Sources Sought Notice Landfill Monitoring.pdf

Sources Sought Notice PANMCC-24-P-0000 011034 Fort Detrick Groundwater and Gas Monitoring – Area B Sanitary Landfill

THIS IS A Sources Sought Notice ONLY. The U.S. Government desires to procure Groundwater and Gas Monitoring, and Topographic Surveying Services. This is a Sources Sought Notice and should not be construed as a solicitation announcement. The submission of this information is for planning purposes only. It is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to procure any services, nor is it the intent of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command (MICC) – Fort Belvoir, Virginia to award a contract based on this Request for Information (RFI) or otherwise pay for the information sought. The Government is seeking responses to this Sources Sought Notice from all interested businesses capable of providing the requirement. Small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) business development programs, HUBZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, (SDVOSB) woman-owned small business (WOSB), small, disadvantaged business (SDB), economically disadvantaged women owned small business (EDWOSB) are highly encouraged to identify capabilities in meeting the requirements.

MICC – Fort Belvoir is seeking preliminary market research information from capable and reliable sources to gain knowledge of potential qualified business sources capable of performing groundwater and gas monitoring, and annual topographic surveying services.

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services to provide groundwater and gas monitoring, and annual topographic surveying in Area B at the Fort Detrick Sanitary Landfill as defined in this Performance Work Statement. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government.

DISCLAIMER. THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES

– IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ)/INVITATION FOR BID

(IFB)/REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) OR A PROMISE TO ISSUE AN RFQ, IFB OR RFP IN THE

FUTURE. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT COMMIT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO CONTRACT FOR ANY

SUPPLY OR SERVICE. FURTHER, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS NOT SEEKING QUOTES, BIDS OR

PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME AND WILL NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE

TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR ANY

INFORMATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE.

SUBMITTALS WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS

NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE RFQ OR IFB OR RFP, IF ANY

IS ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE SYSTEM

AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM) https://www.sam.gov or sam.gov. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF

POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE SYSTEM AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM)

https://www.sam.gov or sam.gov FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS

REQUIREMENT. AFTER A REVIEW OF THE RESPONSES RECEIVED, A PRE-SOLICITATION

SYNOPSIS AND/OR SOLICITATION MAY BE PUBLISHED IN SAM. HOWEVER, RESPONSES TO

THIS NOTICE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED ADEQUATE RESPONSES TO A SOLICITATION. The anticipated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is: 562910, Remediation Services, with a size standard of $25,000,000.00.

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Attached are the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and Performance Requirements Summary

(PRS).

Responses to this Sources Sought Notice shall be e-mailed to the Contract Specialists, Safiyyah Vasquez, at safiyyah.i.vasquez.civ@army.mil with a courtesy copy (cc) to Kenneth L. Mitchell, Contracting Officer, at kenneth.l.mitchell.civ@army.mil, no later than 08 May 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

Eastern Standard Time.

In response to this source sought, please provide:

1) Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.) and the corresponding NAICS code.

2) Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not. Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

3) Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination. Specifics include but are not limited to:

a. The Contractor must exhibit a knowledge of the following:

1) Technical understanding of COMAR 26.04.07.08B(17) and 26.04.07.09F, and EPA Title

40 CFR 258, Solid Waste Disposal regulations and experience with landfill monitoring in the State of Maryland.

2) Groundwater Scientist with a technical understanding of geology and landfill monitoring.

3) Knowledge of taking QA/QC samples, including method blanks, surrogate recoveries, and duplicate and spike duplicate samples.

4) Knowledge of contracts with the Federal government with requirements for similar projects.

b. Offerors must meet requirements outlined in FAR 52.219-14 Limitation of Subcontracting.

Specifically, “(1) Services it will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count towards the prime contractor's 50 percent subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. When a contract includes both services and supplies, the 50 percent limitation shall apply only to the service portion of the contract.”

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4) Information to help determine if the requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

5) Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

6) Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition. Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the notice. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

7) Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.

The capability packages for this source sought are not a proposal, but rather statements regarding the company’s existing experience in relation to the areas specified above.

No solicitation mailing list will be compiled. No phone calls will be accepted. Capability packages shall not exceed five (5) pages.