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R -- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA, AND UTAH SOL N62474-98-R-2113 DUE 021899 POC Barbara Woods, Contract Specialist, (650) 244-2423, Mark Pfeiffer, Contracting Officer, (650) 244-2409 Engineering Field Activity, West announces the availability, on or before 19 January 1999, of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA, AND UTAH. An RFP packet will be sent to parties who submit expressions of interest received prior to 11 January 1999. Thereafter, packets will be sent to interested parties until exhausted. Final proposals must be received at the address shown above, ATTN: Barbara Woods, Code 755, Bldg. 205/1st Floor, not later than 3:00 P.M., Thursday, 18 February 1999. This procurement will be conducted under the provisions of FAR SUBPART 15.3 -- SOURCE SELECTION, and the resulting indefinite delivery/quantity (IDIQ) contract will be awarded on the basis of evaluated BEST VALUE. The performance period will be for a base period of one (1) year from date of award; and, three (3) option periods of one (1) year each. The minimum order quantity will be $25,000 for the base period and for each option period exercised. The maximum quantity, which may be ordered under this contract, will be $8,000,000. The Government reserves the right to issue orders and modifications to previously issued orders, during any performance period, up to the remaining total contract maximum capacity value, including both unused capacity from prior periods and capacity from future option periods. Negotiated order/modification prices will be based on rates in effect at the time of issuance of order(s) or modification(s), with the exception of "deleted" work, which will be valued at rates in effect at time such work was originally negotiated. This RFP will be issued on an "unrestricted" basis. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes applicable to this procurement is: 8712 Architectural Services, 8742 Management Consulting Services, and 8748 Business Consulting Services, Not Elsewhere Classified (NEC), and 8999 Services, NEC (including Environmental Consultants). The services to be included in the scope of this anticipated procurement are as follows. (1) Environmental studies and documentation including studies needed for, and the preparation of, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Categorical Exclusions, Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements. (2) Resource-specific studies and reports including, but not limited to, categories of biological resources (e.g., wildlife, fisheries, and marine); wetlands; cultural resources (e.g., historical, archeological, & Native American); water and sediment quantity, quality, and tests; noise; air quality (including Clean Air Act conformity); human environmental resources, including land use, traffic, socio-economics, utilities, schools, and public services; public health and safety, including operations impacts and hazardous materials; and other related resources, as appropriate. The work effort may include NEPA documentation for construction, operational changes, and weapons system life-cycle acquisition at Navy and Marine Corps bases, as well as for closures, relocations, and realignments. The work may include coordination and facilitation of public involvement programs related to the NEPA environmental impact evaluation process. (3) The work may include preparation of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) surveys and software overlays generation using Digital Global Positioning System technology; and, the preparation of Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans. The majority of the work is expected to be related to Navy and Marine Corps projects in California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. It is anticipated that the most common category of task order (TO) requirement will be for NEPA Environmental Assessments for proposed Navy and/or Marine Corps actions such as construction, operational changes or modifications, base closures and relocations, and dredging. Biological resources and cultural resources surveys can also be expected, as can preparation of GIS-based natural resources management plans. It is anticipated that TOs may be evenly distributed geographically among proposed actions at Navy facilities in the San Francisco Bay area, the San Joaquin Valley of California, the Monterey CA area, and the state of Nevada. These expected TO requirements, which are typical of past history, represent significant demands upon the entire inventory of corporate resources. Proposers must clearly show the following: successful multi-task management, of the type and nature contemplated by the scope of the RFP described above, involving a wide range of intellectual disciplines, requiring on-site work at geographically dispersed locations; and, success in responding to extremely short delivery schedules. Respondents will be required to clearly convey, to include providing substantiating information, that they have successfully performed the services described above; that they have done so within the preceding five (5) years; and, that they performed these services under one or more contracts awarded by either DoD or one or more military departments. Although qualifying experience may be as either a "prime" or "subcontractor", proposers must indicate in which capacity the experience was obtained; and, the actual percentage of work that was performed "in-house", subcontracted, or performed by a "teaming" or "joint venture" partnering firm, on a task-by-task basis. Demonstrated in-house ability and capacity will carry more weight than similarly qualified proposals where such experience is based on composites of subcontracted teaming and consultant work. The RFP will limit proposals to twenty-five (25) pages (8 " X 11") in length (including cover letter but exclusive of the submissions described under criteria (3), below; and, to a font size no smaller than 10. Proposers may use SF 254 and SF 255, or other format that conveys the information required by this RFP. Selection criteria will be both technical and price, as follows: (1) PAST PERFORMANCE of the firm. The period of past performance for relevant work the firm has successfully accomplished must be within the past five (5) years, commencing 1 January 1994. Claims of relevant past performance will have to be substantiated by inclusion of dates, locations, customers, and points of contact (for the purpose of verifying claims); and, the management structure that was used to accomplish that work. (2) QUALIFICATIONS AND PROPOSED ROLES OF MANAGERIAL, KEY, and PROFESSIONAL STAFF. The RFP will require that proposals identify all managerial, key, and professional (i.e., investigative/intellectual staff members who will be directly involved in the performance of work under the anticipated contract), as well as their proposed roles under this contract. In addition, proposers will be required to describe past successes, provide individual resume of relevant skills, education, technical training, and employment history; and, statements regarding the availability of individuals so identified, in the event of contract award and actual performance beginning April 1999. The RFP will also require inclusion of matrices that depict the following: (A) Management and key staff assignments, with the names of management and key staff (on the vertical axis); and, the organizational function or position they would be expected to occupy under the type contract described above (on the horizontal axis). (B) Relationship of corporate and management/key staff experience, with the names of management and key staff (on the vertical axis); and, the relevant contracts/projects the firm has identified as being indicative of the firm's qualifying past experience (on the horizontal axis). (3) PAST SUBCONTRACTING PERFORMANCE. The RFP will require the disclosure of relevant subcontracting history, with SB/SDB/Women-owned/HBCU/MI entities, on all Federal prime and subcontracts for which the firm was required to have a subcontracting plan and that are identified in response to criteria (1) PAST EXPERIENCE, above; and, for the relevant past experience period. Proposers will be required to include copies of all semiannual submissions of SUBCONTRACTING REPORT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS (SF 294); and, SUMMARY SUBCONTRACT REPORT (SF 295) for all periods ending 31 Mar 94 through 1 October 1998, for which reports were required. (4) PLANNED SUBCONTRACTING. The RFP will require the proposer to address specific subcontracting plans and goals. Evaluation of this criteria will focus on: (A) the extent to which SB/SDB/WOB/HBCU/MI are specifically identified in proposals; (B) the extent of commitment to use such firms (for example, enforceable commitments will be weighted more heavily than non-enforceable ones); (C) the complexity and variety of the work small firms are to perform; and, (D) the realism of the proposal; (5) PRICE. "Price", as a selection criteria, will be as important as criteria (1), (2) (3) and (4) combined, in this "best value" selection process. Expressions of interest may be submitted by Fax to (650) 244-2635; or, by E-mail to: bbwoods@efawest.navfac.navy.mil or mspfeiffer@efawest.navfac.navy.mil. In all cases, receipt of expressions of interest will be acknowledged by e-mail, provided an address is furnished. Interested parties are requested to indicate whether they use, or have access to, MS OFFICE 97 WORD and EXCEL. It is the intention of this office to provide electronic versions of the RFP to those parties capable of receiving them as e-mail attachments. Questions relating to the RFP will not be accepted unless received by mail, and in writing. Posted 12/17/98 (W-SN281585). (0351)

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