Lease of Furnished Apartments Within the National Capital Area

The modification to the presolicitation notice for the Lease of Furnished Apartments Within the National Capital Area under this solicitation is cancelled in its entirety. The original Presolicitation Notice for MAES is still in effect.

This pre-solicitation notice is for Multiple Award Environmental Services.

This will be an unrestricted competitive multiple awards under this solicitation will be a Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract and is subject to availability of funds. The contract maximum will be $100 Million this contract will be a five year effort. The proposed procurement is unrestricted.  The NAICS is 562910 Remediation Services with a size standard of 500 Employees federal supply class/Service Code is F999.

The Contractor shall provide a wide range of investigations including remedial/response and removals for Hazardous and Toxic contaminated waste sites.  Although not the primary focus of this potential contract, work may include ancillary Ordnance and/or Radioactive materials and subsequently the remediation of munitions response sites and radiological sites.  The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, materials, and equipment/facilities necessary to conduct investigations, oversee and assist in the coordination of subcontractors and USACE abatement contractors, provide administrative support and conduct remedial and removal designs and provide remedial action services, as needed.

This procurement is being advertised as a Request for Proposal (RFP) this requires separate technical and cost proposals to be evaluated based on Best Value for award of the project. Competitive proposals will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation package. In order to reduce the possibility of error and to increase the quality of our service to you, all deliveries, packages, etc. must include the name of the contract specialist; the solicitation number and deliveries of more than one box or container must be bound together by tape or other means.

The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge on or about May 14, 2010 proposals will be due on or about June 15, 2010 to all authenticated account holders of Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to Kathryn.E.Brown-Tarbalouti@usace.army.mil no later than 1:00PM EST on June 4, 2010.  Proposal shall be submitted via mail to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Contracting Division, 10 South Howard Street, Room 7000, Baltimore, MD 21201-2530.

Sources Sought

Responses are due no later than 12:00p.m. Eastern Standard Time April 26, 2010. This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for informational purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District requests capability statements from Small Businesses concerning the potential project described below. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

Responses are to be sent via email to christina.sale@usace.army.mil or hard copy to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District, 10 S. Howard Street, Room 7000, ATTN: Christina Sale, Baltimore, MD 21201-1715 no later than 12:00pm Eastern Standard Time April 26, 2010.

Project Description:

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District has a proposed requirement to Lease furnished apartments within the Washington, DC National Capital Region. The is NAICS 531110 and Size Standard is $7,000,000.00. The requirement is for 47 one-bedroom, 78 two-bedroom and 1 three-bedroom furnished apartments within an apartment community to be located within 13 miles of Bolling Air Force Base and within 7 miles of Ronald Reagan National Airport. The contract will be for a period of 5 years.

Due to Threat Protection for the National Capital Region guidelines, no more than 44 apartments will be permitted in any apartment community.

All apartments shall:
- Be fully furnished to include the furniture, appliances, linens, dishes/glasses & cookware and washers & dryers. Apartment community(ies) must have fitness facilities on-site, or within mile walk, and shall be no more that mile from a grocery store.
- Be free of defects, defacements, and stains; all apartments and amenities must meet all federal, state, and local health, environmental, and safety standards.
- Include a kitchen, living/dining room, separate bedroom and have a private bathroom with tub and shower, and storage/closet area in addition to bedroom closet.
- Be equipped with smoke detectors, dead bolt locks on all access doors, and secure locking windows.

Apartments shall include: heating, air conditioning, water, electricity, local telephone service with voice mail, high speed internet (cable modem or DSL service), unlimited local/800 telephone service, expanded cable television service with HBO in the living room and expanded cable television in each bedroom, all at no cost to the occupant.

Interested Small Businesses who are not Real Estate Brokers should submit a narrative demonstrating their experience in similar services type contracts which demonstrates their ability to perform the work.

Capability statements should include the following information: details of similar projects, dates of services, project references (including owner with phone number and email address), and contract amount. Narratives shall be no longer than five pages.

Comments will be shared with the Government and the project management team, but otherwise be held in strict confidence.

Comments may be in any format, but must include the offerors name, phone number, and email address.