Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

F -- ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT SOL N00178-97-R-1040 POC Roger J. McAughan, Contract Specialist, Code SD116, or Linda R. Coleman, Contracting Officer, Code SD114 on (540) 653-7478 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Division Homepage, http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil. E-MAIL: Questions concerning Sources Sought N00178-97-R-1040, rmcaugh@nswc.navy.mil. This is a Sources Sought for a competitive acquisition to be set-aside according to Navy acquisition policies in the following order of precedence: 8-A, then small business. If two or more sources cannot be identified from the set-aside categories, then the solicitation will be issued on an unrestricted basis. The applicable SIC Code for this acquisition is 8711, the size standard for which is $2.5 million. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, hosts a variety of major weapon systems programs and their compliance with Federal, State, Local, DOD, and specifically, Navy, safety and environmental laws and regulations must be ensured so as not to impose undue risks and hazards to the environment. NSWCDD must introduce safety and environmental considerations in all studies, tests, and projects to ensure that systems development does not incorporate legal and regulatory noncompliance. Routine usage, transportation, and storage of hazardous materials/products/processes must not impact the environment in a manner that conflicts with cognizant laws and regulations. Since this issue must be addressed in any design, development, production, operation, maintenance, and disposal of Navy systems, safety and environmental aspects become a part of the life-cycle of these systems from beginning to end. The safety and environmental efforts are in support of research and development being conducted now and for any future development such that the Navy's ability to comply with various levels of safety and environmental laws and regulations in a cost effective yet a thorough manner is not compromised. These objectives are to be reached by research and systems analysis, studies, and the application of state-of-the-art technology as it applies to the myriad of Navy programs that require internal and external interface regarding safety and environmental issues. This work will be a follow-on contract, planned to begin in January 1998, and will require a staff of approximately nine full time personnel at time of contract award as follows: Project Manager -- one; Environmental Engineer -- one; Environmental Scientist -- two; Safety Engineer -- two; Safety/Environmental Specialist -- one, Computer Specialist -- one; and Typist -- one. Certain desired types and levels of experience for selected Key Personnel categories include the following: Project Manager -- Bachelor's degree in engineering; professional engineering license; ten years program management and supervisory experience related to functions listed above; two years experience in DOD contract management. Environmental Engineer -- Bachelor's degree in engineering; nine years technical experience in environmental engineering; Professional Engineering license. Environmental Scientist -- Bachelor's degree in scientific discipline; professional engineering license; nine years technical experience in environmental field. Safety/Environmental Specialist -- Bachelor's degree in engineering or scientific disciplinesuch as Physical Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Geology, or Environmental Science; five years experience in relevant field. Computer Specialist -- Bachelor's degree in computer science or certificate of training in Computer Science or technical discipline such as GIS, Auto Computer Aided Design and Drafting; three years experience in relevant field. Safety Engineer -- Bachelor's degree in engineering (physical science, industrial hygiene, safety, radiation); professional engineering license; four years experience in relevant field. Potential offerors are to submit a Capabilities Statement which contains a thorough discussion of their technical understanding of the major issues relating to all of the major functional areas of environmental engineering and safety engineering. Of specific interest is the offeror's understanding of these issues as they relate to a Navy Research and Development laboratory. Also desired is a summary of similar corporate experiences obtained within the last five years together with contract numbers and applicable Government technical points of contact with current telephone numbers. Offerors are also requested to provide resumes as follows: One for the Program Manager, one for the Environmental Engineer, and one for the Environmental Scientist. This work also requires personnel with environmental and safety engineering/technical experience as well as support personnel including typists. The Capabilities Statement will describe the offeror's plan to provide such trained personnel in the quantities identified above at time of contract award. Training of any kind, either before or after contract award will not be accomplished at Government expense. If subcontracting is contemplated, the Capabilities Statement shall contain sufficient information concerning the planned subcontracting arrangement to assure the Government that the limitations of FAR 52.219-14 can be met. These limitations require that at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel will be expended for employees of the prime contractor. Offerors who are seeking consideration under a set aside will include letters of agreement from all proposed subcontractors showing their concurrence with the planned arrangement and division of work. Although Contractor location in the immediate vicinity of Dahlgren is not a requirement, the Capabilities Statement shall describe the offeror's current facilities and their ability to provide timely contract support, especially in the event of an emergency environmental or safety compliance. In order to assist in the Government's evaluation of the viability of either a competitive 8(a) or a small business set-aside, potential offerors shall also clearly indicate in their Capabilities Statement their business status, and if 8(a), shall note those SIC codes which are approved in their current business plan as well as the effective date and expiration date for each SIC code. Each 8(a) firm should indicate when it expects to graduate from the 8(a) program. Due to the planned acquisition schedule, two copies of the Capabilities Statement shall be provided to: Roger J. McAughan, Contract Specialist, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, Virginia 22448-5100, no later than thirty (30) days after the delivery of this notice. Each offeror is encouraged to limit their Capability Statement to six (6) pages, not including resumes and summary of similar corporate experiences. (0142)

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