Scope_SB_SATOC_Environmental.pdf

SCOPE OF WORK

CIVIL WORKS FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES FOR SPN &

SPD CIVIL WORKS AND IIS PROJECTS WITHIN SPN AND SPD

1. GENERAL. The work to be performed under this contract shall consist of, but not be limited to furnishing all necessary labor, materials, supplies, and equipment required for services as defined in the contract and as specified by individual task orders. All work shall be accomplished in full compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations as well as with established Corps of Engineers manuals, policies, standards and practices, and other professional standards and practices as necessitated by project conditions or task order requirements. The period of performance for each IDC shall include one 36-months base period and one 24-months option period, for an overall performance period of 60-months (5 years).

1.1 ANTI-TERRORISM/OPERATIONS SECURITY (AT/OPSEC)

1.1.1. General security requirements and guidance: The security requirements described below apply to all contract personnel (including employees of the prime Contractor

(“Contractor”) and all subcontractor employees) supporting the performance requirements of this contract. The Contractor is responsible for compliance with these security requirements.

Questions regarding security matters shall be addressed to the designated Government representative (e.g., Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Requiring Activity (RA) representative, or Contracting Officer (if a COR or other RA representative is not appointed)).

Contract personnel are critical to the overall security and safety of US Army Corps of Engineers

(USACE) installations, facilities and activities, and security awareness training contributes to those efforts. The Department of Defense (DoD) and Army security training requirements specified below, if applicable, are performance requirements; all applicable contract personnel shall complete initial training within 30 days of contract award or the date new contract personnel begin performance on the contract. Within five business days from the completion of training, the Contractor shall provide written documentation (e.g., email or memorandum) to the

Government representative. The documentation shall include the names of contract personnel trained and which training they completed; the Contractor shall maintain training records as part of their contract files and be prepared to provide copies of training certificates to the Government representative. Contractor personnel and vehicles are subject to search when entering federal installations. Additionally, all contract personnel shall comply with Force Protection Condition

(FPCON) measures, Random Antiterrorism Measures (commonly referred to as “RAMs”), and

Health Protection Condition (HPCON) measures. The Contractor is responsible for meeting performance requirements during elevated FPCON and/or HPCON levels in accordance with applicable RA plans and procedures—this includes identifying mission essential and non-mission essential personnel. In addition to the changes otherwise authorized by the changes clause of this contract, should the FPCON or HPCON levels at any individual facility or installation change, the Government may implement security changes that affect contract personnel. The Contractor shall ensure all contract personnel are aware of their security responsibilities, including any site-specific requirements identified in local policies or procedures.

1.1.2. Antiterrorism (AT) Level I training: All contract personnel requiring routine access to

Army installations, facilities, and controlled access areas, or requiring network access shall complete initial and annual refresher AT Level I awareness training. Online AT Level I awareness training is available at https://jko.jten.mil/ (website subject to change).

1.1.3. Physical security and access control requirements: All contract personnel requiring physical access to a federal installation or facility shall comply with the access control procedures of that location. Contract personnel requiring unescorted access to meet contract performance requirements on a DoD installation in the US shall be vetted by the installation/facility Provost Marshal/Directorate of Emergency Services/Security Office using the

National Crime Information Center-Interstate Identification Index (commonly referred to as

“NCIC-III”) and Terrorist Screening Database (commonly referred to as “TSDB”). Contract personnel shall comply with all personal identity verification requirements specified in installation/facility policies and procedures. Contract personnel who do not meet requirements for unescorted access to USACE facilities shall coordinate escorted access with the Government representative, as needed. Contract personnel who receive keys, access cards, or lock combinations that provide access to government-owned property shall comply with key and lock control procedures of the RA.

1.1.4. Suspicious Activity Reporting training (e.g. iWATCH, CorpsWatch, or See

Something, Say Something): All contract personnel shall receive initial and annual refresher training from the RA representative on the local suspicious activity reporting program. This locally developed training provides contract personnel with general information on suspicious behavior, and guidance on reporting suspicious activity to the project manager, security representative or law enforcement entity.

1.1.5. Contracts requiring a formal OPSEC program: The Contractor shall develop an

OPSEC SOP/Plan within 90 days of contract award. The OPSEC SOP/Plan shall be reviewed and accepted by the RA OPSEC Officer. This plan will include a process to identify critical information, where it is located, who is responsible for it, how to protect it, and why it needs to be protected. In accordance with Army and DoD regulations, the contractor shall have a certified

Level II OPSEC coordinator, who shall ensure OPSEC compliance during contract performance.

1.1.6. Threat Awareness Reporting Program: All contract personnel who maintain an active security clearance shall receive initial and annual refresher training on the Threat Awareness and

Reporting Program (commonly referred to as “TARP”), provided by a Counterintelligence

Agent. As determined by the servicing Counterintelligence Agent for the RA, contract personnel may complete web-based TARP training.

1.1.7. Pre-screen candidates using E-Verify Program: Contractors shall comply with the requirements set forth in FAR clause 52.222-54 Employment Eligibility Verification and FAR

Subpart 22.18 in using the E-Verify Program at (https://www.e-verify.gov/) (website subject to change) to meet the contract employment eligibility requirements. Contractors are encouraged to cooperate with Federal and State agencies responsible for enforcing labor requirements to include eligibility for employment under United States immigration laws in accordance with

FAR 22.102-1(i). An initial list of verified/eligible candidates shall be provided to the COR no later than three business days after the initial contract award. When contracts are with individuals, the individuals will be required to complete a Form I-9, Employment Eligibility

Verification, and submit it to the Contracting Officer to become part of the official contract file.

2. LOCATION OF WORK.

2.1. Services will be used primarily within the Corps of Engineers San Francisco District and secondarily for Districts within the South Pacific Division, military and civil boundaries, as determined by the Contracting Officer.

2.2 Projects will primarily be within the San Francisco District boundaries. The contracts may also be used by other Districts within South Pacific Division (Sacramento, Los Angeles and

Albuquerque Districts) to encompass the entire South Pacific Division geographical area of responsibility which can include CA, NV, UT and AZ and portions of OR, ID, CO and WY. This work will include services necessary to complete the assigned task orders for civil works and environmental studies and designs. A specific scope of work and services will be issued with each task order.

3. TECHNICAL CRITERIA AND STANDARDS. The following standards are for reference in this contract. The latest version of Corps reference documents should be used. In cases of conflict between these technical specifications and any referenced technical standard, these specifications shall have precedence.

3.1 Report Preparation Standards: All documents shall be written in standard proper English generally conforming to a widely accepted style manual consistent with the product, for example, the Government Printing Office (GPO) style manuals. The technical level of writing should be such that the material is fully understandable by a technical person without specific training in the field at hand but without compromising its value to the target audience. Submittals either not addressing contractual obligations or with extensive errors may be returned without complete reviews for revision at no additional cost to the government. Thus, the contractor is encouraged to use a professional editor or proofreader for all submittals.

4 WORK TO BE PERFORMED

Services to be performed under this contract will consist of, but are not limited to:

• The preparation of supporting studies and deliverables for civil works feasibility reports, other feasibility-level design documentation, and operation and maintenance projects associated with US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) water resources business lines including ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, coastal storm risk management, navigation, shoreline protection, watershed planning, as well as support for Interagency and International Support (IIS) projects.

• The services may include environmental, planning, and engineering support services.

Services should be developed in accordance with USACE’s Engineering Regulation

(ER)-1105-2-100, ER- 200-2-2, and other pertinent USACE policies and regulations. For example the A-E may be asked to:

o prepare environmental and cultural resource compliance or supporting resource surveys and studies;

o prepare and execute strategic, inclusive, and equitable community engagement and public involvement;

o develop, perform, and prepare sediment suitability sampling and analysis and associated sediment suitability reports;

o prepare economic analyses or supporting studies; and o develop and design natural and nature-based features and process-based landscape scale interventions (i.e., Engineering with Nature).

o Prepare concept design stage spreadsheet Cost estimates and for further developed studies prepare estimates using MCACES MII software

The A-E should be able to perform the following Environmental support services in compliance with USACE, federal and state agency policies and regulations where studies and projects are located:

• Inventory, forecast, and analyze all environmental resources in a study area and identify describe effects of proposed alternatives on such resources; develop avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures to address effects to support National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses and documents.

• Plan and conduct biological and habitat surveys and wetland delineations (including written documentation and mapping/GIS) and prepare Biological Assessments to support consultation under the Endangered Species Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act; Marine Mammal Protection Act, other applicable laws and regulations, ecosystem restoration design efforts, monitoring, and compliance.

• Plan, conduct, and prepare cultural and historic resource studies; cultural and archaeological surveys; resource evaluations; consultation documents including providing support and deliverables for State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), tribal consultations, and relationship building with tribes.

• Perform emission quantifications and air quality analyses related to the Clean Air Act

(e.g. General Conformity Applicability or Analysis) or other applicable statutes.

• Prepare analyses, applications, and coordination and obtain environmental compliance such as Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification; Clean Water Act

Section 404(b)(1) and Rivers and Harbors Act Analyses; Coastal Zone Management Act

(CZMA) Consistency Determinations; National Historic Preservation Act Section 106

Consultations; Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act analyses; and for obtaining other permits approvals, such as applicable state, regional and local laws.

• Prepare environmental monitoring plans, conduct monitoring, and prepare associated reporting deliverables (written documentation and mapping).

• Develop sediment suitability sampling and analysis plans; conduct sediment sampling and testing; and produce related sampling and analysis reports/compliance for navigation projects (aquatic sediments) as well as terrestrial sediments.

The A-E should be able to perform the following Engineering support services:

• Develop and prepare designs and design documentation for nature-based measures (e.g., beneficial-reuse of dredged materials, horizontal levees, levee setback and floodplain restoration, living breakwaters, etc.) and natural process-based interventions.

• Execute and prepare documentation of hazardous, toxic, radiological waste (HTRW) phase I or phase II site assessments for civil works studies and projects.

• Prepare groundwater characterization and monitoring plans.

• Prepare spatial data and analyses using geographic information systems (GIS) using

ESRI or other industry standard GIS software and Computer-Aided Design and Drafting

(CADD) using Microstation or other industry standard CADD tools (includes generating

Aerial Photography, Topographic/ Bathymetric Surveying and Mapping, database development, preparation of contract drawings; CADD Drafting)

The A-E should be able to perform the following planning support services:

• Develop and execute inclusive and equitable public involvement and communication plans, consensus building strategies, and outreach and stakeholder engagement, including identification and engagement of people with disabilities, economically disadvantaged communities, minority groups, and environmental justice communities.

• Provide facilitation, public meeting, and engagement services including leading in-person or virtual meetings and preparing deliverables that are accessible and inclusive (e.g. by providing multi-lingual translators, sign language interpreters, or other accessible features as appropriate, providing ADA Section 508 compliant documentation; conducting webinar technology and promotion in accessible ways).

• Prepare visuals, mapping and graphics to communicate complex ideas and enhance communication.

• Perform economic studies to support the use of cost benefit analysis and cost effectiveness and incremental cost analysis (CE/ICA) including land use inventory data collection and analysis of flood damages; ecosystem benefit inventory (e.g. Habitat

Evaluation Procedures) and analysis for CE/ICA; navigation economic studies; and any related technical reports, mapping, and datasets.

• Prepare historical watershed assessments (using historical landscape data to understand the watershed context).

5. PURPOSE OF WORK. Each task order will have its own scope describing required services and schedule based on the complexity of the applicable project. Task Order proposals will be evaluated based on the level of effort for the scope of services developed for individual projects.

In addition, the contractor could be directed to provide supplemental technical and professional services in support of San Francisco District (SPN) normal and emergency activities.