SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Solicitation Notice for an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) for Architect and Engineering (A-E) Services for the Mobile District, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers to Provide Environmental Support to Military, Civil, and Federal Agencies
- Notice Date
- 5/18/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Engineer District, Mobile, US Army Engineer District, Mobile, P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602), Mobile, AL 36628-0001
- ZIP Code
- 36628-0001
- Solicitation Number
- W91278-09-R-0065
- Response Due
- 6/17/2009
- Archive Date
- 8/16/2009
- Point of Contact
- Loretta L Tanner, 251 441-6510<br />
- E-Mail Address
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US Army Engineer District, Mobile
(loretta.l.tanner@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS MRS. MARY F. BRELAND. SUBMIT QUESTIONS VIA E-MAIL TO mary.f.breland@usace.army.mil. This notice is posted in its entirety and hereby serves as the official solicitation for this project. CONTRACT INFORMATION: A-E services are required for an IDC to provide environmental support to military, civil, and federal agencies. It includes professional services to support military and civil environmental programs for Army, Army Reserves, National Guard, other Department of Defense Services and other Federal Agencies. The contractor will be required to perform services at federal/military projects throughout the world, including the Continental United States, its territories, South and Central America and other world nations. This announcement will result with at least six (6) awards being made in a combination from a small-business set-aside, HubZone set-aside, and unrestricted basis. All firms responding to this solicitation MUST identify in which category they are submitting. Firms should state the words (UNRESTRICTED) (SMALL BUSINESS) or (HUBZONE) after the solicitation number in PART I, A Block 3 of form SF 330. A separate response (SF 330) MUST be submitted for each category in which the firm wants consideration. Only firms considered highly qualified will be awarded a contract. A firm fixed price contract will be negotiated. The unrestricted basis is open to all interested parties regardless of business size. The small business size standard is a maximum of $4.5 million of average annual receipts for its preceding 3 fiscal years. It is the intent to award four (4) contracts from the unrestricted selection, one (1) from the small-business set-aside, and one (1) from the HubZone set-aside. There is a possibility that multiple awards may be made on this solicitation meaning that more than one contractor may be selected from either of the three pools, a small business set-aside, a HubZone set-aside, and unrestricted basis. No one firm will receive more than one award. Rates will be negotiated for each 12-month period of the contract. The contracts will be awarded for a term not to exceed a total of five (5) years. Work under this contract will be subject to satisfactory negotiation of individual task orders, with the total IDC contract value not to exceed $10,000,000 for each unrestricted selection and not to exceed $5,000,000 each for the small business and Hub Zone set-asides over the five-year life of the contract. Selection of A-E firms is not based upon competitive bidding procedures, but rather upon the professional qualifications necessary for the performance of the required services. All interested Architect-Engineers are reminded that, in accordance with the provisions of PL 95-507, they will be expected to place subcontracts to the maximum practicable extent consistent with the efficient performance of the contract with small and small disadvantaged firms. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan for that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The subcontracting plan is not required with this submittal. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this action is 541330. PROJECT INFORMATION: A-E Services provided under this contract will include, but are not limited to all types of environmental support for the following: Army Force Structure and Organizational Realignment, Army Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), Privatization of Military utilities, Family Housing, Lodging and other facilities; Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps projects; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Federal military and civil works projects; Department of Homeland Security National Institutes of Health and other Federal agency projects; all compliance and conformance issues; development and management of land, natural and cultural resources programs; study of contaminated sites; other water quality or water supply studies. It will include but not be limited to preparation of any of the following: All products and studies associated with preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Documents; Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans; Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plans; Endangered Species Management Plans and Section 7 compliance documentation and studies; Clean Water Act documentation and implementing guidance; Clean Air Act documentation and implementing guidance; Installation Master Plans; and Risk Assessments. Specific services include: scientific analyses and assessments of biological, ecological, cultural/historic/architectural, and archaeological resources at all study and survey levels, terrestrial and underwater; threatened and endangered species inventories; biological assessments; Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act consultation assistance; habitat evaluations; wetlands delineations identification of current trends, cumulative effects, and projected land uses, including potential use and reuse alternatives; identification and evaluation of potential impact mitigation measures; economic evaluations; preparation of master plans for development and management of military and civil facilities, including natural and cultural resources management planning; coordination with interested Federal, state and local agencies and organizations; preparation of public involvement plans and facilitation of public meetings; regulatory compliance; Geographic Information Systems Environmental Performance Assessment System, Environmental Compliance Assessment System and similar technologies and web based program management techniques. Additional services will include those activities required for the preparation of an Environmental Baseline Survey/Environmental Condition of Property studies; support to real estate activities including leases, licenses, land acquisitions, and reports of availability, preparation of Findings of Suitability to Transfer and/or Findings of Suitability to Lease, decision documents that incorporate all essential issues; the preparation of Clean-up Plans, preparation of risk assessment documentation. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance (first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion). Criteria A thru D are primary. Criterion E is secondary and will only be used as tie-breakers among technically equal firms. A. Professional Qualifications: The selected firm must have, either in-house or through consultants, the following disciplines: (1) Project Manager (2) Environmental Engineer; (3) Biologist; (4) Ecologist; (5) Water Resource and Land-use Planners; (6) Cultural Resources Specialist; (7) Air Quality Specialist; (8) Traffic Specialist; (9) Socio-economist; (10) Real Property Master Planner; (11) Geologist; (12) Civil Engineer; (13) Industrial Hygienist; (14) Chemical Engineer; (15) Chemist. Registration is required for the: Environmental Engineer, Civil Engineer, and Chemical Engineer. Resumes contained in Standard Form (SF) 330, PART I, Section E, shall be completed for each discipline. ROLE IN THIS CONTRACT, Block 13 under PART I, Section E must use the same discipline nomenclature as is listed in this announcement. If an individual will serve in more than one discipline then those disciplines shall be clearly indicated in Block 13, PART I, Section E. The evaluation will consider education, training, registration, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm. B. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: (1) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and experience of current U.S. Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other military and Federal agency policies, guidance, and regulations for preparation of all levels of NEPA documentation and supporting studies. (2) Knowledge and experience with implementation of Army NEPA actions and methodologies in support of current Army transition programs. (3) Experience with preparation of environmental documentation for the Armys force structure, training, and operations. (4) Knowledge and experience with Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, National Historic Preservation Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and related Executive Orders. (5) Demonstrated experience in working environmental projects/issues with the following agencies and offices: Headquarters, Department of the Army; Army Installation Management Command; Army Major Commands; Army Environmental Command; Army Installations; Environmental Protection Agency; Department of Homeland Security; National Institutes of Health; President's Council on Environmental Quality; Other Department of Defense agencies: US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps, and other Federal agencies. (6) In Block H of the SF 330 describe the firm's quality management plan, including quality assurance process, project scheduling, coordination of the in-house work with consultants, and prior experience of the prime firm and any significant consultant. C. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: The large business firm shall demonstrate the capacity to accomplish at least five (5) $500,000 individual task orders simultaneously. The small business, including the HubZone firm, shall demonstrate the capacity to accomplish at least three (3) $500,000 individual task orders simultaneously. D. Past Performance: Past performance on Army and other DOD contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. Evaluations will be based on established ACASS ratings and other credible documentation included in the SF 330. E. Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business and Women-Owned Small Business Participation: Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, women-owned small businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated effort. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested Architect-Engineer firms having the capabilities to perform this work are invited to submit one (1) completed paper copy of their SF 330 (Architect-Engineer Qualifications) for each category in which the firm wants to be considered, to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, CESAM-EN-DW, ATTN: Mrs. Mary F. Breland, 109 St. Joseph Street, Mobile, AL 36602. SF 330 6/2004 edition must be used, and may be obtained from the Government Printing Office or from the following web site: http://contacts.gsa.gov/webforms.nsf/22f268ed0a398629852569a4006ed7cc?OpenView&Start=30. All firms responding to this solicitation MUST identify the category they wish to be considered. Firms should state the words (UNRESTRICTED) (SMALL BUSINESS) or (HUBZONE) after the solicitation number in PART I, A Block 3 of form SF 330. A separate response (SF 330) MUST be submitted for each category in which the firm wants consideration. All fonts shall be at least 10 pitch or larger. Pages shall be 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches. PART I OF THE SF 330 SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 PAGES. Blank sheets/tabs separating the sections within the SF 330 will not count against the maximum page count for PART I. Include DUNS number in SF 330 PART I, Section B, Block 5. A firm located within the United States may obtain a DUNS number by calling Dun and Bradstreet at 1-866-705-5711 or via the Internet at http://www.dnb.com/us/. If the firm is located outside the United States, the local Dun and Bradstreet office should be contacted. The organization chart required in section D and the matrix required as Section G, Part I of the SF 330 may be presented on a sheet up to 11 inches by 17 inches. If an 11 inch by 17 inch sheet is used it shall be neatly folded to 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches, bounded in the SF 330 at the proper location, and counted as one page. A maximum of fifteen (15) projects including the prime and consultants, will be reviewed in PART I, Section F. Use no more than one page per project. It shall be noted that a task order executed under an Indefinite Delivery Contract is considered a Project. In Block G-26, along with the name, include the firm with whom the person is associated. A Part II is required for each branch office of the Prime Firm and any Subcontractors that will have a key role in the proposed contract. This is not a request for proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided. Submittals must be received no later than 3:00 P.M. Central Time on 17 JUNE 2009. Regulation requires that the Selection Board not consider any submittals received after this time and date. Late proposal rules in FAR 15.412 will be followed for submittals received after 3:00 P.M. Central Time on the closing date specified in this announcement. The A-E Evaluation Board (Selection Board) is tentatively scheduled TO COMMENCE ON OR ABOUT 22 JUNE 2009. As required by acquisition regulations, interviews for the purpose of discussing prospective contractor qualifications for the contract will be conducted only for those firms considered most highly qualified after submittal review by the selection board. Interviews will be conducted by telephone and will most likely occur the same week that the Selection Board convenes. Phone calls and personal visits for the purpose of discussing this solicitation are not allowed. To verify your proposal has been delivered, you may e-mail Mary Breland at: mary.f.breland@sam.usace.army.mil. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered with the Central Contractor Registration database. For instructions on registering with the CCR, please see the CCR Web site at http://www.ccr.gov/.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Engineer District, Mobile P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602) Mobile AL<br />
- Zip Code: 36628-0001<br />
- Zip Code: 36628-0001<br />
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