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C -- PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR TECHNICAL DOCUMENT REVIEW, HOLDEN MINE SITE, WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON SOL R6-97-836 DUE 020697 POC Contact, Procurement and Property Management, 503/326-3581 Amended. DELETE reference to the AOC of April 1995. DELETE reference to docketed site. ADD under specialized criteria: (2)(f) experience as an expert witness in litigation on CERCLA sites (preferred for this project, but not required). ADD number of submittal copies required: 4 copies of the SF-254 and SF-255. The entire ad is repeated following, with changes incorporated. Professional engineering services related to technical review of documents (deliverables) produced during the performance of a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) of the Holden Mine Site on the Wenatchee National Forest (Wenatchee, Washington), in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 USC 9600 et seq.), the National Contingency Plan (NCP) and the Guidance for Conducting Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies under CERCLA (U.S. EPA, October 1988). Work also includes technical review of pre-FI/FS documents related to risk assessment screening at the site. One Indefinite Delivery-Requirements contract will be awarded; task orders will be issued against the contract as reviews are required. The contract period will be for one year from the date of award, with four option year periods. The following criteria will be applied in evaluating firms for contract award. CRITERIA REQUIRED BY FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FAR) 36.602-1(a): (1) Professional qualifications necessary for satisfactory performance of required services (e.g., licensed, registered, or certified in the States required). (2) As contained within this criterion, specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required: (a) an established reputation in the field of RI/FS, (b) regularly engaged in work of this type, including maintaining a regular force of staff skilled in RI/FS, (c) experience in this type of work on previous and/or present projects similar in scope and size, (d) experience in CERCLA mining projects, (e) experience in projects involving the Washington Department of Ecology, (f) experience as an expert witness in litigation on CERCLA sites; (3) Capacity to accomplish the work in the required time; (4) Past performance on contracts with Government agencies and private industry in terms of cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules; (5) Location in the general geographical area of the project and knowledge of the locality of the project (provided that application of this criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project; (6) Acceptability under other appropriate evaluation criteria, following. CRITERIA REQUIRED BY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (AGAR) 436.602-1(a): (7) Adequacy of facilities for performance of the work including those necessary to provide specialized services that may be required; (8) Volume and nature of present workload as it relates to ability to perform the work required; (9) Experience and qualifications of proposed key personnel including specialized technical skills, project coordination and management skills, and experience in working together as a team. This criterion includes consideration to key personnel's established reputation in the field of RI/FS and experience in this type of work on previous and/or present projects similar in scope and size); (10) Availability of additional contractor personnel or consultants to support expansion or acceleration of the project. CRITERIA REQUIRED BY FOREST SERVICE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS (FSAR) 4036.602-1(a): (11) Volume of work under previously awarded Forest Service contracts (evaluation of the volume of work previously awarded by the Forest Service, with the objective of effecting an equitable distribution of contracts among qualified A-E firms, including minority firms, that have not had prior Forest Service experience); (12) Subcontracting with certified 8(a) or other small disadvantaged businesses (that is, potential contractors who are subcontracting, or will subcontract, with certified 8(a) or other small disadvantaged businesses). These firms will continue to receive preference until small business goals have been met. (GAO Decisions B-223059 and B-223243). THIS ADVERTISEMENT SERVES AS THE SOLICITATION FOR THIS PROJECT. Interested firms shall submit Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, to provide information concerning the firm's general qualifications; and Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project, to provide more detailed information concerning qualifications specific to this project. Four (4) copies of each form is required. Responses are due 4:30 P.M., local time, February 6, 1997. Envelopes containing SF-254 and SF-255 submittals in response to this ad should place the following in the lower left-hand corner of the envelope: R6-97-836, Holden Mine Technical Document Review, Due 4:30 P.M., February 6, 1997. (0017)

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