Req SF330s.pdf

IDENTIFICATION NO.: REQUIREMENTS-23-0365

Shoreline Mapping Services

CONTRACT INFORMATION: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acquisition and Grants Office, Eastern Acquisition Division, on behalf of the National Ocean Service (NOS), National Geodetic Survey (NGS) is seeking firms highly qualified to provide shoreline mapping services to support NOAA’s mission to collect shoreline data to support the creation and maintenance of nautical charts. This acquisition is being solicited on a full and open competition basis. This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with the procedures outlined in the Selection of Architects and Engineers Statute, 40 U.S.C. §§ 1101-1104, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 36.6 for Architect- Engineer Services and will be on the basis of demonstrated competence and qualifications of prospective firms.

The primary mission of the NGS is to provide regularly updated national shoreline charting data for use in creating and maintaining NOAA nautical charts, supporting maritime navigation, defining national territorial limits and managing coastal resources. The work is highly technical in nature and requires specialized technical expertise. This proposed acquisition will consist of, but will not be limited to, the following services:

i. Acquiring and processing topographic and bathymetric Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data;

ii. Acquiring and processing aerial imagery;

iii. Conducting ground control surveys;

iv. Identifying and establishing geodetic reference stations;

v. Tide/Water level monitoring;

vi. Geographic cell shoreline cleanup, editing, attribution, and compilation;

vii. Support of the Continually Update Shoreline Project (CUSP);

viii. Support for the Gravity for the Redefinition of the American Vertical Datum (GRAV-D);

ix. Providing topographic/bathymetric merged Digital Elevation Models (DEMs);

x. Calculating and providing Total Propagated Uncertainty (TPU);

xi. Providing normalized seabed intensity values;

xii. Providing high-resolution topographic/bathymetric product generation;

xiii. Satellite derived bathymetry;

xiv. Satellite imagery;

xv. Uncrewed Aircraft System acquired imagery, crewed and uncrewed boat based acoustic acquisition and processing;

xvi. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) acquisition and processing;

xvii. Hyperspectral imagery;

xviii. Thermal imagery;

xix. Geospatial map service development, analysis, geospatial management and modeling, geospatial consulting, and analysis;

xx. Aircraft services;

xxi. Demonstration of a quality control system.

All work will be performed to NOAA specifications and the data provided in NOAA specified formats according to NOAA’s Coastal Mapping Program Technical Specification Document (latest version). The most recent version can be found at https://geodesy.noaa.gov/ContractingOpportunities/cmp-sow-v15.pdf.

The IDIQ contract Statement of Work (Attachment A) provides the type of work required and specific task order Statements of Work, provided by NOAA, will tailor these specifications for each task order issued, as https://geodesy.noaa.gov/ContractingOpportunities/cmp-sow-v15.pdf needed.

The Government anticipates awarding a multiple-award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The contract will be for a five-year ordering period. The combined maximum ordering value across all awardees shall not exceed the threshold of $250,000,000 over the five-year period. The contract minimum guarantee for all awardees will be $12,500. The North American Industry Classification System code is 541370 “Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services,” which has a small business size standard of $19 million in average annual receipts for its three previous fiscal years. Large businesses must comply with FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (SEP 2023), regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan. Once awarded, services will be ordered by negotiating firm-fixed price task orders in accordance with the selection procedures outlined in FAR Subpart 36.6, Architect-Engineer Services, and as detailed in the IDIQ contract.

SELECTION CRITERIA: The award selection criteria in accordance with FAR Subsection 36.602-1, listed in descending order of importance are provided below.

1. Professional Qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services.

• In order to be qualified, the proposed team as a whole (prime and subcontractors) shall have all of the labor categories identified in Attachment B Labor Categories, (including key personnel), on payroll. Firms shall demonstrate this by identifying each labor category title, from Attachment B, in the Standard Form (SF) 330, Part I, Section D and SF330, Part II.

• Firms must provide resumes for all proposed key personnel in SF330, Part I, Section E in order to demonstrate the key personnel meet the minimum education, experience qualifications, and experience requirements as identified in Attachment B. Key personnel include the labor categories of Aerial Pilot, Compilation Supervisor, Geographic Information System (GIS) Analyst, LiDAR Specialist, Photogrammetrist Supervisor, Project Manager, Quality Manager, Remote Sensing Operator, Senior Project Manager, Survey Chief, Geodesist, and Geodetic Surveyor.

• In order to be qualified, the proposed team as a whole (prime and subcontractors) must also have on payroll at least two American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing certified photogrammetrists.

• Firms will also be evaluated on the ability of proposed personnel to perform the work required under this contract, including participation in example projects as outlined in the SF330, Part I, Section G.

2. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence in the type of work required as outlined in

Attachment A, Statement of Work. Firms shall provide a maximum of ten projects completed or substantially completed (defined as 80% of the project invoiced), in the SF330, Part I, Section F, within the past five years immediately preceding the date of issuance of this notice that best demonstrate the specialized experience of the proposed team in the areas outlined below. All projects provided must contain a contract/order number. Furthermore, base level ordering vehicles such as indefinite delivery contracts and blanket purchase agreements, shall not be referenced as a project, as no work is completed at the base level. In order to be qualified, firms shall demonstrate successful experience in the following:

o Acquiring and processing topographic and bathymetric LiDAR data;

o Acquiring and processing aerial imagery;

o Conducting ground control surveys;

o Tide/water level monitoring;

o Geographic cell shoreline cleanup, editing, attribution, and compilation;

o Support of the CUSP;

o Support for the GRAV-D program;

o Identifying and establishment of geodetic control sites and associated tasks;

o Providing topographic/bathymetric merged DEMs;

o Calculating and providing TPU;

o Providing normalized seabed intensity values;

o Providing high-resolution topographic/bathymetric product generation;

o Satellite derived bathymetry;

o Satellite imagery;

o Uncrewed Aircraft System acquired imagery crewed and uncrewed boat based acoustic acquisition and processing;

o SAR acquisition and processing;

o Hyperspectral and thermal imagery;

o Geospatial map service development, analysis, geospatial management and modeling, geospatial consulting and analysis;

o Aircraft services;

o Demonstration of a quality control system.

3. Capacity To Accomplish The Work In The Required Time (personnel and equipment). In order to be qualified, firms shall demonstrate availability of the following:

• Suitable uniquely outfitted aircraft with specially calibrated cameras and remote sensing systems;

• Remote sensing data acquisition and processing systems;

• Coastal data acquisition and processing systems for LiDAR data (including topobathymetric), with an operational measurement depth range equal to or greater than 1.5 secchi depth and

3.0 secchi depth, and a nominal density of two points per square meter to support the gridding of a one-meter ground sample distance;

• Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) surveying equipment for establishing horizontal and vertical control; GNSS direct georeferencing equipment for aircraft positioning;

• Sufficient personnel to execute at least two shoreline mapping task orders simultaneously.

4. Past Performance. Firms shall demonstrate past performance with Government agencies and/or private industry completing shoreline data collection and processing to support routine activities and emergency incidents (relevant in size, scope, and complexity to a typical task order under this acquisition) with respect to cost control, quality of work, compliance with performance schedules, stakeholder/customer satisfaction, and regulatory compliance.

Evaluating past performance will include information provided in the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) for the maximum of ten projects provided in the SF330, Part I, Section F; Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs); and may include customer inquiries, Government databases, and other information available to the Government including contact with points of contact provided in the SF330.

PPQs will only be reviewed if CPARS is not available. A PPQ shall not be submitted if a CPARS evaluation has been completed, as the CPARS is the final record and will be the information considered. In the event a CPARS report is not available, a PPQ shall be submitted.

If a PPQ is utilized, the firm is to complete blocks 1 through 4 and the Client (the agency, private firm that the firm completed work for) is to complete blocks 5 through 8. The Client shall provide the completed PPQ via email to the Contract Specialist, Frank Burton at frank.burton@noaa.gov and carbon copy the Contracting Officer, Nicole Lawson at nicole.lawson@noaa.gov. The Client shall submit the PPQ. PPQs containing information in blocks 5 through 8 will not be accepted directly from a firm responding to this notice.

A PPQ shall not be submitted for IDIQ contracts; only one project shall be included for each PPQ.

Therefore, a separate PPQ must be completed for each project. Past performance references without a CPARS report or PPQ provided by the offer due date and time will not be evaluated. PPQs without contract and order (if applicable) numbers and the percentage of work completed will not be evaluated.

5. Location and Knowledge. Firms shall demonstrate their knowledge and capacity to work in diverse geographical areas throughout the United States (U.S.) and its territories that are all areas of interest to NOAA, to include:

• The entire U.S. East Coast;

• The entire West Coast;

• The Gulf of Mexico;

• Alaska;

• The U.S. Pacific Islands;

• The Great Lakes and coastal and inland waterways.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Firms having capabilities to perform this work and desiring to be considered shall submit their package electronically, in readable and searchable PDF format, consisting of a completed SF330 (latest edition) submission to frank.burton@noaa.gov and nicole.lawson@noaa.gov no later than 12:00 PM Eastern Time (ET), May 13, 2024. Late responses will be handled in accordance with FAR 52.215-1, Instructions to Offerors – Competitive Acquisition.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) content and responses are prohibited for this requirement and responding firms shall include a clear statement in the SF330 submission that AI was not used to generate the contents or response. Firms that fail to provide this statement will be ineligible for evaluation and award.

Responding firms shall demonstrate within their submission that the information systems they will employ for this work and for the transmission of products to NOAA systems meet the National Institute of Standards and Technology cyber security baseline applicable to the NOAA systems receiving the products or the baseline's commercial equivalent.

The following limitations apply:

• SF330, Part I, Section E shall be limited to resumes for key personnel only and no more than 30 pages total.

mailto:frank.burton@noaa.gov mailto:nicole.lawson@noaa.gov

• SF330, Part I, Section F shall be limited to ten projects and no more than 20 pages total.

• SF330, Part I, Section H shall be no more than 30 pages total.

• The overall submission package (Part I and Part II of SF330) shall not exceed 90 pages, exclusive of

Part (I and II) dividers. The cover letter, table of contents, list of exhibits and list of acronyms are included in the 90-page total.

• Pages in excess of the maximums listed shall be discarded and not used in evaluation of the selection criteria.

• Pages should be 8 ½ x 11. Use no smaller than 9-point font for SF330 forms and no smaller than 12-point font for non SF330 pages (Section H). Single line spacing and no less than 1-inch margins are also required.

Responding firms must state whether they are a large, small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, Historically Underserved Business Zones (HUBZone), veteran-owned, or service disabled veteran-owned small business. All subcontracting or teaming arrangements must be included in the SF330, in Part I, Section C, with the business size of each.

Prior to contract award, a large business must submit a subcontracting plan that complies with FAR clause 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (SEP 2023). A subcontracting plan is not to be submitted with the SF330. The following subcontracting goals are provided for developing subcontracting plans:

Business Category Subcontracting Goals Small Business 30%

Small Disadvantaged Business 0.75% Women-Owned Small Business 0.5%

HubZone Small Business 0.5% Veteran-Owned Small Business 0.5%

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned 0.5%

No Pre-Submittal Conference is planned for this award. Interested parties should email any questions concerning this announcement to Frank Burton, frank.burton@noaa.gov and Nicole Lawson, nicole.lawson@noaa.gov no later than 12:00 PM ET April 26, 2024. No other notification to firms under consideration for this work will be made. It is the offeror’s responsibility to ensure that any submission transmitted to the specified Government representative(s) is received prior to the due date specified.

Offerors are highly encouraged to contact the Government representative(s) specified above prior to the stated time and date for receipt of SF330s to ensure the Government has received the submission. FAR Subpart 4.11 requires that offerors are required to be registered in SAM at the time an offer or quotation is submitted (FAR 4.1102). Firms without an active registration in SAM at the time that the SF330 is submitted are ineligible for award. The Government will not evaluate submissions for firms that are ineligible for award.