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C-ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES quote mark Unrestricted Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC) for Architect-Engineering (A-E) Services within EPA Region 2 and the Northwestern Division (MEGA Phase B) quote mark General Information Document Type: Synopsis for A-E Service Contracts Solicitation Number: W912DQ-14-R-3001 Posted Date: 04 September 2014 Original Response Date: 09 October 2014 Current Response Date: 09 October 2014 Classification Code: C - Architect and Engineering Service 1. Contract Information: The Northwestern Division (NWD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement to acquire Architect-Engineer (A-E) Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW)/Environmental Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDC) for execution of its environmental mission. This contract acquisition is part of NWD's Phase B of the Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA). These regional A-E contract acquisitions will be conducted in accordance with Public Law 92-582, the Brooks Act, and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 36.6 and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 236.6. The work will be located within Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 and the NWD (including Kansas City, Omaha, and Seattle Districts), with the majority of the work in EPA Region 2. In support of this effort, the Government intends to award contracts to five (5) unrestricted firms sharing $90 million in total contract capacity. However, if the Contracting Officer determines during the selection process that fewer or more than five (5) contracts should be awarded, based upon the selection criteria, the Contracting Officer has the discretion of adjusting that number, or awarding none at all. This announcement is unrestricted and open to all businesses, regardless of size. The period of performance for each contract will include a base period of three (3) years and one option period of two (2) years. It is anticipated that the contracts will be awarded not earlier than March 2015. Task orders will be issued as the need arises during the contract period. Task order assignments will be determined with consideration of each firm's specialized experience and technical competence, professional qualifications, past performance, capacity, and knowledge of locality. These task orders may be either firm fixed-price or cost reimbursable type orders. There is no limit on the value of individual task orders and the period of performance on individual task orders shall not exceed five (5) years. Firms receiving award will share an ordering amount of $90 million over the life of the contracts. Large businesses that are selected will be required to submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The Kansas City District subcontracting goals, which will be considered in the negotiation of the contracts, are: a minimum of 50% of a contractor's intended subcontract amount be placed with Small Businesses (SB) with 17% of that to Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), 18% to Women-owned Small Business (WOSB), 10% to Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZones), 4.0% to Veteran-owned, and 4% to Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned SB (SDVOSB). The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541330 -- Engineering Services. For the purposes of this procurement a concern is considered a small business if its average annual gross receipts are $15 million or less. More than one contract may be awarded for the same scope of work. Under the Brooks Act, price competition is not allowed for A-E contracts. Due to the nature of the requirements, projects are completed in phases such as preliminary assessment, remedial investigation, feasibility study, and then design. The project scope will be reviewed to determine whether the requirement can be accomplished using a firm fixed-price task order or whether uncertainties will require the use of a cost reimbursable task order. When the requirement is identified, the government will notify all contractors in the pool that an evaluation will be conducted. The notification will include whether the contractor's SF 330 will be used, or if the government requires unique experience or qualifications to be submitted for the task order evaluation. Specialized experience and technical competence, professional qualifications, past performance, capacity, and knowledge of locality will be considered for task orders to determine which firm is best qualified to accomplish the work. The period of performance for the IDC will begin on the date of contract award and the ordering period will be in effect for the three (3) year base period; in addition there is a provision for one two (2) year option period; if the option period is exercised, the length of the ordering period will be five (5) years. The period of performance for task orders awarded under the IDCs will be determined based upon the work requirement (not to exceed five (5) years) and will be included in the task order solicitation and negotiated award documents. The Service Contract Act of 1965, as Amended, is applicable to this solicitation and resulting contracts and will be incorporated into same. Service wage rates will be determined relative to the employee's office location rather than the location of work. To be eligible for contract award, a firm must have a D-U-N-S number from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) and be registered in the Department of Defense (DoD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220. D&B can be reached by calling 1-866-705-5711. The Central Contractor Registry (CCR) has now migrated to the System for Award Management (SAM). If you were previously registered in CCR, your registration should have been moved to SAM, and you just need to open an account, see the following link for instructions. https://www.sam.gov/sam/transcript/Quick_Guide_for_Migrating_Roles_v1.8.pdf. If you were not previously registered, please go to https://www.sam.gov. Instructions for new registration are also located at the following link. https://www.sam.gov/sam/transcript/Quick_Guide_for_Contract_Registrations_v1.7.pdf to register. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov or by calling (866) 606-8220. Additionally, in accordance with FAR Part 22.1303, all firms must complete their VETS-100 report. Information can be found at the Department of Labor website http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/fcp/main.htm , or call the service center at 1-866-237-0275; you will be asked to provide your company name, employer identification number (EIN), and DUNs number. 2. Project Information: Firms must be capable of performing work on a wide variety of HTRW/environmental sites in a manner that complies with federal, state, and local regulations and laws, and within time frames required. A majority of the work to be performed is expected to be for Superfund projects in EPA Region 2. Specific needs will be determined based upon project requirements as described in each task order. Project assignments will typically require performance on-site and in an office setting. Selected firms will work on a variety of hazardous waste and other environmental projects, including, but not limited to contaminated soil and groundwater, contaminated sediments, radioactive and mixed wastes, underground storage tanks and fueling systems, and habitat restoration and mitigation. Assignments will include site investigations, subsurface exploration, chemical sampling, testing and analyses, hazard evaluations, feasibility and other engineering studies and reports, groundwater and other modeling, contaminant fate and transport analysis, human health and ecological risk assessments, HTRW remedial designs, preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimating, value engineering screenings and studies, field inspections, verification of existing conditions, pilot studies, surveying and mapping, community relations, construction-phase services (engineering design during construction, checking design drawings), dredging design, archaeological investigations and mitigation, wetlands determination and mitigation studies, storm water design (including drainage studies and hydraulic modeling), evaluations of green technologies and energy conservation measures, and other related services. 3. Primary Selection Criteria: Selection of the firms will be based on the following primary criteria, listed in descending order of importance, first by major criterion and then by each sub-criterion. Additional consideration will be given for experience and qualifications by the prime or Joint Venture. Criteria A through E are primary and will be evaluated for all offerors. (A) Specialized experience and technical competence of the firm demonstrated during the past five (5) years in the broad range of HTRW/environmental work required for this contract. Firms will be evaluated for experience and competence in areas 1 through 4, below. The most highly qualified firms will have extensive experience in all of the following areas: 1. Investigation, groundwater modeling, design, PRP oversight, construction phase services, and preparation of CERCLA/RCRA documents for a variety of hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste and other environmental projects. Experience must demonstrate wide-ranging capabilities, complex and diverse projects, and differing contaminants in various media. Firms should demonstrate the extent of their capabilities to serve projects located in both EPA Region 2 and the USACE NWD. Projects preformed on behalf of EPA Region 2 Superfund will have greater importance. 2. Knowledge of and adherence to regulations and practices pertaining to studies, investigations and remediation including Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 3. Demonstrated quality management processes and procedures that result in quality end products. The effectiveness of the proposed project team (including management structure, coordination of disciplines, offices and/or subcontractors; and prior working relationships) will be considered within quality management. 4. Capability in managing cost-reimbursable contracts. The Prime/JV A-E firm should demonstrate experience with a cost accounting system for cost-reimbursable contracts with the government. (B) Professional qualifications of a firm's staff and team consultants to be assigned to this contract. The education, training, professional registration, proposed job title, overall and relevant HTRW and environmental experience, longevity with the firm, and experience of key personnel will be considered. This criterion is primarily concerned with the qualifications of the key personnel and not the number of personnel. The number of personnel is addressed under the capacity criterion below. Firms should demonstrate the extent of their capabilities to serve projects located in both EPA Region 2 and the USACE NWD. Professional qualifications on projects performed on behalf of EPA Region 2 Superfund will have greater importance. Responding firms should demonstrate the professional qualifications of their staff in these key disciplines, which are listed in descending order of importance. List professional registrations, if applicable, for the key disciplines: (1) Project Management; (2) Hydrogeology / Geology; (3) Civil/Geotechnical Engineering; (4) Chemistry; (5) Chemical / Process Engineering; (6) Risk Assessment; (7) Cost Engineering; (8) Environmental Engineering; (9) Industrial Hygiene; and (10) Health Physics. (C) Past performance on DoD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, management/business relations, and compliance with performance schedules. Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS) merged into a single application under the Contractor Performance Assessment Reports System (CPARS). CPARS is the primary source of information on past performance. CPARS will be queried for all firms submitting a SF330. If deemed appropriate by the evaluation board, performance evaluations for any significant team subcontractors may also be considered. The board may seek information on past performance from other sources, but is not required to seek other information on the past performance of a firm, if none is available from CPARS. When evaluating past performance, the board will consider the relevancy of performance evaluations on A-E services contracts to the proposed contract, including the type of work, performing office, age of the evaluation, and whether subsequent evaluations indicate a change in a firm's performance. (D) Capacity: The board will consider available capacity of key disciplines identified above from the Prime/JV and its team consultants to perform work in the required time. (E) Knowledge of the Locality: The board will evaluate a Prime/JV's familiarity with local conditions. Examples include knowledge and experience dealing with geological features and the state/ local regulatory agencies. Work under these contracts may be in a widely dispersed geographic area, therefore, responding firms should demonstrate the extent of their capabilities to serve projects located in both EPA Region 2 and the USACE NWD. 4. Secondary Selection Criteria: The following secondary criteria will only be used as a tie-breaker among technically equal firms. The secondary criteria will not be co-mingled with the primary criteria in the evaluation. The two secondary selection criteria are listed in descending order of importance. 1. SB and SDB Participation. The extent of participation of SB, SDB, historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), and minority institutions (MI) will be evaluated. The greater the participation, the greater the consideration, provided that the goals are realistic and justifiable. 2. Volume of DoD A-E Contract Awards in the last 12 months. Responding firms should cite all contract numbers, task orders and modifications, award dates and total negotiated fees for any DoD A-E contract awarded within the past twelve (12) months. This information will assist in effecting an equitable distribution of DoD A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SB and SDB. 5. Submittal Requirements: Interested firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit one (1) original plus five (5) copies and one (1) CD or DVD with searchable Adobe PDF files of one SF 330 (03/2013 edition) for the prime firm that includes all team consultants. Include the firm's DUNS number and CAGE codes in the SF 330, Part I, Sections B and C. For the ten (10) projects submitted in Section F of the SF 330, a quote mark project quote mark is defined as work performed at one site or a single installation. An IDC contract is not a project. A project may contain multiple task orders if they are from the same site or installation. If the offeror provides a specific task order as its quote mark project, quote mark it shall provide the base contract number(s) and the task order number(s) for reference purposes. If the offeror provides a site-specific contract as its quote mark project, quote mark it shall provide the contract number for reference purposes. Firms should include information regarding the Secondary Selection Criteria in Section H of the SF 330. The SF 330 shall have a total page limitation of 100 printed pages with Section H limited to twenty (20) pages, and Part II is excluded from the 100 printed page limit. Double-sided sheets will count as two pages. Page sheets of 11 inches X 17 inches will be counted as two (2) pages. For all SF 330 sections, use no smaller than 10 pt. font. Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. Submittals must be mailed or delivered to the following address not later than 09 October 2014, 2:00 pm Central Time (no faxed or other electronic submittals will be accepted): U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District Attn: CECT-NWK-H (Christopher Anderson) 601 East 12th Street Kansas City, MO 64106-2896 (816) 389-3850 Submit questions, in writing only, to Christopher Anderson at Christopher.W.Anderson@usace.army.mil and Delos C. Halterman at Delos.C.Halterman@usace.army.mil. Questions must be submitted in no later than October 1, 2014 and must contain the solicitation number in the subject line of the e-mail. Contracting Office Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District 601 East 12th Street (Room 647) Kansas City, MO 64106-2896 Place of Performance: N/A General Information Notice Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Posted Date: 04 September 2014 Response Date: 09 October 2014 Archiving Policy: Automatic, on specified date Archive Date: 23 November 2014 Original Set Aside: N/A Set Aside: N/A Classification Code: C -- Architect and engineering services NAICS Code: 541 -- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services/541330 -- Engineering Services
W912DQ-14-R-3001 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Kansas City
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