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B -- MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACT SERVICES INDEFINITE DELIVERY INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) NATURAL RESOURCES RELATED SERVICES FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON SOL N68711-00-R-4405 DUE 073100 POC Len Brown, Contract Specialist, (619) 532-1266; Maria Williams, Contracting Officer WEB: Click Here to Download a copy of the RFP, http://esol.navfac.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, brownjl@efdsw.navfac.navy.mil. 17. This procurement consist of one solicitation with the intent to award multiple firm fixed-price IDIQ Service Contracts to the responsible offerors whose proposals, conforming to the Request for Proposal (RFP), will be most advantages to the Government resulting in the Best Value, price and other factors considered. Services to be performed under fixed-price IDIQ contract may include, but not be limited to, botanical, ornithological, mammal, amphibian, reptile and invertebrate surveys; wetlands delineation; biological monitoring; soil sampling and analysis; natural resources management plans; native plant community planning and restoration, wildland erosion control plans, fire management plans; analysis of the effects of military training or similar extensive land uses (e.g. off-road vehicle use) on natural resources at species, community, and landscape scale, and use of this information to predict ecological trends; natural resource and land use model development (including both conceptual and mathematical modeling); aerial photo interpretation of land use and natural resources in non-urban areas; geographic information systems (GIS); research on natural resource related topics; and preparation of interpretive materials on natural resources topics (e.g. informational pamphlets and signage). The work will be assigned by Task Orders (TO) issued by the Contracting Officer and performed at various locations within the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. The contractor shall accomplish all discipline coordination; the Government will not coordinate the work for the Contractor. The Government reserves the right to award one or more contracts under this solicitation. The Government further reserves the right to award the remaining two or more contracts within the acceptance period based upon the availability of funds for the minimum guarantee. Each contract will be for one (1) base year with the Government having the option to renew for four (4) additional one-year periods. The maximum value for the base term and each option period shall not exceed $1 million and the total maximum value for the base term and all options shall not exceed $5 million per contract. Successful offerors will receive a minimum guarantee of $5,000.00 for the base year. The minimum guarantee will be met by issue of Task Order(s). Projects assigned to the IDIQ contracts will use the Competitive Task Order (COMTO) approach to scope and price the work. After award of the initial contracts, each awardee shall be provided a fair opportunity to be considered for each task order, except under those circumstances described in FAR 16.505(b)(2). Award factors will vary depending on the unique requirements for each Task Order (TO) and may be competed on the basis of price, best value or technically acceptable, low-price selection procedures. Each TO will provide location, scope of work, period of performance, quantities, technical point of contact, and reference documents. The awarded TO will be a performance scope, firm fixed price task with a specific completion date. Initial award of the contract(s) will be based on best value to the government. Proposals will be evaluated for award using three major technical factors: Past Performance, Pricing, and Technical/Management which consist of three sub-factors: Experience, Business Plan, and Example Documentation. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a price, past performance, and technical/management standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined to be necessary by the Contracting Officer. THIS SOLICITATION IS 100% SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. The SIC for this procurement is 8999 and the annual size is $5.0M. In accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(7) availability of the RFQ will be limited to the electronic medium; the RFQ will be available for download free of charge via the Internet World Wide Web at http://esol.navfac.navy.mil-- hard copies (paper sets) or CD-ROM of the RFQ will not be provided by the Government. Telephone and facsimile request will not be accepted. Notification of any changes (amendments) to the solicitation will be made only on the Internet. It will be the contractor's responsibility to check the website for any posted changes. Note: All Contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to award of a DoD contract. Contractors may obtain information on registration by calling 1-888-227-2423, or via the Internet at http://edi.disa.mil . Tentative issue date for the RFP is 29 June 2000. There is NO site visit scheduled for this project. Posted 06/19/00 (W-SN466289). (0171)

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