I.A.02 QA SEEDING SOURCES SOUGHT-21 FEB 2020 (FINAL).docx

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) SEEDING SOURCES SOUGHT

The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 562910, Environmental Remediation. The small business size standard is 750 employees.

This notice is for market research purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is open for responses from both small and large businesses. Responses will be used to determine if this requirement, or a portion of this requirement, can be set-aside for small businesses.

The Government will not reimburse respondents for any costs incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government does not intend to rank responses or provide any reply to interested companies and responses will not be returned.

1. CONTRACT INFORMATION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Huntsville (USACE) intent is to solicit and award Firm-Fixed Price Multiple Award Task Order Contacts (MATOC). The task orders under this solicitation will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for Third Party Blind Validation Seeding and Advanced Geophysical Classification (AGC) Data Collection & Processing in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Divisions and Districts and their customers. Any contracts awarded are being procured in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15. USACE anticipates awarding a MATOC with a two year base and three one-year optional periods for a total of 5 years. The program capacity shared by all awarded contracts will be $49M.

2. PROJECT INFORMATION:

The objective of this Quality Assurance (QA) Seeding MATOC is to procure the services to provide Third Party Blind Validation Seeding and Advanced Geophysical Classification (AGC) Data Collection & Processing. This contract will effectively and efficiently allow continued mission support for services to address munitions response concerns assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

The FFP Task orders under this contract will include locations throughout the 48 Contiguous United States, as defined by FAR 2.101, including Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. Territories, Outlying areas and Territorial waters, Kwajalein Island, Meck Island, Bikini Atoll, and Palau.

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform services identified in the PWS except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in the contract.

3. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Interested business firms who meet the capability requirements identified in this notice are requested to reply to this notice with a response to the Capability Questionnaire (Attachment 1). If no experience or capabilities are associated with a particular question, please indicate that within the questionnaire. Based upon responses received from both small and other than small businesses, consideration will be given to define an acquisition approach that provides maximum practicable opportunities and participation for small business programs.

Interested business firms should submit detailed responses to the Capabilities Questionnaire (Attachment 1) which furnishes information describing relevant experience and qualifications in the following format:

Submissions SHALL be received NO LATER THAN 2:00pm Central Standard Time, Monday, March 23, 2020; and should not exceed ten (10) one-sided, 8.5” X 11” pages using no smaller than 12 sized font. Computer files must be compatible with Microsoft Word 2017.

NO HARD COPY OR FACSIMILE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc) will not be considered.

Submit responses and questions concerning submissions to

CEHNC-QASEED@USACE.ARMY.MIL

Office visits or site visits to meet with USACE personnel for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled.

This notice does not restrict the Government as to the ultimate acquisition approach.

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The Government will not host an industry day for this requirement. All questions regarding this sources sought or this requirement shall be emailed to CEHNC-QASEED@USACE.ARMY.MIL

Contracting Office Address:

USACE HNC, Huntsville PO Box 1600 Huntsville, AL 35807-4301

USACE HNC Point of Contacts Robert Woolsey, Contracting Officer Therisa Means, Contract Specialist

NOTE: **Interested parties are responsible for monitoring modifications to this notice. **

QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) SEEDING

ATTACHMENT 1

CAPABILITIES QUESTIONNAIRE

Please respond to all questions, with as much information as possible.

Use this form to provide contractor’s general information. The box at the bottom of the form may be used to clarify any requested information. Please respond to all questions as completely as possible and neatly print or type the requested information.

SECTION 1. GENERAL

DUNS: _______________ CAGE Code: ___________

A. Business Name: (Insert Business Name

B. Business Address: (Insert Business Address)

C. Is your firm registered under the NAICS code 562910 for Environmental Remediation services? (Yes or No)

D. Responsible Point of Contact:

SECTION 2. TYPE OF BUSINESS: (check all that apply)

Experience:

Number of years/months in business executing environmental remediation service projects: ________years ______ months Number of Years in Ordinance and Explosives Business: ______years_______months

CONTRACTOR ARRANGEMENT

Our firm will most likely be proposing on this project as a:

|_| Joint Venture with (Insert business name, business size, and cage code).

Refer to FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements, as well as 8(a)Program regulations described in 13 CFR 124.513, HUBZone Program regulations described in 13 CFR 126.616, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Program regulations described in FAR 19.1403(c) and 13 CFR 125.15(b).)

|_| Sole Contractor, self-performing 100% of the work |_| Prime Contractor (Small Business), self-performing at least 50% of the work |_| Prime Contractor (Small Business) performing at least 50% of the work with the following team member subcontractor(s) (Insert business name, business size, cage code, and work which will be subcontracted) |_| Subcontractor, performing less than 50% of the work for (Insert business name, business size, cage code, and work which will be done) |_| Other – explain_________________________

SECTION 3. CAPABILITY

A. Our firm |_| is/|_| is not capable of performing at least 25%, but not more than (insert percentage) of the cost of the contract (not including the cost of materials) with its own employees.

B. Our firm is capable of performing the following number of task orders simultaneously:

|_| 2-5 |_| 6-10 |_| 11-15

|_| 16-20 |_| 21-30 |_| 30+ orders

C. Has your firm been awarded any Federal contract in the past three (3) years?

|_| Yes |_| No D. If awarded a contract, the maximum capacity our firm can adequately perform for any single task/delivery order is (Insert maximum capacity per task/delivery order). (e.g.. If your firm cannot perform work per task/project over $3 million, your response for maximum capacity per task would be $3 million.)

E. If awarded an ID/IQ contract, the maximum aggregate contract capacity our firm can adequately perform is (Insert total contract capacity your firm can perform). (e.g. If your firm can perform no more than five (5) $3 million task/delivery orders simultaneously, your response for maximum aggregate capacity would be $15 million).

F. During the last 3 years our firm/team was responsible for successfully accomplishing:

· (Insert Number) – Quality Assurance Blind Seeding Projects valued at $100K or greater

· (Provide List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, Period of Performance (PoP), and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

· (Insert Number) - Military Munitions Response (MMR) Projects valued at $1 Million or greater

· (Provide a List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, PoP, and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

· (Insert Number) – Environmental Compliance and Remediation Services (ECRS) Projects valued at $1 Million or greater

· (Provide List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, PoP, and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

· (Insert Number) – Other Munitions-Related Service (OMRS) projects valued at $1 Million or greater

· (Provide List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, PoP, and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

· (Insert Number) – Chemical Warfare Material (CWM) Projects valued at $1 Million or greater

· (Provide List of Project Titles, Key Personnel Roles, Locations, Customers, PoP, and Values for up to 10 projects that your firm executed in this area)

G. What geophysical equipment (types and models) has your firm successfully operated while executing the projects listed above? Does your firm currently own any of the equipment just described?

H. If the government were to offer this requirement by regions, would your firm be more or less likely to propose? If less, please explain. If more, please describe how your firm would suggest that the regions are broken out.

I. What contract incentives have proven most effective for your firm?

J. Describe any applicable industry certifications, permits or licenses your firm maintains.

K. Check the States, U.S Territories and Outlying Areas where your firm has the capability/interest to perform work.

L. Your firm’s highest valued project was $_______________ . Please describe your firm’s role in this project and the services your firm executed.

M. Is your firm currently DoD Advanced Geophysical Classification Accreditation Program (DAGCAP) accredited as Prime Contractor, Subcontractor, or neither (not accredited)?

N. Describe your firm’s knowledge/experience with military munitions?

O. Describe your firm’s knowledge/expertise of anomaly avoidance and construction support.

(end of questionnaire)