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SOURCES SOUGHT REFERENCE NUMBER N62470-18-R-7008

Title: Design/Engineering Services Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity Contract for Architect-Engineer Services for Range Sustainability Services for Military Training Range Complexes and Assets for Various Locations throughout the Naval Facilities Engineering Commands Atlantic area of responsibility, worldwide

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING

PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) AND NO

CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

This Sources Sought Synopsis is being used as a market research tool to determine the availability and adequacy of potential qualified small business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation for architect-engineer services. All Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), Women- Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB) certified under the Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 8(a) Business Development Program, Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Businesses (HUBZone SB) certified by SBA, and all other small businesses are encouraged to respond. If you are a HUBZone or an 8(a) Small Business, please submit the SBA Certification Letter or contract information for assigned SBA Business Development Specialist. Responses to this notice will determine the feasibility and/or basis for the Navy’s decision to proceed with an acquisition. Information received in relation to this notice will be used to assist the Government in developing an overall acquisition strategy, including the type and number of contracts and use of small business concerns.

The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.

Large business submittals will not be considered.

The Government is contemplating the award of a Single Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. Architecture-engineering (A/E) and environmental services of an interdisciplinary nature are required for preparation of warfighter readiness documentation including environmental and military range planning documents for the Atlantic Ocean and eastern United States (U.S.). The preponderance of work will involve assessment of Navy training and testing activities within the Commander, Task Force 80 (CTF-

80) Area of Operations (AO); however, this contract may also include work on ranges and installations around the world. Potential work in the CTF-80 AO may include, but is not limited to, preparation of environmental planning documentation for Navy and Marine Corps at-sea training and testing activities, including those in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Caribbean Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico. This work commonly is associated with activities on at-sea training and testing ranges conducted by U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Office of Naval Research, and other Navy and Marine Corps components. A minimal amount of work is expected to involve assessments of activities on Navy and Marine Corps land-based installations throughout the U.S. and abroad.

The NAICS code for this proposed procurement is 541330 (small business size standard is $15 million). If the solicitation is issued, the solicitation will consist of a base period and four (4) one-year options totaling five (5) years of performance. The anticipated total work to be issued over the life of the contract via task orders (base year plus four one-year options) shall not exceed the estimated maximum amount of $50 million.

The successful contractor to any forthcoming solicitation shall provide all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, and all equipment necessary to perform the services listed below.

The preponderance of the work under this contract shall involve the accomplishment of work in the following major categories, including but not limited to:

1) The services of environmental engineering, biological science, physical science, cultural resource, community planning, and military operations specialists. The engineers and community planners providing services under this contract must have competence attested by licensure as a professional engineer or certified planner. The services required from the A/E firm include the following: preparation of environmental planning documents in compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Executive Order (EO) 12114; preparation of Range Complex Management Plans (RCMPs), Range Condition Assessments, and/or Water Range Condition Assessments in accordance with applicable Navy and Marine Corps policies, including the most current version of OPNAV 5090.1, MCO P5090.2, and DoD instruction 4715.11/12; preparation of biological and ecological studies in support of environmental documentation, including the preparation of Endangered Species Act (ESA) Biological Assessments, preparation of Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) permit applications, preparation of Sanctuary Resource Statements in accordance with the National Marine Sanctuaries Act (NMSA), and preparation of Essential Fish Habitat Assessments in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; preparation of Coastal Consistency Determinations (CCDs) in accordance with the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA); preparation of Section 106 and 110 assessment as required to support consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA); preparation of Range Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone (RAICUZ) studies; preparation of reports and documentation related to Operational Range Clearance (ORC) in accordance with OPNAVINST 3571.4; preparation of water, soil, and sediment testing studies to support range sustainment initiatives; preparation of other range-related reports, documentation, or analyses such as the Sustainable Ranges Report (SRR) per section 366 of the FY03 National Defense Authorization Act (10 U.S.C. §113) of 02 Dec 02;

preparation of Encroachment Action Plans (EAPs) in accordance with OPNAVINST

11010.40 and CNICINST 11010.1; and other documentation requirements needed to support general environmental compliance or range management actions including, but not limited to, documentation required to comply with Clean Water Act (CWA), Clean air Act (CAA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Additional requirements under this contract may include, but are not limited to:

2) Studies, sketches, preliminary plans, cost estimates and descriptive text for future planning and work plans and special planning and engineering services, such as, but not limited to, environmental analyses; acoustical analyses associated with at-sea testing and training; density modeling; geospatial analyses; information technology applications;

traffic; air quality, noise, encroachment, and socio-economic studies; and development and reproduction of a variety of public outreach materials of different media to relay this scientific information to public audiences. The selected firm or teams shall have online access to e-mail via the Internet for routine exchange of correspondence and shall at a minimum, conduct project collaboration, compile documents, populate databases, conduct geospatial analyses, generate maps, and integrate final deliverables into the Navy enterprise information management systems as specified in the individual task orders.

The contract requires that the selected firms have on-line access to E-mail via the Internet for routine exchange of correspondence.

Statement of Capabilities Submittal Requirements: The Statement of Capability (SOC) will determine the feasibility and/or basis for the Navy’s decision to proceed with acquisition.

Interested firms must submit a SOC, which describes, in detail, the firm’s capability of providing these services at various Military and other Federal facilities worldwide.

Your SOC shall include the following:

(1) Company Profile

a. Full name and address of the firm

b. Year firm was established

c. Office location(s)

d. Indication of System for Award Management (SAM) registration

e. DUNS Number and CAGE Code

f. Number of employees and average annual receipts based on the last three (3) fiscal years

g. Small Business Designation and/or Copy of any certifications (if 8(a) certified, provide the SBA Business Development Specialist name and phone number assigned); If designated as a HUBZone, provide SBA certification

The Government will evaluate sources’ capabilities based on the following:

(1) Prime and Key Consultants’ recent experience (within the last five years) with regard to the services listed above, knowledge of pertinent regulations, and experience working with NAVFAC LANT AOR. Provide up to five project examples within the past five years that demonstrate this experience. Provide the following information for each project listed: a. Contract number and project title; b. Name of contracting activity; c.

Administrative Contracting Officer’s name and current telephone number; d. Contracting Officer’s Representative or primary point of contact name and current telephone number;

e. Contract type (e.g., cost plus, requirements, firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, or combination); f. Period of performance (start and completion date); g. Basic contract award amount and final contract value; h. Summary of contract work. i. If award fee or award term incentivized, average performance rating received.

(2) Professional qualifications and capabilities of the staff to be assigned to the resulting contract; include experience within the past five years in the types of work addressed above. Firms will be evaluated in terms of their staff’s active professional registration, role expected to play in this contract, and roles played in the projects addressed in item 1 above.

(3) Provide a brief description on the management plan for this contract; in particular, illustrate management’s approach/plan for managing multiple concurrent task orders for this contract and personnel roles in the organization.

(4) If you are considering entering into a teaming arrangement, provide the name of all teaming partners and the anticipated type of teaming arrangements, address the specific services each member will provide, include applicable professional qualifications and experience for each member and to what extent your firm has worked with proposed subcontractors in the past. For other than bundled requirements, you may be able to joint venture with one or more small businesses and not be considered affiliated as long as each member of the joint venture is small under applicable NAICS code (13 CFR 121.103(h)(3)). The limitation of subcontracting would apply to the cooperative effort of the joint venture and not each individual member (13 CFR 125.6(i)). The small business prime will be required to comply with FAR 52.219-14, which states that at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended by employees of the concern. Provide evidence that on past contracts of similar nature that your firm (as prime contractor) was able to comply with requirement FAR 52.219-14 and will be able to comply with this requirement under proposed contract.

It is requested that interested firms submit a brief SOC to demonstrate the ability to meet and execute the requirements as set forth above. The SOC must be complete and sufficiently detailed to allow for a determination the firm’s qualifications to perform the defined work. The SOC must be on 8 by 11-inch standard paper, single spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font minimum and is limited to 20 single sided pages (including all attachments).

Responses are due on Thursday, 18 January 2018, by 2:00 PM EST.

The package shall be sent either by mail to the following address: Commander Naval Facilities, Atlantic, ACQ21 (ATTN: Kimberly Pryor), 6506 Hampton Blvd, Bldg. A – Room 1105, Norfolk, VA 23508-1278, or electronically to Kimberly.pryor@navy.mil. Submissions must be received at the office cited no later than 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on 18 January 2018.

Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Kimberly Pryor by e-mail Kimberly.pryor@navy.mil.

LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCPETED.

The Government will not provide a debriefing on the results of this notice. All information submitted will be held in confidential manner and will only be used for the purpose intended.