be required to participate in orientation and site visit meetings (when requested) for each delivery order within seven days of notification and provide a fee proposal within ten days after receiving the Request for Proposal. These will be firm fixed price A-E contracts. The total contract amount for each contract will not exceed $1,000,000 for each year. The duration of each contract will be for the period of one year, with the possibility of three one-year options. The estimated start date is March 1998. Selection evaluation criteria, in relative order of importance are included below. 1. Specialized experience and professional qualifications of the architectural/engineering firm (with its subcontractors), and the proposed project team in providing complete engineering and design services for the contract requirements as described above related to water and wastewater compliance; 2. Experience in handling multi-media work including general environmental engineering services; 3. Demonstrate capabilities in sustained accomplishment of work within established time limits for multiple and simultaneous delivery orders; 4. Preference will be given to those firms with experience in primarily Navy/Marine Corps environmental programs, and secondarily for other governmental agencies; 5. Past performance of the prime A-E firm (and subcontractors) in the firm's quality control/quality assurance program to assure coordinated technically accurate studies, plans, specifications, and construction cost estimates; 6. Preference-will be given to firms within a 100 mile radius of the Washington Navy Yard, provided that application of the criterion leaves an appropriate number of highly qualified firms ; 7. The firm's and project team's present workload. Each firm's past performance(s) and performance ratings will be reviewed during the evaluation process and can affect the selection outcome. Firms which meet the requirements listed in this announcement are invited to submit one copy each of the completed Standard Forms (SF) 254 and 255, U.S. Government Architect-Engineer Qualifications, to the office indicated below. Site visits will not be arranged during the advertisement period. This proposed contract is being solicited on an unrestricted basis. Firms having a current SF 254 on file with this office may also be considered. Interested firms are requested to include telefax numbers, the Contractor Establishment Code (CEC) -- formerly the DUNS number, and Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) on the SF 255 and SF 254 in Blocks 3a and 1, respectively. In Block 10, state why your firm is specially qualified based on the selection evaluation criteria. Also, use Block 10 to provide additional information desired by your firm. Only the SF 254 and 255 will be reviewed. Experiences identified in Block 8 should not be more than 5 years old. The A-E firm's primary person proposed to be the direct contact with EFA CHES throughout the contract work must be identified as the "Project Manager". Information in the cover letter and any other attachments will not be included in the official selection process. Submit the SF 254 and 255 to the mail room in the EFA CHES building, Building 212, Washington Navy Yard, by 3:30 p.m. on the established due date. Fax copies of the SF 254 and 255 will not be accepted. This is not a request for proposal. The selected firm may be subject to an advisory audit performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency. EEO compliance is required. Becausethis contract acquisition could result in an award over $500,000.00, a subcontracting plan will be required by the selected firm if the firm is a large business concern. The small disadvantaged business set-aside goals in that subcontracting plan shall not be less than 5 percent of the subcontracted work. This set-aside goal of not less than 5 percent also applies to women-owned small business concerns. This does not apply if the prime firm is a small business concern. Effective 1 October 1997, A/E contractors are now required to register their firms in the Central Contractor data base prior to receiving a contract award. This data base provides basic business information, capabilities, and financial information to the Government and complies with the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, which requires Federal agencies to have the Taxpayer Identification Number of every contractor and pay contractors through electronic funds transfer. A/E contractors will only have to provide this information once with annual updates or as key company information changes occur. Registration can be accomplished through the World Wide Web at http//www.acq.mil/ec; through any DOD Certified Value Added Network; or a paper may be obtained by calling the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. Contracting OfficerNaval Facilities Engineering Command, Engineering Field Activity Chesapeake (Attn: Code 02AE), Washington Navy Yard, Building 212, 901M Street SE, Washington, DC 20374-5018. (0318)

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