C -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE CONTRACT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES PRIMARILY AT FORT CAMPBELL, KY WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO RIVER DIVISION BUT COULD BE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE DIVISION MISSION BOUNDARIES

Notice Date

March 5, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 600 M.L. King, Jr. Pl., Rm 821, Louisville, KY 40202-2230

ZIP Code

40202-2230

Solicitation Number

W22W9K-1052-4074

Response Due

April 5, 2001

Point of Contact

Contract Specialist, Denise Bush (502) 315-6209, Technical Specialist, Bob Ott (270) 798-9638

Description

CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Louisville District plans to procure one or more Indefinite Delivery Type (IDT) contracts for Environmental and Engineering Services primarily for Fort Campbell, Kentucky but could be anywhere within the Division Mission Boundaries. The contracts will be accomplished by issuance of individual task orders not to exceed $1,000,000 for the base period not to exceed one year, with an option for two additional extensions of one year each with a new $1,000,000 amount for each option period awarded. The maximum contract value is $3,000,000.00. Task Orders will be firm fixed price. This announcement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside. NAICS 541710, size standard 500 employees. See Note 1. The contract will involve the preparation of various environmental documents, studies, and specifications for various military installations and civil works projects supported by the Louisville District, Corps of Engineers. The first contract is expected to be awarded in May 2001. The method used to allocate task orders will include: consideration of experience and user needs, workload, performance and proximity of the firm to the project. The scope of work and services will include all projects assigned to the Louisville District and may include any effort assigned to a District within Ohio River and Great Lakes Division Mission Boundaries when such work and services are considered applicable under the scope of this acquisition. To be eligible for award, a firm must be registered in the DOD Central Contractor Registrations (CCR) Registrar via the CCR Internet site at: http://ccr2000.com or by contacting the DOD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414. 2. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work under this contract may involve areas of environmental compliance including but not limited to: preparation of biological assessments [Endangered Species Act], environmental assessments and environmental impact statements [National Environmental Policy Act], 404 Permit Applications [Clean Water Act]), archaeological surveys, site testing and data recovery [National Historic Preservation Act], and Historic Architecture studies [National Historic Preservation Act], preparation of planning studies for military installations and civil works projects (including, but not limited to, risk assessments, mitigation planning and specification, environmental baseline surveys, biological monitoring (including preparation of monitoring plans), privatization support, integrated natural resource management plans [including component plans], endangered species management plans, cultural resource management plans, wetlands management plans, aquatic ecosystem restoration (Water Resources Development Act), emergency stream bank restoration (Flood Control Act), pesticide management plans, preparation of military educational materials, various other military and civil works supporting studies; and preparation and/or updating of existing databases (including but not limited to mapping, geographic information systems [GIS], and computer-aided design and drafting [CADD]). This should include what type of CADD system they employ and how they translate if required to intergraph. Use of global positioning system (GPS) is required. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: Submittals will be evaluated against the general evaluation factors listed in Note 24 in descending order of importance. The specific requirements must be identified in the SF 255. Items a through e are primary evaluation factors and f through g are secondary evaluation factors. a. Specialized Experience -- Responding firms and proposed teams should demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence in the following areas: (1) Specialized experience and technical competence in the expected activities identified below, as evidenced by the resumes of the personnel assigned to this project, as well as the firm. Only resumes identifying the professionalism and specialized experience is necessary. (2) Demonstrate specialized experience in completing projects listed in "Project Information," for DOD including Army, Air Force, Navy and National Guard sites primarily within Louisville District, especially in those areas pertaining to the compliance with the procedural provisions of the Endangered Species Act. (3) Demonstrate specialized experience in completing projects listed in "Project Information," for DOD sites primarily within Louisville District, especially in those areas pertaining to preparing Federally Endangered Species studies. The contractor must possess detailed knowledge and have demonstrated experience in working with federally listed threatened and endangered species, particularly including the Indiana bat and gray bat. (4) Demonstrate specialized experience in completing projects listed in "Project Information," for DOD sites primarily within Louisville District, especially in those areas pertaining to conducting natural resource surveys for wetlands, flora, insects, mussels, birds and bats. (5) Demonstrate specialized experience in completing projects involving radiotelemetry studies of endangered bats at DOD sites primarily within Louisville District. (6) Demonstrate specialized experience in completing projects involving Biological Assessments in accordance with the ESA and NEPA compliance for proposed Multipurpose Training Ranges at DOD sites primarily within Louisville District. (7) Demonstrate specialized experience in completing projects requiring preparation of Ecological Risk Assessments for DOD sites primarily within Louisville District. (8) Demonstrate specialized experience in completing projects requiring BASH Management planning and NEPA Compliance for DOD sites primarily within Louisville District. (9) Demonstrate specialized experience with preparation of educational materials for DOD sites primarily within the Louisville District. (10) Demonstrate specialized experience in ecosystem restoration (Section 206 WRDA). (11) Document specialized experience in emergency stream bank protection (Section 14, FCA). (12) Demonstrate specialized experience in working cooperatively and productively with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service offices in Reynoldsburg, OH, Cookeville, TN, Bloomington, IN and Rock Island, IL. Demonstrated ability to obtain US Fish and Wildlife issued permits to conduct studies of Indiana bats and gray bats, and the ability to meet future permit requirements. (13) Document specialized experience in working cooperatively and productively with the Louisville District Corps of Engineers on matters related to Clean Water Act Compliance. (14) Demonstrate specialized experience in working cooperatively and productively with State Historic Preservation Offices in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Tennessee. (15) Technical competence in preparing documents specified in Army Regulations (AR) 200-1, 200-2, 200-3 and 200-4; and Engineering Regulation (ER) 200-2-2. (16) Quality Management Procedures. A brief Project Management Plan including an explanation of the firm's management approach, management of subcontractors (if applicable), quality control procedures and an organizational chart showing the inter-relationship of management and various team components (including subcontractors) must be included in paragraph 10 of the SF-255. b. Professional Qualifications. Responding firms shall demonstrate capability in these primary disciplines (in order of priority): environmental sciences, wildlife biology, endangered species biology, ecology, aquatic/wetlands biology, ecotoxicology, ecological and human health risk assessment, botany, civil engineering, chemistry, program/project management, economics (as it pertains to natural resources and environmental impact assessment), soil science/geology, zoology, hydrogeology, prehistoric and historic archeology, history, historic architecture and GIS/GPS/CADD. Firms shall provide four resumes for each discipline. Firms must have state licensing for professional engineers as required for projects located in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Tennessee. The states of registration and certification of each professional engineer must be included in each resume in Block 7. Include a matrix that shows the discipline, degree and years of experience, in each of the specialized experience categories for each person on the proposed team. c. Past performance on DOD and other contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules. d. Capabilities to complete the work in the required time. e. Technical competence and capability to perform work within Corps of Engineers and Department of Defense environmental programs and environmental compliance as it pertains to NEPA, Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act. Specific knowledge of local conditions and project site features within the Louisville District area of responsibility. f. Knowledge of the locality of the project and state and federal regulatory requirements for the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan. g. Volume of DOD contracts awarded in the last 12 months to the prime A-E firm. In Block 10 of the SF 255, responding firms should cite all contract numbers, award dates and total negotiated fees for any DOD contract awarded within the last 12 months to the office expected to perform this work. Please indicate all task orders awarded your firm by DOD agencies within the last 12 months under an indefinite delivery type contract, regardless of the award date of the contract itself. Indicate date of task orders and fee for each. Modifications to task orders which were awarded prior to the last 12 months need not be listed. SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS. See Note 24 for general submission requirements. Interested Small Business firms having the capabilities to perform this work must submit a SF 255 to the address listed below no later than 4:30 p.m. local time on April 5, 2001. Each firm/consultant listed within the SF 255 must have a current SF 254 (submitted with the last 12 months) on file with the Corps of Engineers, or one must be submitted with this package. Submit responses to: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Place, Room 821/Bush, Louisville, KY 40202. ACASS Number of the office performing the work should be listed in Block 3 of the SF255. ACASS Numbers may be obtained by contacting Portland Corps of Engineers website at: http://nwp.usace.army.mil/ct/i or by contacting the Portland Office at 503-808-4591. The Army single Face to Industry site is http://acquisition.army.mil/default.htm. Release of a firm's status will occur within ten (10) days after approval of any selection. This is not a request for proposals. See Notes 1 and 24.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010307/CSOL005.HTM (W-064 SN50F2V0)