U.S. Army Engineer District, San Francisco, COE, Attn: CESPN-CT, 333 Market Street, Room 704, San Francisco, CA 94105-2197

C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY ORDER CONTRACT FOR SEDIMENT, WATER, SOILS SAMPLING AND TESTING!! SOL DACW07-99-R-0006 POC Karen Aldridge, Contract Specialist, (415) 977-8498. For Technical Information, contact Frank Snitz, Materials Management Unit, (415) 977-8540.!! WEB: A/E Proffessional Service Contract, www.usace.mil/cespn/contract.html. E-MAIL: Shirley A. Turnbo, Contracting Officer, sturnbo@smtp.spd.usace.army.mil. ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT; SOL: DACW07-99-R-0006. The COE intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Order/Indefinite Quantity Contract for Professional Services to carry out field sampling and laboratory analyses of environmental media (sediment, soil, surface and groundwater) samples for physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. Contractor shall also carry out bioassays and bioaccumulation testing in accordance with specifications. Dredged material is the principle environmental medium undergoing sampling/testing. The primary purposes of material sampling and testing for individual delivery orders under this contract are one or more of the following: 1) to determine dredged material disposal options (unconfined marine or estuarine aquatic or upland) and 2) acceptance criteria for landfill disposal (Title 22, 66261.24, California Code of Regulations.) The testing/sampling/evaluation guidance's which must be followed are "Green Book," "Inland Testing Manual (1998),USACE, San Francisco District Public Notice 93-2, applicable parts of 40 CFR 230. Responding firms should demonstrate capability in disciples of: Trace Environmental Contaminants Analytical Chemistry, Statistics, Surveying, Aquatic Ecology and Toxicity, Geology, and Ocean and Estuarine Science; The following Evaluation Criteria are cited in order of importance: (1) Recent and Demonstrated Experience of the firm in Sampling/Testing Dredged Sediment for Disposal Options, (2) Technical Staff expertise as demonstrated by education and experience, (3) Equipment available to the firm to support the service requirements, (4) Capacity to do the work, (5) Laboratory certifications, (6) Convenience of location of field crew home base within San Francisco District Project sites. this announcement is open to all firms regardless of size. If the selected firm is a large business concern, a Subcontracting Plan will be require prior to award. Cumulative total for Task Orders will not exceed $1 Million for the Base year, $1Million for Option Year 1, and $1 Million for Option Year 2. The Contractor is not obligated to honor any order in excess of $500,000.00 for a single item or any order for a combination of items in excess of $500,000.00. The contract term Shall be for a One-Year period from the date of contract award with options for two additional years. Solicitation documents will be available on or about January 18, 1999. Technical questions should be addressed to Frank Snitz at (415) 977-8540. Contract will include a schedule, overhead and wage rates upon which costs of work order will be based for the One-Year period as well as the option years. At the time a specific requirement becomes known a scope of work will be provided to the Contractor and a final price for the particular work maybe negotiated in accordance with the contract terms. Posted 12/17/98 (W-SN281421). (0351)

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