A12_20R0020presolicitation notice.doc

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation for the award of a hybrid contract as a labor hours and firm-fixed-price contract for a national cultural resources and curation services Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC). The work includes providing multidisciplinary cultural resource-related services for projects undertaken by the USACE, St. Louis District, MCX CMAC in support of other USACE districts and federal government entities CONUS, OCONUS to include Hawaii, Alaska, and U.S. territories. Services will include both terrestrial and marine archeological investigations, historic architectural services, architectural history, archival and knowledge management services, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) summary and inventory services, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) services and related modeling, and historic studies in support of cultural resources investigations. They also include collections management, rehabilitation, conservation and curation services, and other types of museum support. The proposed acquisition will be subject to applicable federal, state and local regulations. Additionally, the contractor will need to demonstrate an ability both to manage and supervise subcontractors and to handle large volumes of work under strict deadlines. This acquisition is solicited as a 100% WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SB) SET-ASIDE for a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) with a base year and four (4) option years to renew. The Guaranteed Minimum will approximately be 10,000 for the (base year only). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this is effort is 541720, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The Small Business Administration small business size standard for NAICS code 541720, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities is $20.5 million annual average receipts (total or gross income) over the past three years. Paper copies of this solicitation and its amendments will not be available or issued. Electronic copies are not permitted for the bid. The bid opening date and time will be contained in the solicitation package. The solicitation is expected to be available on or about 22 April 2020. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential bidders are responsible to check the information at https://beta.sam.gov/. This solicitation package will be posted on beta.sam.gov which can be accessed at https://beta.sam.gov/. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation or the Interested Vendors List. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package or the Interested Vendor List will not be honored. Potential bidders MUST register at https://beta.sam.gov/, in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. The Interested Vendor List will be activated and may be accessed and printed from this wed site. Prospective bidders who would like their company name included on the Bidders Mailing List (plan holders list) may do so on the Beta.SAM.gov website under Interested Vendor List. Potential bidders are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for proposal preparation costs. Be advised that all interested parties MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) Database at https://www.sam.gov, in order to receive a contract award. Any questions regarding this synopsis, shall be submitted by email to the Contract Specialist, Virginia Bjornson at virginia.e.bjornson@usace.army.mil or to the Contracting Officer, Patricia Voss at patricia.b.voss@usace.army.mil.