SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- SOURCES SOUGHT FOR REMEDIATION PLANNING, ENGINEERING DESIGN AND OVERSIGHT, NEPA COMPIANCE, AND OTHER ENVIORMENTAL ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES IN NEW ENGLAND AND NEW YORK
- Notice Date
- 12/5/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- 55 Broadway; Cambridge, MA 02142
- ZIP Code
- 02142
- Solicitation Number
- DTRS57-98-SS-0439
- Response Due
- 12/19/2003
- Archive Date
- 12/19/2003
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact - Edward R Wirtanen, Contracting Officer, 617-494-2619
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Contracting Officer
(wirtanen@volpe.dot.gov)
- Description
- NA This is not a Solicitation Announcement. This is a Sources Sought Synopsis Only. The purpose of this Sources Sought Announcement synopsis is to gain knowledge of potentially qualified 8(a) businesses certified by the Small Business Administration relative to The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) classification 541330 Engineering Services, (size standard $4.0 million average annual receipts for proceeding three fiscal years). Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions after review of responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis. If the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisition, a solicitation announcement will be published on the Federal Business Opportunities Website. This Sources Soug ht Notice is seeking information on Section 8(a) businesses that can provide architect and engineering (A-E) services for Volpe Center environmental projects in New York and the six New England states. Volpe Center work in this region currently includes supporting the Federal Aviation Administration?s (FAA?s) Environmental Cleanup (ECU) Program and the Environmental Protection Agency?s (EPA?s) Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative, as well as other projects. The FAA?s ECU Program was developed to identify, investigate, and cleanup contaminated sites where FAA maintains liability due to past site operations or waste disposal activities. Volpe Center support includes conducting Preliminary Assessment/ Site Investigations (PA/SI) at several sites throughout the New England Region. The Volpe Center is also providing support to the EPA in implementing its Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative. As part of this effort, the Volpe Center is conducting Phase II environmental site assessments (ESAs) throughout Region 1 under EPA?s Targeted Brownfields Assessment Program. A firm must have expertise and capabilities in remediation planning, design and oversight, NEPA compliance, and related environmental support services. A firm must be an A-E firm of established reputation (or, if newly organized, whose personnel have previously established a reputation in the field) that is regularly engaged in and that maintains a regular staff of employees with necessary licenses and certifications in asbestos, lead based paint, hazardous waste, environmental cleanup, health a nd safety, sampling and analysis, air monitoring, community involvement activities, environmental impact, risk assessment, and noise, as well as environmental engineering, design and oversight, and shall have performed this work on previous projects. Interested Section 8 (a) businesses must submit to the contracting officer a brief capabilities statement package in original and one copy or via e-mail to wirtanen@volpe.dot.gov (no more than 10 pages in length, single spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability and qualifications to perform the services listed above. This documentation must address, as a minimum, the following: (1) prior/current corporate experience performing relevant work within the last five years, including contract number, organization supported, indication of whether a prime or subcontractor, contract value, point of contact with current telephone number, a brief description of how the contract referenced relates to the technical services described herein. Responses should also include (1) Identification of company size status, and certification (2) If you are an 8(a) firm considering a joint venture, you will need to provide proof that this consideration has been forwarded to the SBA office for approval. Information provided should be detailed enough so that the Government can assess the ability of the company to provide services similar to the requirements described above. At least 50% of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel must be expended for employees of the prime contractor. All data received in response to thi s announcement marked or designated, as corporate or proprietary information will be protected from release outside the Government in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act provisions. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP), Invitation for Bid (IFB), or an announcement of a solicitation, and no solicitation package exists at this time. The sources sought announcement is requested for informational purposes only. It is a market research tool being used to determine potential and eligible small firms capable of performing the services described above. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced separately. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender. For info rmation about the Volpe Center refer to the Volpe Center website at http://www.volpe.dot.gov.
- Web Link
-
Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page
(http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html)
- Record
- SN00481897-W 20031207/031205211844 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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