C -- IDIQ FOR MISCELLANEOUS A-E SERVICES AND PLANNING FOR THE NPS-NE REGION

Notice Date

December 12, 2000

Contracting Office

National Park Service -- Philadelphia Support Office, 200 Chestnut Street -- 3rd Floor, U.S. Custom House, Philadelphia, PA 19106

ZIP Code

19106

Solicitation Number

E4565010002

Response Due

January 29, 2001

Point of Contact

Linda E. Maiden, Contracting Officer (215) 597-0055

Description

Planning for the National Park Service, Northeast Region The National Park Service, Northeast Region, is seeking the services of a firm to undertake an indefinite quantities contract for park planning, environmental and cultural compliance, economic analysis and real estate development, visual and written communications, and facilitation and consensus building projects in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. All services will be provided under an IDIQ (Indefinite delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract. The total work per year will not exceed $1,000,000 and each work order/task order will not exceed $500,000. The contractor is guaranteed a minimum amount of $10,000 during the life of the contract. The term of the contract shall be one year with four one-year options. All work will be guided by the NPS policies and directives and applicable laws and regulations. Statement of Work/Specifications The selected firm shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services, and facilities (except as otherwise specified) to perform the Statement of Work/Specifications in each individual work order. Project coordination will be done with the appropriate National Park Service personnel. For purposes of this contract, the services to be provided will include: Develop and produce general management plans, special resource studies, heritage area feasibility studies and management plans, cultural landscape assessments, transportation assessments, visual/viewshed assessments, cultural and natural resource assessments, environmental assessments, environmental impact studies, socio-economic assessments, real estate development assessments, visitor use surveys, and other planning documents in a manner consistent with National Park Service standards, guidelines, and policies. Park planning, compliance, economic analysis and real estate development, visual and written communications and facilitation and consensus building projects include, but are not limited to: Park and community planning: Conceptual plans for units of the National Park System and for heritage areas, cultural landscape assessments, visitor use assessments, transportation assessments, and other foundational studies for National Park Service planning documents; interpretive planning; eliciting, documenting and facilitating public involvement in planning process. Natural and cultural resource compliance: Preparation of natural and cultural resource management compliance documents as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and related state laws. Economic and real estate: Analyze National Park Service contributions to local and regional economics in terms of employment, recreation/heritage/environmental tourism, and other economic factors; assess socio-economic environment. Analyze and develop plans for market-based protection strategies for historic structures and other real estate management strategies. Visual and written communication: Write, edit, design, and produces graphics, publications (such as brochures, reports, and newsletters) and electronic media (such as newsletters, reports, and presentations web-based and not); develop and use GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for mapping and analysis and use images and data as illustrations for presentations, reports, planning documents, and other uses; work with government printing office to produce printed materials. Facilitation and consensus building: Facilitation, consensus building, community partnering, vision and goal development for General Management Plans, Special Resource Studies, and other resource stewardship documents. Required disciplines include planning (community, resource, interpretive, transportation, environmental, outdoor recreation, urban/regional, etc.), graphic design, publications design, web design, cultural resource compliance, natural resource compliance, real estate, historic architecture, landscape architecture, economic analysis, GIS, and tourism. 1. Specialized experience, successful past performance, and demonstrated technical competence (within the geographic areas described above) in park and community planning, resource compliance, economic and real estate analysis, visual and written communication, and facilitation and consensus building. (25%) 2. Professional qualifications of the firms and staff for the performance of desired services in the geographic areas described above and the demonstrated ability to work as a team with members representing various interests. (25%) 3. Demonstrated ability to schedule projects and accomplish more than one project at a time within the desired time schedule with successful results and within cost. (15%) 4. Past performance on contracts for planning projects with government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. (10%) 5. Ability to communicate orally, in writing, and in person in a timely manner with the staff located at the Philadelphia Support Office, the Boston Support Office, and with the Northeast Regional Office. (5%) Firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a letter of interest and completed Standard Forms 254 for the prime and each consultant and a team Standard for 255 which should be received no later than January 29, 2001 5:00 p.m. (close of business) to: Contracting Officer, Linda E. Maiden, National Park Service, (3rd Floor) 200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001214/CSOL002.HTM (W-347 SN5086Z7)