USIBWC Environmental Services Contract

Added: Jan 21, 2009 2:39 pm

Amendment 3: The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC)
is hereby amending the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Environmental
Services Contract as follows.

1. Revise the Draft Contract to include Standard Form 33, Update Sections J, L, and include Section M. As a result, the previous draft contract and Exhibit 1 is hereby considered obsolete. The Statement of Work is hereby incorporated into the contract under Section C and is no longer an attachment.

2. Provide draft Task Order.

3. Provide the Contractor Performance Questionnaire.

4. Extend the proposal due date. As a result, the firm date for
receipt of bids is hereby changed from Friday, January 30, 2009, 5:00
P.M. Mountain Time to Friday, February 06, 2009, 5:00 P.M. Mountain Time.

Added: Jan 20, 2009 12:09 pm

Amendment 2: The International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) is hereby amending the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Environmental Services Contract as follows.

1. Provide draft Task Order information and documentation.

2. Provide responses to questions.

3. Extend the proposal due date. As a result, the firm date for receipt of bids is hereby changed from Friday, January 23, 2008, 5:00 P.M. Mountain Time to Friday, January 30, 2008, 5:00 P.M. Mountain Time.

Added: Dec 22, 2008 11:28 am

Amendment 1:

The purpose of this amendment is to modify the NAICS code as follows:

The NAICS Code and small business size standard for this procurement are hereby changed to 541620 and $6.5 million, respectively.

Added: Oct 22, 2008 1:33 pm Modified: Dec 15, 2008 12:04 pmTrack Changes

The United States International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) formally issues a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Environmental services. The contractor shall furnish all labor, material, supplies, equipment, supervision, and transportation necessary to complete task orders for environmental services for projects found along the United States and Mexico international border. This includes the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. The contractor shall assist USIBWC in complying with environmental laws and regulations applicable to the specific task orders issued. The environmental services consist of scientific, environmental engineering, technical and regulatory compliance. General tasks consist of analysis, studies, assessments, mitigation, and evaluations of the environmental effects of USIBWC project construction, operation, maintenance, and management.

This evaluation shall be placed using best value evaluation criteria.
• Cost
• Experience
• Past Performance
• Professional Qualifications
• Resources
• Location of Prime and Subcontractors

The order of magnitude for the procurement is estimated at $5 Million to $10 Million and the effort shall be a multiyear contract with options not to exceed 5 years.

The NAICS Code and small business size standard for this procurement are 541330 and $4.5 million, respectively. However, due to the complexity and performance region, this procurement is NOT a small business set-aside.

Solicitation guidance and information is as follows:
•The firm date for receipt of bids is Friday, January 23, 2008, 5:00 P.M. Mountain Time.
•IBWC shall not hold meetings with perspective bidders.
•Telephone questions shall not be accepted.
•All email correspondence submitted shall contain the following format; "RFP Number, Topic, Company Name." Example: "IBM09Q0002-TOPIC-Company"
•The International Boundary and Water Commission shall not solicit nor accept proposals for a portion(s) of the project.
•Technical questions shall not be accepted after Friday, January 16, 2008, 5:00 P.M. Mountain Time.

All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing to joshuasoto@ibwc.gov or by fax (915) 832-4192. Telephone questions will not be accepted. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 2003 format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).

Added: Oct 22, 2008 1:33 pm

The United States International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) plans to issue a Best Value Request for Proposal (RFP) for Environmental services. The contractor shall furnish all labor, material, supplies, equipment, supervision, and transportation necessary to complete task orders for environmental services for projects found along the United States and Mexico International border. This includes the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. The contractor shall assist USIBWC in complying with environmental laws and regulations applicable to the specific task orders issued. The environmental services consist of scientific, environmental engineering, technical and regulatory compliance. General tasks consist of analysis, studies, assessments, mitigation, and evaluations of the environmental effects of USIBWC project construction, operation, maintenance, and management.

The order of magnitude for the procurement is estimated at $5 Million to $10 Million and the effort shall be a multiyear contract with options not to exceed 5 years.

The NAICS Code and small business size standard for this procurement are 541330 and $4.5 million, respectively.

The anticipated release date of the RFP is on or about November 7, 2008, with an anticipated bid closing date of on or about January 2, 2009. The firm date for receipt of bids or offers will be stated in the RFP.

All contractual and technical questions must be submitted in writing to joshuasoto@ibwc.gov or by fax (915) 832-4192. Telephone questions will not be accepted. The solicitation and any documents related to this procurement will be available over the Internet. These documents will be in Microsoft Office 2003 format and will reside on a World-Wide Web (WWW) server, which may be accessed using a WWW browser application. Prospective offerors shall notify this office of their intent to submit an offer. It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor the Internet site for the release of the solicitation and amendments (if any). Potential offerors will be responsible for downloading their own copy of the solicitation and amendments (if any).