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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

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DESCRIPTION/ SPECS./ WORK STATEMENT X

PACKAGING AND MARKING

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INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

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PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS

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PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW YORK

26 FEDERAL PLAZA, RM 16-300

NEW YORK NY 10278-0090

(917)790-8026

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SOLICITATION

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6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.5. DATE ISSUED

15 Jun 2022

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

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3. SOLICITATION NO.

W912DS22R0005

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES QUANTITY UNIT UNIT PRICE AMOUNT

0001 2,400,000 Job Base

FFP

Biological, Environmental, and Cultural Resources

(BECR)

FOB: Destination

PSC CD: B599

NET AMT

0002 2,400,000 Job

OPTION OPTION YEAR 1

FFP

Biological, Environmental, and Cultural Resources

(BECR)

0003 2,400,000 Job

OPTION OPTION YEAR 2

FFP

Biological, Environmental, and Cultural Resources

(BECR)

0004 2,400,000 Job

OPTION OPTION YEAR 3

FFP

Biological, Environmental, and Cultural Resources

(BECR)

0005 2,400,000 Job

OPTION OPTION YEAR 4

FFP

Biological, Environmental, and Cultural Resources

(BECR)

INSTRUCTIONS AND PRICE LIST

Price Description Unit of

Measur ement

Forecas t Annual Usage

Base Year Unit Cost

Foreca st Base Annual

Cost for

Line Item

1st Option Year Unit Cost

Forecast 1st OY Annual Cost for Line Item

2nd Opti on

Year

Forecast 2nd OY Annual Cost for

Line Item

3rd Option Year Unit Cost

Forecast 3rd OY Annual Cost for Line Item

4th Optio n Year

Forecast 4th OY Annual Cost for

Line Item

Total of Base +

OYs Unit

Costs for Line

Item

Forecast

LIFE OF

CONTRAC

T Costs for Line

Item

Personnel

1 Archaeologist- Principal Investigator

Hour 100

2 Archaeologist- (Field/Lab Director)

Hour 100

3 Archaeology- Underwater

Hour 50

4 Archaeologist (Field/Lab Assistant)

Hour 100

5 Architectural Historian

Hour 20

6 Biologist Hour 100 7 Botanist Hour 20 8 Chemistry

Laboratory Technician

Hour 1

9 Civil Engineer Hour 1 10 Coastal

Geologist Hour 1

11 Conservator Hour 1 12 Environmental

(Air Quality, HTRW)

Engineer

Hour 50

13 Environmental (Air Quality

HTRW)

Scientist

Hour 100

14 Field Technician (Environment al)

Hour 100

15 Freshwater Ecologist

Hour 1

16 Geomorpholo gist

Hour 20

17 Geographer Hour 20 18 Geospatial

Data System

(GDS)

Manager

Hour 10

19 Geospatial Data Spatial Analyst

Hour 20

20 Geospatial Data Operator/Tech nician

Hour 20

21 GIS Database Specialist

Hour 10

22 GIS

Programmer

Hour 10

23 Historian Hour 50 24 Hydrologist Hour 1 25 Industrial

Hygienist/Safe ty Officer

Hour 1

26 Landscape Architect

Hour 10

27 Marine Ecologist

Hour 20

28 Oceanograph er

Hour 20

29 Research Assistant (Archaeologist /Historical)

Hour 20

30 Scuba Diver Hour 50 31 Secretary Hour 100 32 Senior

(Scientist/Engi neer) - Project Manager

Hour 100

33 Supervisory ( Scientist / Engineer ) - Program Manager/Prin cipal

Hour 100

34 Surveyor Hour 20 35 Toxicologist Hour 1 36 Water Quality

Modeler Hour 20

Equipment

Rental

Zodiac-type inflatable craft with outboard engine including operator, fuel and berthing.

32 Operating day Day 1 33 Standby Day Day 1 34 Mob/Demob Mob/

Demo b

River Sampling Boat >15ft, including operator, fuel and berthing

35 Operating Day Day 1 36 Standby Day Day 1 37 Mob/Demob Mob/

Demo

Bay Sampling RV, =or >40', including licensed master, and min. 2 man deck, fuel and berthing to perform operations as defined in

Section B, Line Item Definitions

39 Operating Day Day 20 40 Standby Day Day 20 41 Mob/Demob Mob/

Demo

Ocean Sampling RV, = or > 75', including licensed master, min. 3 man deck, fuel and berthing to perform operations as defined in

Section B, Line Item Definitions

42 Operating Day Day 20 43 Standby Day Day 20 44 Mob/Demob Mob/

Demo

Complete Otter-Trawl Rig (10 ft

Length)

45 Sampling Day Day 1 46 Standby Day Day 1 47 Mob/Demob Mob/

Demo

Vibro-Core capable of penetrating 30' in water depths up to 120 feet including vessel, fuel, berthing, crew and all necessary equipment

48 Operating Day Day 1 49 Standby Day Day 1 50 Mob/Demob Mob/

Demo b

51 Vibro-Core Lexan Tube Liner

20' Lengt h

52 Benthic Grab

Sampler 1Cubic ft , such as box core, Smyth- Mac, Van- Veen and Shipek w/ (spare parts)

Day 20

53 Ponar (or equiv) /Hand Grab Sampler

Day 1

Upland Soil Boring Rig including crew, fuel, and all necessary drilling equipment

54 Operating Day Day 20 55 Standby Day Day 20 56 Mob/Demob Day 20 57 Split Spoon

Sample 2"x48"

Each 1

Standard Penetration Test; Split spoon sample (30' max penetration depth in

50' max water depth

58 Standard Penetration test Drilling Rig

Foot 1

59 Operating day Day 1

60 Mob/Demob. Day 1

62 Hydrolab, cord and cordless with the following minimum capability;

date, time, temp., salinity, turbidity, redox, depth, DO, conductivity, internal memory

63 Turbidity

Meter able to attain a 0.1 NTU reading

64 Acoustic

Doppler Current Profiler

(ADCP)

65 Digital Audio

Tape Recorder

Month 1

66 Navigation

System /with tracking / location and data collection abilities

Day 10

67 Mapping

Grade Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS) with software to attain horizontal accuracy of < or = to 1 meter

68 Survey Grade Differential Global Positioning Systems (DGPS) with software to attain horizontal accuracy of 1cm +2 ppm and vertical accuracy of 2cm+2 ppm

69 Hand-held flow meter capable of measuring flow to 1/10 feet per second

70 Current Meter Day 1

71 Digital

Precision Survey Multifrequenc y Echosounder/ Fathometer

72 Gyro

Compass

73 Multibeam

Sonar

74 TSS Optical

Backscatter Scanner

(OBS)

75 Magnetometer

(dual channel recorder with ability to record on both channels and sensitivity of

0.1 gammas)

76 Digital Side-

Scan Sonar (dual channel, 100/500 3.5 20kHz digital acquisition sensor)

77 Digital Subbottom Profiler (minimum capability; 3.5- 200kHz penetrating 20-250 feet)

78 Radio Set 2-way, including shipboard transceiver and portable handsets

79 Scuba Gear

(for one diver), air tank, regulator, gauges

80 Scuba Gear

(for one diver) Week 20

81 Surface Air person)

82 Surface Air person)

Week 20

83 Underwater

Camera (black and white and color photos)

84 Underwater video equipment set (including camera, audio recorder and color tapes)

Suburban Truck//Pickup, 4 wheel drive or

Crew/Cargo van

85 Suburban Truck/Pickup, 4 wheel drive or Crew/Cargo van (including fuel and unlimited mileage)

86 Suburban Truck/Pickup, 4 wheel drive or Crew/Cargo van (including fuel and unlimited mileage)

Week 1

GeoProbe-two man crew, truck/track mounted

87 GeoProbe-two man crew, truck/track mounted ( fuel, supplies)

Day 1

88 GeoProbe-two man crew,truck/tra ck mounted, (fuel, supplies)

Week 1

89 Hand-Held

Power Auger (including operator and fuel)

Hydro-mulch/seeding truck 1000 gal

90 Hydro-mulch/seed truck 1000 gal (including operator and fuel)

Day 10

91 Hydro Mulch Delivery and Sprayed

Acre 10

92 Organic Vapor

Analyzer

93 Radioactivity

Meter

94 LEL/02 Meter

(explosive gases)

95 Digital

Camera

96 8 Ft deer fencing

LF 1

97 Goose

Fencing

LF 1

98 Rodent guard EA 1

99 Deer guard EA 1

Reproductions & Scans

100 Text (Black and White) Copy/ Scan

101 Color Copy

/Scan

102 CD/DVD

without case Disk 1

103 CD/DVD with case Disk 100

104 Laminated

Posters

Biological

Analysis

105 Ponar/ Hand Grab analysis.

Benthic ID and count.

Sampl e

106 Benthic Grab

(Smith-Mac, Shipek, etc.) 1 cubic ft analysis.

Benthic ID and count

Sampl

Other Laboratory

Tests

107 Timber

(including species, lignin, cellulose and hemicellulose)

Sampl

108 Radiocarbon

Dating Sampl

109 Pollen

(presence or absence)

Sampl

110 Pollen

Analysis (I.D.

and count)

Sampl

111 Foraminifera

Sampl

112 Grain Size

Analysis for sand/silt/clay

Sampl

INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY

SERVICES CONTRACT FOR

BIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES

This is an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Contract for Biological, Environmental and Cultural Resources in various locations within the New York Engineer District Area of Responsibility.

I. CONTRACT PERIOD and PERFORMANCE PERIOD;

• The contract duration shall be for a period of one year from the date of contract award, with four (4) option year periods, each of which, if exercised, would extend the contract by a year making a total of years (5) years. Each period shall run consecutively. The Base Period and all Option Periods shall not exceed 60 consecutive months from date of contract award.

• Each task order will specify specific performance periods, which will apply to that task order. Services will be ordered through individual task orders on an “as needed” basis. The Contractor shall maintain/employ sufficient resources to ensure timely completion of all task orders.

II. CAPACITY and OBLIGATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT

• The Government will award up to one (1) contract as a result of this solicitation. The Government will order and the contractor must furnish services worth:

To the minimum guarantee for this IDC is $5,000.00, The total capacity of this contract will be $12,000 ,000.00

Notes:

1. Price: There is one (1) table in Section B the “Price Schedule”. The Price Schedule has a listing of all the requirements that will be part of the basic Indefinite Delivery Contracts. The offeror will have to fill in prices for each item for the Base, 1st Option, 2nd Option, 3rd Option and 4th Option Years. The estimated quantity is the government’s estimate as to the usage of each item for each year of the contract.

2. Prices will be evaluated according to the Price Schedule listed provided in Section B. For the purpose of evaluating price, the lowest offeror will be the offeror with the lowest extended price for Base Year + Option Years.

3. All items must be priced for an offeror’s proposal to be considered for evaluation. While the maximum capacity for the contract for Base plus Option years cannot exceed $12,000,000.00 an offeror’s total price on the

Price Schedule may exceed $12,000,000.00. While the estimated quantities are the government’s best estimate of anticipated usage for each year of the contract the actual usage may be more or less for each item.

4. All prices should be fully burdened (included G&A, Overhead and Profit).

5. Any questions about solicitation requirements should contact Mohenda Surage, 917-790-8088, Mohenda.R.Surage@usace.army.mil.

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

PERFORMACE WORK STATEMENT FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERY,

INDEFINITE QUANITY (IDIQ) CONTRACTUAL PERFORMANCE

REQUIREMENTS

BIOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, CULTURAL RESOURCES (BECR) PLANNING

SERVICES ACTIVITIES FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS -

NEW YORK DISTRICT (PROPONENT)

I. PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

A. The Contractor will furnish all labor, supplies, materials, laboratory services, transportation, and equipment necessary to conduct required Biological, Environmental, and Cultural Resources (BECR) studies for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District (District) on a multiple Task Order IDIQ basis. IAW the command policies of USACE, North Atlantic Division, in order to support the regional-mission, with the permission of the proponent, capacity from this Contract can be available for use throughout the North Atlantic Division. Contractor task orders will generally involve but are not limited to; NEPA activities, environmental/ cultural resources restoration and mitigation activities, incremental cost analysis, environmental/ cultural resources permits, agency coordination, compliance monitoring, impact assessment modeling, wetland delineations, hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) activities, Air, Water Sediment and Soil Quality activities, Endangered and Threatened species activities, essential fish habitat activities, BECR customary field work, sampling, processing and curation, BECR special field studies and investigations, Public Involvement activities, Master Planning and land use activities, Conceptual Plans /designs/ drawings, Audio visual activities, as well as additional BECR/Planning Services missions to be negotiated. All services provided by the Contractor shall be carried out in support of the District’s civil works missions as well as in support of its military and agency support programs. Therefore, the Contractor shall be able to provide experts who are familiar with and have worked on similar activities for military installations.

B. The Contractor shall be able to provide experts in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems, HTRW and historical, archaeological (underwater and terrestrial) and cultural resources. Contractor must be able to integrate GIS into all assigned activities if required by task order. Some Task Orders will require contractors with special certifications/licenses such as.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 40-Hr HAZWOPER certified with current 8-Hr Refresher training, Environmental Professional as defined under 40 CFR 312.10, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service approved Indiana Bat Specialist, National Marine Fisheries Service/National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration certified monitors with experience in northeast/mid-Atlantic, specifically turtles, Atlantic Sturgeon, and whales herbicide/pesticide application, Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH), and CPR/First Aid.

C. The Contractor should have established relationships and access to resources of universities located in the eastern United States. Services as described below can require some or all of the following disciplines: biology, botany, marine biology, wildlife biology, oceanography, statistics, modeling, geospatial analysis, geography, ecology, archaeology, historic architecture, history, historic preservation, material culture conservation, geomorphology, paleobotany, zooarchaeology, industrial hygiene, landscape architecture, geology, geotechnical, chemical, physical and biological laboratory analysis, toxicology, ornithology, herpetology, zoology, ichthyology, invertebrate zoology, chemical, environmental, coastal and civil engineering, surveying, GIS and HTRW. The Contractor will perform studies and work that include, but is not limited to:

1. Biological, environmental and cultural resources analysis and planning for projects that include but are not limited to NEPA, flood risk management, navigation, coastal storm risk management, regulatory compliance, air quality, facility construction, military actions, real estate, ecosystem restoration, watershed planning, mitigation studies, wetlands identification, wetland mitigation conceptual design, budgets and infrastructure/water supply related actions with integrated GIS.

2. Field, office and laboratory work required for the collection, identification, compilation, analysis, and evaluation of data pertaining to biological, ecological, environmental, archaeological, architectural, geologic, geomorphologic, hydro geomorphologic, socio-economic, chemical (to include but not limited to water quality and hazardous waste testing and analysis), hydraulic, statistical, air quality, endangered species, fish habitat, fish passages, geospatial data and systems applications and other related biological, environmental and cultural resources considerations of projects stated in section A1 above.

3. Conceptual planning capability - Contractor will have capability to collect necessary data and draw up conceptual plans for environmental restoration/mitigation alternatives as well as archaeological and cultural resources alternatives.

D. Biological resources will embody terrestrial, wetland, and aquatic ecosystems. Biological resource tasks may include biological and natural resource impact assessment, including running impact assessment models, baseline data inventories, integrated natural resources management plans, ecosystem restoration planning and design, watershed planning, natural resource management, regulatory compliance, permit acquisition, mitigation conceptual design and mitigation site maintenance (e.g. herbicide application, herbivory prevention measure installation), analytical laboratory analyses, statistical data interpretation, report preparation, interagency and public meeting participation, and other tasks in support of NEPA compliance.

Additional investigations will include Clean Air Act General Conformity Compliance, endangered species analyses, sampling and interagency reporting.

E. Environmental resources tasks may include reviewing and synthesizing recorded information;

conducting assessments in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations, including but not limited to: Army and Engineering Regulations, NEPA, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), E 1527 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process (as amended), investigations of areas with potential HTRW that can include field sampling and environmental compliance audits; and preparing reports, site specific sampling and analysis plans, health and safety plans, and other tasks in support of, but not limited to NEPA compliance, etc.

F. Cultural resource tasks may include reviewing and synthesizing documentary materials, conducting archaeological sensitivity assessments, archaeological field testing, and other forms of on-site identification and evaluation of cultural properties, conducting remote sensing surveys for both terrestrial and underwater investigations, inspections of submerged cultural resources, artifact processing, conducting data analysis, preparing reports and the required documentation for determinations of eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, completion of National Register of Historic Places Nomination Forms, Compliance with Section 106 and 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (NHPA), creating Integrated Cultural Resource Management Plans, developing and executing measures for further treatment of historic properties, and other tasks in support of NHPA and NEPA compliance. Each Offeror must have at least two different Cultural Resource sources/ firms as part of their overall proposal/team.

G. Additional task orders may include work on hazardous waste manuals, regulatory permit acquisition, audio-visual services, workshop/conferences participation, data management assistance with computer programs, environmental justice analysis, existing condition profiles for master plans, recreation planning and facility layout, aerial photogrammetric interpretation and digitizing and biological inventory, survey and classification, special investigations/monitoring of threatened / endangered species requiring federal or state certifications.

H. The specific assignments and details for a task order will be set forth in detail in the scope of work each individual task order. Any equipment that is deemed necessary to complete a task order; but has not been included on the negotiated costs schedule will be negotiated on a task order by task order basis, and serve as a negotiated reference cost for subsequent Task Orders.

All supplies/durable goods necessary to complete a task order will be listed and negotiated as a direct costs on a task order by task order basis, and serve as a negotiated reference cost for subsequent Task Orders. All excess supplies/ durable goods, upon completion of the task order or contract will become the property of project/government.

I. Multiple firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery-Type contract will be awarded pursuant to FAR

15.101 Best-Value Trade-Off (BVTO) process for service type contracts. Contracts will be for 5-year duration or an $12,000,000.00 maximum capacity, whichever occurs first.

II. CONTRACTOR SERVICES

The contractor must be technically qualified to provide services to the District. A technical evaluation manual has been established that identifies standards of acceptability with regards to various features of contractor qualifications, past experience and performance.

A. The Contractor shall obtain by field surveys, research of available literature, consultation with colleges, universities, local, state, and Federal agencies, as well as other private and public organizations, the biological, environmental, and cultural resources data needed to serve as a basis for the assessment of biological, environmental, cultural resources, social and economic impacts of projects, and related costs. All fieldwork, whether contributing to a formal report or other technical memorandum, shall be documented with digital photographs that are provided to the POC.

B. TECHNICAL SUPPORT

1. Biological resource services to be performed under this contract may include, but are not limited to:

a. Ecological functional analyses, such as Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP), Evaluation of Planned Wetlands (EPW), Environmental Protection Agency Rapid Bioassessment Protocol (EPA RBP), Index of Biology Integrity (IBI) modeling;

b. Preparation and update of integrated natural resource management plans;

c. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental assessments (EA), environmental impact statements (EIS) and related documents and reports;

d. Floral and faunal inventories and classification of habitat and cover types;

e. Ecosystem restoration and watershed planning;

f. Development of data-collection methods, data collection, management, analysis, and interpretation for studies that include but are not limited to: Mammals; Raptor, passerine, waterfowl, wading and shorebirds; Terrestrial, marine and freshwater invertebrates;

Marine and freshwater adult, juvenile and larval finfish; Finfish stomach analysis;

Herpetology; Water quality; Sediment profile imagery (SPI); and Side-scan sonar;

g. Threatened and endangered species biological assessments and surveyswith specialized Agency certifications

h. Wetland delineations and vernal habitat surveying;

i. Surveying boundaries of delineated wetlands, terrestrial and aquatic habitats;

j. Application of Wetland Evaluation Techniques (WET) or a derivative thereof;

k. Mitigation/Restoration plan selection using incremental cost/habitat unit analysis;

l. Development of mitigation and restoration budgets and construction plan cost estimates;

m. Hydrogeomorphic analysis;

n. Geographic information systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS);

o. Clean Water Act, Section 404 (b) (1) evaluations;

p. Hydraulic, hydrologic and sediment transport modeling to include preparation of water budgets;

q. Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Consistency Statements;

r. Acquisition of State 401 water quality certification;

s. Participate in public and interagency meetings;

t. Performing literature reviews and documentary research;

u. Technical reviews of reports prepared by others.

v. Chemical and physical analysis of water column and aquatic sediments;

w. Mapping (by remote sensing such as Light Detection Ranging (LIDAR) and/or coring) physical and geological features including sediments; Ecological resources inventories;

x. Identification, surveying, and paper and digital representations (mapping, cross sections, and narrative) of biological benchmarks.

y. Environmental impact assessment modeling.

z. Development and implementation of invasive species management plans and herbivory prevention plans.

2. Environmental Resources Services to be performed under this contract may include but are not limited to:

a. Preliminary assessments, site investigations, remedial investigation feasibility studies, and facility environmental compliance audits;

b. Environmental baseline surveys;

c. Environmental risk assessments;

d. Development of energy conservation plans;

e. Design and preparation of plans and specifications for investigating and evaluation hazardous and toxic site remediation.

f. Asbestos and lead paint testing, management and abatement designs;

g. Record, title and database searches;

h. Underground storage tank investigations;

i. Field investigations that include, but are not limited to; collection of soil, water and/or air samples; Soil borings; Soil gas analysis; Monitoring well installation; Hydropunch sampling; and Groundwater/wastewater/potable water quality assessments;

j. Operate truck, skid or track mounted drill rigs or geoprobes.

k. Chemical sampling and laboratory analysis of soil, water and/or air samples;

l. Development of cost estimates;

m. Technical review of reports by others;

n. Erosion and sediment control planning;

o. Stormwater management plans.

p. Preparation of permit applications/regulatory coordination;

q. Preparation of spill prevention control and countermeasures plans;

r. Chemical data acquisition planning;

s. Assemble site safety and health plans;

t. Identification of action levels/clean-up levels;

u. Prepare quality assurance/ quality control plans, and;

v. Development of conceptual plans for environmental restoration/mitigation alternatives

3. Cultural resource services to be performed under this contract will be conducted in a manner consistent with the Secretary of Interior’s “Standards and Guidelines for Archaeology and Historic Preservation” (48 CFR 44720-23) and include but is not limited to:

a. Documentary research, consultation with knowledgeable individuals and a review of existing cultural resource studies that will result in the development of detailed research design and an archaeological testing program.

b. Sub-surface testing, remote sensing surveys and terrestrial or underwater investigations of impact areas in order to locate unknown historic and prehistoric properties and to evaluate the National Register eligibility of any encountered cultural resources;

c. the development and implementation of measures or conceptual plans to mitigate for any adverse effects that project actions may have upon properties determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places;

d. laboratory analysis and artifact processing, which will include cleaning and temporary curation and the transfer of these items to the Contracting Agency or to and appropriate curatorial facility, as specified in each individual task order, and according to 36 CFR Part 79, “Curation of Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections”.

4. The following services and expertise are required for Clean Air Act and General Conformity compliance in the New York- New Jersey -Long Island Non-Attainment and New Jersey- Philadelphia –Delaware Non-Attainment Areas:

1. Expertise in General Conformity analysis and determinations in EPA Region 2;

2. Expertise in development of RONAs;

3. Expertise in dredge-related emission estimates and operational profiles;

4. Expertise in non-road emission estimates for both land-based equipment and marine vessels;

5. Expertise in the evaluation of emission control technologies;

6. Expertise in the evaluation of non-road emission reduction strategies;

7. Expertise in the implementation and tracking of non-road emission reduction strategies;

8. Technical and policy understanding of the precedential Harbor Air Management Plan

(HAMP) and updates for USACE;

9. Technical and policy understanding of the precedential Conditional Statement of

Conformity for the Harbor Deepening Project (HDP) emissions netting process;

10. Understanding, facilitation, and technical support to the Regional Air Team;

11. Negotiation support, both technical and policy-related, with federal and state regulatory agencies on air quality matters relating to North Atlantic Division projects/programs;

12. Understanding of development and implementation of the Surplus NOx Emission

Offsets (SNEO) protocols;

13. Expertise in marine and port-related emission sources;

14. Understanding of air quality-marine-related regulations at the state, federal, and international levels.

15. Expertise in interpretation of CAA and GC Rule case law, technical analyses, evaluations, ‘gray’ literature, data gaps and their applicability specific to the NAD AOR and affected NA Areas.

5. Geospatial Information Systems, geospatial data, all geospatial services which include collection, development, and delivery of data to be performed under this contract will be conducted in a manner consistent with Engineer Regulation (ER) 1110-1-8156, Policies, Guidance and Requirements for Geospatial Data and Systems, which established general criteria for the use and development of geospatial technologies throughout the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and include but are not limited to:

a. All vector data sets produced by, for, or in partnership with USACE shall be compliant with Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure and Environment (SDSFIE)

b. Executive Order 12906 which requires that all federally funded geospatial data must have compliant metadata. An FGDC compliant metadata record is required for each feature class and shall be created using ESRI ArcGIS Arc Catalog;

c. All design work shall be compliant with AEC CAD Standard and National CAD Standard.

d. All project data, documents, drawings, etc. should clearly indicate the horizontal reference datum (e.g., NAD 83) , the vertical geodetic reference datum (e.g., NAVD 88), and, if applicable, the vertical water level reference datum (e.g., LWRP, LMSL). The vertical water level reference datum is the water level reference surface used by H&H for modeling and analysis. All projects should indicate the relationship between this water level reference datum and the geodetic datum.

e. Guidance provided in ER 1110-2-8160 requires that all USACE project vertical control be tied to the National Spatial Reference System (currently NAVD 88) to provide for consistency of elevations with the map modernization efforts of other Federal agencies such as FEMA and

USGS.

f. All data and deliverables are QA/QC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control)

g. GPS Survey Capability

h. Photogrammetric Mapping, Aerial and satellite Photo reference materials retrieval

i. Provide all GIS data layers used for map deliverables in formats such as databases, spreadsheets, and SDSFIE compliant GIS data.

j. LIDAR data retrieval and processing.

6. Safety Activities and Reports

a. All task orders will conform to current Corps of Engineers Safety Guidelines (EM 385- 1-1), to include: accident prevention plans, health and safety plans, activity hazard analyses and composite risk methodology IAW EM 385-1-1.

b. a Health and safety Plan, accident prevention plan, activity hazard analysis will be required for the activities undertaken as part of this contract.

C. REPORTS

1. Biological, environmental and cultural resources reports may include a discussion of the investigation, a description of past, existing and future conditions, a description of all plans and feasible alternative designs considered, mitigation alternatives, a socio-economic analysis required to present and to illustrate the contents and the conclusions of the study, the assessment of environmental considerations and impacts of all the alternatives being evaluated, and all results, conclusions, and recommendations. Specific reporting requirements will be identified in each task order. Cultural resources reports will also conform to the appropriate requirements of the relevant Federal guidelines and the guidelines of the relevant State Historic Preservation Office.

a. Reports will include all graphics required to present, print, and illustrate the contents and the conclusions of the study. This may also include audio/visual presentations at public or interagency meetings and professional workshops.

b. As a basic guide for report preparation, the pages shall be 8 ½ x 11 inches with 11 x 17-inch foldouts where appropriate.

c. The number of copies of the draft and final reports will be specified in a task order. Digital copies, in “.pdf” Adobe Acrobat and Microsoft Word formats will be required for every report. All tables, charts, graphs, figures, and images must be imbedded into the report.

i.Surveying maps and cross sections shall be provided in Microstation format and raw surveying data shall be provided in a format compatible with current systems of the New York District (i.e. meeting all current Corps of Engineers meta-data standards) as stated above.

ii.All raw field and test data shall be provided in Microsoft Excel format and arranged (headers, columns, rows) in such a way as to facilitate analysis using standard statistical software programs.

d. Use of either company logo and/or company name is prohibited unless requested in writing to the District and with written approval by the District.

e. Use double-sided pages.

2. Cultural resource reports shall provide a written narrative of the results of the investigations and be of sufficient scope and detail to appraise potential project impacts on structural and archaeological resources as required by the NHPA and 36 CFR Part 800. The report produced by a cultural resource investigation is of potential value not only for its specific recommendations, but also as a reference document. To this end, a report must be a scholarly statement, which can be used as a basis for any future cultural resources evaluation. It must meet both job requirements for cultural resource protection and scientific standards of current research as defined in 36 CFR Part 800, the Council’s Handbook and current guidelines of the appropriate State Historic Preservation Office, as indicated by the individual task order.

a. The Contractor may be required to prepare interim, preliminary and revised draft and final reports for all studies. The requirements will be set forth in the individual task orders.

i. Interim and preliminary reports will be concise summaries of the project’s findings to date, with recommendations for further work.

ii. Draft and final reports will provide descriptions of the investigations and their findings, the details of which will be set forth in individual task orders.

Draft reports will be revised to address all review comments.

iii. The number of copies of the interim, draft and final reports will be specified in the individual task order. iv. One digital copy, preferable in a “.pdf” Adobe Acrobat format will be required for every report. All tables, charts, graphs, figures, and images must be imbedded into this report.

b. All reports will include a review of the documentary and background research, a description of the field methods and their rationale, the results of the field survey, recommendations as to the need for, or lack of need for further cultural resources assessment or treatment plans as appropriate, a references cited section listing all references and citations, both within the text and within any appendices, a catalog of field test results, an artifact inventory, and appendices that will contain all interim reports, and a log of persons and organizations contacted during the project. Reports must conform to current guidelines and standards for the States of New York, New Jersey and Vermont.

c. Graphic presentation should include, but not be limited to, a project area base map, a cultural resources base map, delineating the locations of known resources, areas deemed sensitive for cultural resources and disturbed areas within the project area, and a map displaying the location of any test units, photographs taken in the field, as well as any historic maps, illustrations, or photographs.

d. All original notes, forms and maps will be retained and curated with the artifact collection as provided by 36 CFR Part 79 “Curation of Federally-Owned and Administrated Archaeological Collections”.

e. All materials recovered during the field testing must always be retained and properly curated until the individual task order is complete. Upon completion of the task order, this material will be provided to the District.

3. Report format, content, quality, number of copies, and detail as described above is subject to change and will be set forth in the PWS for each individual task order.

III. COORDINATION AND EXECUTION OF WORK

During the course of the work defined in each task order, the Contractor shall maintain contact with the District point-of-contact (POC) who shall be designated the proponent for each task order. All Task order will have a District appointed Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) who will monitor the contractors compliance with the PWS, schedule and costs for the Contracting Officer, and makes recommendations to the Contracting Officer. Only a Contracting Officer can modify a Task Order. All communications shall be referred to the District POC and COR for the attention of the Contracting Officer.

A. All work shall be in accordance with instructions, directives, regulations, technical manuals, and other instructions as furnished by the Contracting Officer and/or the District POC.

B. All publications and other data furnished by the Government in support of a work order as designated by the Contracting Officer shall be returned to the Contracting Officer or his designated representative within 30 calendar days after the date of acceptance of the work accomplished under the task order. All information and data generated in the course of accomplishing specific task orders by the Contractor shall become the property of the Government and be submitted on completion of the delivery order in an organized format or as otherwise specified by the Contracting Officer, including (as directed) input and storage onto data files compatible with those in use by the District.

C. All the field notes and associated records generated by a task order are the property of the US Government. These documents, along with any recovered artifacts, will be submitted to the POC designated by the Contracting Officer, upon completion of the task order, unless arrangements with a curatorial facility have been made, according to the specifications of each individual task order.

D. The Contractor shall be prepared make arrangements without use of SATO, for all negotiated visits to the study area as may be negotiated to accomplish the work under the task orders, except as otherwise specifically provided in the task order. Use/shared use of government vehicles for official purposes can be authorized on a task order by task order basis under authority of 41 CFR 101-38-301.

E. Reimbursement to the contractor for any travel costs of personnel shall be in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations, and indicated in each government cost estimate. Contractors based in the District Local Travel Zone will only be reimbursed for Mileage, not per deim or lodging while attending meetings or conducting site visits/ field work. The necessity of meetings will be determined by the Project Delivery Team (PDT) on a case by case basis for the life of the contract. These Governments meetings/coordination will be include in the individual performance work statements and the associated government cost estimates will be negotiated and funded on a task order by task order basis.

F. During the execution of the task orders, the Contractor shall consult with Federal agencies, states, municipalities, and other units of local government to obtain required information. All requests for information, assistance, coordination, or review by such agencies or local interest concerning studies, reports, or data collected or developed as a result of this contract shall by referred to the Contracting Officer or her designated representative for determination of the action to be taken thereon. The Contractor shall maintain an organized record of all meetings, telephone conversations, or other contacts made during the course of completing required work.

G. The time required by the Government to review draft submissions under this contract will vary with the workload in the New York District. The review periods established in the completion schedules set forth in task orders are the maximum anticipated periods required.

H. The Contractor shall provide copies of all references cited in the final reports, unless specified by the District POC that prepared the task order not to provide reference copies. If references are not available, the Contractor shall provide a copy of pertinent sections of the reference cited in the final report.

I. The Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining all necessary permits, licenses, and permission for access, unless otherwise specified by the individual task order.

J. The Contractor shall be required to be able conduct several concurrent investigations at different locations within the geographic AOR specified in this PWS K. Any equipment purchased for use under this contract is the property of the New York District and shall be delivered to the District POC upon completion of the PWS.

L. Upon closeout of each task order, the Contractor will provide a Release of Claims along with the final invoice. Each task order will be subject to a CPARs review. The Contractor will be familiar with the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) and will be required to respond to evaluations 1) entered by the District Technical POC at the conclusion of each task order; 2) annually with the renewal of the options years, if renewed; and 3) as required by the Contracting Officer.

M. Any data collected or any software or models created under this contract are the property of the New York District and shall be delivered to the District POC upon completion of the task order under which it was produced. Any equipment purchased for use under this contract is the property of the New York District and shall be delivered to the District POC upon completion of the Contract.

N. For all task orders in this contract, the Contactor shall refer to and adhere to all USACE safety protocols and regulations listed in the latest version of the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual EM-385-1-1 and create a Health and Safety Plan (HASP). The Contractor shall include in their HASP; safety issues regarding the operation of contractor gear/equipment.

All HASPs will include Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), when indicated. All HASP/AHAs are to be reviewed by the Proponent Section Chief prior to commencement of work. Safety planning for activities involving work aboard a Dredge vessel is a matter of command interest in NYD.

The Contractor and Subcontractors may be passengers in or drive government vehicles (GOV) in the course of official business on this contract’s task orders. This use will be IAW New York District Logistic Management Office GOV dispatch, licensing and safety standards.

IV. REQUIRED PERSONNEL

Appendix “A”, “Personnel Qualifications of Assigned Staff” defines the experience and education requirement for each job category required by this contract.

A. To accomplish any specific delivery order, the Contractor will assemble an Interdisciplinary team from a personnel pool. Each item shall be designated by the Contractor who will be responsible for executing all task orders. In the event that a task order requires the addition of personnel, supplies, or equipment that is germane to the BECR/ Planning Services activities of the proponent, as determined by the Contracting Officer, and is not included as a negotiated line item, then the necessary resources can be negotiated on a task order basis and integrated into the contract schedule of costs for use in subsequent task orders.

B. The Contractor agrees that, in the event of any staffing or corporate changes, or substitution of subcontractors and/or consultants, during the performance of this contract, the employees, subcontractors, or consultants engaged in the performance of the contract will continue to have the qualifications, professional background, education, and experience equal to that proposed by the Contractor and accepted by the Government for contract award.

V. DISTRIBUTION AND PUBLICATION

The Contractor shall not release any material to anyone outside the Corps of Engineers without prior written approval of the Contracting Officer. The contractor will assure that all information, documents, correspondence, conversations, reports, etc. generated under this contract will be used exclusively to fulfill this PWS. The contractor must have District approval before release and/or for non-District use.

VI. CONTRACTOR TASK ORDER SELECTION

Selection of a contractor to perform under this contract does not give them sole access to task orders for BECR activities within the proponent activity. Selection of a contractor for an individual task order can be made based on maintaining project continuity, project related expertise, cost and/or contractor workload. Distribution of task orders among contractors is at the sole discretion of the Contracting Officer and is not subject to dispute by the contractor, except as provided in FAR 16.505(b)(2).

APPENDIX “A”

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF KEY DISCIPLINES

AQUATIC/BENTHIC/FRESHWATER ECOLOGIST

Must have completed a full four-year program, leading to a B.S. from an accredited college or university, with a major study in biological science that included some or all of the following disciplines: marine or fresh water ecology, limnology, aquatic botany, aquatic fauna, fishery biology, ichthyology or a related field of science underlying ecological research that included at least 30 semester hours in basic and applied biological sciences.

Must have performed at least two years of work experience that demonstrates ability and understanding of aquatic ecology analysis.

1. Must have at least two years of practical experience.

2. Must show a proficiency in oral and written communication and successful participation as a technical team member representing a biological or natural resource discipline

ARCHAEOLOGIST - PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (Prehistoric, Historic, Industrial, and Underwater)

In general, the requirements are those used by the National Park Service and have been previously published in the Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR Part 61. Persons in charge of a project or research investigation contract, in addition to meeting the appropriate standards for the discipline, must have the doctorate or an equivalent level of professional experience as evidenced by a publication record that demonstrates experience in field project formulation, execution, and technical monograph reporting. Suitable professional references shall also be made available to obtain estimates regarding the adequacy of prior work. If prior projects were of a sort not ordinarily resulting in a publishable report, a narrative should be included detailing the proposed project director's previous experience along with reference suitable to obtain opinions regarding the adequacy of this earlier work. Principal Investigators supervising work on prehistoric, historic, industrial and underwater studies must demonstrate experience in conducting reseacrh, field work and analysis on the relevant site type.

ARCHAEOLOGIST - (Field/Laboratory Director)

In general, the requirements are those used by the National Park Service and have been previously published in the Code of Federal Regulations, 36 CFR Part 61. The minimum formal qualifications for individuals practicing archaeology as a profession are a B.A. or B.S.