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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: W912WJ27RA001

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 six (6) 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 statute, formerly known as the Brooks Act, as implemented in Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Overhaul (RFO) 36.102. The total shared capacity of the MATOC is $49,000,000. The IDIQs will be negotiated and awarded with a five-year ordering period. Firms will be selected for negotiation under this MATOC based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work.

Work will be primarily performed within the boundaries of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District (ME, MA, NH, CT, VT, RI), and NY and NJ, but could also include other states and districts covered by the USACE North Atlantic Division’s (NAD) mission areas (PA, DE, MD, VA, WV, and the District of Columbia).

Small business firms’ work to be performed under this contract shall be primarily in the six (6) New England states (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT and RI) but could include areas within NAD’s mission area.

In accordance with RFO 19.112, Reserves, this acquisition is being issued under one synopsis as an Unrestricted MATOC with a Small Business (SB) reserve. The intent is to award up to six (6) contracts, with a minimum of three (3) SB contracts, and up to three (3) unrestricted contracts.

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 (A-E) Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs), dated 09 March 2023 (Attachment A). For this contract, all potential task orders will initially be reviewed for assignment to the SB reserve. Information from the SF 330s will be used to assess the capabilities of the SB Reserve firms to perform the work. If a determination is made to use the SB reserve, each SB will be notified and informed

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) whether or not supplemental information beyond what is contained in their SF 330 is being requested. Selection would then follow requirements specified in USACE Alert 21-013, Updated Procedures for the Selection of Task Orders on Architect-Engineer Indefinite Delivery Contracts (Attachment A). All firms under the MATOC will be considered for potential task orders that are not found suitable 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 $100,000.00 and $5,000,000.00 with the occasional task order outside that range. The minimum guaranteed amount over the contract life is $10,000.00 for each of the MATOC contracts. Awards are anticipated by fall 2027, before the existing MATOC contracts expire in November 2027.

Any large business that is ultimately selected must comply with RFO 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan and submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan as part of the contract award process. This is only required of large business firms selected for negotiations and is to be provided in response to a future Request for Proposal. The Small Business Subcontracting Plan will contain small business goals for all the Small Business Programs (Small Business (SB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and HUBZone Small Business). The Subcontracting Plan must be reasonable, attainable, and challenging. The SB firms selected for contract negotiations shall not submit a Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code to be used for this procurement is 541330. This code currently defines the SB size standard as $25.5M of gross annual revenues per year over the last five (5) fiscal years. Firms should structure their SF 330 submission accordingly.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work may involve performing Site Inspections, Remedial Investigations, Feasibility Studies, Proposed Plans, Records of Decision, Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis, Remedial Designs, Removal Designs, Removal Actions, Interim Removal Actions, and/or Remedial Actions for HTRW sites/projects. HTRW sites are being addressed through the U.S Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA’s) Superfund Program, the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Base Realignment and Closure Program (BRAC) and Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) Program, and

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) other Interagency Support Customers. Other sites may be 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 operation and management (O&M).

HTRW work performed for the USACE must generally comply with the DERP statute [10 United States Code (USC) 2700 et seq.], the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 42 USC 9601 et seq., Executive Orders (EOs) 12580 and 13016, the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), and all applicable DoD and Army policies.

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) (NCP 40 CFR § 300.415, 40 CFR § 300.425, and 40 CFR § 300.430), developing Conceptual Site Models (CSMs), and establishing Data Quality Objectives (DQOs), environmental baseline studies, hazard evaluations, preliminary site assessments, site investigations, subsurface exploration (soil, sediment, and groundwater) including support of dredging projects, indoor air and soil vapor investigations and mitigation, geological, geotechnical, and geophysical (surficial and borehole) investigations, surface water and pore water 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, environmental chemistry data collection and analysis (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), the Air Force Environmental Restoration Program Information Management System (ERPIMS), or other program/specific databases, data validation, analysis and interpretation, groundwater and surface water modeling, contaminant fate and transport assessment and understanding of natural attenuation processes, conceptual site models, 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, Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) construction site visits/meetings, shop drawing reviews, as-built drawing review/preparation) community outreach and risk communication (including development and support to Restoration Advisory Boards, Technical Review Committees and public meetings), optimization or operation and maintenance of remedial actions and other technical reports, preparation of O&M manuals, evaluation of green technologies and energy conservation measures, hazardous materials building survey and remedial design, and other similar HTRW engineering consultation services.

Environmental investigations, reporting, and design will comply with local, state and Federal regulatory requirements, including interaction with regulatory agencies.

Other remedial design services that may be required under this contract include hazardous building materials survey, abatement design, oversight and management, the preparation of design drawings, technical specifications, construction cost estimates, design and construction schedules, design analyses, engineering calculations, design-build requests for proposal, conceptual designs, planning studies, engineering studies and other technical reports, sustainable design/LEED project documentation, commissioning reports, and value engineering (VE) studies. Services may also include all architectural and engineering tasks necessary to develop the documents listed above to also include developing models, economic analyses, and topographic surveying, aerial and other types of surveying, development and use of GIS systems, and construction phase services to include shop drawing review, as-built drawing preparation, preparation of O&M manuals, and engineering consultation services.

Design documents to be prepared by the AE for Construction procurements may be for either design-bid-build (DBB) or design-build (D-B) procurements. DBB submittals would include plans, specifications, design analysis, construction cost estimates, and construction phasing plans and schedules for a design charrette/concept (15%) design, schematic (35%) design, design development (65%), draft construction document (95%) and final construction document (100%) submittals. D-B submittals would include plans, specifications, basis of design, construction cost estimates, and construction phasing plans and schedules for a design charette/concept (15%) design, schematic (35%) design submittals, and draft final and final D-B Request for Proposal (RFP) submittals.

Products shall be produced to Corps of Engineers and/or West Point Design guidelines

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The firm shall be required to: develop site figures based on GIS data using the most current version of ArcGIS in a shapefile or Geodatabase format; prepare design deliverables in either AutoCAD format (latest versions) (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) or Remedial Action Cost Estimation Reporting system (RACER) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis methodology; use Primavera P6 or MS Project for investigation, design and constructions schedules; and when applicable, utilize ProjNet (DrChecks) (https://wwwprojnet.org) for comment resolution of review submittals.

3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Selection criteria are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria (a) through (f) are primary factors, criteria (g) through (i) are secondary factors and will only be used as ‘tiebreakers' 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 may be more highly rated when evaluating these criteria. Projects demonstrating experience working on projects for the USACE may be more highly rated. 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, surface water, sediment and bedrock, contaminant nature, extent, fate and transport evaluation and modeling, and data visualization presentation should be demonstrated. Projects demonstrating experience with emerging contaminants (e.g., PFAS, 1,4 Dioxane) may be more highly rated when evaluating this criterion, Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC)

2) Conduct Advanced Risk Assessment and statistics used to expedite site closure,

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

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

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

b. Professional Qualifications. The evaluation of Professional Qualifications will consider education, training, professional registration, certifications and relevant experience of engineering and scientific personnel to accomplish the work specified above. Section D, Section E, and Section H of the SF 330 will be used to evaluate this criterion.

(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. Small business firms shall have on staff (or provide through a consultant[s]) personnel with Professional Engineering licensure in one or more of these six (6) New England states (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT and RI) and an LSP in Massachusetts and LEP in Connecticut. All firms, large and small, shall include a statement that it has the ability with its staff or through its consultants to obtain Professional Engineering and Professional Geologist licensure (where applicable in the state) 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. Personnel to be provided shall be those individuals expected to be utilized to a significant extent under the contract.

Should other personnel be used on specific task orders, they shall be equivalent to or have greater experience than the key personnel accepted with the SF 330 submission. Resumes should be provided for those individuals expected to be

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) 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;

- 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:

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- 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, and

- Cost Engineer.

* Professional registration in one of the eight (8) states (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, NY or NJ) is required for large businesses and the six New England states (ME, NH, VT, MA, CT and RI) for SB firms. Project Managers shall have a minimum of 10 years of experience managing hazardous waste projects. Those Project Managers with professional registration (professional engineer or professional geologist) will be given more consideration.

c. Work Management and Teaming. In the SF 330, Section H, the firm shall provide its 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 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 its subcontractors. The plan shall include information on quality control processes and procedures, cost and schedule adherence/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.

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In reviewing the above project management and teaming information, the evaluation board will consider how the firms, including joint ventures (JV) and Offerors utilization 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 SF 330.

With its SF 330, the firm must provide the CPARS report or PPQ for each of the first five projects identified in Section F of the SF 330, as these projects should be the most relevant project examples provided. The firm shall provide the full contract number and task order number for any Federal contract listed in Section F of the SF

330. 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 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 submit it with the SF 330 submission. 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 PPQs are 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

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) 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 included as an appendix at the end of Part I of the SF 330 (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 its ability to execute $4M per year and Small Businesses will be evaluated as to its 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 the methods for managing workload. Note that for Small Business firms, the prime contractor needs to demonstrate that it has the core competencies to perform work required under the contract on its own merit.

In accordance with RFO 52.219-14, 'Limitations on Subcontracting (October 2025)' [Class Deviation RFO-2025-19], the prime contractor 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. A 'similarly situated entity' is defined as a first-tier subcontractor, including an independent contractor, that has the same small business program status qualifying the prime contractor for the award and is considered small for the NAICS code assigned to the subcontract. 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 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 six (6) New England states

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(ME, NH, VT, MA, CT and RI) . 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 SB 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 SB 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 SF 330 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 all SB programs, 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 should be in pdf form and will not be included within the page limit stated below. In order to meet the requirements of RFO 52.219-14, 'Limitations on Subcontracting (October 2025)' [Class Deviation RFO-2025-19], a proposing joint venture (including an SBA-approved Mentor- Protégé joint venture) must satisfy both the limitations on subcontracting and the internal joint venture performance thresholds:

1. Overall Limitation on Subcontracting (50% for A-E): In accordance with RFO 52.219-14(e)(1), the joint venture will not pay more than 50 percent of the

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities under the designated NAICS code.

2. Small Business Workshare (40%): In accordance with RFO 52.219-14(g), the qualifying small business protégé (or managing small business partner) must perform at least 40 percent of the total work performed by the joint venture itself.

This work must consist of substantive technical performance and represent more than administrative or ministerial functions.

Pursuant to RFO 52.219-14(f)(2), these performance thresholds must be satisfied on each individual task order issued under the contract, as well as cumulatively over the life of the contract.

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

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

If a firm or JV is utilizing experience of affiliates, subsidiaries, parent, LLC, or LTD member companies (i.e., firm or JV’s name is not exactly as stated on the SF), the submission 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 submission 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.

In the SF 330, Part 1, Block B, the AE will include the firm's Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number.

In the SF 330, Part 1, Block C, the AE will provide the UEI number for each consultant.

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

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In the SF 330, Part I, Block F, up to ten example projects 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 but work that encompasses multiple phases/contracts/task orders for a single project can be submitted. Additional projects under these contracts or task orders may be included in Section H.

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 along with their role on the contract and b) the team of subcontractors used on this project. For design projects, provide completion date and cost for construction phase, if any. If a sample project is a federal procurement, include the contract and task order number for which the AE firm performed. If a sample project is a federal procurement, include the applicable contract number in Block F, Box 21. In Block F, Box 23, provide customer point-of-contact who can be reached for references; include their phone number and email address in Box 23(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 firm or JV’s submission shall be submitted electronically. Files shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks in submissions is prohibited.

PIEE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

ALL SUBMISSIONS TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT SHALL BE SUBMITTED

ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH PIEE, SOLICITATION MODULE. SUBMISSIONS

MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA THE OPEN SOLICITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS

SOLICITATION NUMBER. DO NOT SUBMIT IN THE “UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS”

SECTION.

Electronic submission is required through the Army’s electronic file sharing service, Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment (PIEE) (https://piee.eb.mil/), Solicitation

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) module, open solicitation associated with this solicitation number. No paper copies, CD- ROMs, email, or facsimile submissions will be accepted.

Information regarding how to set up a vendor registration is included in this link-https://wawf.eb.mil/xhtml/unauth/web/homepage/vendorGettingStartedHelp.xhtml

Information regarding role assignment during vendor registration is included in this link-https://sam.gov/opp/2b0a3d5c4c454beb8fefa3d844544a1d/view

File Size Limitations: Firms are advised to follow the PIEE instructions for uploading files.

PIEE supports delivery up to 1.9 GB per file, with no limit on the number of files, as well as multiple file formats. If needed, submitters are advised to break the files down into smaller sections in order to upload them to the system. In such cases, please divide the sections as logically as possible and be sure to clearly name the files as specified below.

File Naming Convention: To ensure your submission is processed appropriately, each file name should begin with the solicitation number followed by the firm’s name and a brief file description. Adhere to the following naming convention:

• W912WJ27RA001-FIRMNAME-VOLUME I

• W912WJ27RA001-FIRMNAME-VOLUME II

Each file shall be bookmarked for each SF 330 section and shall be searchable (e.g., not locked).

Upload Completion and Deadline: Interested parties shall submit submissions no later than the date and time specified on the solicitation document. The time and date of submission receipt will be the upload completion/delivery time and date recorded within the PIEE, Solicitation module, open solicitation associated with the solicitation number.

Do not assume that electronic submission will occur instantaneously. Large files (e.g., 10MB or more) will take some time to upload. Firms should time their upload effort and not wait until the last minute to submit as there may be delays in the transmittal process.

Firms are encouraged to keep a copy of the PIEE upload confirmation for their records.

It is the responsibility of the submitter to confirm timely receipt of proposals. All submissions received after the exact time specified for receipt, as confirmed by the

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) date/time recorded within the PIEE Solicitation module, shall be treated as late submissions and will not be considered.

Submissions sent through proprietary or third-party file transfer sites, email, DoD SAFE, or PIEE modules other than the Solicitation module, WILL NOT be retrieved and evaluated. It is the responsibility of the submitter to confirm timely receipt of submissions. All submissions received, as confirmed by the date/time recorded within the PIEE Solicitation module after the exact time specified for receipt on the solicitation document, shall be treated as late submissions and will not be considered. Facsimile transmissions will not be accepted.

The SF 330, Part I, shall have a page limit of 65 pages for Large firm 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. Front and back covers, cover letter, and section dividers do count toward the total Part I page limit. The CPARs and PPQs appended to Part I and joint venture agreements in Part II do not count toward the page limit. Font size for data entry cells shall not be less than 10-point font. The 10-point font applies to all text, tables, and figures within the SF 330. Do not change the existing SF 330 form template text font size. 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 template. Pages in excess of the page limit will not be evaluated.

A recent SF 330 Part II for each office of participating firm in the proposed team shall be provided with each submission. The selected firm must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to submission. Information regarding registration can be obtained online at www.sam.gov. Effective immediately, the use of UEI+4 numbers to identify vendors is limited to identifying different SAM records for the same vendor at the same physical location.

Submitters are reminded of the obligations outlined in RFO 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. This clause places limits on the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors and execution of work by the small businesses.

Both large and small business contractors will be subject to periodic reporting requirements on their subcontracted efforts. Throughout performance, contractors will

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) be required to provide evidence of compliance including, but not limited to, invoices, copies of subcontracts, and/or a list of the value of tasks performed.

For any general or administrative questions, contact the contract specialist, Mr. Tyler Maryak, at 978-318-8049 or via email at tyler.s.maryak@usace.army.mil not later than January 15, 2027. Your SF 330 must be submitted not later than 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time on January 29, 2027. 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.

Attachment A: Updated Procedures for the Selection of Task Orders on Architect- Engineer (A-E) Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs), dated 09 March 2023 Attachment B: Past Performance Questionnaire (PPQ) Form Attachment C: Joint Venture Procedure