Sources Sought Notice N62470-24-R-0058.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT REFERENCE NUMBER N62470-24-R-0058

Title: COMPREHENSIVE LONG-TERM ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NAVY (CLEAN), IN

THE NAVFAC ATLANTIC AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (AOR), PRIMARILY IN THE

NAVFAC MID-ATLANTIC, WASHINGTON, EURAFCENT, AND PUERTO RICO AOR.

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING

PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) AND NO

CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

This Sources Sought Synopsis is being used as a market research tool to determine the availability and adequacy of potential qualified small business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation for architect-engineer services. NAVFAC Atlantic is seeking qualified Small Businesses, including U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), SBA certified HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB) that are capable of providing Architect-Engineer (A-E) services in support of the Comprehensive Long Term Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) program. Information received in relation to this notice will be used to assist the Government in developing an overall acquisition strategy.

The Government reserves the right to cancel this acquisition at any time. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.

Upon review of industry response to this Sources Sought Synopsis, the Government will determine whether a set-aside acquisition in lieu of full and open competition is in the Government’s best interest pursuant to FAR 19.502-2(b).

The Government intends to award a single, Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Architect-Engineer (A-E) Contract for Environmental Engineering Support Services for Comprehensive Long-Term Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) in Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic’s Area of Responsibility (AOR), primarily in the NAVFAC Mid-Atlantic Hampton Roads and Marine Corps AOR, NAVFAC Washington AOR, as well as NAVFAC EURAFCENT AOR, and Puerto Rico. The general scope of this requirement covers A-E services to provide program management and technical environmental services in support of the Department of the Navy’s (DON) Environmental Restoration Program (ERP), including the Installation Restoration Program (IRP), the Munitions Response Program (MRP), and other similar programs at any DON or Marine Corps site within NAVFAC Atlantic’s AOR. The principal geographical regions encompassed by this contract include the states of Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, the area of the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To a lesser extent work will be in Europe and other NAVFAC Atlantic and DOD installations nationwide and overseas.

The contractor may also, on occasion, be tasked to provide services described herein to any NAVFAC Command, any DOD activity, or other Federal agency activities in any geographic location worldwide.

The NAICS code for this proposed procurement is 541330 (small business size standard is $25.5 million). The procurement method will be in accordance 40 USC, Chapter 11, Selection of Architects and Engineers, as implemented by FAR Subpart 36.6. If the solicitation is issued, the contract will likely consist of a one-year base period and four (4) one-year options totaling five

(5) years of performance. The anticipated total work to be issued over the life of the contract via task orders (base year plus four one-year options) is not anticipated to exceed the estimated maximum amount of $480 million.

The successful contractor to any forthcoming solicitation shall provide all labor, management, supervision, tools, materials, and all equipment necessary to perform the following services.

(a) Those in support of the DOD’s ERP in compliance with the Comprehensive Environmental

Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976. Support of Navy and Marine Corps Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) efforts is also included. Services include, but are not limited to: performance of site management plans, community relation plans, preliminary assessments, site inspections, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, pilot tests, treatability studies, RCRA facility investigations, corrective measures studies, interim measure plans, remedial and removal action designs, environmental assessments, risk assessments (both human health and ecological), contamination characterization, sampling, laboratory testing, presentations at restoration advisory boards (RABs), participation on partnering teams with regulators, operation and maintenance support, Geographical Information System (GIS) development and maintenance, and documentation preparation for facility support contracts and Title II management of remedial action implementation (including subcontract award and management); with emphasis on the accelerated schedules and increased sensitivity, visibility, and regulatory political and community concerns at Naval and Marine Corps installations.

(b) Those in support of the MRP. Services include the entire suite of Unexploded Ordnance

(UXO) investigation stages consistent with CERCLA, progressing from a Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigation to a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study through the Remedial Design, all in accordance with explosive safety standards. Services also include methodologies for UXO detection, clearance, removal, and safety.

(c) Those in support of addressing large and/or complex Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants (POL) sites with multiple sources and distribution lines, including assessment characterization, testing monitoring, and remedial action design and oversight.

(d) Those in support of assessments, studies, investigations, and remedial designs that include other environmental programs such as air, water, waste water, solid waste, asbestos and hazardous substance/waste management, Range Sustainability Environmental Program Assessment (RSEPA), and complex compliance requirements requiring the integration of knowledge from several media and statutes in the United States and abroad.

(e) Those in support of expedited response actions.

(f) Those in support of the Navy Installation Restoration Information System (NIRIS) development and maintenance, Web page development and maintenance, GIS, and graphic support.

(g) Those in support of evaluating sites impacted with General Radioactive Material (G-RAM) through the entire suite of investigation stages consistent with CERCLA, progressing from Preliminary Assessment/Site Investigation to a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study through the Remedial Design. The stages of investigation done for G-RAM sites include (but are not limited to) Historic Site Assessment (HSA), Historical Radiological Assessment (HRA), Scoping Survey, Characterization Survey, Remedial Action Support Survey, and Final Status Survey. All service to be performed in accordance with the most recent update to guidance under the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) and references including but not limited to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) S0420-AA-RAD-010 Rev 2A Radiological Affairs Support Program Manual, June 2019, or latest edition.

(h) Those in support of assessments, studies, investigations, sampling methodologies, interim response and remedial action requirements in addressing Emerging Contaminants, including, but not limited to, high visibility Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances.

Statement of Capabilities Submittal Requirements: The Statement of Capability (SOC) will determine the feasibility and/or basis for the Navy’s decision to proceed with acquisition.

Interested firms must submit a SOC, which describes, in detail, the firm’s capability of providing these services within the primary geographical areas.

Your SOC shall include the following:

(A) Company Profile

a. Full name and address of the firm

b. Year firm was established

c. Office location(s)

d. Indication of System for Award Management (SAM) registration

e. Unique Entity ID and CAGE Code

f. Small Business Designation (include all socioeconomic categories)

(B) Provide information that illustrates your qualifications for this proposed contract. It is requested that interested firms submit a brief SOC to demonstrate the ability to meet and execute the requirements as set forth below. The SOC must be complete and sufficiently detailed to allow for a determination of the firm’s qualifications to perform the defined work. The SOC must be on 8 by 11-inch standard paper, single spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font minimum and is limited 10 single-sided pages (including all attachments). The Government will evaluate your capabilities based on the following:

(1) Prime and Key Consultants’ recent experience (within the last ten years) with regard to the services listed above, knowledge of pertinent regulations, and experience working in primary geographical areas. Provide up to five project examples within the past ten years that demonstrate this experience. Firms will be evaluated in terms of how well the set of projects demonstrate the technical breadth, depth of analysis, and pace of physical on-site work commensurate with the work expected on a NAVFAC CLEAN contract in this AOR. Provide the following information for each project listed:

a. Contract number and project title;

b. Name of contracting activity;

c. Administrative Contracting Officer’s name and current telephone number;

d. Contracting Officer’s Representative or primary point of contact name and current telephone number;

e. Contract type (e.g., cost plus, requirements, firm fixed-price, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity, or combination);

f. Period of performance (start and completion date);

g. Basic contract award amount and final contract value;

h. Summary of contract work.

i. If award fee or award term incentivized, average performance rating received.

(2) Professional qualifications and capabilities of the staff to be assigned to the resulting contract; include experience within the past ten years in the types of work addressed above.

Firms will be evaluated in terms of their staff’s active professional registration, range of staff expertise associated with typical work on the CLEAN contract, role expected to play in this contract, and roles played in the projects addressed in item 1 above.

(3) Provide a brief description on the management plan for this contract; in particular, illustrate management’s approach/plan for managing multiple concurrent contract task orders for this contract including demonstrating experience managing up to 200+ concurrent task orders on the same contract.

(4) If you are considering entering into a teaming arrangement, provide the name of all teaming partners and the anticipated type of teaming arrangements, address the specific services each member will provide, include applicable professional qualifications and experience for each member and to what extent your firm has worked with proposed subcontractors in the past. For other than bundled requirements, you may be able to joint venture with a small business and not be considered affiliated as long as each member of the joint venture is small under applicable NAICS code (see 13 CFR 121.103(h)(3)). If the procurement is ultimately set aside for small businesses, the small business prime will be required to comply with FAR 52.219-14, which states that it will not pay more than 50% of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.

(5) Indicate whether your firm does or does not have any accounting system capable of handling multiple cost plus award fee task orders. Additionally, indicate whether this accounting system has been approved by Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).

(6) List the cost reimbursement type contracts that were awarded to your firm. Please indicate the type of cost reimbursement contract, e.g., CPAF, CPIF, etc.

Responses are due on Monday, 17 June 2024, by 2:00 PM EDT.

The package shall be sent electronically to Anna Sarah Bellinger, at anna.s.bellinger.civ@us.navy.mil. Questions or comments regarding this notice may be addressed to Anna Sarah Bellinger either by email anna.s.bellinger.civ@us.navy.mil or be telephone (757) 322-4920.

LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCPETED.

The Government will not provide a debriefing on the results of this notice. All information submitted will be held in confidential manner and will only be used for the purpose intended.