B.01.03 Pre Solicitation Synopsis.pdf

Commerce Business Daily U.S. Department of Commerce P.O. Box 77880 Washington, DC 20013-8880

1. Action Code: P

2. Date: 0924

3. Year: 2021

4. Contracting Office Zip Code: 25701-2070

5. Classification Code: C – Architect and Engineering Services

6. Contracting Office Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington, District, 502 8th Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070

7. Subject: INDEFINITE DELIVERY CONTRACT FOR GEOSPATIAL SERVICES

WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION GEOGRAPHICAL

BOUNDARIES

8. Proposed Solicitation Number: W9123721R0005

9. Closing Response Date: October 25, 2021 at 4:00pm ET

10. Contract Points: Thomas P. Hartman, Contract Specialist, (304) 399-5183

Patrina G. Singleton, Contracting Officer, (304) 399-6936

11. Contract Award Number: N/A

12. Contractor Award Dollar Amount: N/A

13. Contract Line Item Number: N/A

14. Contract Award Date: N/A

15. Contractor: N/A

16. Description:

CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, proposes to obtain the services for three Architect-

Engineer (A-E) contracts for Geospatial Services, including surveying, mapping, and GIS are required for various types of civil works projects assigned to Districts within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division geographical boundaries which include the Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Huntington, Louisville, Nashville and Pittsburgh Districts. Most of the work under this contract will be done within the boundaries of the Huntington District. If work is required outside the Huntington District, wage rates will be furnished, and new line items included by modification. Up to three indefinite delivery contracts will be negotiated and awarded with a base year and four option years. The total contract amount will be a shared capacity not to exceed $9,000,000.00 over the life of the contract. Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed price task orders. The criteria to be used in allocating task orders among the contracts will be based on the following: (1) Contract minimums - task orders will be distributed to assure the guaranteed minimums are met; (2) Unique specialized experience; (3) Past performance on previous task orders - the quality and timeliness of work delivered on prior jobs under the current contract; (4) Current capacity to accomplish the task order in the required time; (5) Equitable distribution of work among the contractors. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in 2021. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICs) code is 541370, which has a size standard of $15,000,000.00 in average annual receipts. This announcement is open to small businesses only. To be considered eligible for set-aside procedures, firms must clearly indicate on their SF 330 appropriate certification as small business (self-certification). Quality Control Plans will be required at the time of award. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under the resulting contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employees office location (not the location of the work). To be eligible for contract award, a firm must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM).

Register via the SAM internet site at http://www.sam.gov.

PROJECT INFORMATION: Geospatial services will consist of Horizontal and Vertical Control Surveys; Structural Deformation Surveys; Boundary and Retracement Surveys;

Topographic and Planimetric Surveys; Terrestrial LiDAR Scanning; Mobile LiDAR Scanning, both Vessel and Vehicle Based; Geodetic Control Surveys; Engineering Design Surveys; Aerial LiDAR and Photogrammetric Mapping from both manned and unmanned systems; Orthophoto Production from both manned and unmanned systems;

Photo Control Surveys; HTRW Surveys; Quantity and Volume Surveys; Data Computations including Network Adjustments and Reports; CADD Drafting; Digital Terrain Modeling; GIS and Database Design Services; Hydrographic Surveys including Multibeam, Single Beam and/or Side scan Sonar surveys; Construction Layout and Monitoring Surveys; 3-D Modeling, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Civil Information Modeling (CIM) Services, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE); Hyper-spectral and Multispectral Imaging and Processing. These services shall be used when necessary to support engineering studies to include design and construction, planning, operation and maintenance of navigation and flood control projects, real estate, and emergency management activities for projects within the jurisdiction of the selecting Districts and may be utilized for Division wide projects. The District and Division boundaries are shown at http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil. All travel costs computed http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/ regarding a particular task order will be measured from the District office or the A-E’s office whichever is closer to the work site. Firms must be able to submit surveys and mapping data in the formats and standards requested by the government. The formats for data include, but are not limited to Trimble Business Center, Rinex, Adobe PDF, FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata, Bentley 3D-Microstation, Bentley InRoads, Autodesk AutoCAD and Civil3D format 2019 or greater, Hypack, MS-Word, MS-Excel, ESRI ArcGIS Version 10.1 or higher, ERDAS Imagine, Land XML, PTS and LAS Point Storage Schema and ASCII. The files may be requested on CD ROM, DVD, Government Approved USB Hard Drive, or other electronic transfer; no flash media will be accepted for product deliverables. The contractor will also be required to provide electronic copies of all raw data files from GNSS receivers and data collectors in their unedited format. In addition to the above formats, firms must have e-mail capability for project updates and status reports; and file transfer abilities (FTP, SFTP), etc. The government will only accept the final product, without conversion or reformatting, in the stated formats. Firms must have the capability of complying with all the current U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers manuals including but not limited to:

EM 1110-1-1000 Photogrammetric Mapping;

EM 1110-1-1002 Survey Markers and Monumentations;

EM 1110-1-1003 Navstar Global Positioning System Surveying EM 1110-1-1005 Control and Topographic Surveying;

EM 1110-2-1003 Hydrographic Surveying;

EM 1110-2-6056 Standards and Procedures for Referencing Project Evaluation Grades to Nationwide Vertical Datums;

EM 1110-1-2909 Geospatial Data and Systems ER 1110-2-8160 Policies for Referencing Project Evaluation Grades to Nationwide Vertical Datums;

EM 1110-1-1009 Structural Deformation Surveying.

Work may require using the metric system. All work is to be performed under the supervision of a Professional Land Surveyor.

SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria for this particular contract are listed below in descending order of importance Criteria A through D are primary. Criteria E through F are secondary and will only be used as a tie-breaker among firms that are essentially technically equal.

A. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. Firms must indicate specialized experience and technical competence in:

- Horizontal and Vertical Control Surveys on both a local and geodetic level utilizing both GNSS technology and conventional surveying equipment to achieve precise survey networks.

- Deformation monitoring capabilities utilizing least squares adjustments to analyze survey measurements for accuracy and monitor movement of large structures.

- Firms must have the capability of using the GNSS receivers for geodetic control surveys, in addition to conventional surveying instruments suitable for the stated accuracies including high precision total stations with an angular accuracy of less than 1 arc second.

- Cadastral surveying capabilities to re-establish, monument and sub-divide parcels, fee tracts, easements tracts, and right-of- ways in accordance with state and local requirements.

- Topographic surveying capabilities using real time GNSS, VRS GNSS surveys, and conventional surveying techniques.

- Current experience utilizing Terrestrial based LiDAR, including terrestrial surveys using phase based and or time of flight technology; and mobile surveys utilizing vehicular and vessel-based scanning systems.

Current experience utilizing aerial-based LiDAR and imaging for field to finish products including aerial flight and sensor planning, calibration, and post-processing.

-Current experience utilizing GNSS capabilities for geodetic, topographic and GIS data collection including use of RTK, VRS and satellite-based corrections systems.

- Current experience in the collection and processing of aerial and terrestrial LiDAR data into various mapping products to include classified and bare-earth elevation models, supplemental photogrammetric/ LiDARgrammetry breaklines, surface models, and contours for large- and small-scale mapping projects.

- Current experience in large- and small-scale aerial photogrammetric collection, processing, and mapping production in support of engineering design, facilities management, regional planning, and real property inventory.

- Current experience in digital orthophoto generation for large- and small-scale mapping projects.

- Creation of GIS databases for project data including digitizing and transcribing of historical data, conversion of electronic data, and use of the current standard of SDSFIE schema.

- Hydrographic surveying capabilities using differential GNSS, acoustic and conventional survey techniques.

- Ability to collect digital data for planimetric and topographic features, DTM, DEM, data collection, a breakdown of the firm’s field to finish process, and manipulation of terrain data.

- Current experience in Subsurface Utility Engineering.

- Construction surveys including pay quantity surveys, as-built and monitoring services.

B. Professional Qualifications to Include Personnel Strength and Equipment Availability.

1) Personnel Strength - Firms must provide resumes that indicate the professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of the required services in each field for the following individuals. Supervisory Professional Land Surveyor with the ability to perform surveys in the following states: West Virginia, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and North Carolina. Resumes identifying education, training and/or certification are also required for the following individuals: Professional Land Surveyors; Geodesist / GNSS technician, Surveying Technician; GIS Professionals and

GIS Specialist; Certified Photogrammetrist; CADD Technician; and Survey Field Crew Chiefs. The firm or teams shall show a complete organizational chart including names and position titles of the project team including supervision, management, office support staff and a minimum of three survey crews of 3-persons (Consisting of a minimum of one crew chief and a combination of the two of the following; instrument operator, surveying technician and rod operator) are required. Each team or firm shall include at a minimum of one individual who is certified as an OPUS Project Manager by the National Geodetic Survey (list completed registration or scheduled training class within one year of submittal date). All proposed personnel shall be able to comply with the “Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12: Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors” (HSPD 12). The contractor shall note any team member who currently hold project level clearance from the Huntington District Security Office including SF85, Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions and FD258 Contractor Fingerprint Cards.

2) Equipment Availability – Firms or teams must provide a list of all equipment expected to be utilized with the contract including model numbers, year purchased, serial numbers and published accuracies for all Total Stations; Geodetic GNSS Receivers; Digital Levels; Terrestrial LiDAR Units; Mobile Scanning Units; Boats;

Survey Trucks or SUV’s; Aerial Mapping Planes; Airborne Mapping Sensors including LiDAR and Digital Imagery; Bathometric Equipment, and Computer software for processing data from the above equipment. No unmanned UAV systems should be submitted as part of this package.

C. Past performance: Past Performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, ability to work independently and compliance with performance schedules as determined from Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and other sources. CPARS is the primary source of information on past performance. However, any credible, documented evaluations may be considered, but the Government is not required to seek other information on the past performance of a firm if none is available from CPARS. Firms must demonstrate past performance design projects within constrained design and construction schedules and funding limitations.

D. Capacity: The evaluation will consider the firms’ ability to perform approximately $500,000.00 in work of the required type in a one-year period. The firm shall demonstrate technically qualified resources are available to execute and manage this contract and subsequent task orders.

E. Knowledge of the Locality: Knowledge of the geographical and ecological region within the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division and navigable commercial inland waterways in the United States. Location of the firm in the general geographical area of the Huntington District boundaries. Graphically show the boundaries of the Huntington District and the location of all offices supporting the contract within 100 miles of the district.

F. Volume of DOD Contract Awards: Volume of DOD A-E contract awards in the last 12-months with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of DOD A-E contracts among qualified firms, including SB and SDB. In addition, a brief Project Management Plan including an explanation of the firm’s management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), quality control procedures, and a narrative detailing the interrelationship of management and various team components (including sub-contractors) shall be included.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: ALL RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT

SHALL BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY. Hand carried delivery or USPS/UPS/FEDEX delivery of hard copies and or CD-ROMs are not authorized.

Facsimile submission is not authorized. Electronic Proposal Submission is required through the Army’s Electronic File Sharing Service, DOD SAFE (https://safe.apps.mil).

Instructions for uploading submissions have been added to the Sam.Gov announcement. You must follow these instructions. Electronic proposals must be received to the Government NLT 4:00 PM Eastern Time on October 25, 2021. The SAFE Instructions clearly define what constitutes a timely electronic submission.

Include the A-E's DUNS number in SF 330, Part II, Block 4. This is not a request for cost proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided, and no additional project information will be given to A-Es during the announcement period. The POC for this procurement is Thomas P. Hartman, II. Thomas.p.hartman@usace.army.mil.

17. Place of Contract Performance: Geographical Boundaries of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division

18. Set-aside status: 100% Small Business Set-Aside

Thomas P. Hartman II Patrina G. Singleton Contract Specialist Contracting Officer https://safe.apps.mil/ mailto:Thomas.p.hartman@usace.army.mil