W9128F23SM015_249M AE FUELS LEAK DETECTION_Sources Sought Response Form.pdf

This is a sources sought notice used for market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST

FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR BID. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

Response to this Sources Sought notice is strictly voluntary and will not affect any firm or corporation's ability to submit an offer if and when a solicitation is released. There is no bid package or solicitation document associated with this announcement. The requested information is for planning purposes and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued. No entitlement to payment by the Government of direct or indirect costs or charges will arise as a result of the submission of contractors' information. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for any improperly identified proprietary information. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations.

This Sources Sought is open to all businesses, regardless of size. The NAICS code for this action is 541330 Engineering Services. 541330 Engineering Services: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in applying physical laws and principles of engineering in the design, development, and utilization of machines, materials, instruments, structures, processes, and systems. The assignments undertaken by these establishments may involve any of the following activities: provision of advice, preparation of feasibility studies, preparation of preliminary and final plans and designs, provision of technical services during the construction or installation phase, inspection and evaluation of engineering projects, and related services. The proposed acquisition will be for Architect-Engineer (A-E) services procured using procedures defined in the Brooks Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and FAR Supplements.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is seeking sources to perform A-E Services for Fuel facilities leak detection testing of capitalized off-loading facilities, underground storage tanks, loading facilities, hydrant fueling systems, pipelines and vehicle service stations. All testing shall meet all Federal, State and local/Host Nation regulatory requirements and/or DLA/DoD requirements. As directed by USACE and DLA Energy, testing shall be performed using U.S. EPA Third Party Evaluated, Nation Work Group on Leak Detection Evaluations listed methodologies. Work will be performed at Army, Air Force, Navy Marine Corps, National Guard and DLA Energy fuel facilities, and other fuel related facilities of interest to the Government at CONUS and OCONUS locations. Services may apply to new construction, upgrades, inspections, maintenance or repair. This Sources Sought Notice is part of the market research activities, and your responses are requested to identify potential sources that have the knowledge, skill, experience and past performance to deliver quality services on time and within budget. USACE is especially interested in your firm's qualifications (within the last five years) for the following:

Sources Sought Response Form

W9128F23SM015

(A-E) Services to Support Environmental Regulatory Compliance / Best Management Practice (BMP) for Department of Defense Fuel Systems

CONUS/OCONUS

Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC)

1. Fuel facilities leak detection testing of capitalized assets including offloading facilities, storage tanks, loading facilities, hydrant fueling systems pipelines and vehicle service stations. All testing shall meet all Federal, State, and local/Host Nation regulatory requirements and/or DLA/DoD requirements. Work will be performed at Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and DLA Energy fuel facilities, and other fuel related facilities of interest to the Government at CONUS and OCONUS locations. Services may apply to new construction, upgrades, inspections, maintenance, or repair. In addition, the ability to analyze available release detection methods, required detection thresholds and determine most applicable release detection method for each specific system component will be required.

2. Support for unscheduled or unplanned test actions at new or identified sites at Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and DLA Energy fuel facilities, and other fuel related facilities of interest to the Government at CONUS and OCONUS locations. These other test actions may include leak detection related rapid responses to fuel leaks;

leak location and incidental repair; retests; annual pressure tests; and 5-year UFC tests.

3. Expert leak detection consulting and engineering support to assist the day-to-day execution of the program including strategy development in response to support DLA Energy correspondence and meetings with EPA and other regulatory agencies, technical briefing support, technical discussions with Service Control Points and SRM programs, definition/review and development of policy and best management plans, review of leak detection methodology and situational application.

4. Environmental compliance-related consulting and engineering services for DLA Energy Capitalized Fuel Facilities, including but not limited to leak detection testing, spill bucket testing, pressure testing, overhill prevention device, hydrocarbon sensor evaluations, audits and optimization studies, MILCON leak evaluations, Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document (OEBGD) evaluations, leak strategy evaluations, designated underground storage tank (DUSTO) inspections, fuel system evaluations and equipment certifications along with certification and testing of Permanent Leak Detection Systems (PLDS). This will require contracting with appropriate third-party independent leak detection testing firms and perform the testing including semi-annual, annual, triennial, and five-year tests. The Prime contractor is responsible for the coordination between the third-party testing firms and the facility being tested with such critical issues as ensuring certification and calibration of equipment, dig permits, site access, temporary system modifications, or other logistics.

5. Appropriate oversight including fieldwork or unannounced audits of the field in an effort to provide Quality Control (QC) of the testing processes. Responsible for the QC of the testing companies report relative to data collected, systems testing, results, evaluations, and conclusions. Contractor is required to provide independent analysis of the data, conclusions, and recommendations and certifies results via a professional engineer stamp and signature for each testing report.

6. Development, implementation, and maintenance of project schedules, events, status of resources, report(s), and progress toward accomplishing project objectives regarding technical support to facilitate the on-going management of the leak detection program.

7. Develop Programmatic and site-specific Work Plans and Health and Safety Plans.

8. Additional consulting and engineering services including but is not limited to: leak detection strategy evaluations; regulatory meeting with federal, state, and local regulators; SPCC updates; developing/updating Tank Management Plans; compliance audits; SRM and MILCON Project Leak Detection evaluations; miscellaneous compliance requests along with UST Operator Training; and hydrocarbon sensor evaluations.

Please complete this form and return to the individuals on the right by 16-May-2023.

Tyler.Hegge@usace.army.mil Jennifer.C.Gilbreath@usace.army.mil mailto:Tyler.Hegge@usace.army.mil mailto:Jennifer.C.Gilbreath@usace.army.mil

Firm Name

Address

Cage Code

Web Site URL

DUNS #

Point of Contact

E-mail

Phone #

Currently registered in System of Award Management (SAM)?

Provide your company's North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code(s):

State whether your firm is classified by the Small Business Administration as any of the following:

Small Business Small Disadvantaged Business Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Section 8(a) Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) HUB Zone

General Questions

Yes No N/A

1. Interested in performing as a Prime Contractor under the proposed SATOC.

2. Likely team with another company to perform work under the proposed SATOC.

3.Likely to pursue a joint-venture relationship or some other formal teaming arrangement?

4. What Geographic area does your firm work? Within one state only Primarily within one state and its bordering states Regionally Nationally Nationally and Internationally

5. Does your firm have experience supporting customers nationwide and overseas? (Y/N)

6. Does your firm have experience performing testing at multiple DoD locations CONUS simultaneously? (Y/N)

7. If yes to above, what is your firms experience level in working simultaneous project locations CONUS/ OCONUS? (choose one)

Less than 5

6 to 15

16 to 25

More than 26

8. Provide/list 5 States within CONUS where majority of your firms experience in testing has occurred.

9. Provide 3 countries/OCONUS locations where majority of your firms experience in testing has occurred.

10. Does your firm have experience in obtaining country clearances and site access (OCONUS).

(Y/N)

11. Does your firm plan to fully self-perform the work? (Y/N)

12. If not, what percentage will be performed by other firms? (choose one)

Less than 10% 10-30%

30-50% Greater than 50%

13. On an annual basis, what is the workload capacity that your firm could execute? (choose one)

Less than $1M $2M-4M $5M-10M $11-20 M Greater than $20M

14. How many professional employees does your firm have in house to manage and execute work described? (choose one)

Up to 10 11-30 31-50 More than 50

15. Does your firm have experience in testing that would meet the Unified Facility Code annual and 5-year test requirements? (Y/N)

16. Does your firm have point in time leak detection testing experience in performing testing using US EPA third party evaluated and NWGLDE listed methodologies at DLA/DoD fuel facilities? (Y/N)

17. If yes on 16, is some of the point in time testing experience with bulk field constructed underground storage tanks? (Y/N)

18. If yes on 16, is some of the point in time testing experience with hydrant fueling system and pipelines? (Y/N)

19. If yes on 16, is some of the point in time testing experience with military service stations?

20. Does your firm have experience, in the past 5 years, utilizing the following testing methodologies?

Hansa Consult of North America (Y/N) Vista Research, Inc. (Y/N) Mass Technology Corp. (Y/N) Praxair Services, Inc. (Y/N)

21. Have you utilized the methodologies listed in #22 to perform Federal, State, local and Host Nation regulatory driven testing at DLA/DoD facilities CONUS and OCONUS in the last 5 years? (Y/N)

22. What Branches of the Military does your firm have experience in providing testing?

23. Identify the experience level (years) of “leak detection only” experience for your firm’s 2 senior project staff that you would propose working on this program. (choose one)

Less than 3 years 4 – 8 years

9 – 15 years Greater than 15 years

24. Does your firm have any affiliation with any of the test methods employed in the leak detection field?

25. If yes, please explain.

26. Does your firm routinely design leak detection systems as part of MILCON, SRM, or RMMR related projects? (Y/N)

27. What types of fuel systems do you have experience performing leak detection testing? (check all that apply) underground storage tanks pipelines hydrant systems and transfer lines bulk storage tanks

28. Additional Comments: