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Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing items 8 and 15, and returning or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment your desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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W912PP

PROJECT: Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), Environmental Consulting Services for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) South Pacific Division (SPD), Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA)

1. This is Amendment No. 0002 to Solicitation No. W912PP-13-R-0028; 03 March 2014. The following revisions shall be incorporated into the specifications. All other provisions shall remain unchanged.

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Section C – Descriptions and Specifications

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

For

MULTIPLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACT (MATOC)

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES

MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION (MEGA)

Part 1

General Information

1.0 Introduction: This is a non-personal services regional MATOC acquisition utilizing performance-based task orders to provide Environmental Consulting Services (ECS). The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the prime Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Environmental Quality (EQ) Program Support and Environmental Consulting Services (ECS) as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS) except for those items specified as Government furnished property and services. The contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

Task Orders issued under this awarded contract will not include work that conflicts with the provisions of the Sikes Act or DoD Instruction 4715.03 or any existing cooperative agreements with agencies of individual State governments.

1.2 Background: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) South Pacific Division (SPD), Northwestern Division (NWD) and the Southwestern Division (SWD) collaboratively developed the Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA) strategy which this contract is based on to optimize contractual relationships in order to maximize performance outcomes.

1.3 Objectives: This regional MATOC is to be shared among Districts within SPD; however, a nominal amount of contract capacity may be shared across Division boundaries provided the project is within the scope of the basic contract and the requesting District’s customer is within the geographic limits of the contract. The MATOC will support and manage the environmental missions of the USACE SPD. USACE’s objective also includes providing customers high quality, full-service environmental engineering and management support that is timely, technically acceptable and cost effective.

1.4 Scope: Services acquired under this ECS MATOC will support environmental consulting services for various military and Interagency and International Support (IIS) customers; Air Force, Army and other Department of Defense (DoD) agencies; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as well as support environmental related regulatory programs such as, but is not limited, to Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), DoD Environmental Compliance Program, Environmental Support for Others (ESFO) Program; Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), Superfund and Brownfield Programs; environmental stewardship programs, and other environmental related regulatory programs.

5.6 Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO)

The SSHO is required at cleanup operations. The SSHO shall demonstrate the authority to shut down the site work if/when health and safety becomes an issue. The SSHO shall have the authority and is responsible for the following actions:

• Being present anytime cleanup operations are being performed to implement the SSHP;

• Inspecting site activities to identify safety and occupational health deficiencies and correct them;

• Coordinating changes/modifications to the SSHP with the SHM, site superintendent, and contracting officer; and Conducting project specific training.

The SSHO shall have a minimum of three (3) years of experience implementing safety and occupational health procedures at environmental sites.

The SSHO shall have training and experience to conduct exposure monitoring/air sampling and select/adjust protective equipment use.

5.7 Senior Chemist

The Contractor shall utilize a Senior Chemist who shall ensure that all chemistry related goals of the program are attained. The Senior Chemist shall be available for consultation with the Contractor's personnel and Government personnel. The Senior Chemist should have general knowledge of remedial process chemistry, fate and transport of organics and inorganics, knowledge of chemical quality control, experience with validation software (ADR.NET or equivalent) and staged electronic data deliverables. The Senior Chemist shall be experienced in the sampling and analysis of toxic/hazardous chemicals and radiological contamination in environmental matrices. The Chemist will be required to have advanced expertise (senior level) in chemical data quality management of environmental analytical data and demonstrate an understanding and application of the UFP QAPP. The chemist must demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the DoD QSM and its application during validation to ensure defensible data are delivered meeting project specific requirements. Knowledge and understanding of data base systems, including ERPIMS, ERIS, EQuIS, is considered to be beneficial.

• The individual proposed at the Chemist shall have a college degree in chemistry, environmental, biological or physical sciences or engineering, with at least 30 semester hours in chemistry from an ABET accredited 4-year program

• The individual proposed as the Chemist shall have a minimum of five (5) years of specialized experience in ECS-related work

5.8 Civil Engineer

The Civil Engineer is responsible for assuring that all civil and general engineering support goals specified in the Task Order are attained.

• The individual proposed as the Civil Engineer shall have a college degree in civil engineering (soil mechanics, materials or related specialty), geological engineering, or related field from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accredited college or university

• The individual proposed as the Civil Engineer shall demonstrate education and experience in geotechnical engineering

• The individual proposed as the Civil Engineer shall have five (5) years experience related to investigation, design, and construction of geotechnical features with a minimum of 3 years experience being related to ECS, and related feasibility studies

• The individual proposed as the Civil Engineer shall have at a minimum five (5) years of experience, specifically related to environment environmental compliance. Specific environmental compliance education may be substituted for up to two (2) years experience

• EXAMPLE: A candidate may demonstrate 3 years of compliance experience plus 2 years of general civil experience to be fully qualified with a total of 5 years.

• All experience may be inclusive. All required experience may be gained concurrently.

4.3 FACTOR 1

Technical Requirements: The technical requirements factor is divided into the following sub-factors:

4.3.1 FACTOR 1, SUB-FACTOR 1

Sub-factor 1: Summary of Previous Experience – Environmental Consulting Services

a. Using the Contract Description Form enclosed in Section J, provide at least two (2) but no more than five (5) examples of recent and relevant projects performed as the prime Contractor which demonstrates the Offeror's experience in performance of environmental consulting services similar to that described in Section C of this solicitation. Offerors should take into account the experience of its team members proposed for the contract, timeliness of performance, safety and health record, customer satisfaction and cost control. Project Experience from formal Teaming Partners will be evaluated. Award will only be made to the prime Contractor.

b. The projects selected should show diversity in the types of work accomplished by the firm, teaming arrangements, key personnel and their roles on the project, and regulatory information in addition to the basic cost information. Offerors may add lines to section (e) of the Contract Description Form, “Description of project” for additional project details provided the 30 page limitation is not exceeded.

c. Project experience submitted by the Offeror as a subcontractor will not be evaluated. Offerors can submit

Government and/or commercial contracts for the prime Offeror either currently in performance (must have demonstrated 6 months of execution) or awarded during completed within the past five (5) years from the closing date of this RFP which are relevant to the efforts required by this solicitation. Information provided on the Contract Description Forms will also be used to evaluate past performance. Offerors are invited but not required to submit photographs of successful projects in conjunction with this section. Project Experience from formal Teaming Partners will be evaluated. Award will only be made to the prime Contractor.

d. Where the word “project(s)” appears in this section, it is understood to mean a project(s), contract(s), task order(s), or any other contract document provided for in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 2.101).

Examples of projects submitted by the prime Contractor may be projects performed for a Federal or State Government agency; or for a commercial or private sector customer.

e. Where the word “recent” appears it is understood to mean a project for which it is at least 75% complete

(measured by performance period days) as of the RFP closing date or a project that has been completed within 5 years of the RFP closing date. Projects completed more than 5 years before the RFP closing date will not be considered for evaluation purposes.

f. Relevant experience is one indicator of an Offeror’s ability to perform the contract successfully. Where the word “relevant” appears it is understood to mean that the project experience submitted is similar to the services described in this solicitation. Regarding relevant prime Contractor experience, the Government will consider the types of work features that are self-performed, on-site, by the prime Contractor’s own organization as well as that of a Joint Venture (JV), partnership, etc. Project Experience from formal Teaming Partners will be evaluated. Award will only be made to the prime Contractor.

g. If an Offeror has been required to take corrective action for any substandard performance, the Offeror should explain the circumstances and the corrective action(s) taken. If an Offeror has experienced other performance problems such as cost overruns, extended performance periods, and so on, the Offeror should explain.