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Synopsis for Architect-Engineering (AE) Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) (Large and Small Business MATOC Pool)

Solicitation Number: W912WJ22R0003

C-ARCHITECT-ENGINEERING (AE) SERVICES for HAZARDOUS TOXIC AND

RADIOACTIVE WASTE (HTRW) PROJECTS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE CORPS’

NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, WV,

AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA [PRIMARILY IN ME, MA, CT, RI, NH, VT, NY, and

NJ]

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - New England District (CENAE) plans to award up to nine (9) separate AE Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts to comprise one (1) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for AE services to support HTRW projects. These contracts are being procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. The total shared capacity of the MATOC is $90,000,000. Firms will be selected for negotiation under this MATOC based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. Work will primarily be performed within the boundaries of the New England (ME, MA, CT, RI, NH, VT) and New York Districts (NY and NJ), but work may also be required at other locations within the boundaries of the North Atlantic Division and assigned CONUS mission areas (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, WV, and the District of Columbia). The target of nine (9) IDIQs will be negotiated and awarded with a five-year ordering period.

In accordance with FAR 19.503, Reserves, this acquisition is being issued under one synopsis as an Unrestricted MATOC with a Small Business reserve. Three (3) large and minimum of three (3) and maximum of six (6) Small Business contracts will be awarded for the AE HTRW MATOC pool.

Work will be issued by negotiated firm-fixed-price task orders. Task orders will be awarded in accordance with USACE Alert 21-013, Updated Procedures for the Selection of Task Orders on Architect-Engineer Indefinite Delivery Contracts dated 14 April 2021 (USACE Alert 21-013) can be found attached (Attachment A). For this contract all potential task orders will initially be reviewed for assignment to the SB reserve. Information from the SF330s will be initially used to make the assessment as to the capability of the firms in the SB reserve to perform the work. If a determination is made to use the SB reserve, each SB will be notified and informed whether or not supplemental information beyond what is contained in their SF330 is being requested.

Selection would then follow requirements specified in USACE Alert 21-013. All firms under the MATOC will be considered for potential task orders that are not found suitable

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for assignment to the SB reserve either a) based upon initial screening or b) following notification and evaluation of the firms in the SB reserve with an initial finding that none of the SB firms are considered highly qualified.

Individual Task Orders are anticipated to be valued between $100,000 and $5 million with the occasional Task Order outside that range. The minimum guarantee amount over the life is $15,000 for each of the MATOC contracts. Award is anticipated by summer 2022.

The three (3) selected large businesses must comply with FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan (Nov 2021) and submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan will contain small business goals for all of the Small Business Programs (Small Business, Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) and HUBZone Small Business). The Subcontracting Plan must be reasonable, attainable, and challenging.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code to be used for this procurement is 541330. This code currently defines the Small Business size standard as $16.5M of gross annual revenues per year over the last five (5) fiscal years. The Small Business Administration is proposing to update this size standard definition in February-March 2022. Determination of which pool a firm is to be evaluated in (Large or Small Business) will be made based on the size standard in effect as of a selection decision by CENAE. An amendment notifying firms of any change in the NAICS 541330 size standard will be issued for this synopsis should that determination be made during the solicitation period. Firms should structure their SF330 submission accordingly.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work includes, but is not limited to, various environmental studies, investigation, design, and construction phase engineering services for HTRW sites/projects. AE Services that may be required under this contract include but are not limited to work plans, Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP) in accordance with Uniform Federal Policy (UFP), environmental baseline studies, hazard evaluations, preliminary site assessments, site investigations, subsurface exploration (soil, sediment, and groundwater), indoor air and soil vapor investigations and mitigation, geological, geotechnical, and geophysical (surficial and borehole) investigations, surveying (topographic, aerial, and other), mapping (creating 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional data visualizations using software tools), geographic information systems (GIS), wetlands determinations and mitigation studies, conceptual site model development, environmental chemistry data collection and analysis

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(including analytical chemistry testing capability that is accredited by the Department of Defense (DoD) Environmental Lab Accreditation Program (ELAP)), data management with database staged electronic data deliverables (SEDD) such as FUDSChem (FUDS specific) or other program/specific databases, data validation and interpretation, groundwater and surface water modeling, contaminant fate and transport assessment, remedial investigations, toxicology, human health and ecological risk assessments, feasibility studies, proposed plans, decision documents, five-year reviews, evaluation and design of remediation strategies, remedial designs, design analysis, engineering calculations, preparation of plans and specifications, cost estimating, value engineering screenings and studies, design and construction scheduling, construction phase services (including submittal reviews, construction site visits/meetings, shop drawing reviews, as-built drawing review/preparation) community outreach and risk communication (including support to Restoration Advisory Boards and public meetings), optimization or operation and maintenance of remedial actions and other technical reports, preparation of operation and maintenance (O&M) manuals, evaluation of green technologies and energy conservation measures, and other similar HTRW engineering consultation services.

Products shall be produced to Corps of Engineers guidelines and specific formats set forth under the base contract and/or by individual task order. The firm shall be required to: develop site figures based on GIS data using ArcGIS shapefile or Geodatabase format; prepare design deliverables in either AutoCAD format or Autodesk Revit Building Information Modeling (BIM) software (latest versions) (Government will only accept these formats; and all delivered CAD/BIM files shall be in compliance with the current version of the A/E/C CAD Standard), use Corps computer-based specification software (SPECSINTACT) for the development of Specifications; prepare construction cost estimates using the latest version of MII (MCACES II) cost engineering software as provided by the Government and licensed to the firm); use Primavera P6 or MS Project for investigation, design and constructions schedules; and utilize ProjNet (DrChecks) (https://wwwprojnet.org) for comment resolution of review submittals.

The sites where this work will be performed may include, but are not limited to:

- Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS),

- Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) sites,

- Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) sites,

- Superfund Sites in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (USEPA), or

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- Other sites where the USACE is authorized to perform HTRW or Military Munitions and Response Program (MMRP) studies, investigations, designs, or incidental environmental remediation services in support of remedial actions and long-term O&M.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria (a) through (f) are primary factors, criteria (g) thru (i) are secondary factors and will only be used as, ‘tie-breakers', among firms that are essentially and technically equal.

a. Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. Information contained in the SF 330 Section F will be the primary basis for evaluation against this criterion and will be supplemented by information in Section H. See Section 4 below for specific instructions on project information to be included in Section F. Projects in which the firm’s work was completed in the last six years will be given more consideration.

Experience working on projects for the USACE may be more highly rated when evaluating these criteria. Firms should demonstrate experience and technical competence in the following:

1) Plan and complete CERCLA investigations from Preliminary Assessments through Decision Documents including development of Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP). Experience with differing contaminants in various media including soil, groundwater, sediment and bedrock, contaminant nature, extent, fate and transport evaluation and modeling; and data visualization presentation should be demonstrated.

Experience with emerging contaminants (e.g., PFAS, 1,4 Dioxane) will be looked upon favorably when evaluating this criterion,

2) Complete Remedial Designs, including plans, specifications, basis of design, and cost estimates,

3) Complete HTRW projects in accordance with local and state regulatory requirements to include interaction with regulatory agencies (e.g., MA, CT, NJ),

4) Develop cost estimates for all HTRW phases and construction cost estimates using MII.

b. Professional Qualifications. Identification, qualifications (professional registration/licensure/certification and education) and experience of engineering and scientific personnel to accomplish the work specified above. Section D, Section E and Section H of the SF330 will be used to evaluate this criterion.

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(1) Where indicated below, the firm shall have on staff (or provide through a consultant[s]) personnel with Professional Engineering licensure in one or more of these eight states (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, or NJ), and a Licensed Site Professional (LSP) in Massachusetts, a Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) in Connecticut, and a Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) in New Jersey. The firm should also include a statement that they have the ability with their staff or through their consultants to obtain Professional Engineering licensure in ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, WV, and the District of Columbia. The firm should also have on staff (or provide through a subcontractor) a certified value specialist (CVS) to facilitate VE study workshops.

(2) Resumes demonstrating experience and associated qualifications are required for the following disciplines. Resumes should be provided for those individuals expected to be primarily assigned to perform work under the contract at the working level. The evaluation will consider education, training, licensure, registration, certifications, longevity with the firm, and relevant experience of specified disciplines performing the role for which they are proposed to be used on the contract. Firms shall clearly identify the role of each individual on each resume submitted specific to the roles specified herein. Individuals may fill multiple roles (e.g., PM and LSP) but this must be clearly indicated.

Large firms shall submit resumes identifying key personnel for each of the following disciplines:

- Project Manager (three (3) resumes required, one for each individual offered)*;

- HTRW Design Engineer (Civil, Environmental, or Process Engineer)*;

- Geologist (two (2) resumes required, one for each individual offered)*;

- Hydrogeologist;

- Chemist;

- Human Health Risk Assessor (two (2) resumes required, one for each individual offered);

- Ecological Risk Assessor;

- Industrial Hygienist;

- Licensed Site Professional (LSP) in Massachusetts;

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- Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) in Connecticut;

- Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) in New Jersey;

- Geophysicist (specializing in borehole geophysics);

- Groundwater Modeler; and

- Cost Engineer

Small Business firms shall submit resumes identifying key personnel for each of the following disciplines:

- Project Manager (two (2) resumes required, one for each individual offered)*;

- HTRW Design Engineer (Civil, Environmental , or Process Engineer)*;

- Geologist*;

- Hydrogeologist;

- Chemist;

- Human Health Risk Assessor;

- Ecological Risk Assessor;

- Industrial Hygienist;

- Licensed Site Professional (LSP) in Massachusetts;

- Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) in Connecticut;

- Licensed Site Remediation Professional (LSRP) in New Jersey, and

- Cost Engineer.

* Professional registration in one of the eight (8) states (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, or NJ) is required. Project Manager shall be registered as a professional engineer or professional geologist.

c. Work Management and Teaming. In the SF 330, Section H, the firm shall provide their proposed management plan that references the organizational chart provided in Section D of the SF 330. The plan should describe the AE’s proposed work management approach for executing the work to be performed under this contract

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) including team composition, roles and responsibilities of key team members and each subcontracted firm and its approach for ensuring high quality work products performed by the firm and their subcontractors. The plan shall include information on quality control processes and procedures, cost and schedule control, coordination of in-house disciplines and consultants, and relevant experience working with each of the subcontractors on similar projects. Section C, Section D, Section G and Section H will be used to evaluate this criterion.

In reviewing the above project management and teaming information, the evaluation board will consider how the firms, including joint ventures (JV) and Offerors utilizing of affiliates, subsidiaries, parent, LLC, LTD member companies, propose to execute the scopes of work (Section 2 Project Information). Organization of the firm’s team will be evaluated in accordance with Section 4 Submission Requirements (e.g., JV, Mentor-Protégé, etc.).

d. Past Performance. The firm shall possess a good record of past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, compliance with performance schedules and ability to manage subcontractors. Assessment against this criterion will be determined primarily by evaluating ratings performed in Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS), the Government-wide evaluation reporting tool for all past performance reports on contracts, or via those provided in Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQs). In reviewing past performance information, the evaluation board will consider the relevancy of the past performed work in addition to how well the firm performed. Positive references from customers and other verifiable information as to exemplary performance may also be considered as provided in Section H of the SF330.

With their SF330, the firm shall provide the CPARS report or PPQ for each of the first five projects identified in Section F of the SF330, as these projects should be the most relevant project examples provided. The firm shall provide the full contract number and task order number (if applicable) for any Federal contract listed in Section F of the SF330. NOTE: The most recent CPARS report is to be provided for any federal contract unless a specific explanation is provided as to unavailability of a CPARS rating.

Do not submit a PPQ when a completed CPARS is available.

If the project/s is/are not a federal project or a CPARS report is not available, the firm shall complete Part I of the PPQ, send it to the customers for these five projects as applicable, request that they complete Part II of the PPQ and return to the firm, and

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) submit it with the SF330 submission. No sealed envelope is required. A blank PPQ can be found attached to this synopsis (Attachment B).

The evaluation board may seek and consider past performance information from other sources but is not required to do so if none is available from CPARS or if no PPQ is provided. Other sources of information the evaluation board may consider include interviews with organizations and Government personnel familiar with the firm’s performance. If little to no relevant past performance data (CPARS reports, PPQs, or information in Section H) is available for the five most relevant projects, the firm may be given a neutral evaluation regarding past performance. CPARS reports or PPQs shall be placed at the end of Part I of the SF330 (they will not be counted towards the page count).

e. Capacity. The firm must demonstrate the capacity for successfully executing multiple task orders concurrently while maintaining quality and schedule. Large firms will be evaluated as to their ability to execute $5M per year and Small Businesses will be evaluated as to their ability to execute $1M per year. A firm shall be evaluated on the available capacity of key personnel from the prime firm and its teaming consultants primarily through a review of each firm’s Part II submission and any information provided in Section H as to their methods for managing workload. Note that for Small Business firms, the prime contractor needs to demonstrate that they have the core competencies to perform work required under the contract on their own merit. In order to meet or exceed the requirements of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14, "Limitations on Subcontracting (Sept 2021)", the prime contractor along with “similarly situated” subcontractors must have the capacity to perform at least 51% of the work over the life of the contract. “Similarly situated” subcontractor 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 specified NAICS code (example - if prime is a WOSB, then subcontractors that are WOSB would count towards the goal). The firm should address how it will meet these requirements based upon the assumption that the items listed under “Specialized Experience and Technical Competence” above constitute the preponderance of the work to be performed under this contract.

f. Knowledge of Locality. The board will evaluate a firm's knowledge and experience with geological and subsurface features, environmental conditions, local construction costs, and the state/ local regulatory agencies and requirements. Work under these contracts may be in a widely dispersed geographic area. Therefore, Large firms should demonstrate the extent of their capabilities to serve projects located

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) throughout the USACE NAD and assigned CONUS mission areas (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, WV, and the District of Columbia), and for Small Businesses, their capabilities within the boundaries of the New England (ME, MA, CT, RI, NH, VT) and New York Districts (NY and NJ). The basis of the evaluation will be the information in Sections E, F, and H of the SF 330.

g. Geographic Proximity. Location of the firm’s office(s) as well as those of their team in general geographical area of the six New England states and New York and New Jersey will be considered.

h. Extent of Participation of Small Businesses (SB) concerns. Firms shall identify their small business team members and indicate their commitment to utilize SBs to include Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), HUBZone Small Business, Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB). Extent of use will be measured as a percentage of the total anticipated contract effort, regardless of whether the small business concern is a prime contractor, sub-contractor, or joint venture partner; the greater the participation the greater the consideration. (Applies only to Large firms).

i. Volume of DoD Contract Awards . Firms shall indicate in Section H of the SF330 the volume of DoD AE contracts awarded to the prime (or JV) in the last 12 months. This information will be verified and updated during the interviews with the most highly qualified firms. The equitable distribution of DoD AE contracts among firms, including SB and SDB, will be considered.

4. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms able to perform this work shall submit Parts I and II of the SF 330 for the prime firm (or joint venture). Part II of the SF 330 must also be submitted for each consultant and if a joint venture, for the joint venture entity. Please note that a separate Part II is required for each branch office of the prime firm and any subcontractors that will have a key role in the proposed contract.

If a joint venture is being utilized, a copy of the joint venture agreement is to be included in Part II. The joint venture agreement will be consistent with the attached Joint Venture Procedure (Attachment C). This joint venture agreement will not be included within the page limit stated below. A joint venture Small Business must have the capacity to perform at least 40% of the work performed by the joint venture over the life of the contract.

If you have an approved Mentor Protégé Program agreement by the U.S. Small Business Administration, please include that in your submission within Part II of the SF

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330. This Mentor-Protégé agreement will not be included within the page limit stated below.

If an Offeror is utilizing experience of affiliates, subsidiaries, parent, LLC, LTD member companies (i.e., Offeror’s name is not exactly as stated on the SF1442), the proposal should clearly demonstrate how that affiliate/subsidiary/parent firm will have meaningful involvement in the performance of this contract. The relevant consideration is whether the resources of the parent or affiliated company – its workforce, management, facilities, or other resources – will be provided or relied upon for contract performance, such that the parent or affiliate will have meaningful involvement in contract performance. The proposal must demonstrate similarity of the parent or affiliate’s proposed role on this procurement and the parent or affiliate’s proposed role submitted for experience in order to receive credit for the parent or affiliate’s experience.

Submissions must be made electronically to Sara Torres, Contract Specialist (see email address below), not later than 2 pm EDT on March 4, 2022. Facsimile transmissions will not be accepted.

Include the firm's DUNS number on the SF 330, Part I, Section B.

On the SF 330, Part I, Section C, provide the DUNS number for each consultant.

On the SF 330, Part I, Section D, the Organizational Chart may be submitted on 11” x 17” paper (single sided) if necessary (11x17, counts as two pages).

On the SF 330, Part I, Section F, example projects (10 maximum) shall be listed in order of relevance to the type of work anticipated to be performed under this contract.

Note that multiple projects performed under an IDIQ contract cannot be submitted as a single example project.

In the SF 330, Part I, Section F, Box 24, provide the following information for each project: month/year the firm’s work started and completed; type of product developed (e.g., RI, FS, remedial design), total contract value of the work performed by a) the firm and b) the team of subcontractors used on this project; and customer point-of-contact who can be reached for references (phone number and email address). For design projects, provide completion date and cost for construction phase. If a sample project is a federal procurement, include the contract number for which the AE firm performed.

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In the SF 330, Part I, Section H, provide the firm’s proposed Work Management approach for this contract including its approach for ensuring the quality of work performed by its subcontractors – see also SELECTION CRITERIA, item (c). In the SF 330, Part I, Section H, the AE firm may also provide supplemental information to address all aspects for which Specialized Experience and Technical Competence is being sought as well as documentation to support past performance selection criteria such as copies of applicable certificates and/or awards.

The Offeror’s response shall be submitted electronically. Files shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in responses is prohibited.

THE ONLY AUTHORIZED TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR SUBMISSIONS IN

RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS SOLICITATION IS THROUGH E-MAIL TO

Sara.J.Torres@usace.army.mil. Please also provide a courtesy copy e-mail to Erin.E.Bradley@usace.army.mil.

NO OTHER TRANSMISSION METHODS (FILE TRANSFER, FACSIMILE, REGULAR

MAIL, HAND CARRIED, ETC.) WILL BE ACCEPTED.

RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS:

For the purposes of establishing whether a submission is considered late, the Government considers (the earlier of) the date and time of receipt of the email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer. The Government will not be responsible for submissions delivered to any location or to anyone other than those designated to receive responses on its behalf. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that responses are submitted so as to reach the designated recipient. Offerors are responsible for allowing sufficient time for the response to be received in accordance with the instructions provided.

The SF 330, Part I, shall have a page limit of 55 pages for Large firm’s SF 330s and 50 pages for Small Business SF 330s. A page is one side of an 8 ½” x 11” sheet of paper.

11” x 17” (single side) pages may be used to provide graphical information or images that do not fit well on an 8 ½” x 11” sheet but this counts as two pages. Cover letter, front and back cover and section dividers and past performance questionnaires, joint venture agreements or CPARS reports do not count toward the page limit. Font size shall not be less than 10 font and the margins for pages that supplement the SF 330 forms shall not be less than one inch with the exception that ½ inch margins are allowed when using the Standard Form 330. Pages in excess of the page limit will not be evaluated. The New England District does not retain SF 330 Part IIs on file. All

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be considered for award. Information regarding registration can be obtained online at www.sam.gov or by telephone at 1-866-606-8220. Effective immediately, the use of DUNS+4 numbers to identify vendors is limited to identifying different SAM records for the same vendor at the same physical location.

For any general or administrative questions, contact the contract specialist, Sara Torres, via email at Sara.J.Torres@usace.army.mil no later than February 18, 2022.

Solicitation packages are not provided. This is not a request for proposal. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement prior to the closing date of this announcement will not be entertained or scheduled. However, questions may be directed to the point of contact for this announcement.