MAS - Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. - GS10F0306P

Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. GS-10-F-0306P

Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)

Federal Supply Service - Authorized Federal Supply Schedule Price List

Contract No.: GS-10F-0306P

Contract Period: May 10, 2019 through May 09, 2024

Current through:

Modification PS-A812 effective Mar. 06, 2020

Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc.

25 W. Fountain Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

Telephone: (513) 521-3515

Facsimile: (410) 975-4246

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Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. GS-10-F-0306P

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Trinity Engineering Associates A small woman owned business concern providing the highest quality Environmental Services at competitive prices, with special expertise in radiological sciences, modeling, health physics, and radiological emergency response. Other TEA services also include permitting, quality assurance, compliance audits, and GIS support.

SINS: 541620, 541370, 611430; 541620-R, 541370-R, 611430-R

541620: Environmental Consulting Services Trinity Engineering Associates (TEA) provides operational services, advice, or guidance in support of client’s environmental planning needs, offering expertise in the following areas:

· Environmental Program Management and Environmental Regulation Development

· Economic, Technical and/or Risk Analysis

· Vulnerability Assessments

· Identification and Mitigation of Threats

· Environmental Compliance Audits

· Compliance Management

· Permitting

· Data Collection, Feasibility or Risk Analysis

· RCRA/CERCLA Site Investigation

· Hazard and Exposure Assessments

· Waste Characterization and Source Reduction Studies

· Review and Recommendation of Waste Tracking or Handling Systems

· Review of Technologies and Processes Impacting Waste Management

· Development of Emergency Response Plans

· Hazardous Materials Tracking Software

· Creation and Maintenance of HAZMAT Tracking Systems TEA has implemented a national program of technical and quality assurance compliance audits and permit reviews supporting DOE, EPA and State of New Mexico oversight of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). EPA's technical and quality assurance oversight program for the WIPP has received recognition for its success in regulating the world's only permanent transuranic waste repository, including receipt of the Agency's Gold Medal.

611430: Professional and Management Development Training TEA offers our expert services in the following task areas:

· Customized Course Development and Computer-based Interactive Courses

· Computer Based Course Development

· Conversion of Existing Courses to Electronic Media

· MARSSIM and MARLAP Training Courses

· Radiological Preparedness Planning and Training Courses

· Software Quality Assurance

· Commercial Grade Dedication

541370: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) TEA offers services in GIS applications, including dataset development and mapping. TEA has provided support in building data sets in multiple formats, developing emergency response exercise maps, and providing inputs into GIS Applications. We propose to continue these services under this SIN number for the following tasks:

Mapping and Cartography Site Selection Migration Pattern Analysis Pollution Analysis Emergency Preparedness Planning and Exercise Data Mapping Data Interpretation Corporate Overview:

Trinity Engineering Associates is an engineering technology consulting company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with expertise in all aspects of radiological sciences and risk assessment, including nuclear and radiological engineering, statistics, hydrology, analytical chemistry, computer modeling, health physics, quality assurance, and information technology. Founded in 1993, TEA offers a spectrum of professionals including engineers, scientists, quality assurance specialists, and research analysts, most of whom have advanced degrees.

TEA’s corporate experience includes provision of radiation/regulatory support services to a variety of clients. For USEPA, we have performed projects ranging from regulatory and technical support for the WIPP Site and Yucca Mountain, to modeling/risk analysis supporting mixed waste rule-making, to preparation and performance of large-scale emergency response exercises. TEA has provided regulatory and technical support to the New Mexico Environment Department under its WIPP support program, particularly in the areas of technical document development, response to comment analysis, RCRA permit support, and RCRA site investigations/audits. Further, we offer expertise in the “nuts and bolts” of the radiation industry, including nuclear plant operations and maintenance, reactor physics, nuclear instrumentation design, and criticality analysis, all of which have been used to support EPA and other clients such as the DOE, DOJ, FEMA, and NIOSH. TEA’s other experience includes risk assessments at the Nevada Test Site and the Fernald site, expert witness testimony for the US DOJ with regard to contaminated site assessment and analysis, development of atomic worker site contamination reports for NIOSH, and evaluation of nuclear power plant emergency response exercises and plans for FEMA.

Quality assurance experience at TEA includes audits and inspections of DOE sites for compliance with ASME Nuclear Quality Assurance (NQA) standards, with particular experience in software quality assurance. TEA has many experienced NQA auditors, including certified NQA lead auditors. Our QA staff also has experience in the ISO 9000 series, and ISO 14000, having developed ISO certified QA programs for commercial organizations.

TEA also provides IT consulting services in database development, custom software development, and connectivity. TEA is a member of the partner programs for Microsoft, Symantec, Hewlett Packard, and Cisco. The company has expertise in databases using SQL Server, ORACLE, and ACCESS, among others; has active development projects in Visual Studio (including .NET technologies), FORTRAN, HTML, XML, and other web technologies. TEA also has recently implemented Virtual Private Network technologies to provide local area network access to remote workers.

Corporate Organization:

TEA staff personnel are located throughout the United States, all of whom are tied together via our information infrastructure. In addition to the Cincinnati area, TEA has employees in Colorado, the District of Columbia, Kentucky, Idaho, Illinois, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington State and Wyoming. This geographic diversity gives TEA the ability to easily support programs at sites and locations across the USA. TEA’s management structure follows basic principles that have evolved from our experience conducting work for Federal and State Agencies under large mission support contracts. These principles include a commitment to placing client expectations above internal corporate mechanisms, building quality and up-front planning into all our processes, selection of capable staff, sound project tracking and progress communication, and open communication with clients.

One of TEA's most important organizational positions is the Program Manager. We assign a Program Manager who reports directly to the company President for every contract, and this Program Manager is responsible for ensuring successful completion of all work performed under the contract. The Program Manager is selected based on technical ability in the contract scope of work as well as their proven management capabilities. The Program Manager has direct authority to staff projects and commit TEA resources to ensure work is completed on schedule. If a contract has multiple work orders, the Program Manager may assign Work Assignment Managers who are responsible for day-to-day management of that specific work order, and who report directly to the Program Manager. TEA also employs an independent corporate Quality Assurance manager who reports to the company President, and is responsible for TEA's internal Quality Assurance program, including development of Quality Assurance Plans and procedures, internal assessments, and corrective actions.

TEA maintains a project and work order tracking system to ensure deliverable schedules are met within the prescribed budget. Upon receipt of a work order and throughout the period of performance, information will be entered into TEA's Project Performance system which tracks all project milestones and product delivery dates. This master database is used to allow the Program Manager to monitor upcoming project deliverables to ensure that schedules are met and to ensure that adequate resources are available. Cost tracking and schedule tracking allows the Program Manager and TEA's corporate Contract Specialist to assess project activity and expenditure rates. Significant deviations in either schedule or budget are likely signs that there may be issues that require Program Manager intervention. TEA's management staff holds regular status meetings to monitor the progress and performance of all ongoing work.

TEA has a corporate philosophy of ‘working managers’ and is committed to a matrix approach to staffing that allows maximum staffing flexibility for projects. TEA's managers are expected to be capable of acting as lead technical personnel for the tasks they are leading, rather than acting in a solely management role. This approach has led to TEA having very low management overhead costs and maximizing the return on the client’s dollar. Our organizational structure has proven to provide our clients with a highly responsive team approach that is tailored to the clients’ needs as opposed to the constraints of a burdensome internal corporate bureaucracy. TEA's structure is simple, streamlined, clear, and flexible. It is designed to place qualified and capable technical managers in active project technical and management roles that best suit the needs of our clients, and to supply those managers with the mix of support personnel that will most efficiently complete the work.

Green Business Practices:

Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. has recognized the importance of “green” business practices since our inception in 1993. Long before it was common business practice, Trinity was levering leading edge technology to afford our employees the opportunity to telecommute; 98% of our employees utilize telecommuting on a daily basis. In addition to telecommuting, Trinity is committed to pursuing environmentally friendly business practice which includes:

· Recycling of paper, plastics, glass and aluminum products

· Recycling of toner cartridges and electronic equipment

· Donation of sanitized out dated computer equipment and printers to charities such as Crayons to Computers

· Encourage the use of electronic documents whenever possible, including contractual deliverables

· All printing is done using recycled paper and paper from sources certified Sustainable Forestry Initiative.

Ordering Instructions:

To order Environmental Support Services, contact Kimberly Wood by phone, at (513) 521-3515, or by email at krw@trininc.com Orders may be sent by mail to: Trinity Engineering Associates 25 W. Fountain Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 Trinity Engineering will accept Government purchase cards for services over the micro-purchase threshold. Time of delivery for services should be specified on the task order. When expedited delivery, overnight or urgent requirements are specified, please contact Ms. Wood directly.

For orders under the micro-purchase threshold agencies can place an order directly with the contractor of choice. For orders more than the micro-service threshold, the following procedures should be used:

1. Prepare a Statement of Work/Request for Quote including the following:

· Work to be Performed

· Period of Performance

· Deliverable Schedule

· Special Requirements, such as Past Performance

· Type of Task Order (fixed price, ceiling price, labor hours, time and materials)

· Evaluation Criteria

2. Send the Request for Quote to at least three contractors (may use GSA’s web-based system e-buy)

3. Conduct a “best value” evaluation of responses

4. Place Order with the selected awardee

5. Awardee undertakes work and invoices agency directly Ordering activities may establish Blanket Purchasing Agreements to fill repetitive needs for services using the above process.

Pricing and Labor Categories:

TEA employs professionals in a wide variety of technical disciplines. In order to simplify TEA's rate structure, personnel are categorized according to educational attainment, experience, and professional recognition in their respective fields rather than by specific technical discipline. The qualification requirements for each of the listed labor categories are provided after the Pricing Table.

The pricing below is for the Contract Period of Performance 5/10/2019 – 5/09/2024:

The Service Contract Labor Standards, formerly the Service Contract Act (SCA) is applicable to this contract as it applies to the entire Multiple Award Schedule and all services provided. While no specific labor categories have been identified as being subject to SCLS due to exemptions for professional employees (FAR 22.1101, 22.1102 and 29 CRF 541.300), this contract still maintains the provisions and protections for SCLS eligible labor categories. If and/or when the contractor adds SCLS labor categories/employees to the contract through the modification process, the contractor must inform the Contracting Officer and establish a SCLS matrix identifying the GSA labor category tittles, the occupational code, SCLS labor category titles and the applicable WD number. Failure to do so may result in cancellation of the contract.

CUSTOMER INFORMATION

1a. Awarded Special Item Numbers (SINs) For a description of services see page 1.

541620, 541620RC: Environmental Planning Services and Documentation 611430, 611430RC: Environmental Occupational Training Services 541370, 541370RC: Geographical Information Systems MAS, MASRC: Order-Level Materials (OLMs) 1b. Lowest priced model number for all awarded SINS:

Junior Technical Associate $51.76 per hour 1c. Descriptions of corresponding job titles, experience, functional responsibility, and education For hourly rates, see page 5, for job titles, experience, functional responsibility and education, see pages 8 - 9

2. Maximum order $1,000,000

3. Minimum order $100

4. Geographic coverage Domestic only

5. Point of production Cincinnati, Ohio

6. Discount from list prices or statement of net price Government net prices (discounts already deducted)

7. Quantity discount None offered

8. Prompt payment terms Net 30 days;

Information for Ordering Offices: Prompt payment terms cannot be negotiated out of the contractual agreement in exchange for other concessions 9a. Government purchase cards accepted at or below the micro-purchase level Yes 9b. Government purchase cards accepted above the micro-purchase level Yes

10. Foreign items None 11a. Time of delivery Specified on the Task Order 11b. Expedited delivery Contact Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc.

11c. Overnight and 2-day delivery Contact Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc.

11d. Urgent requirements Contact Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc.

12. FOB Point Destination 13a. Ordering address Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc.

25 W. Fountain Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246 13b. Ordering procedures The ordering procedures, information on Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs) are found in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-3

14. Payment address Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc.

25 W. Fountain Ave.

Cincinnati, Ohio 45246

15. Warranty provision Contractor’s standard commercial warranty

16. Export packing charges Not applicable

17. Terms and conditions of government purchase card acceptance Contact Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc.

18. Terms and conditions of rental, maintenance and repair Not applicable

19. Terms and conditions of installation Not applicable

20. Terms and conditions of repair parts Not applicable 20a. Terms and conditions for any other services Not applicable

21. List of services and distribution points Not applicable

22. List of participating dealers Not applicable

23. Preventive maintenance Not applicable 24a. Special attributes such as environmental attributes Not applicable 24b. If applicable, indicate that Section 508 compliance information is available on Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) supplies and services and show where full details can be found (e.g. contractor’s website or other location.) The EIT standards can be found at: www.Section508.gov/ Not applicable

25. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number 84-9332911

26. System for Award Management (SAM) database:

Trinity Engineering Associates, Inc. is registered at https://sam.gov

Description of Labor Categories:

Technical Manager: Plans, conducts and supervises projects of major significance, necessitating advanced knowledge and the ability to originate and apply new and unique methods and procedures. Supplies technical advice and counsel to other professionals. Generally operates with wide latitude for un-reviewed action.

Normal Qualifications: Ph.D. Degree or equivalent; and Experience: 10 years or more Senior Technical Associate: Under general supervision of project leader, plans, conducts and supervises assignments normally involving smaller or less important projects. Estimates and schedules work to meet completion dates. Directs assistance, reviews progress and evaluates results; makes changes in methods, design or equipment where necessary. Operates with same latitude for un-reviewed action or decision.

Normal Qualifications: Master’s Degree or equivalent; and Experience: 8 years Technical Associate: Under supervision of a senior or project, carries out assignments associated with projects. Translates technical guidance received from supervisor into usable data applicable to the particular assignment, coordinates the activities of juniors or technicians. Work assignments are varied and require some originality and ingenuity.

Normal Qualifications: B.S. Degree or equivalent; and Experience: 3 years Junior Technical Associate: Lowest or entering classification. Works under close supervision of senior or project leader. Gathers and correlates basic data and performs routine analyses. Works on less complicated assignments where little evaluation is required.

Normal Qualifications: B.S. Degree or equivalent; and Experience: 0 years Subject Matter Expert: Personnel with national or international recognition as experts in a particular field, as evidenced by education, awards, authorship of definitive texts and papers, or recognition by organizations such as peer review panels or professional societies. The Subject Matter Expert (SME) plans, conducts and supervises projects of major significance, necessitating advanced knowledge and the ability to originate and apply new and unique methods and procedures. The SME may lead or be an active participant of a work-group with the need for specialized knowledge. The SME provides guidance on how their area of capability can resolve an organizational need, supplies technical advice and counsel to other professionals; and understands, articulates and implements best practices related to their area of expertise.

Normal Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent; and selection to peer review panels, fellow in a national society, recipient of national or international prizes or awards, or significant patents and rights in a field.

Experience: 20 years Technical Expert: Personnel with recognized expertise in a particular technical field, as evidenced by education and experience, in addition to certifications or appointments to governing bodies such as standards committees. The Technical Expert (TE) is generally recognized by industry or government as an expert in a specific technical subject by providing expert witness testimony, selection for national academy appointments, or other functions requiring unique or exceptional knowledge. The TE plans, conducts and supervises projects of major significance, necessitating advanced knowledge and the ability to originate and apply new and unique methods and procedures. The TE supplies technical advice and counsel to other professionals and operates with wide latitude for un-reviewed action.

Normal Qualifications: Ph.D. or equivalent; plus certification such as Professional License or Certification issued by a recognized society such as American Board of Health Physics’ Certified Health Physicist (CHP).

Experience: 14 years Program Manager: The Program Manager (PM) oversees all GSA work and provides a line of communication from TEA to the Client. This person will make assignments of tasks or projects to other TEA staff and provide guidance to those TEA staff providing services to the ordering client. The PM may also work as a technical specialist on work that falls within area of their expertise. The PM is responsible for technical oversight of the contract, ensuring that all deliverable schedules are met and that work is performed to the client’s satisfaction.

Normal Qualifications: Ph.D. Degree or equivalent; plus program management experience and knowledge of TEA’s cost management procedures.

Experience: 10 years Work Assignment Manager: The Work Assignment Manager (WAM) provides management on individual tasks within the GSA Schedule. The WAM provides both technical and managerial experience to a given task.

Normal Qualifications: B.S. Degree or equivalent; and project management experience in the technical area of the assigned task.

Experience: 8 years Quality Assurance Manager: The Quality Assurance (QA) Manager is responsible for oversight of the corporate Quality Assurance program. The QA Manager will ensure the goals of the Quality Management Program are met and implemented through the clients’ projects. This includes but is not limited to the development and implementation of a Project Quality Assurance Plan as determined by project requirements.

Normal Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a related field, familiarity with TEA’s Quality Management Plan and Certification in at least one quality management system,.

Experience: Minimum of 5 years quality auditing or management experience.

Contract Specialist: Personnel that perform contract management or logistical support.

Normal Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and familiarity with TEA procedures for contract management.

Experience: 5 years Equivalence for Ph.D. is Master’s and 4 years or Bachelor’s and 8 years; equivalence for Master’s is Bachelor’s and 4 years for all labor categories.

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