US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center Huntsville, 4820 University Square, Huntsville, AL 35816-1822

B -- STUDIES TO SUPPORT ARMY AND MARINE CORPS RANGE AND TRAINING LAND PROGRAM DUE 011900 POC Laura Harbin, Contract Specialist, 256-895-1171 or Phyllis Pond, KO, 256-895-1148 E-MAIL: Phyllis.A.Pond@hnd01.usace.army.mil, Laura.W.Harbin@hnd01.usace.army.mil. B POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF WORK PERTAINING TO THE FORCE XXI/ARMY FORCE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS ARMY and MARINE CORPS RANGE AND TRAINING LAND PROGRAM (RTLP). POC Laura Harbin, 256-895-1171, Contract Specialist or Phyllis Pond, 256-895-1148, Contracting Officer, Desc: The U. S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is considering a small business set aside for the impending procurement related to the study, analysis and planning associated with the existing use, sustainment and future development of live-fire ranges, training areas, training facilities and training lands at military installations world-wide to include support services described below and in accordance with Army Regulation 210-21. This acquisition focuses on three functional pillars including Training Requirements Analysis and Supporting Studies; Installation Infrastructure Planning, Analysis and Supporting Studies; and Environmental Studies related to National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) Process Studies and Supporting Documentation. The decision to set aside the procurement for small business or to allow full and open competition in a future procurement for these services will depend in large part to the responses to this announcement by qualified small businesses. Sources are being sought for experienced firms with a Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 8999, with average annual receipts of $5 million or less for the past three (3) years; capacity to dedicate a single point of contact for this work; and who have successfully demonstrated performance related to services or activities for the Army Range and Training Land Program and related training activities as stated herein. Experienced firms must be capable of putting a team of qualified and experienced firms together to support all three of the functional pillars of this acquisition under a teaming concept. The prime firm must support 51 per cent of the contracted work. This acquisition requires interested firms to demonstrate experience and execution related to the Range and Training Land Program to include the assessment of quality and quantity of training assets, ranges and facilities, and training opportunities / capabilities; determining requirements for a wide spectrum of live-fire ranges, training areas, maneuver areas, and related training support facilities and assets such as, simulation/simulator centers and complexes. The work also includes analyzing unit-training requirements, developing training investment strategies, and determining force integration and modernization effects on training capabilities and support requirements, and a variety of supporting justification and programming documents, National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) studies, analyses and documentation. In addition firms should be experienced in mapping, geographic information systems, and database development. It is the intention of the Huntsville Center to make multiple award contracts pending the outcome of the sources sought. A Pre-Proposal and Teaming Conference will be conducted in Huntsville, AL at a date to be identified later. Contract period of performance is anticipated to be five (5) years (basic and four (4) optional years) with a total program value of approximately $26 million. This work is planned at U.S. military installations world-wide; therefore all personnel performing work on-site must be U.S. citizens. Interested firms should submit a document which furnishes information equivalent to the information reflected in a SF254 describing relevant demonstrated experience and qualifications in the following format: name(s) of client(s); location of job site; description and dollar value of the work; client point of contact and telephone number and the date services were performed. References may be contacted for verification. If any of this experience is with the Government, include the contract number. This documentation should be limited to description of past (limited to within the last five years), current contracts of the kinds of work and facility types identified above, and should be limited to 25 pages. The contemplated evaluation factors to be used as part of this acquisition to rank the most qualified firms include: a. Technical Capabilities b. Functional Experience c. Past Performance d. Management & Organizational Capability e. Price/Cost (will be evaluated, but not scored) For this sources sought solicitation it is not necessary to submit any additional company information, resumes, sales materials or brochures. Mail submittals to include point of contact or send via overnight courier to U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, 4820 University Square, Huntsville, Alabama 35816-1822, ATTN: CEHNC-CT-P, Ms. Laura Harbin or Mrs. Phyllis Pond. You may also provide your submittal via e-mail, in word format, to the following address: Laura.W.Harbin@hnd01.usace.army.mil or Phyllis.A.Pond@hnd01.usace.army.mil. Submittals are due no later than January 19, 1999 by 2 P.M. Central Standard Time. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Posted 01/04/00 (W-SN412841). (0004)

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