Presolicitation Notice-W912HY22R0006.docx

DATE: 25 January 2022

PRE-SOLICITATION Notice for W912HY22R0006

TITLE: Environmental Services for Evaluation of Dredged Material Evaluation, US Army Corps of Engineers, Texas, and Louisiana

DESCRIPTION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District will be issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Environmental Services for Evaluation of Dredged Material in Support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District. The Government intends to award an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) 100% Woman Owned Small Business Set Aside, for award of a single firm fixed price contract consisting of a one (1) year base period and four (4) additional one (1) year option periods.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the work is 541620-Environmental Consulting Services; the small business size standard is $16.5 mil. The Solicitation is planned to be issued on or about 10 February 2022.

Professional services are in conjunction with civil, military, and work for other projects assigned to USACE. Project locations are determined per task order, and services anticipated to be ordered could include, but are not limited to, evaluation of dredged material for placement suitability and assessment of dredged material effects to terrestrial, marine, estuarine, and freshwater environments, including: collection of water, sediment, elutriate, benthos, nekton and tissue samples; performance and analysis of various complex laboratory analysis, including chemical, contaminant, nutrient content, grain-size, bioassay, and bioaccumulation studies; preparation of Section 103 Evaluation reports according to guidance under the Marine Protection, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) and other guidance documents including the Regional Implementation Agreement (RIA), Inland Testing Manual (ITM) and Green Book; Preparation of Section 404(b)(1) compliance evaluation and Section 404 sediment evaluations pursuant to the Clean Water Act (CWA); Run and interpret data from models, Automated Dredging Disposal Alternatives Modeling Systems (ADDAMS), Trophic Trace, Bioaccumulation Risk Assessment Modeling System (BRAMS), Biological Evaluation Screening Took (BEST), etc.; Determine environmental impacts for beneficial use of dredged material. Support services and special studies could include: • Management and monitoring of Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Sites (ODMDS), preparation of MPRSA Section 102 site designations, and formation of Site Management and Monitoring Plans (SMMP); Preparation of documents to support the beneficial use of dredged material in compliance with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and related environmental laws and requirements; Provide data, evaluation and summaries in various delivery formats including contaminant reports, electronic submissions to the Galveston District and in state and national databases to include Sediment Analysis Geo-App (SAGA); Conduct other special studies or operations as specified under individual Task Orders.

Locations may include inland waterways and channels, portions of other bodies of water, and waters of and in close proximity of deep draft navigation channels including entrance channels offshore. Lying within the West Gulf Coastal Plain, the Galveston District covers an area averaging 100 miles in width along the Texas coast, extending from approximately 15 miles east of the Texas - Louisiana state line south to the Rio Grande (Attachment A, Section J). The District encompasses all of 49 Texas counties (Aransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Duval, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Hardin, Harris, Hidalgo, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kennedy, Kleberg, Lavaca, Liberty, Live Oak, Matagorda, McMullen, Montgomery, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk, Refugio, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Starr, Trinity, Tyler, Victoria, Waller, Walker, Wharton, Willacy, and Zapata) and portions of four Louisiana parishes (Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, and Vernon). In addition to all the terrestrial areas listed above, work can be ordered in any of the streams, rivers, bays, marine waters, or navigation channels in Galveston District and adjacent or regional coastal areas.

This is NOT a request for proposals at this time; the solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about 10 February 2022. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online at https://sam.gov/. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Galveston District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at christy.l.slater@usace.armym.mil or Mrs. Traci Robicheaux, Contracting Officer at traci.d.robicheaux@usace.army.mil . Questions concerning Small Business matters should be directed to Ms. Kay Riplinger-Baltz, Deputy for Small Business at Kay.j.riplinger-baltz@usace.army.mil .

Primary Point of Contact:

Christy Slater Contract Specialist christy.l.slater@usace.army.mil

(409) 766-6143

Secondary Point of Contact:

Traci D. Robicheaux Contracting Officer Traci.d.robicheaux@usace.army.mil

(409) 766-6306