SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- PLANNED SOLE SOURCE AWARD FOR: Modeling the Influence of Sand, Birds, Tributary Loading and Remediation Scenarios on Recreational Water Quality at Jeorse Park Beaches
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Chicago, 231 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, United States
- ZIP Code
- 60604
- Solicitation Number
- W912P6-16-R-0003
- Point of Contact
- Kimberly F Hubbard, Phone: 3128465368, Regina G. Blair, Phone: 312-846-5371
- E-Mail Address
-
kimberly.f.hubbard@usace.army.mil, regina.g.blair@usace.army.mil
(kimberly.f.hubbard@usace.army.mil, regina.g.blair@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- In compliance with FAR Subpart 6.302-1 (d) (2), coupled with the provisions set forth by FAR Subpart 5.101(a) (1), this Notice is hereby published to inform of the following: In support of the Chicago District's construction project in East Chicago, Indiana city park, Jeorse Park Beach, the Chicago District intends to award a sole source contract to Michigan State University, wherein, it will be required to complete modeling services for pre- and post-construction conditions at said East Chicago location. The Chicago District intends to obtain professional technical assistance/consulting services from Michigan State University (MSU), consisting of the following items: a) Completion of necessary data mining and research; b) performance of field work to collect necessary data for model calibration and verification; c) building sediment transport model; d) building wave energy forecast; e) completion of Finite-Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) for E. coli fate transport; and, f) completion of a formal written report detailing the background, methods, results and accompanying discussion with supportive documentation as necessary in the form of graphs, charts, tables and maps. The foundational work has already been accomplished by MSU, wherein they developed a structured grid surrounding the focus area; collected supporting field data; researched the existing databases for current and historical data, and developed the FVCOM model specific to the Jeorse Park Beach location. The results of this work indicated that the preliminary design of the breakwater re-alignment provided the greatest benefits for the site; hence, the importance of a construction contract. Through MSU's accomplishments, the Chicago District has the ability to gain the results necessary to complete the reconfiguration of the existing breakwater marina for the future construction contract. Of major importance, MSU has familiarity and performance results related to the Escherichia coli (E. coli) fate, wave energy and sediment transport forecasting; these are activities are key to the Chicago District's requirements. As a result of MSU's modeling expertise and substantial work history affiliated with the Jeorse Park Beach, the District would not be subjected to extraordinary spending of already tight funding for the project or having to contract for duplicated data that MSU has already developed. MSU researchers have already built the base FVCOM model for the preliminary design investigation. The previous work also included database research, identifying appropriate sources for data, and field trips for data collection. While the proposed contract for additional modeling would require some of these activities to be supplemented with new data, the majority of the work has been completed already. Therefore, if another contractor were to receive the award, it would need to build new base models and become familiar with the site and history of the project; that would add a few more years to the procurement cycle time when a solicitation for the construction is scheduled for this year. MSU resources also include being highly specialized with ocean community modeling work applied to the Great Lakes and other inland, freshwater bodies. This specialty is extremely rare within the modeling community and coupled with MSU's direct experience on this project makes them the ideal source moving forward. MSU's quality of workmanship, joined with its responsiveness to effectively address critical issues in a timely manner, has been demonstrated on previous contracts awarded by this District and stakeholders. Based upon the aforementioned, it would take another contractor a few years to collect, data mine, and gain MSU's familiarity of the site and develop the quality of work to meet the performance criteria of the Chicago District's contract. Any time delays would compromise the mission by reducing cost effectiveness and time efficiencies. Thus, award to any other contractor than MSU, would produce unnecessary delays and extra costs that are not expected to be recovered through competition. Under the proposed contract, the overall completion time would be 300 calendar days. The planned contract is a firm-fixed price services contract. This notice does not constitute a solicitation for offers, proposals, etc. However, interested firms may send a capabilities statement NO LATER THAN the close of business on February 22, 2016. Statements should be sent to the attention of Kym Hubbard at kimberly.f.hubbard@usace.army.mil. Please ensure that the subject line of your email includes the title/description of this announcement. Award is anticipated on or about March 15th, 2016. The point of contact is Kym Hubbard at (312) 846-5368. ** Please include Solicitation Number W912P6-16-R-0003 on all correspondence. **
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