Indefinite Delivery Contract for AE Services for the Regional Acquisition Environmental Tools (REAT), South Atlantic Division, U. S. Army Corps Of Engineers to Provide Environmental Support to Military, Civil, and Federal Agencies.
Added: Jul 11, 2014 1:59 pm This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. ALL QUESTIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE BIDDER INQUIRY PORTAL IN PROJNET AS DESCRIBED IN THE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS BELOW. Point Of Contact for this announcement is Mr. Jeffrey H. Johnson. 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 professional environmental engineering and service support or manage numerous environmental initiatives for military, civil, and federal agencies. It includes engineering services to support military and civil environmental programs for Headquarters, Department of Defense; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army; U.S. Army Reserves; U.S. Army National Guard; U.S. Navy; U.S. Marine Corps; and Defense Logistics Agency projects; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Federal military and civil works projects; Department of Homeland Security; National Institutes of Health; Centers for Disease Control; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; and other Federal and state agency projects. The contractor will be required to perform services at federal/military projects toughout the world, including the Continental United States, its territories, South and Central America and other world nations. This announcement will result in multiple awards being made from Small Business set-aside. There will be tee (3) POOLS established: POOL A Conservation/NEPA; POOL B Compliance/Pollution Prevention; and POOL C Hazardous Toxic Radioactive Waste (HTRW)/Design. All firms responding to this solicitation MUST indicate which POOL (A, B or C), after the solicitation number in PART I, A Block 3 of form SF 330. A separate SF 330 proposal MUST be submitted for each POOL in which the firm wants consideration. 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, in accordance with the Brooks Act FAR part 36.6. Only firms considered most highly qualified will be awarded a contract. Multiple awards within each POOL will be made from this solicitation. 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 shared capacity value for the 3 POOLs (A,B, and C) not to exceed $99,000,000 over the five-year life of the contract. A firm fixed price contract will be negotiated. A firm could be selected to receive an award in each of the tee POOLs. Rates will be negotiated for each 12-month period of the contract. The small business size standard is a maximum of $14 million of average annual receipts for its preceding 3 fiscal years. 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 comprehensive environmental compliance, planning, conservation/NEPA, restoration/remediation design, pollution prevention, miscellaneous sustainment, and support for the following: Headquarters, Department of Defense, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Defense Logistics Agency projects; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Federal military and civil works projects; Department of Homeland Security, National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and other Federal and state agency projects. All work under this contract will comply with, but are not limited to, any or all of the following: (A) Work may 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/Clean Air Act/RCRA reporting, recordkeeping, monitoring, documentation and implementing guidance; Installation Master Plans/General Plans/Area Development Plans; Encroachment Studies, Noise Studies, Land Acquisition Studies, Sustainable Infrastructure Assessments (BUILDER), Sustainability Studies, Database and Asset Management, Condition Assessments, Facility Assessments and Risk Assessments. Specific services may include: scientific analyses and assessments of biological, chemical, ecological, cultural/historic/architectural, and archaeological resources at all study and survey levels; terrestrial and underwater, and implementation of their measures; teatened and endangered species inventories and surveys; Invasive Species Management Plan/implementation of control techniques, Pest Management Plans/implementation of control techniques, forest management plans and their implementation to include prescribed burn plans; Wetland Restoration Plans and their implementation; biological evaluations and 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/workshop/training; staff augmentation; regulatory compliance; implementation of environmental audits and field assessments in support of Environmental Management Systems, Environmental Performance Assessment System, and Environmental Compliance Assessment System, development and implementation of Geographic Information Systems, similar technologies and web based program management techniques; and training and support activities for any of the above service mentioned. 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, and preparation of risk assessment documentation. Additional projects may include all aspects of NEPA; compliance and conformance issues; development, management, and implementation of land, natural and cultural resources programs/plans. (B) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Clean Air Act (CAA); Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA); Clean Water Act (CWA); Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA); National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Energy Policy Act 2005; Department of Defense Instruction; Executive Orders; policy, guidance, programmatic and operational program execution strategy; planning; permitting and technical support; environmental management systems; information technology tool refinement, customization, population and implementation; environmental training, outreach, strategy, and awareness; water quality, water supply, water reuse, and compliance plans; vulnerability assessments; compliance assessments; multi media and single media facility audits; environmental baseline surveys; DoD technical support; Medical Departments and health services support; audits and assessments; planning studies and evaluations; geographic information system support; compliance monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting; study of contaminated sites; range and training program support, solid waste, RCRA evaluations, and management plans; DoD awards development; sustainability and asset management program initiatives and planning; ozone depleting substance (ODS) evaluations and elimination plans; energy studies and audits; facility evaluations and audits; Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) technical support and building commissioning; programmatic support of installation restoration and munitions response compliance cleanup programs; greenhouse gas initiatives; air quality monitoring, reporting, recordkeeping, testing and permitting; air dispersion modeling; asbestos and lead-based paint sampling and report preparation; and real estate site assessments (C) Additionally, work may include hazardous, toxic and radioactive material/waste site investigations/assessments; remedial investigations and feasibility studies; treatability studies; pilot studies; remedial designs; risk assessments; sampling and analyses; data validation; electronic data management; geotechnical investigations; monitoring well installation; groundwater modeling; groundwater and surface water quality assessments; water reuse initiatives; vapor intrusion monitoring, assessment and modeling; design and technical services relating to water treatment plant, both potable and industrial; wastewater treatment plants, domestic and industrial; pumping and piping systems, both pressure and gravity flows; hydraulic modeling. POOL (A) 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 tu D are primary. Criteria 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 tough consultants, the following disciplines: (1) Project Manager; (2) Environmental Engineer, registration required (P.E. License); (3) Biologist/Ecologist/Environmental scientist; (4) Water Resource Planner; (5) Land-use Planner; (6) Cultural Resources Specialist; (7) Regulatory Specialist; (8) Traffic Specialist; (9) Socio-economist; (10) Real Property Master Planner, AICP certification number required; (11) Geologist, registration required (P.G. License); (12) Civil Engineer, registration required (P.E. License); (13) Chemical Engineer, registration required (P.E. License); (14) Chemist; ; (15) GIS Specialist; (16) Program Manager. All disciplines must possess a minimum bachelors' degree (degree from an accredited four-year college or university) with a major in the specified field of study. Registration is required for the: Environmental Engineer, Civil Engineer, Chemical Engineer, Geologist, and Master Planner. State of registration, P.G. or P.E. license number, or AICP certification number must be included on the resume. 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 in the listed discipline, and longevity with the firm. B. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: (1) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and experience of current Headquarters, Department of Defense; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Navy; DLA; 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/preparations of master planning regulations/guidance/general plans, Sustainable Infrastructure Assessments (BUILDER), real property exchange, Community Partnership Initiatives, encroachment studies and other land management planning activities for Department of Defense agencies, Green House Gas, Sustainable Energy, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, National Historic Preservation Act, Coastal Zone Management Act, and related Executive Orders. (3) Demonstrated experience in working environmental projects/issues with the following agencies and offices: U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army; U.S. Marine Corps; U.S. Navy; Army Reserve; Army National Guard; Army Installation Management Command; Army Major Commands; Army Environmental Command; Army Installations; Defense Logistics Agency; Other Department of Defense agencies; Environmental Protection Agency; Department of Homeland Security; National Institutes of Health; President's Council on Environmental Quality; and other Federal agencies. (4) Experience with preparation of environmental documentation for the DoD force structure, training, and operations. (5) 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: Firms shall demonstrate the capacity to accomplish at least four (4) $500,000 individual task orders simultaneously. D. Past Performance: Past performance on military 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. Volume of DOD Contract Awards: Firms shall provide the volume of work awarded by DoD agencies during the previous 12 months. POOL (B) 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 tu D are primary. Criteria 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 tough consultants, the following disciplines: (1) Project Manager; (2) Environmental Engineer (Professional Engineer registration required); (3) Chemist; (4) Geologist (Professional Geologist registration required); (5) Biologist; (6) Certified Industrial Hygienist; (7) Chemical Engineer (Professional Engineer registration required); (8) Certified Energy Manager (registration required) (9) Civil Engineer (Professional Engineer registration required). In addition to the above disciplines the following specialist are also required. A specialist is defined as having a degree in engineering, geology, or science from an accredited university, has at least five (5) years recent and direct experience, and training in the area of specialization. These specialists are: (10) Air Quality Specialist; (11) Clean Water Act Specialist; (12) RCRA Specialist; and (13) GIS Specialist. Professional registration is required for the Geologist (Professional Geologist PG), Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and all Engineering (Professional Engineer PE) disciplines. 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 the education, training, registration, overall experience, relevant experience, and longevity with the firm with respect to the proposed key disciplines. As well, the evaluation will consider the firm's recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) business history with proposed subcontractors. B. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: (1) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) experience in the execution of complex environmental compliance and pollution prevention projects to include strategy development, plans, data gathering, analysis, evaluations, studies, designs and permitting actions. (2) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) direct experience with analyzing and evaluating environmental regulations for implementing studies, designs, and program initiatives for the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, DLA and other Department of Defense components, in compliance with DoD instruction, policy and guidance, as well as State, Federal and local criteria. (3) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) direct experience with installation sustainability and asset management, GIS and environmental database management in an enterprise environment; CAA, CWA, RCRA (C, D, and I) to include permitting, document updates, revisions, and regulatory coordination. (4) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) direct experience providing comprehensive programmatic support of policies, guidance and regulations for various DoD services, Installation Management Agencies (IMA), Major Commands, sub-ordinate commands, ODEP, AEC, and/or other military and Federal agencies. C. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: Firms shall demonstrate the capacity to accomplish at least four (4) $500,000 individual task orders simultaneously. D. Past Performance: Past performance on military 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. Volume of DOD Contract Awards: Firms shall provide the volume of work awarded by DoD agencies during the previous 12 months. POOL (C) 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 tu D are primary. Criteria 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 tough consultants, the following disciplines: (1) Project Manager; (2) Environmental Engineer (Professional Engineer registration required); (3) Chemist; (4) Geologist (Professional Geologist registration required); (5) Hydrogeologist (Professional Geologist registration required); (6) Certified Industrial Hygienist; (7) Chemical Engineer (Professional Engineer registration required); and (8) Civil Engineer (Professional Engineer registration required). In addition to the above disciplines the following specialist are also required. A specialist is defined as having a degree in engineering, geology, or science from an accredited university, has at least five (5) years recent and direct experience, and training in the area of specialization. These specialists are: (9) Regulatory Specialist; (10) Human Health Risk Assessor; (11) Ecological Risk Assessor and (12) GIS Specialist. Professional registration is required for the Certified Industrial Hygienist, Geologist and Hydrogeologist (Professional Geologist PG), Certified Energy Manager (CEM) and all Engineering (Professional Engineer PE) disciplines. 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 the education, training, registration, overall experience, relevant experience, and longevity with the firm with respect to the proposed key disciplines. As well, the evaluation will consider the firm's recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) business history with proposed subcontractors. B. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: (1) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) experience in the execution of complex Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) projects to include strategy development, plans, data gathering, analysis, evaluations, studies, designs, remedial design, and regulatory support. (2) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) direct experience with analyzing and evaluating environmental regulations for implementing studies, designs, and program initiatives for the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, DLA and other Department of Defense components, in compliance with DoD instruction, policy and guidance, as well as State, Federal and local criteria. (3) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) direct experience with installation sustainability and asset management, GIS and environmental database management in an enterprise environment; CAA, CWA, RCRA (C, D, and I) to include permitting, document updates, revisions, and regulatory coordination. (4) Demonstrated breadth, knowledge and recent (within 5 years of the solicitation issuance date) direct experience providing comprehensive programmatic support of policies, guidance and regulations for various DoD services, Installation Management Agencies (IMA), Major Commands, sub-ordinate commands, ODEP, AEC, and/or other military and Federal agencies. C. Capacity to Accomplish the Work: Firms shall demonstrate the capacity to accomplish at least four (4) $500,000 individual task orders simultaneously. D. Past Performance: Past performance on military 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. Volume of DOD Contract Awards: Firms shall provide the volume of work awarded by DoD agencies during the previous 12 months. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested Architect-Engineer firms or joint ventures having the capabilities to perform this work as a prime contractor, may submit ONE (1) completed, bound paper copy of their SF 330 Proposal (Architect-Engineer Qualifications) for each POOL (A, B, and/or C) which the firm wishes to be considered, to: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, CESAM-EN-DW, ATTN: Mr. Jeffrey H. Johnson, 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://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486. All firms responding to this solicitation MUST identify the POOL(s) (A, B, and/or C) they wish to be considered. Firms should state which POOL (A), (B), or (C) after the solicitation number in PART I, A Block 3 of form SF 330. If POOL choice is not indicated Offeror will be considered non-responsive and will not be evaluated. A separate SF 330 Proposal MUST be submitted for each POOL (A, B, and/or C) in which the firm wants consideration. Font shall be at least 11 or larger in Arial (not Arial Narrow) for all text, tables, and figures. Pages shall be 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches. PART I OF THE SF 330 SHALL NOT EXCEED 50 PAGES FRONT SIDE ONLY. 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. 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, bound in the SF 330 at the proper location, and counted as one page. A maximum of ten (10) projects including the prime and consultants, not to exceed the past five (5) years, will be reviewed in PART I, Section quote mark F quote mark . The prime must have completed or accomplished at a minimum six (6) of the projects themselves. 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, not the Indefinite Delivery Contract itself. The Indefinite Delivery Contract number and individual task order number associated with the project in the title must be included for each of the 10 projects. If the project is not 100% complete, note the current percentage and estimated date when project will be completed. 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 08/21/ 2014. 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 Boards for each POOL (Selection Board) is tentatively scheduled TO COMMENCE ON OR ABOUT 10/15/ 2014. 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. ALL QUESTIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED VIA THE BIDDER INQUIRY PORTAL in ProjNet at http://www.projnet.org/projnet. Questions should be submitted no later than 08/05/ 2014 at 3:00 p.m. Central Time to allow time for a response. On this date and time the portal will be closed. For questions, no other means of communication, e-mail, fax, or telephone will be accepted. To submit and review inquiries, firms will need to be current registered users of the ProjNet system. To register, go to the link above, click the BID tab, select BIDDER INQUIRY, select agency USACE, enter the Bidder Inquiry Key for this solicitation listed below, and your e-mail address, and then click login. Complete all required information and then click CREATE USER. Verify that information on the next screen is correct and click CONTINUE. From this page you can view all bidder inquiries for this solicitation or add an inquiry. Offerors or Bidders will receive an acknowledgement of their question via e-mail, followed by a response to their question after it has been processed by our team. The Solicitation Number is: W91278-14-R-0051. The Bidder Inquiry Key is: KM7SN7-EB6CCE. Firms are requested to review the Bidder Inquiry Portal for previous questions and responses, prior to submission of a new inquiry on the Portal. Caution: Any inquiry submitted and answered within this system, will be accessible to view by ALL interested FIRMS on this solicitation. The call center for the ProjNet operates weekdays from 8 AM to 5 PM U.S. Central Time Zone. The telephone number is 1-800-428-HELP. To verify your submittal has been delivered, you may e mail at: Sally.A.Jones@usace.army.mil. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered with the www.sam.gov Registration database. W91278-14-R-0051 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Mobile
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