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P15PS00070

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Notice of Intent:

This contract is SET ASIDE for SMALL BUSINESS. The primary NAICS code is 541370, Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical), with small business size standard of $15.0M.

This notice is posted in its entirety and hereby serves as the official solicitation for this project. This announcement constitutes the only posted solicitation. Your firm’s SF 330, Architect-Engineer Qualifications, are being requested, in addition to the other information specified by this notice. The requirement is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act and in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.6, Architect-Engineer Services.

Accordingly, a request for proposal (pricing and other cost information) will only be requested and considered after the selection of the most highly qualified firms using the selection criteria described in this synopsis. Information related to price will be requested SEPARATELY after selection of the most highly qualified. The request for pricing (the request for proposal) will not be posted. Selection and information pertaining to the selection in response to this notice may be released by the Contracting Officer in accordance with FAR 36.607, Release of information on firm selection.

DESCRIPTION: The Department of Interior, National Park Service (NPS), Intermountain Region Office (IMRO) in Denver, Colorado, anticipates the reacquisition of a Brooks Act, professional-engineering services requirement for Survey and Mapping Services. Survey and Mapping Services are mainly to be performed predominantly in the States of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Texas, and Oklahoma. In accordance with Service First Initiative, other NPS, US Fish and Wildlife, Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management agencies may utilize the contract with prior written approval from the Contracting Officer. The work will principally be for surveys for predesign topographic mapping needed in support of the engineering, design, and development of future construction improvement projects. Survey activities will generally consist of the following types of preliminary surveys: control traverses, topographic, planimetric, cadastral service (with approval from the Bureau of Land Management); GPS control, subsurface utility research and mapping and aerial and ground control. The work may also consist of construction stakeout surveys, boundary surveys and the use of ground penetrating radar for information on utilities, materials and potential obstructions. Photogrammetric facilities must be capable of producing topographic mapping that conforms to the ASPRS Accuracy Standards. Preliminary site surveys typically range from 1 to 20 acres in size, and utility and road surveys are usually less than 4 miles in length. All work will generally be associated with Federal and locally owned roads on, or leading to Federal land. All work will be guided by a statement of work for each task order plus related NPS policies and directives. Firms must be able to submit survey and mapping data in the formats requested by the Government. These formats include but are not limited to AutoCAD 2013, Autodesk Civil 3D 2013 Arc Info, Arc View, Arc GIS version 10.2.1, and ASCII.

The files may be requested on CD ROM, DVD, external hard drives, or electronic transfer.

The topographic survey projects include, but are not limited to; mapping for water and waste water projects, building projects, drainage and hydraulic issues, surface and underground utility installation, road and trail improvements, and campground construction. Underground utility location will be required in preparation for many mapping projects. Project control shall be referenced in State Plane Coordinates, NAD 1983, and NAVD 1988 or may be based on a local coordinate and elevation system. Project control shall be determined on a project by project basis. UTM coordinates may be required for all points on some projects. The National Park Service will provide existing control information for projects, if available. For some projects, the contractor shall establish control by an industry accepted method. Contractor may be required to set new monuments and prepare National Park Service Survey Monument Record Sheets. Most projects are located in remote areas. Work will be submitted in hard copy format and electronic file format. Drawings shall be prepared in compliance with NPS CADD Standards, the Guidelines for Preparation of Design and Construction Drawings, Director's Order 10A and the standard survey sheet which can be accessed at http://cadd.den.nps.gov. Electronic files shall be compatible with Autocad V. 2010 and Civil 3D 2010 software. Disciplines required include Topographic Surveying and CADD Proficiency. Work will be performed generally at the National Park Service Intermountain Units (or in other designated agency areas) located in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

CONTRACT INFORMATION: This contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks A-E Act as implemented in FAR 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. The selection criterion is identified below. The services will consist of related ground and boundary surveying services to support engineering, design operations, maintenance and construction of various projects located within the National Park Service's Intermountain Region (or other agency’s area) using

Amendment 1 – 3/24/2015 Page 2 of 4 differential GPS and conventional survey techniques. The Intermountain Region supports all areas of National Interest in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The NPS plans to request pricing, negotiate and award a single Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for these services to the firm that is determined to be most highly qualified, unless there is a failure to reach a fair and reasonable price. Failure to reach a fair and reasonable price will result in NPS terminating the negotiations and either going with the next most highly qualified firm or cancelling.

IDIQ -- The contract(s) will have one base year and four option years. The total program value for all contract(s), orders, and years is NOT TO EXCEED $1,000,000.00 total. The total program amount of all task orders placed under the contract(s) shall not exceed $1,000,000.00. This total is arrived at by combining all orders placed. Work will be negotiated predominately as firm-fixed priced Task Orders. However, if determined in the best interest of the Government, more than one award may be made to ensure economic (such as lower ODCs) and complete coverage of the National Park Service, Intermountain Region states. This means, that if determined in the best interest of the Government, awards may be divided by state. As an example, one (1) award could be to one firm for the states of Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, and the other for the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

The minimum guarantee for the life of the contract is $3,000.00. If multiple contracts are awarded, the minimum guarantee remains unchanged. The contract is SET ASIDE for SMALL BUSINESS. The primary NAICS code is 541370, Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical), with small business size standard of $15.0M.

The work has been determined to be primarily professional services which are exempt from the Service Contract Labor Standards (formerly the Service Contract Act ). However, the wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under this contract must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, as determined relative to the employee's office location (not the location of the work).

To be eligible for contract award a firm must be determined responsible (FAR Part 9), be able to substantiate and perform at least 50% of the work, and be registered (active) in the System for Award Management (SAM). Register at the website https://www.sam.gov/.

SELECTION CRITERIA: The following criterion is descending order of importance and will be used in the evaluation of the prospective firms. Firms must not submit excessive and unrelated information. As determined by the Contracting Officer, a firm’s submittal of high (excessive) volumes of unrelated information may render the response unresponsive and therefore will not be considered for possible selection as a most highly qualified firm.

To be responsive, a firm’s response to this notice must contain the information required, be timely, responsible and convey an understanding of the requirement. Information required and submitted on the SF 330 shall be inclusive of the following information--

A. Prior Experience in projects considered similar to the projects that will be performed under this contact as described above. Evaluation will consider relevance of the experience. Those firms with more experience will be rated higher.

B. Professional Qualifications of the firm and staff proposed for performance of this contract. Evaluation will consider key personnel of the primary firm and subcontractors to be used in the contract in terms of--

1) Professional registration - professional surveyor licensure for each state is required, however, separate registration in each state listed in this contract is not required for topographic surveying. Registration or access to a professional certified federal surveyor through partnerships (i.e. subcontract, Joint Ventures, teaming agreements etc.), is required for each state listed in this contract for boundary services;

2) Availability of an adequate number of personnel in the key disciplines (described above) to ensure that the firm can meet the potential of working on multiple task orders; and

3) Education, training, relevant experience.

Firms showing the most qualifications for work of this type described above will be rated higher.

C. Past Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the following and Federal Acquisition Regulation 42.1502(f), Contractor Performance Information, Policy, on projects considered relevant to the work to be

Amendment 1 – 3/24/2015 Page 3 of 4 performed under this contract with respect to management, cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules, as determined from the Government's Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) (to the maximum extent possible) and other sources deemed necessary by the Contracting Officer to properly assess your firm. Evaluation will consider the success of the identified relevant experience and proposed personnel. Include valid references information for 5-10 projects performed recently (within 6 years from the date the solicitation was issued), of comparable scope (reference the DESCRIPTION above) and of comparable magnitude (price – see Historical Data). This information is inclusive of the information listed in Section F of the SF 330 and must include firm’s role (i.e. prime contractor, subcontractor, consultant etc.), project owner’s agency/company, a valid email address, project key number (i.e. project number, contract number, task order number etc.), and the date the work was completed (or the percent complete if it is in work). Firms that demonstrate more than satisfactory past performance on relevant projects will be rated higher.

D. Capacity to perform orders for a combination of 6 orders in 6 different states, requiring 6 crews and a capacity to perform approximately $500,000.00 in work in one year. Firms that demonstrate meeting and exceeding this capacity will be rated higher.

E. Knowledge coordinate systems and boundary laws in states within the boundaries of the Intermountain Region (i.e. Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma). Firms that demonstrate greater knowledge of the areas within the region will be rated higher.

F. Inventory of equipment or ability to obtain equipment necessary to perform the work described above. Firms that demonstrate the appropriate resources to meet the requirements of working on and in multiple locations at a time will be rated higher.

G. Provide the firms overall Quality Control Plan which includes ensuring the technical accuracy, completeness, and correctness of the work, and all topographic surveying aspects and details, including coordination of all subcontractors with each other. Firms that demonstrate plans that clearly meet the requirements of the projects will be rated higher.

Firms which meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit a Letter of Interest, which must include a prime and alternate Point of Contact (full name, phone and email address) authorized to negotiate on behalf of the firm, validation of the submittal for no less than 180 calendar days, and one (1) original and one (1) electronic copy set of completed Standard Form 330 - PART I and PART II (A-G) (i.e. one (1) paper hard copy (the original) and one electronic copy (i.e. FedConnect.net, CD, USB etc.).

In addition, because selection of firms is based upon qualifications, the extent of any subcontracting is an important negotiation topic. In conjunction with submitting a response, it is important to understand FAR Clauses 52.219-14 and 52.244-4 and the limits of the firm’s subcontracting to firms agreed upon during negotiations. Prime must be able to perform at least 50% with their own employees. (See attached for full text clauses)

PROPOSAL PERIOD: The submitted Standard Form (SF) 330 must remain valid for the duration of the procurement process, but no less than 180 calendar days for the date of this notice. Contract award is anticipated on or before 8 August 2015.

PAGE LIMITATION/PITCH FONT SIZE:

A. Letter of Interest shall not exceed 2 pages--1 sheet of 8” x11” size paper printed double sided.

B. Section H of the SF 330 should not exceed 10 pages--5 sheets of 8” x11” size paper printed double sided.

C. Submitted organizational chart may be on larger paper, but must be folded to fit an 8”x11” sized binder and each side would count as 1 sheet of paper if a page limitation is specified.

D. All others sections are only limited by relevant information needed to sufficiently convey to the Government the firm capabilities and qualification in accordance with the stated selection criteria. Excessive and unrelated information may render a response unresponsive and therefor will not be considered for possible selection as a most highly qualified firm.

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SUBMIT the hard copy/original and electronic copy. If the electronic copy is not submitted via FedConnect.net, submit the electronic copy with the original to the following address before 3:00 p.m. MST, 27 March 2015.

National Park Service/IMRO Attn: Jacqueline Carter (P15PS00070) Room 206, 12795 W. Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80225-0287

SF 330 may be obtained at: http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486.

POINT OF CONTACT: Jacqueline Carter - 303-969-2866 or jacqueline_carter@nps.gov. Facsimile (Fax) or hand delivered transmissions will not be accepted and will be considered non-responsive or not accepted.

QUESTIONS: Submit questions by email as an editable MS Word attachment to the Contracting Officer with 7 calendars after the issuance of this notice, by at 1:00 pm (13:00) Mountain Time with the subject line: Questions for P15PS00070/Survey and Mapping. Only written RFI’s will be considered and responded to by the Contracting Officer. Responses will be posted to this site.

Firms are notified to file protest (if needed) to the Contracting Officer in accordance with 52.233-2, Service of Protest (SEP 2006)(JUL 1996). The submit to address is as specified under “SUBMIT” and a copy of the protest served on the Contracting Officer shall be simultaneously furnished by the protester to the Department of the Interior Assistant Solicitor, Acquisitions and Intellectual Property, 1849 C Street, NW, Room 6511, Washington, DC 20240.

ATTACHMENTS (ALSO CHECK FEDCONNECT.NET):

1. Historical Data, Current as of 4 February 2015 (1 Page)

2. FAR Clauses 52.219-14 and 52.244-4 (1 Page) http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486