I.A.02 EMR2 Sources Sought Amendment 02 - (3 DEC 2021).pdf

ENVIRONMENTAL AND MUNITIONS RESPONSE – RESTRICTED (EMR2)

SOURCES SOUGHT

Amendment 01: The purpose of this amendment is to provide the updated closing date for the

Source Sought.

Amendment 02: The purpose of this amendment is to provide the updated closing time for the

Sources Sought. All changes are highlighted in yellow, and no additional changes apply.

The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources under North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) code 562910, Environmental Remediation. The small business size standard is 750 employees.

This notice is for market research purposes only and is not a request for proposals (RFP) and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is open for responses from both small and large businesses. Responses will be used to determine if this requirement, or a portion of this requirement, can be set-aside for small businesses.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government does not intend to rank responses or provide any reply to interested businesses and responses will not be returned.

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville (USACE) intent is to solicit and award a Multiple Award

Task Order Contacts (MATOC). The task orders under this solicitation will be Indefinite

Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts as Firm Fixed Price (FFP) or Cost-Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) based on the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) to perform Military Munitions

Response Program (MMRP) responses involving conventional munitions; Environmental Compliance and Remediation Services (ECRS); and Other Munitions-Related Services (OMRS), as necessary to enable lands and waters to be safely and efficiently used for their intended purposes. Any contracts awarded are being procured in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15.

USACE anticipates awarding a MATOC with a 24 month base period with one 24 month option period and one 12 month option period for a total of five years. The program capacity shared by all awarded contracts will be $350M.

The Government is gathering information to assist in determining an acquisition approach for the above listed services. As a result, the Government is performing market research in order to determine what business, small or other than small, possess the capability to execute some of the requirements within this acquisition.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION:

The objective of this EMR2 MATOC is to provide services to safely locate; identify; recover; evaluate;

assess; package; transport; manage; and make final disposition, as required, of Munitions and

Explosives of Concern (MEC) and Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) at various currently and formerly used defense sites, property adjoining currently and formerly used defense sites, and other federally controlled/owned sites. The task orders under this contract will include sites located throughout the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, the U.S. territories, territorial waters and outlying areas as defined by FAR 2.101.

The contractor shall perform work in accordance with the performance work statement. Government furnished property may apply at the task order level.

3. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Interested businesses who meet the capability requirements identified in this notice are requested to reply to this notice with a response to the Capability Questionnaire (Attachment 1). If no experience or capabilities are associated with a particular question, please indicate that within the questionnaire.

Interested businesses should submit detailed responses to the Capabilities Questionnaire (Attachment 1) which furnishes information describing relevant experience and qualifications in the following format:

Submissions SHALL be received NO LATER THAN 9:00am Central Standard Time, Wednesday, December 15, 2021; and should not exceed ten (10) one-sided, 8.5” X 11” pages using no smaller than

12 sized font. Computer files must be compatible with Microsoft Word 2017.

NO HARD COPY OR FACSIMILE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc) will not be considered.

Submit responses to:

CEHNC-EMR2@USACE.ARMY.MIL

Responses to this notice should use the following subject line in the submission email:

EMR2 Capability Questionnaire (YOUR BUSINESS NAME)

Office visits or site visits to meet with USACE personnel for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled.

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

All questions regarding this sources sought or this requirement shall be emailed to

CEHNC-EMR2@USACE.ARMY.MIL and KIJAFA.T.JOHNSON-COOPER@USACE.ARMY.MIL

Any businesses with questions concerning this notice should use the following subject line in the email: EMR2 Sources Sought Questions (YOUR BUSINESS NAME)

Contracting Office Address:

USACE HNC, Huntsville

PO Box 1600

Huntsville, AL 35807-4301

USACE HNC Point of Contacts

Kijafa Johnson-Cooper, Contracting Officer

Therisa Means, Contract Specialist

NOTE: **Interested parties are responsible for monitoring modifications to this notice. **

ENVIRONMENTAL AND MUNITIONS RESPONSE – RESTRICTED (EMR2)

ATTACHMENT 1

CAPABILITIES QUESTIONNAIRE

Please respond to all questions, with as much information as possible without exceeding the page count in this notice.

Use this form to provide contractor’s general information. The box at the bottom of the form may be used to clarify any requested information. Please respond to all questions as completely as possible and neatly print or type the requested information.

SECTION 1. GENERAL

DUNS: _______________ CAGE Code: ___________

A. Business Name: (Insert Business Name

B. Business Address: (Insert Business Address)

C. Is your firm registered under the NAICS code 562910 for Environmental Remediation services?

(Yes or No) . If not, what NAICS code do you propose for this requirement and why?_______________

D. Responsible Point of Contact:

Name: (Insert Name)

Telephone: (Insert Telephone Number)

Email: (Insert Email Address)

SECTION 2. TYPE OF BUSINESS: (check all that apply)

8(a) small business Service-disabled veteran-owned small business

Veteran-owned small business HUB Zone small business

Women-owned small business Small Disadvantaged business

Small business Other Than Small Business (Insert Type)____

Experience:

Number of years/months in business executing environmental remediation service projects:

________years ______ months

Number of Years in Ordinance and Explosives Business: ______years_______months

CONTRACTOR ARRANGEMENT

Our firm will most likely be proposing on this project as a:

Joint Venture with (Insert business name, business size, and cage code).

Refer to FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements, as well as

8(a)Program regulations described in 13 CFR 124.513, HUBZone Program regulations described in 13 CFR 126.616, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Program regulations described in FAR 19.1403(c) and 13 CFR 125.15(b).)

Sole Contractor, self-performing 100% of the work

Prime Contractor (Small Business), solely self-performing at least 50% of the work

Prime Contractor (Small Business) performing at least 50% of the work with the following team member subcontractor(s) (Insert business name, business size, cage code, and work which will be subcontracted) (IAW FAR 52-219-14(e)(1), dated Sep2021)

Subcontractor, performing less than 50% of the work for (Insert business name, business size, cage code, and work which will be done)

Other – explain_________________________

SECTION 3. CAPABILITY

A. Our firm is/ is not capable of performing at least 25%, but not more than (insert percentage) of the cost of the contract (not including the cost of materials) with its own employees.

B. Our firm is capable of performing the following number of task orders simultaneously:

2-5 6-10 11-15

16-20 21-30 30+ orders

C. Has your firm been awarded any Federal contract in the past three (3) years?

Yes No

D. If awarded a contract, the maximum capacity our firm can adequately perform for any single task/delivery order is (Insert maximum capacity per task/delivery order). (e.g.. If your firm cannot perform work per task/project over $3 million, your response for maximum capacity per task would be

$3 million.)

E. If awarded an ID/IQ contract, the maximum aggregate contract capacity our firm can adequately perform is (Insert total contract capacity your firm can perform). (e.g. If your firm can perform no more than five (5) $3 million task/delivery orders simultaneously, your response for maximum aggregate capacity would be $15 million).

F. During the last 3 years our firm/team was responsible for successfully accomplishing:

1. (Insert Number) - Military Munitions Response (MMR) Projects valued at $1 Million or greater o (Provide a List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, PoP, and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

2. (Insert Number) – Environmental Compliance and Remediation Services (ECRS) Projects valued at $1 Million or greater o (Provide List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, PoP, and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

3. (Insert Number) – Other Munitions-Related Service (OMRS) projects valued at $1 Million or greater o (Provide List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, PoP, and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

G. What geophysical equipment (types and models) has your firm successfully operated while executing the projects listed above? Does your firm currently own any of the equipment just described?

H. If the government were to offer this requirement by regions, would your firm be more or less likely to propose? If less, please explain. If more, please describe how your firm would suggest that the regions are broken out.

I. What contract incentives have proven most effective for your firm?

J. Describe any applicable industry certifications, permits, or licenses your firm maintains.

K. Check the States, U.S Territories and Outlying Areas where your firm has the capability/interest to perform work.

☐ All 48 Contagious States

☐ Alaska

☐ Hawaii

☐ Only the following states: ____________________________________________

☐ All U.S Territories and Outlying Areas

☐ Only the following U.S. Territories and Outlying Areas: ____________________

L. Your firm’s highest valued Environmental or Munitions Support project was

$_______________ . Please describe your firm’s role in this project and the services your firm executed.

M. Is your firm currently DoD Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program (DAGCAP) accredited as Prime Contractor, Subcontractor, or neither (not accredited)?

N. Describe your firm’s capability/experience with the Military Munitions Response Program?

O. Describe your firm’s capability/experience with Other Munitions Related Services (e.g., anomaly avoidance, construction support, range clearance).

P. Describe your business’s capability/experience with Environmental Compliance and Remediation

Services including identifying and managing Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW).

Q. Do you have the capability to perform this work simultaneously at separate facilities within the same installation?

R. Do you have the capability to perform this work simultaneously across multiple installations at the same time?

S. As it is currently written, does this PWS create any risk for firms to propose on this MATOC or execute work off of this MATOC?

T. As it is currently written, is there anything in the PWS that would cause a firm that would normally be interested in this type of contract, choose not to propose?

(end of questionnaire)