20R0083 Sources Sought Notice.pdf

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This is not a request for proposal and no contract will be awarded from this notice. There will not be a solicitation or specifications available at this time. This notice is a market research tool used for planning purposes only to determine the availability and capability of small business sources.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Mid-Atlantic is seeking Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Women-Owned Small Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-

Owned Small Businesses, certified HUBZone Small Businesses and certified 8(a) Businesses, with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel and capability to perform the proposed services. Upon review of industry response to this Sources Sought Notice, the

Government will determine whether a set-aside acquisition in lieu of full and open competition is in the best interest of the Government.

A Facility Support, Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Performance-Based contract with Non-Recurring services is anticipated. The total contract term, including the exercise of any options, shall not exceed sixty (60) months. Source selection procedures will be used to evaluate and select the proposal that provides best value to the Government. The Contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide services for processing (both mechanically and chemically) dry dock industrial waste water, and ship’s bilge water for discharge to the Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) at Norfolk Naval

Shipyard, Portsmouth Virginia.

General Work Requirements:

The intent of 1604000 Wastewater Treatment, is to specify the requirements to provide

Wastewater utilities. Included are services such as operating, maintaining and repairing the

Wastewater treatment plant and collection system.

The contractor shall transfer wastewater from holding tanks for treatment, treat the water, and discharge the water to the VPDES entrance designated by the Government. The contractor shall monitor and record water flow received for treatment using Government provided flow-meters.

Rainfall which contributes significantly to dry dock wastewater will occur in random amounts, bilge water will occur depending upon ship’s arrival. Estimated annual accumulation of water to be processed is 40,000,000 gallons.

The Contractor shall employ certified wastewater treatment plant operators who are experienced in similar plants and systems to perform the requirements of this functional section.

Each Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator must possess or have received through reciprocity a current/valid operator's certificate equivalent to the highest wastewater certification grade/class level issued by the Wastewater Works Operators Certification Board of Examiners from the state of Virginia.

All other personnel operating the wastewater treatment plant must have the second highest wastewater certification grade/class level issued by the Wastewater Works Operators

Certification Board of Examiners from the state of Virginia or reciprocity from applicable states.

The chemist and the laboratory analyst shall complete yearly training in order to keep the personnel updated with the latest local and Federal environmental regulations, public health concerns, laboratory procedures, and safety requirements.

All Small Businesses, Small Disadvantaged Businesses, Women-Owned Small Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses, certified HUBZone Small Businesses and certified 8(a) Businesses are encouraged to respond. The Government will not pay for any information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. The appropriate NAICS code is 562219, size standard $41.5 million. It is requested that interested parties submit a brief capabilities package, not to exceed five (5) pages. The capabilities package shall address, at a minimum, the following:

(1) Examples of projects worked within the last five (5) years of similar size, scope and complexity as the work indicated. Knowledge of the state regulations within the AOR.

Indicate whether your firm worked as a prime or subcontractor, contract value, brief description of how the referenced contract relates to the work described, and a Government /

Agency point of contact.

Size: An operating/maintenance service contract with a cumulative value of at least

$900,000.00 or greater per year. This may include one project, or multiple indefinite delivery indefinite quantity orders.

Scope: Demonstrate the ability to provide all labor, supervision, management, tools, materials, equipment, facilities, transportation, incidental engineering, and other items necessary to provide services for processing (both mechanically and chemically) dry dock industrial waste water, and ship’s bilge water for discharge to the Virginia Pollution

Discharge Elimination System (VPDES) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth Virginia.

Complexity: Demonstrate the ability to provide technical knowledge, personnel, experience and skills required to efficiently operate, maintain and repair the Wastewater Treatment

Plant and Collection System.

(2) Company profile, to include number of offices and number of employees per office, annual receipts, office location(s), DUNS number, and CAGE code.

(3) Please indicate if you are a Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned

Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, certified HUBZone Small

Business, or certified 8(a) Business.

(4) In order to assist us in determining the geographic boundaries of the contract(s) necessary to cover the services of the proposed requirement within our AOR, please identify the geographic area in which you can operate in an efficient and economical manner.

The capabilities package for this sources sought notice is not expected to be a proposal, but rather, a short statement regarding the company’s ability to demonstrate existing, or developed, expertise and experience in relation to this proposed contract. Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the capabilities package.

Submission of a capabilities package is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Navy in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities.

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be submitted electronically. Please email to amanda.bricker@navy.mil. Responses must be received no later than 2:00 PM Eastern Time on

23 June 2020. LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Questions regarding this

Sources Sought Notice may be addressed to Amanda Bricker at the above email or via telephone at (757) 341-0135.

mailto:amanda.bricker@navy.mil