Multiple Award Task Order Contract to provide Third Party Blind Validation Seeding and Advanced Geophysical Classification (AGC) Data Collection and Processing to support the South Pacific and Southwestern Divisions
Added: Dec 21, 2017 12:03 pm
The proposed procurement will be competed using a Best Value Trade-off source selection process, and open to small businesses and unrestricted businesses. NAICS is 562910, with a size standard of 750 employees. The solicitation will be issued on or about 09 January 2018, with proposals due on or about 09 February 2018. Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, canceled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds.In general, task orders under these MATOC IDIQs will be to support the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) with AGC quality control (QC) and assurance (QA) activities on an existing, previously awarded, separate Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) remedial investigations, removal and/or remedial actions contract, task order or delivery order. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the third party blind validation. Consequently, for each individual task order, Contractors attached to the primary environmental remediation on one of those existing, previously awarded, separate contract, task order or delivery order shall not be eligible to submit a proposal for the associated particular AGC seeding task orders. Additionally, in order to be eligible to propose on the proposed MATOC procurement or one of the seeding task orders under these planned IDIQs, the contractor MUST be accredited in accordance with the Digital Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program (DAGCAP). Minimum capabilities required for this IDIQ contract include various types of field and office activities. All work will be performed in accordance with any and all applicable rules, regulations, and guidelines. Any and all guidance identified within each specific task order will be followed. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the Third Party Blind Validation Seeding and Advanced Geophysical Data Collection and Processing except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services.The solicitation for the MATOC will be advertised as a Request for Proposal. Competitive proposals will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation package. Evaluation by the Government will result in selection of a firm that represents the best value to the Government. The proposed procurement will result in firm-fixed price IDIQs to a selection of multiple firms. Questions of a technical nature regarding this synopsis should be addressed to John M. Jackson at (917) 557-6614 or e-mail at: John.M.Jackson@usace.army.mil. OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED with System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government Contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. Additionally, a paper form for registration may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414.This solicitation will be issued via Internet only under W912PP-17-R-0011. For security reasons, all technical data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) system at www.fbo.gov. FBO is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested offerors must register with FBO or they will not be able to download information from the site. Registration instructions can be found on the FedBizOpps website by clicking on the Register Now hyperlink. Contractors registered with Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet AFTER SOLICITATION ISSUANCE. Again, offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds.
W912PP17R0011 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Albuquerque
12/21/17, 12:03 PM MULTIPLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THIRD PARTY BLIND VALIDATION SEEDING AND ADVANCED GEOPHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION (AGC) DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND SOUTHWESTERN DIVISIONS
Added: May 10, 2017 6:47 pm
SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICEForW912PP-17-R-0011MULTIPLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACT TO PROVIDE THIRD PARTY BLIND VALIDATION SEEDING AND ADVANCED GEOPHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION (AGC) DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND SOUTHWESTERN DIVISIONSThis is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Albuquerque District has been tasked to solicit for and award a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) to provide Third Party Blind Validation Seeding and Advanced Geophysical Classification (AGC) Data Collection and Processing to support the South Pacific Division (SPD) and the South Western Division (SWD) and their customers. Projects will primarily be located in the western U.S. but may also be nationwide. The contracts awarded will include performance based, firm-fixed price features for a wide range of environmental services at various known or suspected Military Munitions Response Sites (MRS) and Hazardous and Toxic Waste (HTW) sites.In general, the task orders awarded off of these IDIQs will be to support the USACE with AGC oversight activities on an existing, separate contract. Consequently, Contractors attached to the primary environmental remediation contract for those existing, separate contracts shall not be eligible to submit a proposal for one of these AGC seeding task orders.Furthermore, in order to be eligible to propose on one of these seeding task orders under the these planned IDIQs, the contractor, or subcontractor in charge of performing the work, MUST be accredited in accordance with the Digital Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program (DAGCAP). DAGCAP accreditation and AGC requirements shall be in compliance with the OSD Policy Memo dated 11 April 2016 and the Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) AGC Policy Memo dated 6 January 2017. A company awarded one of the targeted MATOC IDIQs can still be in the process of acquiring accreditation, but cannot perform and AGC seeding work before being accredited.Minimum capabilities required for this IDIQ contract include various types of field and office activities. All work will be performed in accordance with any and all applicable rules, regulations, and guidelines. Any and all guidance identified within each specific task order will be followed. Typical task order examples may include (in no particular order) the following; however, this list is not intended to be all inclusive:• Standard Operating Procedure Development• Work Plan or UFP-QAPP Development• Professional Surveying• Other standard Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) document preparation• Procurement of seeds• Geophysical equipment rental or supply• UXO technician support (primarily escorting and anomaly avoidance)• Intrusive Investigations• Field Personnel• Field Vehicles• Biological Escort• Advanced Geophysical Classification Data Collection• Advanced Geophysical Classification Data ProcessingThe contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform the Third Party Blind Validation Seeding and Advanced Geophysical Data Collection and Processing except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards specified in the contract requirements.The Albuquerque District has the intent to solicit and award a target of five (5) to seven (7) IDIQs from this solicitation for a base period of one (1) year with four one (1) year option periods to a possible combination of Small Businesses, 8(a) Small Businesses, and offerors on an unrestricted basis. At least three IDIQs will be set aside for Small Business.The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed price contract procured in accordance with FAR 15, Negotiated Procurement using a Best Value trade-off process, however, the results and analysis of the market research will finalize the determination of procurement method and type of set-aside decision.All firms responding to this solicitation MUST identify the category(s) for which they wish to be considered. Firms should state the word UNRESTRICTED or SMALL BUSINESS in their response. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors.The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) for this procurement is 541360 which as a small business size standard of $15 Million. The Federal Supply Code (FSC) is F999.Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting that they must perform at least 50% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with their own employees for general construction-type procurement.Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis.Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about 26 June 2017, and the estimated proposal due date will be on or about 27 July 2017. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov.Firm's response to this Synopsis shall be limited to 10 pages and shall include the following information:1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address2. Firm's experience on projects of similar scope that include the work listed in this Sources Sought Notice (include firm's capability to execute comparable work performed within the past five (5) years2a. Brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project) - provide at least 3 examples3. Firm's experience with the minimum capabilities listed in this Sources Sought Notice4. Firm's status regarding DAGCAP accreditation5. Firm's Business Size - LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, 6. Firm's Joint Ventures (existing), including Mentor Protégés and teaming arrangement information is acceptableInterested Firms shall respond to this Sources Sought Synopsis no later than 26 May 2017, 5:00PM MDT. All interested firms must be registered in SAM to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Email responses to erica.m.talley@usace.army.mil. Firms responding to this sources sought synopsis who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested will not be used to assist the Government in the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought synopsis.NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN IT IS FORMALLY ADVERTISED, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS.If inadequate responses are received, this solicitation may be issued for full and open competition.
W912PP17R0011 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Albuquerque
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