DOT/RSPA/VOLPE National Transportation Systems Center, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142

C -- ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR DOT AND OTHER AGENCIES ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS SOL DTRS57-98-R-00002 DUE 031698 POC Mary Crowe, Contract Specialist, (617) 494-3421, Orin D. Cook, Contracting Officer (617) 494-2593 WEB: Volpe Center Acquisition Division Home Page, http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, crowe@volpe1.dot.gov. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery contract for multiple discipline Architectural/Engineering Support Services is required to support Volpe Center projects sponsored by the Department of Transportation and other federal agencies for environmental engineering and related disciplines. Cost Plus Fixed Fee and Firm-Fixed Price Task Orders may be issued for a period of three years (36 months) from date of contract award, with an option for one additional 24 month period. The cumulative total of all task orders shall not exceed $48,000,000.00. While multiple awards for this procurement are anticipated, the Government reserves the right to issue only one award. Offerors must be able to perform in an acceptable manner all the services described in the requirement, using internal resources, subcontracts or other arrangements. Offerors are encouragd to identify and describe particular areas in which they believe they have exceptional capabilities since the Government intends to award a contract(s) so as to provide both overall balance and the strongest in-depth capablities to perform the wide range of specialized services covered in the requirement. THIS IS NOT A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. If a large business firm is selected for this announcement it must comply with the FAR Clause 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan. The plan is not required as part of this submittal. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The support covers all aspects of environmental engineering, including but not limited to compliance, pollution prevention, restoration planning and oversight, engineering and scientific activities related to the current or potential presence, transport, storage and disposal of undesirable and/or hazardous materials, substances and wastes and the prevention of their effects. The activities under this requirement will address environmental services and support for facilities and vehicles. Architectural-Engineering and associated and incidental services required under this requirement include but are not limited to: (1) activities to ensure regulatory compliance including NEPA actions (2) pollution prevention (3) remedial and removal design and oversight (4) technical support services (5) environmental management and information systems (6) risk assessment and risk communication (7) health and safety and (8) energy-related services. The selected contractor(s) will be required to provide services that cover all aspects of environmental engineering support, except for the planned, non-emergency, removal of wastes and related construction activities. Facilities, sites and vehicles that will be addressed under this requirement are typically located in the United States and its possessions, however, other sites throughout the world may be included. SELECTION CRITERIA: See numbered Note 24 for a general description of the selection process. The following selection criteria, listed in relative order of importance will be used in the evaluation of the Architect/Engineering firms: 1. Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm in areas related to assessment, compliance, pollution prevention, and restoration planning and oversight. 2. Professional experience and qualifications of the staff proposed to support this work. 3. Satisfactory past performance record on similar contracts with Government agencies and private industry during the last five years, including quality of work, compliance with performance schedules and cost control effectiveness. Include names and current phone numbers for listed clients. Clients may be contacted during the evaluation process. 4. A Management Plan that includes a proposed approach for planning and executing the work, locations of contractor facilities that demonstrate the effectiveness of the organizational structure, and show the offerors understanding of the requirements for successful work accomplishments. 5. Commitment of corporate management to ensure that resources are made available to fulfill performance requirements and correct any problems in a timely manner. Other factors to be considered in the evaluation process include each firm's practices with respect to employment of minorities and women. Joint venture arrangements will be considered and evaluated on the basis of their proposed plan for management and administration of joint efforts. Any firm or joint venture which augments its in-house staff by subcontracting with consultants must perform a majority of the services with in-house staff. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Those firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement and wish to be considered must submit eight copies each of SF254 and SF255 for the firm and SF254 (8 copies) for each consultant listed in block 6 of the firms SF255 to Mary Crowe, DTS-852, 55 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA 02142 by 4:00 p.m. EST, March 16, 1998. Supplemental information such as representative examples of relevant projects are encouraged. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This notice is for information purposes. (0028)

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