SRCSGT | R | Marine and Terrestrial Historic Properties Investigations, as Needed, in Texas and Louisiana for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District.

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 30, 2009 FBO #2622
SOURCES SOUGHT

R -- Marine and Terrestrial Historic Properties Investigations, as Needed, in Texas and Louisiana for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District.

Notice Date: 1/28/2009
Notice Type: Sources Sought
NAICS: 541990 — All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Contracting Office: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston, 2000 Fort Point Road, PO Box 1229, Galveston, TX 77553-1229
ZIP Code: 77553-1229
Solicitation Number: W912HY-09-S-0007
Response Due: 2/4/2009
Archive Date: 4/5/2009
Point of Contact: Angela.Zahid, 409-766-3849<br />
Small Business Set-Aside: N/A
Description: Sources Sought No. W912HY-09-S-0007 Project Title: Marine and Terrestrial Historic Properties Investigations, as Needed, in Texas and Louisiana for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District has a requirement for the above subject. This is not a Solicitation Announcement and is not a Request for Proposals; THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE; and does not obligate the Government to any contract award. The purpose of this Sources Sought synopsis is to determine interest and capability of potential qualified Small Business Administration (SBA) certified: 8(a), Hubzone, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Small Business firms relative to the North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) 541990. The Small Business Size Standard is $7 million. The Government will use responses to this sources sought synopsis to make an appropriate acquisition decision about soliciting this project as either a competitive Set-Aside for Small Business firms, Service Disabled-Veteran Owned firms, 8(a) firms, or HubZone firms; or to proceed with full and open competition as Unrestricted. Project Information: The contractor must furnish all labor, management, facilities, supplies, materials, and equipment and do all things necessary for performance of professional marine, terrestrial, and historic cultural resource investigations. The anticipated minimum amount of Marine Work for this project is 65% of the work. The marine investigations occur in the Gulf of Mexico, bays, and rivers and shall include,but not be limited to: Section 106 compliance; archival and historical research; remote sensing services including magnetometer, side scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, and bathymetry surveys; monitoring; data analysis; assessment of underwater targets and anomalies; determination of eligibility for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP); and laboratory analysis. The terrestrial investigations shall include but not be limited to: Section 106 compliance; archeological reconnaissance and intensive surveys; assessments and evaluations; data recovery and mitigation; cemetery relocation; remote-sensing services including ground penetrating radar, magnetometer and electromagnetic resistivity; and laboratory analysis. The historic investigation shall include, but not be limited to: historic structure surveys, Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, archival research, oral history research, map and photographic reviews, and historic structure reports. All work shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior's 'Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation' (48 FR 44716-44740) or the Secretary of the Interior's 'Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties' (36 CFR 68), as appropriate. Marine archeologists must be able to obtain a permit from the Texas or Louisiana State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as appropriate. The contractor will be required to respond to simultaneous projects to meet project deadlines. Location of Work: Services will be performed in connection with civil works projects assigned to the Southwest Division, but primarily in the Galveston District. The Galveston District covers an area averaging 100 miles in width along the Texas Coast, extending from approximately 15 miles east of the Texas-Louisiana state line south to the Rio Grande, The District encompasses 49 Texas counties, portions of four Louisiana parishes, and the adjacent waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Project locations will be identified for each task order. Field conditions will generally include terrain of varying types, steepness, and consistencies ranging from dry land to soft marshlands, including swamp. Locations will also include shallow and deep draft inland waterways and channels, rivers, lakes, bays, streams, and similar bodies of water as well as waters offshore from Texas and Louisiana, and other states as required by specific task orders. Services can also be performed in the Tulsa, Little Rock, and Fort Worth Districts. The Following Information is Requested: 1.Name of the Firm w/address, phone, fax, email address, and point of contact 2.Indicate whether your firm will submit a bid for this project, if the project is set-aside for 8(a), Hubzone Small Business, Small Business, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. 3.Provide a copy of your Federal certification if your firm is an 8(a), or Hubzone Small Business. 4.Provide a list of subcontractors you propose to use. List the company name, address, Federal business size and their specialty. 5.Indicate specialized experience and technical proficiency in: a) contracts of similar size and scope; b)response to simultaneous projects; c) obtaining permits for marine surveys from the appropriate SHPO; d) experience in terrestrial archeology on the Texas Coast.; and e) experience in historic surveys 6.Submission Requirements: Firms submitting responses shall present their information in a matrix format displaying previously completed contracts. The matrix shall describe the three most recent projects that demonstrate the Firm's capability to meet each of the required qualifications listed above. Include the contract number, project location, description of work, and a point of contact and phone number for each effort. If you can meet all of the requirements for this project, please respond to this sources sought synopsis by fax, email or mail to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District, Contracting Division, Attention: Ms. Angela Zahid, 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Texas, 77550, Phone (409) 766-3849. The fax number is (409) 766-3010. The e-mail address for Ms. Zahid is: angela.zahid@usace.army.mil Responses must be received no later than 2:00 P.M. central standard time, on 4 February 2009. Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to help the government make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought announcement. For technical questions, please contact: Jerry Androy at 409-766-3821.
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Place of Performance: Address: US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston 2000 Fort Point Road, PO Box 1229 Galveston TX<br />; Zip Code: 77553-1229<br />
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R -- Marine and Terrestrial Historic Properties Investigations, as Needed, in Texas and Louisiana for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District.