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PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW YORK

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SOLICITATION

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.5. DATE ISSUED

26 Feb 2024

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

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3. SOLICITATION NO.

W912DS24R0008

Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form

BID SUBMISSION

The proposal shall be submitted electronically as a pdf document and will provide the Government address and receipt date for the submittal. Proposals must be signed, dated, and completed with prices for all contract line items (CLINs). Offerors are reminded to ensure that online Representations and Certifications in SAM are up to date or may provide completed Representations and Certifications with their proposal. The proposal shall not contain classified data. The use of hyperlinks is prohibited. File size is limited to 25MB per email. It is advised that proposals be submitted via e-mail at least 2 hours in advance to ensure it is submitted timely and uploaded. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that proposals are submitted so as to reach the designated recipients.

The Government will not be responsible for submissions delivered to any location or to anyone other than those designated to receive proposals.

If a proposal received at the Government facility by electronic data interchange is unreadable to the degree that conformance to the essential requirements of the solicitation cannot be ascertained, the Contracting Officer immediately shall notify the Offeror that the proposal will be rejected unless the Offeror provides clear and convincing evidence –

(1) Of the content of the proposal as originally submitted; and

(2) That the unreadable condition of the proposal was caused by Government software or hardware error, malfunction, or other Government mishandling.

The resubmission shall be considered as if it were received at the date and time of the original unreadable submission for the purpose of determining timeliness, provided the offeror complies with the time and format requirements for resubmission prescribed by the Contracting Officer.

The Government reserves the right to make award solely on the electronic proposal. However, if requested to do so by the Contracting Officer, the apparently successful offeror promptly shall submit the complete original signed proposal.

Submit proposals no later than 2:00 PM EST on 27 March 2024 via e-mail to: adrian.j.stafford-browne@usace.army.mil and matthew.e.lubiak@usace.army.mil.

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS

Potential Offerors are reminded that only the minimum documents are required for proposal submission:

1. Signed SF33.

2. Acknowledged amendments.

3. Filled out proposal schedule and totals.

4. Offerors must check off box (d) in 52.204-8 Annual Representations and Certifications for being on SAM.gov.

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

INTRODUCTION

1. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District (NYD) intends to award one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Services contract off of this Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation. The contract will be UNRESTRICTED. The duration of the contract is five years.

2. The contract will be a Best Value Trade-Off (BVTO) Request for Proposals (RFP) subject to FAR Part 15.101-1, Tradeoff process. Offerors shall specifically address each of the evaluation factors set forth in the solicitation. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541620– Environmental Consulting Services. The size standard is $19 Million. The total capacity will be $6,000,000 for the five years. The minimum guarantee is $20,000. Task Orders will be firm fixed price.

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX

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UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0001 6,000,000 Each Investigative Studies

FFP

The Contractor will furnish all labor, supplies, materials, laboratory services, transportation, and equipment necessary to conduct required Investigative studies as listed in the SOW..

FOB: Destination

PSC CD: H999

MAX

NET AMT

TOTALS AND NOTES

1. Total Year 1 Price $____________________

2. Total Year 2 Price $___________________________

3. Total Year 3 Price $___________________________

4. Total Year 4 Price $____________________________

5. Total Year 5 Price $____________________________

6. Total Contract Price (Years 1-5) $_________________________

1. Labor rates will be negotiated for the basic contract and subject to a negotiated annual escalation. All equipment rates will remain constant throughout the life of the contract.

2. All vessels must include, at minimum the following equipment: navigation systems with tracking capabilities, DGPS, fathometers, standard marine communication and safety equipment, spare parts if needed, fuel, lubricants, and other necessary equipment for safe offshore operation of the vessel.

3. Vessels must be Coast Guard certified and in compliance with the latest published version of the USACE EM 385-1-1.

4. All vessels must include ability to deploy operational equipment as necessary via A-frame on vessel or similar deployment capabilities. When conducting 24-hour operations, vessel charter will include all berthing accommodations available beyond crew accommodations and onboard meals.

5. All vessel costs include required operating crew as needed for vessel class.

6. Government will be accommodated on vessel without additional cost, when space is available without impact to task completion.

7. Vessel costs are priced based on vessel size range. Contractor may propose use of alternate vessel within size range during life of contract without change in fixed cost.

8. Mobilization and Demobilization will include one day of mobilization and one day of demobilization per Task

Order, one additional half day may be negotiated if multiple contiguous field tasks are included in a task order.

9. Travel and expenses: First and last day of travel will be considered travel days with 75% of per diem rate paid for TDY location. Travel per diem will be governed by this contract, and at no time will exceed the amounts indicated by the Federal Travel Regulations and Joint Travel Regulations. Travel related expenses will be negotiated on a task order basis. Current District mandated travel policy may govern portions of contract travel on future task orders.

10. Contractor is responsible for repair and replacement costs of contracted equipment, Corps assumes no responsibility for added cost to repair equipment and vessel.

11. Standby days will be negotiated and agreed upon prior to each task order award. Additional standby days will not be paid or requested following field work completion, except in exigent circumstances to include disaster operations and emergencies.

CPARS

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requires that Past Performance Information (PPI) be collected on DoD contracts. The Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) is a web-enabled application that supports the completion, distribution, and retrieval of all contract performance evaluations. Contractor Representatives are responsible for reviewing and commenting on evaluations submitted on the Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) website at https://www.cpars.gov/

SERVICE CONTRACT REPORTING

The firm selected for this contract will be required to utilize the SAM.gov system for Service Contract Reporting.

This requirement only applies to task orders that have a total estimated value, including options, that exceeds $3 million. For additional information see: https://sam.gov/content/entity-reporting.

CONTRACT MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CONTRACT VALUE

The minimum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not be less than the minimum quantity and contract value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and contract value for all orders issued against this contract shall not exceed the maximum quantity and contract value stated in the following table.

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

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AMOUNT

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MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

$20,000.00 $6,000,000.00

DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND ORDER VALUE

The minimum quantity and order value for each Delivery/Task Order issued shall not be less than the minimum quantity and order value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and order value for each Delivery/Task Order issued shall not exceed the maximum quantity and order value stated in the following table.

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

$2,500.00 $6,000,000.00

CLIN DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN ORDER VALUE

The minimum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not be less than the minimum quantity and order value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not exceed the maximum quantity and order value stated in the following table.

CLIN

MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

SOW

STATEMENT OF WORK FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERY, INDEFINITE QUANITY (IDIQ)

CONTRACTUAL PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

INVESTIGATIVE STUDIES FOR DREDGED MATERIAL PLACEMENT AT THE HARS AND

ALTERNATIVE OFFSHORE SITES SERVICES FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

- NEW YORK DISTRICT (PROPONENT)

I. BACKGROUND

On September 29, 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2 (EPA) de-designated the New York Bight Dredged Material Disposal Site, also known as the Mud Dump Site (MDS), and simultaneously designated the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS). This action was the culmination of more than a year of cooperation and coordination between the White House Administration, the Department of the Army, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation.

The MDS was designated in 1984 for the disposal of dredged material from navigational dredging and other dredging projects associated with the Port of New York and New Jersey and nearby harbors, by EPA, under its authority provided by the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) (62 FR46142). Historically, the NY Bight Apex had been utilized for ocean disposal of dredged material and a variety of waste products since the 1800s (USACE/USEPA 2020).

The HARS is managed to reduce the impacts of historical disposal activities at the MDS and surrounding area to acceptable levels (in accordance with 40 CFR 228.11(c)), and is remediated with uncontaminated dredged material (i.e. “Remediation Material”) that meets current Category I standards, and will not cause significant undesirable ecological effects, including through bioaccumulation (62 FR 46142). The remediation consists of placing at least a one (1) meter “cap” layer (i.e., minimum required cap thickness) of acceptable dredged material on top of the existing surface sediments within the nine (9) Priority Remediation Areas (PRAs) of the HARS.

The HARS (which includes the 2.2 square nautical mile MDS) is an approximately 15.7 square nautical mile area located approximately 3.5 nautical miles east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey and 7.7 nautical miles south of Rockaway, New York. The HARS (Figures 1 and 2) includes the following three areas:

Priority Remediation Area (PRA): A 9.0 square nautical mile area to be remediated with at least 1 meter of Remediation Material. The PRA encompasses an area of degraded sediments.

Buffer Zone: An approximately 5.7 square nautical mile area (0.27 nautical mile wide band around the

PRA) in which no placement of the Material for Remediation will be allowed, but which may receive Material for Remediation that incidentally spreads out of the PRA.

No Discharge Zone: An approximately 1.0 square nautical mile area in which no placement or incidental spread of Material for Remediation is allowed.

The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York District (NYD) is jointly responsible for managing dredged material placement at the HARS with US EPA Region 2 (Region II). In conjunction with Region II, NYD prepared a Site Management and Monitoring Plan (SMMP) of the HARS in 1997 (updated in 2020), in accordance with MPRSA 102 (c)(3)(B), which identifies a number of actions, provisions and practices to manage remediation activities and monitoring tasks (USACE/USEPA 1997).

The SMMP (USACE/EPA 2020) encompasses, through tiered selection criteria, precision bathymetric surveying, side-scan sonar analysis, sub bottom seismic profiling, surface and subsurface sediment collection and analysis (photography, benthic community structure analysis, grain size, chemical characteristics and toxicity, bioassays and bioaccumulation studies), water quality analysis, oceanographic and sedimentological process studies. The SMMP recommends that a complete bathymetric survey of the HARS be performed annually, in order to periodically assess the extent to which the HARS has received remediation material coverage. The SMMP is being used as a guideline to manage placement of dredged material at the HARS, to ensure efficient construction of the minimum 1-meter sediment cap, and to monitor changes at the HARS while remediation activities occur and, ultimately, to ensure remediation has been completed.

On June 1, 2023, NYD sent a letter to USEPA, Region 2 requesting alternative sites in the New York Bight for placement of dredged material, because the HARS does not have enough capacity for 20 years of anticipated dredged material from Federal Navigation Projects, non-Federal Projects and Harbor Deepening. Therefore, investigative studies are needed to identify alternative sites in the NY Bight for placement of dredged material. The HARS will continue to require monitoring during its final years of remediation, and after remediation is completed.

Figure 1. Location of the HARS offshore of Sandy Hook, NJ.

Figure 2. The Historic Area Remediation Site. Nine Priority Remediation Areas (PRAs), HARS Buffer Zone, and No Discharge Zone, Historic Shipwreck Buffer Zones (SBZs), and Category II dredged material capping project areas are indicated.

II. STATEMENT OF WORK

A. The Contractor will furnish all labor, supplies, materials, laboratory services, transportation, and equipment necessary to conduct required Investigative studies for the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New York

District (District) on a single award Task Order IDIQ basis. In accordance with 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 for projects occurring in areas within and/or adjacent to the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) and the New York Bight. This contract will support efforts involving HARS monitoring and environmental investigation services to support designation of another site for ocean disposal in the New York Bight, and related studies within the New York District. Activities may involve those required by the Site Management and Monitoring Plan for HARS (SMMP, USACE/EPA 2020).

Investigation of alternative locations for ocean placement of dredged materials are also necessary, during the final years of HARS remediation, and after HARS remediation is completed.

The purpose of this contract is to provide services associated with 1) the collection and analysis of data associated with activities described in the HARS SMMP, and 2) the designation process of a new site for ocean placement of dredged material [including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process and associated environmental impact statements/environmental assessments]. Contractor task orders will generally involve but are not limited to:

NEPA activities, collecting photographs of the sediment surface and sediment profiles using SPI technology, collecting vibracores offshore and analyzing sediment, collecting bottom sediment samples for shipment to an approved laboratory for toxicity analysis, collecting oceanographic data within the New York Bight, conducting benthic community structure analysis, incremental cost analysis, agency coordination, impact assessment modeling, water, sediment and soil quality activities, essential fish habitat activities, offshore field work in the NY bight, sampling, processing and curation, and special field studies and investigations, public involvement activities, audio visual activities, as well as additional investigative missions to be negotiated in support of the dredged material placement mission. All services provided by the Contractor shall be carried out in support of the District’s civil works missions, to include Operations and Maintenance and Regulatory Functions.

B. The Contractor shall be able to provide experts in marine ecosystems, underwater archaeological 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 certification with current 8-Hr Refresher training).

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 professionals:

Archaeology-Underwater Investigator, Biologist, Dredging Engineer/Civil Engineer/Environmental Engineer, Ecologist/Marine Ecologist/Environmental Scientist, Electronics Technician, Financial Manager/Administrator, Geographer, Geologist, Geomorphologist, Geospatial Data Spatial Analyst, Geospatial Data Technician, Hydrologist, Invertebrate Taxonomist, Junior Engineer, Licensed Hydrographic Surveyor/Hydrographic Surveyor, NEPA/Alternatives Analyst/Statistician, Oceanographer, Principal/Program Manager Project Manager -Senior (Scientist/Engineer), QA/QC Officer, Safety Officer/Industrial Hygienist, Senior Biologist, Senior Ecologist/Environmental Scientist/Marine Ecologist, Senior Geologist, Senior Oceanographer, Senior Statistician/Database Manager, SPI Analyst, Survey Technician, Technical Writer, and Water Quality Modeler.

D. 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, offshore site monitoring in the NY Bight, collection and handling of sediment and worm tissue samples and navigation.

2. Field, office and laboratory work required for the collection, identification, compilation, analysis, and evaluation of data pertaining to biological, ecological, environmental, archaeological, geologic, geomorphologic, hydro geomorphologic, socio-economic, statistical, fish habitat, geospatial data and systems applications and other related biological, environmental, and cultural resources considerations of projects stated in Section II.A above.

3. Conceptual planning capability - Contractor will have capability to collect necessary data and report findings, including possible alternative analysis where requested. Contractor will analyze publicly available data, government-provided data, and data gathered as part of contract work to inform recommended courses of action, or alternatives and rationale for each alternative proposed at an initial concept level.

4. Biological resources will embody aquatic ecosystems. Biological resource tasks may include biological and natural resource impact assessment, including running impact assessment models, baseline data inventories, 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, sampling, and interagency reporting.

5. 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, Clean Water Act (CWA), NEPA, ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials), Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA), National Fishing Enhancement Act, Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Enhancement Act, Toxic Substances Control Act, Endangered Species Act, Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Water Resources Development Acts, as well as Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) 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.

6. 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 underwater investigations and inspections of submerged cultural resources (e.g., side scan SONAR, magnetometer, video surveys) by towed, autonomous (AUV), or remotely operated vehicles (ROV) and other platforms; 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.

7. Additional task orders may include work on audio-visual services, workshop/conferences participation and presentations, data management assistance with computer programs, biological inventory, survey and classification.

8. The specific assignments and details for a task order will be set forth in detail in the scope of work of 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 cost 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 government.

E. Single Award firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity-Type contract will be awarded pursuant to FAR 15.101-1 Best Value Trade-Off. Contracts will be for 5-year duration or a $6,000,000.00 maximum capacity, whichever occurs first.

III. CONTRACTOR SERVICES

The contractor must be technically qualified to provide services to the District.

A. 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), Environmental Protection Agency Rapid Bioassessment Protocol (EPA RBP), Index of Biology Integrity (IBI) modeling;

b. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental assessments (EA), environmental impact statements (EIS) and related documents and reports; technical services associated with NEPA including current profiling, sub-bottom profiling, water column/quality monitoring, fisheries investigations (e.g., acoustics, baited cameras) and cultural resource investigations (side scan SONAR/magnetometer/ROV), literature reviews to support NEPA preparation);

c. Development of data collection methods, management, analysis, and interpretation for studies that include but are not limited to: adult, juvenile and larval marine finfish; Water quality; Benthic Community Analysis, Sediment profile imagery/Plan view (SPI/PV); and Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) survey;

d. Hydrogeomorphic analysis;

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

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

g. Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Consistency Statements;

h. Acquisition of State 401 Water Quality Certificates;

i. Participate in public and interagency meetings including technical meetings with USACE-NYD and

Stakeholders and presentations of HARS monitoring data at USACE-NYD meetings;

j. Performing literature reviews and documentary research;

k. Technical reviews of reports prepared by others;

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

m. Environmental impact assessment modeling;

n. Modeling services for material placement;

o. Collecting bottom sediment samples for shipment to an approved laboratory for toxicity analysis;

p. Agency coordination.

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

a. Preliminary assessments, site investigations,

b. Environmental baseline surveys;

c. Environmental risk assessments;

d. Field investigations that include, but are not limited to; collection of soil, water, worm tissue, benthic organisms and/or air samples; Offshore vibracoring; Grab sampling; Soil borings;

e. Collecting surface and sub-surface aquatic sediment samples for shipment to an approved laboratory for chemical analysis;

f. Technical review of reports by others;

g. Chemical data acquisition planning;

h. Assemble site safety and health plans including an Accident Prevention Plan (APP) and an Activity

Hazard Analysis (AHA);

i. Prepare quality assurance/ quality control plans, including a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) which will include Data Quality Objectives (DQOs) and Field Sampling Plans (FSP) for approval by USACE-NYD and USEPA Region 2;

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. Sub-surface testing, remote sensing surveys and 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, including but not limited to shipwreck investigations.

4. Vessel and equipment requirements for fieldwork may include but are not limited to:

a. All vessels must include, at minimum the following equipment: navigation systems with tracking capabilities, DGPS, fathometers, standard marine communication and safety equipment, spare parts if needed, fuel, lubricants, and other necessary equipment for safe offshore operation of the vessel.

Vessels must be Coast Guard certified and in compliance with the latest published version of the

USACE EM 385-1-1.

b. All vessels must include ability to deploy operational equipment as necessary via A-frame on vessel or similar deployment capabilities.

c. Vessel costs are priced based on vessel size range. Contractor may propose use of alternate vessel within size range during life of contract without change in fixed cost. All vessel costs include required operating crew as needed for vessel class.

d. Mobilization and Demobilization will include one day of mobilization and one day of demobilization per Task Order, one additional half day may be negotiated if multiple contiguous field tasks are included in a task order.

e. Standby days will be negotiated and agreed upon prior to each task order award. Additional standby days will not be paid or requested following field work completion, except in exigent circumstances to include disaster operations and emergencies.

f. Government will be accommodated on vessel without additional cost when space is available and without impact to task completion.

g. When conducting 24-hour operations, vessel charter will include all berthing accommodations available on the vessel and onboard meals.

h. SPI/PV System must include, but is not limited to the following: DSLR camera, camera housing, batteries, cables and lines, data storage devices, SPI/PV frame device and weights, as well as ancillary onboard support equipment.

i. Vibracore systems include vibracore, core liners, vessel with minimum requirements stated above, vessel crew, fuel and lubricant, and other necessary equipment for operations. Cores are to be collected according to USACE NAN/EPA R2 project guidelines if necessary for collection site.

j. ROV Minimum specifications as noted, to include supporting equipment:

i. Depth Rating: 100 meters (Minimum 200 meters cable)

ii. Cameras: HD video camera, minimum 10x zoom; still camera: minimum 10mp, 5x zoom; strobes

iii. Lights: minimum 3200 LED dimmable lights, 3200 lumens

iv. Lasers: 2 minimum 50Mw green (532nm) spot lasers (mounted 10cm apart) – used for size reference in images

v. Thrusters: minimum 4 horizontal, 1 vertical. Sufficient thrust to allow for navigation in 3 knot current

vi. Navigation: ORE Trackpoint II or equivalent system; corresponding transponder, compass, DGPS, Hypack software to provide tracking (near continual recording of ship and ROV positions (including altimeter)) and allows geo-referencing of video and digital stills

vii. Deck command to allow for real time viewing, navigation, lighting control and image capture.

k. Contractor is responsible for repair and replacement costs of contracted equipment. Corps assumes no responsibility for added cost to repair equipment and vessel.

5. Travel and expenses: First and last day of travel will be considered travel days with 75% of per diem rate paid for TDY location. Travel per diem will be governed by this contract, and at no time will exceed the amounts indicated by the Federal Travel Regulations and Joint Travel Regulations. Travel related expenses will be negotiated on a task order basis. Current District mandated travel policy may govern portions of contract travel on future task orders.

6. 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:

a. Expertise in General Conformity analysis and determinations in USEPA Region 2;

b. Expertise in development of Records of Non-applicability (RONA);

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

d. Technical and policy understanding of the precedential Conditional Statement of Conformity for the

Harbor Deepening Project (HDP) emissions netting process;

e. Expertise in marine and port-related emission sources.

7. 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 or ArcGIS Pro;

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.

8. Safety Activities and Reports

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

b. An Accident, Prevention, Plan (APP) and Activity Hazard Analysis (AHA) will be required for the field activities undertaken as part of this contract and field work will not commence until the Corps Safety Office has accepted the APP and AHA.

C. REPORTS

1. Investigation 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 evaluation of cultural resources. 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.

All figures that present spatial data must also be provided in georeferenced PDF format.

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 and New Jersey.

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 artifacts 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, the artifacts 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 SOW for each individual task order.

4. Plans and Reports will be subject to Corps review prior to acceptance, to include but not limited, to the Field Sampling Plan, QAPP, and any draft reports.

IV. COORDINATION AND EXECUTION OF WORK

During the course of the work defined in each task order, the Contractor shall maintain contact with the District’s point-of-contact (POC) who shall be designated the proponent for each task order. All task orders will have a District appointed Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) who will monitor the contractor’s compliance with the SOW, 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 her 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 to 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.

E. Reimbursement to the contractor for any travel costs of personnel shall not exceed established policies in the Federal Travel Regulations and Joint Travel Regulations and indicated in each government cost estimate.

Contractors will only be reimbursed for Mileage at the government established rate when utilizing contractor-owned vehicles or POVs. Rental vehicles will include fuel and mileage in contract pricing. The necessity of meetings will be determined by the projects COR from the District on a case-by-case basis for the life of the contract. These Governments meetings/coordination will be included in the individual Statement of Works 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 his/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 capable of conducting several concurrent investigations at different locations within the geographic AOR specified in this SOW.

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 SOW.

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 and (2) 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 an Accident Prevention Plan (APP). The Contractor shall include in their APP; safety issues regarding the operation of contractor gear/equipment. All APPs will include Activity Hazard Analyses (AHAs), when indicated.

All APP/AHAs are to be reviewed by the COR and Safety Office prior to commencement of work.

V. REQUIRED PERSONNEL

Appendix “A”, “Personnel Qualifications of Assigned Staff” defines the experience and education requirement for key job categories 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. If a task order requires the addition of personnel, supplies, or equipment that is germane to the investigation 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. Supervisory and/or key personnel should have advanced college degrees in an appropriate discipline or, and should have experience in the following: (1) scientific planning, (2) budgeting, (3) marine field work, (4) hydrographic surveying, (5) map preparation, (6) geotechnical data collection and analysis, (7) oceanographic data collection and analysis, (8) sedimentological studies, (9) biological and chemical assessment, (10) benthic community analysis, (11) GIS map development and GIS data management, (12) report preparation and (13) NEPA analysis.

C. The Contractor agrees that, in the event of any staffing or corporate changes, or substitution of subcontractors and/or consultants, during…