Attachment 02 - Synopsis Revisions.pdf

NERCC Synopsis Revisions

1. Section IV. Submission Evaluation Criteria. Factor 1. Specialized experience and technical competence in environmental restoration and compliance services make the following changes:

From:

“Provide no more than 15 projects in Section F of the SF330.”

To:

“Provide no more than 15 projects in Section F of the SF330. At a minimum 50% of the projects must have been performed by the prime firm or joint venture.”

2. Section IV. Submission Evaluation Criteria. Factor 1. Specialized experience and technical competence in environmental restoration and compliance services make the following changes:

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“An environmental restoration project is defined as a unique geographical unit that may have one of the following designations: Area of Concern, Area of Investigation (AOI), Identified Area, Operable Unit (OU), Potential Release Location (PRL), Site, or Solid Waste Management Unit. An environmental compliance support project is considered a single task order or delivery order on a general engineering contract, IDIQ contract, basic agreement, or basic ordering agreement. General engineering contracts, IDIQ contracts, basic agreements, and basic ordering agreements are not considered “projects.””

To:

“An environmental restoration project is defined as a unique geographical unit that contains a single or co-mingled groundwater plume or a single source impacting other media (example given: a painted structure or transformer) and may have one or be a portion of one of the following designations: Area of Concern, Area of Investigation (AOI), Identified Area, Operable Unit (OU), Potential Release Location (PRL), Site, or Solid Waste Management Unit. The unique geographical unit can be defined as a larger area (example given: a single Center, Facility, or Base) when activities are limited to historic records reviews, interviews, and evaluation of past and current operations to identify potential locations where the environment may have been negatively impacted.

An environmental compliance support project is considered a single task order or delivery order on a general engineering contract, IDIQ contract, basic agreement, or basic ordering agreement. General engineering contracts, IDIQ contracts, basic agreements, and basic ordering agreements are not considered “projects.””

3. Section IV. Submission Evaluation Criteria. Factor 1. Specialized experience and technical competence in environmental restoration and compliance services, Major emphasis Item d, make the following changes:

From:

“Demonstrate experience investigating, remediating, and monitoring COCs in various geographic regions, to include, but not limited to Coastal Plain; Appalachian Mountains;

Interior Lowlands; Basin and Range; and Coastal Ranges.”

To:

“Demonstrate experience investigating, remediating, and monitoring COCs in various geographic regions, to include, but not limited to Atlantic/Coastal Plain (lithology similar to Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, Langley Research Center, Marshall Space Flight Center – Michoud Assembly Facility, Stennis Space Center, and Goddard Space Flight Center – Wallops Flight Facility); Appalachian Mountains (lithology similar to Marshall Space Flight Center and Goddard Space Flight Center); Interior Lowlands (lithology similar to Glenn Research Center); Basin and Range (lithology similar to Armstrong Flight Research Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex, and Johnson Space Center – White Sands Test Facility); and Pacific Mountain/Coastal Ranges(lithology similar to Ames Research Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Santa Susana Field Laboratory).”

4. Section IV. Submission Evaluation Criteria. Factor 2. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services, resume requirement, Paragraph a), make the following changes:

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“One (1) Civil, Chemical, Environmental or Geotechnical engineer. The proposal must indicate PE licensure coverage in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia.”

“Four (4) Civil, Chemical, Environmental or Geotechnical Professional Engineers (PE) with environmental restoration and compliance experience and licensure in a minimum of four of the following 10 states: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. The proposal must indicate PE licensure coverage in each of the states listed above or how PE requirements in each of these states will be accomplished.”

Note: Section H can be used to demonstrate PE licensure coverage in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia

5. Section IV. Submission Evaluation Criteria. Factor 2. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services, resume requirement, Paragraph b), make the following changes:

From:

“One (1) registered Professional Geologist registered in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia.”

“Two (2) registered Professional Geologist (PG) with environmental restoration experience and licensure in a minimum of two of the following seven states: Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia. The proposal must indicate PG licensure coverage registered in each of the states listed above or how PG requirements in each of these states will be accomplished.”

6. Section IV. Submission Evaluation Criteria. Factor 2. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services, resume requirement, Paragraph m), make the following changes:

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“One (1) records manager with National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Certificate of Federal Records Management Training.”

“One (1) records manager with National Archives Records Administration (NARA) Certificate of Federal Records Management Training or a minimum of five (5) years of records management experience.”

7. Section IV. Submission Evaluation Criteria. Factor 2. Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services third paragraph from the bottom make the following change:

From:

“The A&E firm must include at least one Civil, Chemical, Environmental or Geotechnical engineer registered in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia; at least one registered Professional Geologist registered in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia.”

To:

“The A&E firm must include at least one Civil, Chemical, Environmental or Geotechnical Professional Engineers registered in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia; at least one registered Professional Geologists registered in the States of Alabama, California, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia; or indicate how PE and PG environmental restoration and compliance requirements in each of these states will be accomplished.”

8. Section VII. Submission Page Limitations. The submission requirements in the first paragraph make the following changes:

From:

“The submission, including the SF 330 Parts I and II, must not exceed 70 pages and must include any information the A-E firm feels may be of benefit to it in the evaluation and selection process.”

To:

“The submission, excluding the SF 330 Part II, must not exceed 80 pages and must include any information the A-E firm feels may be of benefit to it in the evaluation and selection process.”

9. Section VII. Submission Page Limitations. The page count limit in the first, second, and fourth paragraphs modify from 70-page limitation to 80-page limitation.

10. Section VIII. Submission Requirements. The page count limit in Item 2, third bullet, third sub-bullet modify from 70-page limit to 80-page limit.

11. IX. Contracting Officer's Initial Submission Review. The safety citations and violations requirements in the second paragraph make the following change:

From:

"Firms will also be checked against the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s data base for safety citations/violations. Reports of significant safety citations or violations will be referred to the KSC Safety Office for further review. Firms must address any known OSHA violations in Section H of the SF 330."

To:

"Firms will also be checked against the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s data base for safety citations/violations. Reports of significant safety citations or violations will be referred to the KSC Safety Office for further review. Firms must address any known OSHA violations, within the last six years, in Section H of the SF 330."