Biological environmental services

Added: Apr 15, 2011 12:45 pm The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Washington intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contract for environmental services. The contract will be procured using negotiated procedures using the Best-Value Tradeoff method. This will be a Regional Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract to provide environmental services for a variety of natural resource surveys, wetland and waterway investigations, biological management plans, Environmental Assessments, and control of exotic/nuisance species for industrial, commercial, and residential locations indicated within Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington (NAVFAC), Washington, D.C. and its customer activities in NAVFAC’s Area of Responsibility which includes Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C..

The Government contemplates one contract award with resulting from this solicitation. The potential contract term includes a base year for a period of 12 months with options to extend the term of the contract for up to two (2) additional 12 month periods. Maximum potential contract value anticipated is $4.5 million.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued as a Small Business (SB) Set A-Side on or about 29 April 2011 with an estimated bid opening of 30 days from issuance.

The North America Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 541620. The technical evaluation factors are:



Factor 1 – Relevant Experience

Subfactor A – Natural Resource Experience

Subfactor B –Migratory Bird or Bat/Endangered Species Evaluation & Permitting

Subfactor C – Wetland Delineation

Subfactor D – Cultural Resource Experience

Subfactor F - Geographic Information Systems Experience

Factor 2 – Past Performance

Factor 3 – Safety

Factor 4 – Management Approach



The relative order of importance of the technical/management factors and subfactors and Price are equal in importance to each other.

Price will be evaluated in terms of reasonableness based on comparison of the government estimate and other prices received. The relative order of importance of the technical/management factors and subfactors and Price are equal in importance to each other. Price will be evaluated in terms of reasonableness based on comparison of the government estimate and other prices received. The following describes the relative importance of the Technical/Management factors to each other. Sub-factors a, c and e under Factor 1 are equal in importance to each other and more important than sub-factors b and d combined. Technical factors 1,2,3 & 4 are equal to price.

The Solicitation will only be available in electronic format.

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