SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- A & E Services, for preparation of civil works decision documents, water resources, related studies, analysis and design
- Notice Date
- 11/12/2015
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Omaha, Attn: CENWO- CT, 1616 Capitol Ave, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102-4901, United States
- ZIP Code
- 68102-4901
- Solicitation Number
- W9128F-16-R-0017
- Point of Contact
- Wayne C. Weidenhamer, Phone: 4029952074, David J. Crane, Phone: 402-995-2676
- E-Mail Address
-
wayne.c.weidenhamer@usace.army.mil, David.J.Crane@usace.army.mil
(wayne.c.weidenhamer@usace.army.mil, David.J.Crane@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Partial Small Business
- Description
- Seeking businesses that can provide integrated architect and engineering services pertinent to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers planning studies, including, but not limited to, preparation of National Environmental Policy Act documents, demonstration of environmental law compliance, preparation of civil works decision documents, completion of water resources and related planning studies, hydrology and hydraulics modeling, economic analysis, and cultural resource evaluations. Solicitation Number: W9128F-16-R-0017 --A FULL SOLICITATION WILL BE POSTED ON OR ABOUT 9 DECEMBER 2015-- (This solicitation corresponds with Sources Sought notice posted on April 15, 2015 under Solicitation number W9128F-15-R-0053) SYNOPSIS: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is seeking business sources, both Large and Small business, to provide for multi-disciplined professional planning services. The Corps is seeking businesses that can will provide integrated architect and engineering services, including, but not limited to, preparation of civil works decision documents, water resources and related planning studies, analysis and surveying, engineering design of plans and specifications for construction, environmental compliance, and independent technical review. Relevant project-related work may include, but is not limited to: feasibility level project planning efforts and reports for an array of purposes, either singly or combined, including ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, navigation improvements, hydropower improvements, municipal and industrial water supply, shoreline and stream bank stabilization, storm damage reduction, dam safety analysis and design, and fish passage and recreation. In some cases, projects may also require cursory hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) evaluation work. Relevant work may encompass all interdisciplinary services required for all planning, and design phases of specific water resource projects. It is the Government's intent to make an award of two (2), Single Award Task Order Contracts (SATOC), one Small Business and the other Unrestricted, no earlier than April 2016 with the award capacity for Task Orders of $4.9M for each. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) associated with this sources sought is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Projects will be located within the USACE, Northwestern Division civil works boundaries, and most projects will be located within the civil works boundaries of the Omaha District. The lists below are meant to be illustrative of the breadth of the type of work possibly issued under each IDIQ. The lists of potential work is organized into project types and listed by order of importance At the end of each section is a list of items we feel are most pertinent to the work likely to be awarded under these IDIQs. 1. Planning Services • Preparation of planning level documents including, feasibility or reevaluation reports in accordance with ER 1105-2-100, Master Plans in accordance with EP 1130-2-550 and other pertinent guidance, laws, and regulations. • Preparation of NEPA compliance documents including Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, Finding of No Significant Impacts, Records of Decision, environmental statutes compliance, endangered species assessments/evaluations, and Section 404 and 401 permit and water quality certification documents (e.g., 404(b)(1) reports), including NEPA for active military installations and Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC), and conducting public outreach and scoping meetings. • Risk management analysis including application of risk and uncertainty methods and statistical analysis for evaluating feasibility, reliability, and performance of projects. • For Solicitation you might be asked to provide examples of: Flood risk management studies, ecosystem restoration studies, water supply reallocation studies, and/ or stream bank restoration studies that your firm(s) has completed. 2. Environmental Services • Fish and wildlife habitat, water and air quality, and terrestrial ecology surveys, studies, and analyses. • Field data surveys (e.g., vegetation, birds, etc.) • Perform environmental education, training, and sustainable development for Corps staff and/ or staff from other agencies. • Experience with environmental impact modeling and analysis such as HEP-HIS, HEC-EFM, or FQI • Perform environmental and occupational safety and health compliance audits/assessments. • Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Engineering including both chemical and physical soil borings and sediment testing. Including ecological risk assessments, remediation planning, reclamation planning. Experience and knowledge with Environmental compliance for CERCLA and RCRA projects. • Collection of sediment samples using grabs, sediment coring devices and other methods as may be necessary to acquire required volumes to undergo chemical, physical, and biological analysis. • For Solicitation you might be asked to provide examples of: EIS/ EAs, integrated feasibility studies, or integrated Master Plans that your firm(s) has completed. Also, any experience with HEP-HSI, HEC-EFM, FQI, or other professionally accepted ecological analysis tools. 3. Economic Services • Ecosystem restoration analysis including cost effectiveness and incremental cost analysis (CEICA) using habitat evaluation procedure (HEP), Institute for Water Resources (IWR) Planning Suite and/or other professionally accepted analysis tools. Emphasis on the Missouri River and its tributaries. • Socioeconomic and natural resource economic analyses including Hydrologic Engineering Center Flood Damage Analysis (HEC-FDA) model, HEC- Flood Impact Analysis (HEC-FIA) model, and/or other professionally accepted computational economic analysis tools. • Conduct socioeconomic analyses including assessments of economic impacts, projection of socioeconomic needs, economic and social risk based analyses, recreation analysis, regional economic evaluations, and other social effects. • For Solicitation you might be asked to provide examples of use of HEC-FDA, HEC-FIA, and economic modeling completed in support of reallocation, water supply, flood risk management, or related USACE studies. 4. Engineering Services • Spatial data analysis using geographic information systems (GIS) using ESRI or other industry standard GIS software and Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) using Microstation or other industry standard CADD tools (includes generating Aerial Photography, Topographic/ Bathymetric Surveying and Mapping, database development, preparation of contract drawings and specifications CADD Drafting). • Hydrologic analyses and design activities including rainfall runoff analysis using programs developed by the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) and other industry standard software, including sediment transport. • Hydraulic analyses and design activities including steady and unsteady state Analysis using HEC and other industry standard software. • Cost estimating using the Tri-Service Automated Cost Engineering System (TRACES) and/or other professionally accepted computational economic analysis tools • Engineering and design services including civil, hydrologic, hydraulic, environmental, structural, geotechnical, geomorphology, mechanical and electrical. • For Solicitation you might be asked to provide examples of relevant hydrology and hydraulics modeling (HEC- RAS, HEC-ResSim, or other professionally accepted engineering analysis tools) that your firm(s) has completed. 5. Cultural Resource Services • Familiarity with application and coordination of cultural laws, Executive Orders, etc. • Cultural resource and archaeological surveys and evaluation reports. • Support for various types of Tribal engagement. • For Solicitation you might be asked to provide examples of NHPA Section 106 coordination, cultural resource surveys, or other NHPA compliance activities that your firm(s) has completed. In order to provide additional clarification on the type of work we anticipate being awarded under these IDIQs, below is a list of some of the work awarded under past and existing IDIQs with the same scope as this solicitation: • Stream bank protection "Section 14" studies • Reservoir water reallocation studies • USACE reservoir project master plan and environmental assessment update • Water quality studies • River bed degradation studies • Development of hydrologic models for evaluation of flood mitigation alternatives • Oil and gas development master plan supplements • Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report preparation • Development of operation and maintenance manuals for USACE Missouri River Recovery Program fish and wildlife mitigation project lands • Yellowstone Corridor Cumulative Effects Study and Report • Socioeconomic evaluations for NEPA efforts • Land use analysis with HEC-FDA • Detour and delay socioeconomic analysis
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Army Corps of Enigneers - Omaha District, 1616 Capitol Ave, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102, United States
- Zip Code: 68102
- Zip Code: 68102
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