Sources Sought Notice W9124J24REE07 20240321.docx

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS:

United States Army Environmental Command Cleanup Support Services Multiple Locations

W9124J-24-R-EE07

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Fort Sam Houston, Energy and Environmental Acquisitions Division (MICC-FSH, E&E), located at San Antonio, TX is issuing this Sources Sought Synopsis as a means to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to provide Environmental Consulting Support Services. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price (FFP) contract for this requirement. Be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if two or more small businesses do not respond with information to support the set-aside. We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including, 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantage Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. Like/Similar Services are currently provided under W9124J-20-C-0035.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

The work to be performed under this contract could be performed at multiple CONUS installations, all supporting off-site Contractor Offices, and Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND / OBJECTIVES

This is a non-personal services contract to provide comprehensive technical and program support for addressing the requirements of the Army Environmental Program. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform support of installations for aspects of the Army Environmental Program including Installation Restoration Program (IRP), Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), and compliance related cleanup programs as defined in this performance work statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES/SCOPE

The Contractor shall provide environmental program technical support in the area of Restoration (cleanup) to multiple installations according to the installations’ specific environmental restoration requirements outlined in PWS (attachment 1).

Submitted Respondents must address at a minimum the following items:

1. What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

2. Can or has your company managed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.

3. Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details.

4. What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?

5. Please note that under a Small-Business Set-Aside, in accordance with FAR 52.219-14, the small business prime must perform at least 50% of the work themselves in terms of the cost of performance. What percentage of work will be performed by the small business prime contractor and all similarly situated entity subcontractors. "Similarly situated entity" means a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that has the same small business program status as that which qualified the prime contractor for the award and that is considered small for the NAICS code the prime contractor assigned to the subcontract the subcontractor will perform. An example of a similarly situated entity is a first-tier subcontractor that is a HUBZone small business concern for a HUBZone set-aside. In addition, the Contractor agrees in performance of a contract for 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.

6. Provide a statement including current small/large business status and company profile to include number of employees, annual revenue history, office locations, unique entity identifier (UEI) number, CAGE code, etc.

7. Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, 8(a) or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern.

8. The NAICS code contemplated for this requirement is 541620 with a size standard of $19.0M. In your opinion, does this NAICS code fit the requirement? If not which NAICS would you suggest and why?

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Service Contract Act

ELIGIBILITY:

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 541620, “Environmental Consulting Services” with a Small Business Size Standard of $19.0M. The applicable Product Service Code is F999 – Other Environmental Services, Studies, and Analytical Support. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS:

The estimated period of performance is one (1) base year of 12 months and four (4) 12-month option years, from date of award. Specifics of date of period of performance will be provided in the solicitation.

The contract type is anticipated to be Firm Fixed Price. The Level of Effort is for 5 years, the estimated workload can be found on attached Technical Exhibit 3.

The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Service Contract Act.

Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small-Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified below. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.

Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition and identify alternatives or solutions. Also contact the MICC advocate for Competition, Mr. Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@army.mil or 210-466-3015, if you believe this action unreasonably restricting competition. Include the subject of acquisition, this announcement and the MICC POC information from the Sources Sought Synopsis. Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion Your response to this Source Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Mr. Cedric Hargrove, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email cedric.hargrove.civ@army.mil and Contracting Officer, Mr. Richard J. Stohr, via email richard.j.stohr2.civ@army.mil.

List of attachments:

1 Performance Work Statement 2 Attachment 1a (locations) 3 PWS Tech Exhibit 2 Deliverable Schedule 4 PWS Tech Exhibit 3 Estimated Workload