Engineering Field Activity, NW, NAVFACENGCOM, 19917 7th Ave NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370-7570

C -- INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT N44255-00-D-2476 FOR ARCHITECT ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROJECTS SOL N44255-00-D-2476 POC Thomas A. Fournier, Contracting Officer (360)396-0244 DESCRIPTION: This is an announcement for a contracting opportunity under the Brooks Act for engineering services, and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.6 selection rules apply. This is not a solicitation for offers regulated by FAR 15. The resultant contract shall be for firm fixed-price Architect-Engineer environmental services and studies to support Engineering Field Activity, Northwest. This contract focuses primarily on environmental restoration projects but could to a minor extent involve some other environmental work such as compliance, environmental planning, and natural resource projects. Projects may be performed at various locations in the United States; however, primarily in the Puget Sound area with occasional projects outside the Puget Sound in the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Alaska, Utah, and Nevada. The work under this contract shall require to a substantial degree, performance or approval by a registered or licensed engineer. Typical work for this contract will be to develop and determine the extent of contamination by measuring levels of chemicals and their impact on biota, and to measure trends and impacts on the environment. This contract will primarily provide the following services: Develop Remedial Designs, and Work Plans. Prepare preliminary assessments (PA), site inspections (SI), remedial investigation (RI) reports and feasibility studies (FS), Record of Decisions (ROD) environmental baseline surveys (EBS), action memoranda including ecological and human health risk assessments along with RCRA assessments, RCRA corrective measures studies, and RCRA closure plans. Inspect, assess, monitor, sample, perform field and laboratory analysis, survey, and modeling of various contaminants and geochemical indicators in different media. Perform project management, interpretive consulting and engineering services in support of environmental activities required by all applicable environmental laws. Provide technical and administrative support for public involvement activities. Manage and dispose of wastes resulting from the work performed under this contract per Navy Activity Instructions. Prepare environmental compliance plans, studies, surveys, and design documents to comply with Federal, State, and local laws, and Navy Instructions. Provide GIS, CAD, and electronic data management. Develop environmental planning documents. Evaluate remedial systems and design opportunities for incorporating innovative or emerging remedial technologies and information collection technologies to maximize program efficiency. Evaluate Navy compliance with activity-specific institutional controls. Provide environmental construction Quality Assurance and Control support. Provide consulting services relating to Ordnance compounds and associated issues. Selection will be based on the following criteria listed in descending order of importance with factor 1, Past Performance, being substantially more important than any other single factor, and factors 5 through 7 being used only as secondary evaluation factors should the application of factors 1 through 4 result in firms being rated as equal. (1) PAST PERFORMANCE by the firm on similar projects by the proposed key personnel in terms of quality of work, cost control, use of sustainable design, and compliance with performance schedules. The definition of "similar projects" is a project that includes one or more of the following: remedial designs or work plans, preliminary assessments, remedial investigation and feasibility studies, records of decision, and environmental baseline surveys. Key personnel are the technical leaders, and managers identified in the SF-255 for employment on this contract. Projects that were not performed by proposed key personnel, and projects that were performed by key personnel while working for a different firm will be given less weight in the evaluation than projects performed by key personnel under the current team structure. Provide representative examples of completed projects with client's name, phone number and address.List recent performance evaluations and awards received by the proposed team for similar projects. Provide information on the firm's quality control program, and demonstrate how it has been used to improve performance. (2) SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE and technical competence of the proposed team in the type of work described in factor 1. (3) PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS of the staff and consultants to be assigned to this contract which are necessary for satisfactory performance of the type of work requirements listed in factor 1. In block 4 of the SF 255 (Personnel by Discipline), show the entire proposed team by listing personnel employed by the prime contractor in the blanks provided and personnel from consultants to the left in parentheses. In block 7 indicate the branch office location of each team member. (4) CAPACITY of the proposed team to accomplish the work in the required time. Indicate the firm's present and projected workload, and the availability of the proposed team members for the specified contractperiod. (5) LOCATION in the general geographic area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project. (6) SMALL BUSINESS, small disadvantaged business, woman owned business, and HUB zone utilization on the proposed contract. (7) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF WORK awarded by DoD. List the total amount of DoD contract awards as the prime contractor within the past 12 months in block 9 of the SF 255. GENERAL CONTRACT INFORMATION: The resulting contract will provide for a base year and two option years with an aggregate maximum of $5 million. The contract minimum guarantee shall be $25,000. The minimum and maximum values of individual task orders executed under this contract are $10,000 and $500,000, respectively. The estimated start date for the contract is July 2000. This procurement is open to all business concerns. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code for this procurement is 8711. The small business size standard is $2,500,000 average annual gross revenue for the past 3 fiscal years. Firms desiring consideration shall submit one copy of Standard Form (SF) 255 for the proposed team, and one copy of SF-254 for each team member firm, including consultants, to Thomas A. Fournier, code 0330TF, 19917 7th Avenue NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370-7570. The submittal is due not later than close of business (4:00 PM Pacific Time) 30 days (1st day following a weekend or holiday) from date of publication in the Commerce Business Daily. Telegraphic and facsimile submittals will not be accepted. Posted 02/17/00 (W-SN426568). (0048)

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