Range sustainment and remediation environmental services at department of defense and other governmental agencies

DESCRIPTION:

This is a Sources Sought (SS) Announcement.

PURPOSE:

(1) Seek potentially qualified small business sources, with indication of business size classification, including:

8(a)

HUBZone Small Business

Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

Small Business -Small Disadvantaged Business

Women-Owned Small Business

Veteran- Owned Small Business

Note:  The applicable size standard is no more than 750 employees.

(2) Determine if the firm is submitting as any of the following:

Prime and Subcontractors

8(a) Mentor Protégé Joint Venture

Other Joint Venture Relationship

The Government will use responses to this Sources Sought announcement to make appropriate acquisition decisions.  If, after review of the responses to this Sources Sought announcement, the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisition, a Pre-Solicitation Announcement will be published to beta.SAM.gov at https://beta.sam.gov/.  

This is NOT a solicitation announcement for proposals and NO contract will be awarded directly from this Sources Sought announcement. NO reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. NO telephone calls requesting a bid package for solicitation will be accepted, because there is NO bid package solicitation. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement, if any, that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the Technical Point of Contact (POC) will NOT be given and NO appointments for presentations will be made.

SYNOPSIS:

Required NAICS business experience classification code is 562910 - Environmental Remediation Services.

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Southwest is seeking sources with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel, and capability to provide, under contract, all management, labor, incidental engineering, travel, transportation, equipment, material, and supervision necessary in performing range sustainment remediation and services. Demonstrate experience in performing range sustainment projects such as: clearance of UXO from military ranges; processing/recycling demilitarization, disposal, and recycling of Materials Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH) including ordnance scrap and target debris.

Performance will be at various federal government sites with projects occurring simultaneously at multiple sites, and contractors may be required to obtain security clearance level sufficient to access military bases/property/sites/installations. Work locations include Arizona, California, Nevada, and other DoD or Federal installations nationwide; however the majority of work is expected to be on Navy and Marine Corps installations in California.

Work will be accomplished under Task Orders written against an Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The actual amount of work to be performed and the time of such performance will be determined by the Contracting Officer or his/her properly authorized representative, who will issue written Task Orders to the Contractor. Award of Task Orders will be on a firm fixed-price basis.  The estimated task order range is between $5,000 - $5,000,000.  The proposed contract will be for a base period of 12 months, and four 12-month option periods. The estimated value is approximately $95 million.

The firm (including subcontractors) MUST be able to demonstrate knowledge AND experience in ALL of the above cited services AND have the ability to obtain appropriate security clearances to access military site/property/installations.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Responses shall NOT exceed thirteen (13) pages - Two sided pages count as two sheets.

Provide a copy of any and all certifications by the Small Business Association (SBA), in support of status as an 8(a), HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, and/or Veteran-Owned Small Business.

Copies of SBA Certifications are NOT counted in the thirteen (13) page limit.

One (1) page should be the cover sheet which MUST include:

-Firm name, address, and primary phone number, DUNS Number, and Cage Code;

-Firm’s status and size of the business, relative to the NAICS code 562910;

-Two Points of Contact for the Firm, including telephone numbers and e-mail addresses;

-Short description of the firm’s history including years in business, number of employees, and main disciplines of the firm;

-State current ability to meet all security clearance(s) requirements for access to military property/sites/installations;

-Provide a statement demonstrating the firm’s ability to obtain and maintain performance and payment bonds, including the firm’s available bonding capacity.  

Two (2) pages should show:

-Key employees, both firm and sub-consultants, and their experience relative to the services described above;

--Demonstrate professional qualifications of your key personnel to perform the services listed above;

--List only the team members who actually will perform major tasks under the contemplated contract work scope and their qualifications, which should reflect the individual’s potential contributions to the contract.

Up to ten (10) pages should be dedicated to:

-Past and current projects that show the firm’s ability to perform the services described above. There should be one project per page;

-Firms submitting responses shall present their information in a matrix format showing projects they have performed for work similar to that described above.

--Matrix must include the following:

---Highlight projects comparable ($5,000 - $5,000,000) in scope and complexity as described above;

--- List at least four (4) projects completed within the last 5 years with work located in the United States, that demonstrate your firm can perform the services (as a whole) listed above;

---Indicate Contract type (firm fixed-price, cost reimbursement, etc.);

---Specify Total contract price;

---Specify associated Contract numbers AND Task Order numbers;

---Specify the from/to dates of contract work performance;

---Specify the project physical location and description of the contract work requirements;

---Provide a specific description of the actual work performed;

---Provide the client’s name and, if applicable, identify the client’s agency (DoD, Navy, CA State, etc.);

---Provide at least one (1), preferably two (2), current client Point of Contact references who are certain to have knowledge of work performance.  Include reference name, job title, and verified accurate/current contact information: phone number, and email address;

---Indicate if your firm was the prime or subcontractor (if a subcontractor, include what type of work and percentage of the total contract your firm was responsible for).

SUBMITTAL PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS:

Submit responses via e-mail to christen.gonzales@navy.mil.  Responses must be in PDF format and should be submitted as one PDF document.  

Submittals must be received before 12:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on Thursday, 4 March 2021.

SUBMITTAL INQUIRY POCs:

Mr. Christen Gonzales

Contract Specialist

(619) 705-5440

christen.gonzales@navy.mil.