AFCEC_MATOC_AE_synopsis_11April_1.pdf

SYNOPSIS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIS) AND ENVIRONMENTAL

ASSESSMENT (EA) SERVICES

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (DOI), INTERIOR BUSINESS CENTER (IBC)

ACQUISITION SERVICES DIRECTORATE (AQD)

ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER CENTER (AFCEC)

General Information

Document Type: Presolicitation Notice Solicitation Number: 140D0425R0054 Set-aside: Unrestricted

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers Statute also known as the Brooks Architect-Engineer (A-E) Act (Public Law (PL) 92-582) as implemented in FAR Subpart

36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. The services will support complex Environmental Assessment (EA) as well as conducting Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) for the Department of the Air Force (DAF). The contract will be nationwide and involve Conservation, and Environmental Planning and Programming in support of key environmental programs and/or projects.

The Government intends to award a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Task Order Contract (MATOC) with a target of five contracts, each with a five year ordering period. The total ceiling amount of the program will not exceed $100,000,000.00.

Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. The contracting officer will consider the following factors in deciding which contractor will be selected to negotiate an order: performance and quality of deliverables under the current contract, current capacity to accomplish the order in the required time, uniquely specialized experience, and equitable distribution of work among the contractors.

This MATOC is being solicited as unrestricted utilizing the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code541330, Engineering Services, with a size standard of $25.5M. The Product Service Code (PSC) is C219 – Architect and Engineering- General. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work). To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in SAM.gov.

2 . PROJECT INFORMATION: The EA and EIS services will both be technically and legally sufficient pursuant to provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), Title 42 United States Code (USC) Section 4321 et seq.], the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act’s amendments to NEPA, and 32 CFR 989, Environmental Impact Analysis Process (EIAP).

Activities will include services resulting in a project EA with either a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), a mitigated FONSI, or a determination that an Environmental Impact Statement is required. If analysis indicates the potential for significant environmental or socio-economic impacts, recommendations to mitigate measures to minimize impacts to less than significant, implement a no action alternative and/or withdrawal of the EA leading to the preparation of the EIS.

Activities for the EIS include evaluating current and baseline conditions and prediction of beneficial and adverse effects of proposed actions identified through the EA for resources such as: Airspace and Air Quality, Noise and acoustics, Cultural, Biological and Natural resources including water resources. Land use, Hazardous waste and material, infrastructure, utilities, earth resources, socioeconomics, and safety and occupational health. Other activities may include identification of the past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future of environmental trends. All aspects of project management are needed to include but not limited too; schedules, reports, websites, meetings, coordination and consultation, development, and public interfacing such as press releases, public hearings etc.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria for this particular project are listed below in descending order of importance:

a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: Ensure that all specialized experience requirements are reflected on appropriate personnel resumes in Section E and example projects in Section F, Part I of the SF 330. For criteria listed below, recent experience of subcontractors may be submitted to demonstrate applicable experience and competence provided the nature and extent of all team arrangements are identified and disclosed. Offerors should describe the nature and extent of prior teaming experience with the proposed subcontractors.

b. Labor Category Distribution

c. In-house Qualifications vs. Team Qualifications

d. Past Performance: In Section H, Part I, SF 330, provide past performance evaluations. The firms will be evaluated in terms of work quality, compliance to schedules, and cost controls, with emphasis on projects submitted under factor (a), as determined from the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and other sources. The Government will retrieve the past performance evaluation for the Joint Venture if the offeror is a JV. If the JV has no past performance evaluation the past performance evaluation will be retrieved for each JV partner. Past performance evaluations will not be retrieved for the proposed subcontractors.

e. Capacity to perform approximately $1,000,000.00 in work of the required type in a one-year period.

f. Geographic Proximity: In Section H, Part I, SF 330, provide the physical location of a firm in relation to the location of potential projects. The geographic location for this IDC is the Southwestern Division area of responsibility.

g. Volume of Government A-E Contract Awards: In Section H, Part I, SF 330, provide the volume of DOD contact awards, stated in dollars, for each firm for the past twelve (12) months (see details in subsequent paragraph 4(f)). Incorporate the awards to all branch offices. The objective is to provide an impartial distribution of DoD A-E awards among qualified A-E firms, including small and small disadvantaged business firms and firms that have not had prior DoD contracts. List the project name, district, contract number, dollar amount, and the month/year of the award.

h. Airspace and Noise Analyses

4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Interested firms having the capabilities described in this announcement and wishing to be considered must submit their SF330, Part I, for the proposed combined team (firm or Joint Venture and all subcontractors), and SF 330 Part II, for the firm or JV and each subcontractor to Xanthe Otterstedt, xanthe_otterstedt@ibc.doi.gov and Otterstedt_proposal_submissions@ibc.doi.gov not later than 4:00 PM on May 10, 2025.

mailto:xanthe_otterstedt@ibc.doi.gov mailto:Otterstedt_proposal_submissions@ibc.doi.gov

The SF 330 Part I shall not exceed 50 pages (8.5” x 11”), including no more than 5 pages for Section H. Use no smaller than 10 font type. Include the firm's SAM EUID number in SF 330, Part I, Section H. In Section H, provide any additional information necessary, also indicate the estimated percentage involvement of each firm on the proposed team. Solicitation packages are not provided and no additional project information will be given to firms during the announcement period. This is not a request for proposal.

All questions must be submitted in writing to Xanthe Otterstedt no later 14 days after notice posting.

Point of Contact: Xanthe Otterstedt, xanthe_otterstedt@ibc.doi.gov and Otterstedt_proposal_submissions@ibc.doi.gov mailto:xanthe_otterstedt@ibc.doi.gov mailto:Otterstedt_proposal_submissions@ibc.doi.gov