SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Civil Design, Geotechnology, Hydraulic and Hydrology Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) - Sources Sought Fillable Form
- Notice Date
- 11/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, San Francisco, ATTN: CECT-SPN, 1455 MARKET ST., 17TH FL, San Francisco, California, 94103-1398, United States
- ZIP Code
- 94103-1398
- Solicitation Number
- W912P7-15-T-0001
- Point of Contact
- James E Garror, Phone: 415/ 503-6988, Shirley A. Turnbo, Phone: 415-503-6987
- E-Mail Address
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James.E.Garror@usace.army.mil, shirley.a.turnbo@usace.army.mil
(James.E.Garror@usace.army.mil, shirley.a.turnbo@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Fillable Form Solicitation Number: Notice Type: W912P7-15-T-0001 Sources Sought Synopsis: This Sources Sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work. This is not a solicitation. This notice neither constitutes a Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. It should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. Responses to this Sources Sought notice will be used by the Government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. Therefore, no contract award will result from this Sources Sought Notice. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District is planning to solicit for multiple award A-E services IDIQ's for: A. Civil Design & Architectural IDIQ Contracts: One award to large (LB) and two awards to small business (SB) B. Geo-tech Engineering, Sub terrain investigations and Structural Engineering and Design IDIQ Contracts: One award to LB and one award to SB. C. Hydrology & Hydraulic and Geomorphology: One award to LB and one award to SB. The San Francisco District is issuing this notice to measure the interest and availability of large business and other than large business firms, including HUB-Zone, 8(a) or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) or other Small Business concerns that are capable of performing Architect and Engineering services as part of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Contracts awarded will be in the $4.5 to $9.9 million range and are consisting of a base period of one (1) year and four (4) option periods not to exceed one (1) year each. Work will vary in scope and size and will be assigned by individually negotiated firm fixed-price task orders. This procurement will be done in accordance with Public Law 92-582 (Brooks Act) and FAR Part 36. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for this procurement are 541330 (Engineering Services) and 541310 (Architectural services). This Sources Sought announcement is for market research information only and is to be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested and none will be accepted in response to this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS, AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. The Government will not reimburse respondents for any cost incurred in preparation of a response to this notice. Architect-Engineer (A-E) services are required for various San Francisco District projects. Primary assignments are anticipated to be within the State of California in support of the San Francisco District, South Pacific Division U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The contract awarded will be administered by the San Francisco District and the San Francisco District may elect to transfer capacity to, or award task orders in support of, other USACE Districts worldwide, with priority given to Districts within the South Pacific Division area of responsibility. It is anticipated that the primary work will be in support of USACE mission's covering civil works, military, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs and other International and Interagency Support (IIS) customers. Capacity may also be transferred to, or task orders under the resultant Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) may also be awarded ton behalf of other U.S. Department of Defense and for projects anywhere in the U.S. or its territories or possessions. Services required for Civil Works and Military projects include, but are not limited to, Architect and Engineering services specific to the following: A. Civil Engineering Design and Architectural Design The A-E firms selected would be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility, and capability to be available on an as-needed basis. Typical types of services to be provided may include preparation of Civil Engineering and Architectural vertical designs that produces drawings specifications and cost estimates required to procure for a construction project, feasibility studies, detailed design reports, Corps of Engineers planning reports, environmental documents, value engineering, presentations, coordination with various government agencies and commissions, and other general A/E services. The work may also include providing construction phase and other support services including, but not limited to shop drawing reviews, site visits, technical assistance, LEED documentation during construction, on-site representation, preparation of operation and maintenance manuals, and commissioning/start-up/fit-up design support. All Engineering, Architectural, and Scientist support disciplines to include but not limited to: Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Environmental Engineering and Sciences, Hydraulic and Hydrology, Geomorphology Engineering, Geotechnology and subsurface investigations, soil sampling and testing on land and in aquatic salt and freshwater environments. B. Geotechnology Subsurface Investigations, Structural Engineering and Analyses. Geotechnical: Geologic and soils mapping; soils engineering; engineering geology; insitu material testing; surface and subsurface soil and rock sampling for lab testing; investigative instrumentation placement; plans and designs that produces drawings specifications and cost estimates required to procure for a construction project for the installation, planning and design for monitoring, and analysis of a variety of civil works structures including but not limited to, embankments, dams, concrete dams, powerhouses, marine structures, and foundations in soils and rock; groundwater investigation; slope stability studies; shallow and deep foundation explorations, investigations and designs; excavation, embankment and modifications to dams design; dam safety and slope stability studies; slope protection and retaining structures; underground openings including tunnels in soils and rock; water well investigations; seismic analyses; and geotechnical reports and specification writing. Geotechnical studies, site inspections, field investigations to include subsurface exploration and laboratory testing of soil samples, designs, and interpretation and analysis of field boring logs and laboratory analyses and data. The A-E is required to conduct field borings on land and in aquatic environments. Sampling and analyses: The A-E or his subcontractor(s) are required to possess the knowledge, experience and required vehicles, vessels and boring equipment to adequately collect samples on land and maritime environments (e.g. shipping channels that are scheduled for maintenance dredging or deepening). These samples are required to determine contamination of proposed dredge locations for maintained dredging and new work deepening projects. The analyses will require to look for hydrocarbons, pah's, aromatics and heavy metals. In addition, it will be required to analyze the sample sedimentation effects on living crustaceans and amphipod and then analyze for bioaccumulation of critters that lived in the sampled sedimentation and in the sampled water column. On land sampling and testing can require core drilling and vibra-core and analyzes for hydrocarbons, aromatics heavy metals, PCB's and pollutants that are described in the scope of work. Structural Engineering, design, and preparation of plans and specifications and cost estimates for various projects that require the construction of concrete, masonry, timber and complex l steel structures; design and analysis of concrete dams, powerhouses, spillways and stilling basins, reservoir outlet works; bridges; pump facilities, navigation locks, marine facilities, piling and floating structures, buildings and warehouses, fish passage, collection, and monitoring structures and facilities. Structural analyses and inspection of unique civil works features; such as hydraulic steel structures, bridges, tunnels and other project appurtenant features. C. Water resources, Hydraulic, Hydrology, Geomorphology and Dredging The A-E firms selected would be required to have sufficient staff, flexibility, and capability to be available on an as-needed basis. Typical types of services to be provided may include: Hydrologic Studies; Riverine Hydraulic Analyses; Sediment Engineering and Geomorphic Analyses; Flood Plains delineation; Hydraulic Design; Study Services for environmental, ecological, environmental compliance, cultural economic, water resources planning and public involvement; Water Supply and/or Flood Control Storage Requirements. Studies could include determining water supply and flood control storage requirements, including the development of water supply storage versus yield and flood control storage versus frequency relationships. Studies could also include investigation of existing or planned flood control and water supply reservoirs or reservoir systems to optimise the operation of the reservoirs or reservoir systems to determine the environmental (e.g. water quality) effects of the reservoirs. Coastal and Estuarine Engineering Analyses: The following coastal and estuarine engineering work may be required: wind waves, tidal circulation, currents, and sediment transport analyses for coastal storm damage/flood risk reduction, navigation, and environmental/wetlands restoration projects; shoreline change assessments; beach nourishment analysis and design; sediment budgets; water quality (salinity, temperature, turbidity, and other constituents of concern) assessments; estuarine and coastal flood hazards analyses (including analyses to Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA] standards); analyses relating hydraulic effects on habitat and channel formation in estuaries and coastal lagoons; design for new and rehabilitation of existing coastal structures (breakwaters, jetties, seawalls, groins, and others); inspection of the integrity of existing structures (including hydrodynamic forces, wave conditions, level of distress, and existing and potential modes of failure); developing monitoring and maintenance programs for existing and proposed projects; shallow and deep draft navigation channel design; navigation channel shoaling analysis; site evaluation of beneficial use and near shore placement of dredged material; assessment of dredging needs; interpreting surveys of existing projects; small harbor and marina design; bathymetric and topographic surveying in support of Comprehensive Evaluation of Project Datum's (CEPD) work; and collection of estuarine and coastal field data to potentially be used in all of the above analyses. Firms should be familiar with Corps standard methods as described in the Coastal Engineering Manual, other Corps engineering manuals on hydrographic surveying, tidal hydraulics, shallow draft waterways and marinas, deep draft navigation channels, beneficial use of dredged material and confined placement facilities, and design of coastal structures; as well as other standard practices employed in the coastal engineering community. Engineering and Design for port and waterfront bulkhead structures, docks, piers, harbor facilities, bulk fill loading and unloading facilities for cargo ships, roll-on roll-off loading for cargo ships, container loading, unloading, container storage areas, waterfront structures, warehouses, all infrastructure design and development of sites for new port and port expansions. General Civil Design Services to include Topographic and Property Surveys; Design Analysis for Civil, Geotechnical and Structural to include Drawings; Specifications; Cost Estimates; Permits, Public involvement. Construction Phase services to include but not limited to: shop drawings review; site visits; equipment testing and commissioning; Operation and Maintenance manuals; on-site representative(s); reports. Documentation: Documenting studies that have been conducted shall be required, including cataloguing and submittal of all supporting data, clear documentation of methodology and assumptions, and the preparation of portions of Corps reports, as outlined in each individual task order. Sampling and analyses: The A-E or his subcontractor(s) are required to possess the knowledge, experience, required vehicles and land boring equipment to perform core drilling and vibra-coring to perform soil borings for subsurface investigations to determine soil characteristics and to collect samples required to analyze for pollutants. For waterborne investigations, the contractor shall utilize vessels and boring equipment to adequately collect samples in maritime environments (e.g. shipping channels that are scheduled for maintenance dredging or deepening). These waterborne samples collections are required to determine contamination of proposed dredge locations for maintenance dredging and new work deepening projects. The A-E shall secure services from a laboratory to perform analyses required to look for hydrocarbons, PAH, PCB, aromatics and heavy metals. In addition it will be required to analyze the sampled sedimentation effects on living crustaceans and amphipod and then analyze critters tissue for bioaccumulation of pollutants that may be absorbed by crustaceans and amphipods that lived in the sampled sedimentation and in the sampled water column and analyzes for hydrocarbons, aromatics heavy metals, pcb's and pollutants that are described in the scope of work Each task order will have its own schedule based on the complexity of the applicable project. Task Orders will be evaluated based on level of effort for the scope of services developed for individual projects. All civil works flood control, creek restoration wetlands and ecosystem restoration, levee inspections and condition reports, projects for large and small harbors, flood damage prevention, storm damage reduction, watershed studies, civil works, planning, and military master planning studies, roads and rail infrastructure, storm and sanitary sewer, bridges, all type of residential, commercial and industrial buildings required for Civil Works and military installations, infrastructure development that require utilities, and other Corps civil works and military activities. Work may include any portion of Civil Works activities including plan formulation, design, cost engineering, environmental documentation, economic analysis, and real estate. Task orders may be issued in support of programs other than Civil Works. The Government may require that designs be in metric and/or English systems of units. Products shall be produced to Corps of Engineers guidelines and specific formats as set forth by task order. The firm must demonstrate the ability to: develop Corps planning reports in accordance with current Corps policy and regulation; provide drawings in AutoCAD (version as required by the project); use the latest version of MCACES (cost estimating software furnished by the Government); provide a cost estimate in work breakdown structure (WBS) using MII software; provide electronic bid set (EBS) documents; and use SPECSINTACT for all projects unless otherwise directed in the task order. Construction inspection and other Construction support services may be required. The AE will be required to use the Dr. Check's design review comment response and checking system (permissions and passwords will be distributed on a project-by-project basis). Please see the attached Sources Sought Form with instructions regarding the submittal of information in response to this notice. All responses should be submitted to James Garror at James.E.Garror@usace.army.mil in PDF format. Any announcements, solicitation, amendments, other notices, and all other related documents and information will be issued via internet ONLY utilizing the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. It is the contractor's responsibility to stay current with all postings and respond as required. All interested offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) website to receive an award. Description: Sources Sought Form Respondents will not be contacted regarding their submission or information gathered as a result of this sources sought notice. All responsible sources may respond to this notice and all responses will be considered. Telephonic responses will not be honored. Contracting Office Address: USACE San Francisco District, 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1398 Place of Performance: San Francisco District, South Pacific Division & Nationwide Primary Point of Contact: James E Garror, Contract Specialist James.E. Garror@usace.army.mil Phone: 415-503-6988 Secondary Point of Contact: Linda Hales, Chief of Contracting Linda.F.Hales@usace.army.mil Phone: 415-503-6990
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