Sources Sought-Optimize Sewege Treatment- 06 Apr 2021.pdf

Title: GFAFB A-E Project: CCR FOR REPAIR/OPTIMIZE BASE SEWAGE TREATMENT

AND DISPOSAL

Solicitation No. FA465921R0007

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS

NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. The Air Force is seeking sources for a potential competitive 100% set aside for Small Businesses located in the Small Business Administration’s

(SBA’s) Region VIII (North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado) and Minnesota, or HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, or Small Business concerns located anywhere in the United States. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to obtain information on qualified and experienced contractors interested in providing proposals on an

Architect-Engineer (FAR 36.6) solicitation. IF ADEQUATE RESPONSES ARE NOT

RECEIVED FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CONCERNS, THE ACQUISITION MAY

BE SOLICITED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS.

This project will be a firm-fixed price (FFP) Architect-Engineer effort for Planning and Charrette work with a magnitude between $100,000 and $250,000. The Government anticipates awarding to one offeror. Work to be performed will be within the North American Industry Classification

System (NAICS) Code 541310, Architectural Services. The small business standard is $8.0 million.

Scope of Work: The Architect-Engineer (A-E) shall perform field reconnaissance, studies, site investigations, and a preliminary design meeting with the users, including travel and work required to obtain engineering information and design data to produce a charrette study for this project. The Base Civil Engineering Project Manager will assist in scheduling design meetings.

Background: The lagoons currently are unable to function as originally designed. There is vegetation, primarily cattails, growing in the south secondary and tertiary ponds that is causing damage and limiting the effectiveness of the lagoons’ function. Air Force policies governing the current contaminant (PFOS/PFOA) situation prohibit the base from discharging out of the lagoon system.

Provide evaluations, recommendations, and cost estimates for the following options:

A. Evaluate physical actions or chemical sprays for removing the vegetation to limit future damage and allow the lagoon to function correctly.

B. Research adding sources of effluent flow from both sources below and cost estimates for using either or a combination of both:

i. Divert storm water sewer line to sanitary sewer line when lagoon is low.

ii. Groundwater pump discharge from base housing. Determine whether the State of North Dakota, Balfour Beatty Communities (BBC) and Base Utilities

Incorporated (BUI) would allow this.

C. Research cost impact to close a single or combination of existing lagoons and if base were to subsequently grow how detrimental and costly it may be to bring lagoon(s) back online.

D. Research cost impact to close and remediate lagoons if necessary and connect to City of Grand Forks sanitary sewer treatment plant.

E. Research cost impact to construct a new sanitary sewer treatment plant for the

GFAFB.

Provide in-depth site investigation of the current pond conditions and sludge depth and sample analysis.

The contractor could also be expected to attend and/or support meetings and teleconferences as required by the Project Manager with the customer and/or government representative(s). The purpose of the meetings include, but are not limited to, contract discussions, progress reviews, project scoping, planning, design reviews, planning/programming charrette activities, project definition charrette activities, design charrette activities, construction reviews, project status, and the general exchange of information concerning current and future activities.

If your firm has an interest in proposing on this requirement as described above, please prepare and transmit a Capability Statement to SSgt Roselyn Guildner and TSgt Cassie Blair via email to roselyn.guildner@us.af.mil and cassie.blair@us.af.mil, no later than 5:00 PM CST, April 20

2021. When emailing your response, please note that due to increased firewall protections some emails may be blocked; therefore, follow-up via telephone at (701)747-3061 or (701)747-5280

(if an acknowledgement is not received back via email) is strongly recommended to ensure receipt of your submission by the Government.

Request interested firms respond to this notice and include the following in their Capability

Statement:

(a) Firm's INFORMATION [name, address, phone number, CAGE Code];

(b) Firm's INTEREST to qualify [e.g., prime contractor, teaming partner, joint venture, primary subcontractor];

(c) STATUS e.g., 8(a) [including graduation date], HUBZone-certified small business, Service-

Disabled Veteran Owned small business, small business, etc.

(d) CAPABILITY STATEMENT. Interested contractors must demonstrate a history of relevant design experience with a primary focus on Emergency Services facilities. Include a summary of relevant (DoD, emergency service facilities, charrettes), and recent (within the last three fiscal years), performance history (identified by contract/project number, project title, dollar amount, and in what capacity (e.g., prime, subcontractor, etc.) performed. Responses shall be limited to three (3) pages.

The government reserves the right to set this acquisition aside for Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned or small business concerns located in North

Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and Minnesota based on the responses it receives. Once the determination has been made to either set-aside the acquisition or solicit on an unrestricted basis, it will be posted on this website.

This request for information (RFI) notice is issued for planning purposes only. This is not a

Request for Proposal (RFP). Responses to this notice will assist the government in identifying potential sources and determining if a set-aside of the solicitation is appropriate. This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract, issue a solicitation, or pay for any proposal preparation costs.