US Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, PO Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37202

C -- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SERVICES SOL DACW62-99-R-0027 DUE 082799 POC Jim Cook, Contract Specialist, Larry Cook, Contracting Officer, 615-736-7276; John Hall, Technical Point of Contact, 615-736-5966 E-MAIL: James.G.Cook@usace.army.mil, James.G.Cook@usace.army.mil. DESC: 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: Two (2) contracts will be awarded to perform environmental engineering services for Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division boundaries and to support missions assigned to Nashville District. Each contract is for five years with a cumulative contract amount not to exceed $10 million each. The minimum award will be $200,000 for each contract. Task Orders will be issued on a negotiated firm-fixed-price basis. No task order will exceed $2 million. The contracts are anticipated to be awarded in the fall of 1999. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size and small businesses are encouraged to participate. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting goals for the Nashville District with Small Business are 61.2%; including small disadvantaged business of 9.1%, and woman owned small business of 4%. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. Performance of the work will require the following primary disciplines: Professional Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Geotechnical Engineers; Environmental Chemists; Certified Industrial Hygienists; Geologists/Hydrogeologists; and Toxicologists/Risk Assessors. Required supporting disciplines include Structural, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineers; Ordnance and Explosive Experts; Cost Estimators; Health Physicists; and Specification Writers. Expertise in disciplines such as drilling and surveying is not required to be specifically identified. The contractor shall identify a laboratory capable of using methodologies such as, but not limited to, those included in SW-846 (Third Edition). 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: Work under these contracts can occur during any investigative or design phase of the CERCLA or RCRA Processes, including Preliminary Assessments/Site Investigations, Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies, Remedial Designs, RCRA Facility Investigations/Corrective Measures Studies, Corrective Measures Designs, etc. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: See Note 24 for general selection process. The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria a-d are primary. Criteria e-g are secondary and will only be used as "tie-breakers" among technically equal firms. a. Specialized experience and technical competence in environmental restoration investigations and designs. Submittals should clearly demonstrate the contractor's experience and competence in evaluating and designing technologies for remediating contamination typically found at both active and formerly used DOD sites, EPA sites, and DOE sites. b. Professional capabilities in listed primary and supporting disciplines. c. Past performance on similar contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. d. Capacity of the firm to accomplish the work. Work will often require simultaneous action on several task orders at any one time. e. Extent of participation of small businesses (including Woman owned), small disadvantaged businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of total effort. f. Geographic location of the office to manage the work in relation to potential work sites. g. Volume of DOD contract awards in the last twelve months as described in Note 24. 4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Firms desiring consideration are invited to submit 2 copies of an updated and accurate SF 254 and SF 255 not later than the close of business on the 30th day after the date of this announcement. A current SF 254 is required of all sub-consultants. If a firm has multiple offices or branch offices, the Contractor will designate one office as the office to manage the contract and will present numbers of personnel by discipline in THAT OFFICE ONLY in addition to presenting the firm's overall disciplines. The Contractor will clearly identify those tasks to be performed in-house and the location of the performing office as well as those tasks to be subcontracted and the location of the performing office. Include the firm's ACASS number in SF 255, Block 3b. Also, the business size status (large, small and/or minority) should be indicated in SF 255, Block 3b. Definition: A concern is small if the annual receipts averaged over the past 3 fiscal years do not exceed $4 million. The S.I.C. code is 8711. The Contractor will show the office location of each key person listed in Block 7, SF 255. Experience identified in block 8 should not be more than 10 years old. Material presented in block 10 of SF 255 should be carefully edited and should not present information previously conveyed in blocks 7 and 8. In block 10 of SF 255, state why your firm is specifically qualified based on the selection evaluation criteria. Also, use block 10 to provide a description of significant work performed for non-DOD agencies and a discussion of the potential to serve those agencies under these contracts should a Division or District requirement arise. The submittal will include a description of the firm's quality control plan, and an organization chart formatted by disciplines, not tasks. Only the SF 254 and SF 255 packages will be reviewed. Cover letters and extraneous material are not desired and will not be considered in the official selection process. For ACASS information, call 503-808-4591. Firms submitting SF 254 and SF 255 by the closing date will be considered for the work. Should the due date fall on a weekend or an official Government holiday, the submittal is due on the first workday thereafter. Faxed copies of the SF 255 and 254 will not be accepted. No other general notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made and no further action is required. This is not a Request for Proposal. All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor's register in order to be awarded government contracts or to be paid on any newly awarded government contract. Information on the registering process can be found on the Internet at http://www.ccr200.com then go to subtopic Central Contractor Registration or by calling 1-888-227-2423 for help. For SF 254 and SF 255 submittal by express mail, the delivery address is: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Estes Kefauver Building, 110 Ninth Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, ATTN: CELRN-CT, Larry Cook, Room A-604. Posted 07/26/99 (W-SN358855). (0207)

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