U.S. Army Corps of Engineering, Alaska District, Attn: CEPOA-CT, PO Box 898, Anchorage, Alaska 99506-0898 (Physical Address: 2204 3rd Street, Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 99506-1538)

R -- ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR CORPS CIVIL WORKS AND MILITARY PROJECTS IN ALASKA SOL DACW85-99R0032 DUE 091399 POC POC Technical: Guy McConnell/Engineering, (907) 753-2614. Contracting: Marichu Relativo, Contract Specialist, (907) 753-2629. Contracting Officer, Daniel Cross, (907) 753-2546 WEB: none, none. E-MAIL: U.S. Army Engineering District, Alaska, Marichu.N.Relativo@poa02.usace.army.mil. PRESOLICITATION NOTICE: U.S. Army, Engineering District, Alaska, is soliciting proposals on a full and open competitive basis from qualified organizations to award a PROFESSIONAL SERVICES for Environmental and Economic Analysis. The contract shall be indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity firm fixed price. The contract limit is $300,000 for two year base period and three additional option years and an additional $150,000/per year. There will be no yearly contract limit, nor any limit on each Task Order up to the stated capacity. The Government intends to award a contract to the responsible contractor whose offer conforms to the solicitation and is the most advantageous to the Government. Work will be defined by Task Orders. The work performed will be located at various sites within Alaska. The standard Industry Code (SIC) is 8733 (size standards 5mil). PROJECT INFORMATION: The contractor must have sufficient available staff, flexibility, and capability to perform tasks as needed. Services will support natural resources, cultural resources, and economic analyses and evaluations for Corps civil works and military projects principally in Alaska. Services to be performed typically may be: Environmental Analysis: The contractor will collect information about natural resources, human uses of those resources, and other information required to evaluate the effects of proposed and existing activities on the environment. The contractor may be required to oversee, design, conduct, and/or prepare documentation for studies conducted for a variety of activities. Activities may be part of the Corps of Engineers Civil Works or Military programs and/or may be for work the Corps does for other public agencies. Work will be performed to meet standards of the Council on Environmental Quality for implementation of NEPA; agency regulations for NEPA and other environmental objectives; Section 404 of the Clean Water Act; Executive Orders regarding land use, human and natural resource values and considerations; requirements of state coastal consistency and management regulations; Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act; NAGPRA; and other regulations and guidelines regarding coordination and documentation for Federal actions affecting natural and cultural resources. Contractor and all subcontractors must be experienced in dealing with Arctic and northern sub-arctic resources typical of Alaska. Economic Analysis: The contractor will perform various types of economic studies dealing with water resource development, including identification, analysis, and optimization of benefits. Work will be performed in accordance with principles established by the Water Resources Planning act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1962a-2 and d-1) and Corps of Engineers regulations for the implementation of that Act (principally ER 1105-2-100). Contractor and subcontractors must be experienced in evaluating economics of projects in North Pacific and Arctic regions. Responders are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at anytime during the solicitation, selection, evaluation, negotiation, and/or final award process based on decisions related to DOD changes and disposition of the Army Services. The Government reserves the right to exercise the options anytime after award of the base contract. Estimated issuance date of RFP No: DACW85-99R0032 is on or about 14 Sep 99 and responses are due to be received in the Contracting Office approximately 30 calendar days thereafter. THIS SOLICTATION UTILIZES ELECTRONIC BID SETS (EBS). TRADITIONAL HARD COPIES OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROJECT. THE OFFICIAL COPY OF THE EBS SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED ON COMPACT DISKS-READ ONLY (CD-ROM) AT NO CHARGE. (http://ebs.poa.usace.army.mil) Contract completion is 2 year base contract and 3 1-year options. OPEN TO LARGE & SMALL BUSINESSES. Posted 08/24/99 (D-SN371705). (0236)

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