Five (5) Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) for Architect Engineer Services are required for Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) and Military Munitions (MM) Projects

Restrictions: Unrestricted competitive acquisition for five (5) Indefinite Delivery Contracts. Task orders may be firm fixed price or cost reimbursable. Location: Located anywhere within the boundaries of the North Atlantic Division and assigned mission areas Time for Completion: 5-Year Base Period CONTRACT INFORMATION: Five (5) Indefinite Delivery Contracts (IDCs) for Architect Engineer Services are required for Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) and Military Munitions (MM) projects. These IDCs, procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36, are required for various environmental projects executed by Baltimore District mission area. HTRW/MM sites may be located anywhere within the boundaries of the North Atlantic Division and assigned mission areas. Five unrestricted contracts will be managed by Baltimore District, with a shared capacity of $125 Million. The selection process and award of a contract under this Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) announcement shall be subject to the prohibitions and restrictions of the Federal Acquisitions Regulations (FAR), Subpart 9.5, Organizational and Consultant Conflicts of Interest." Services will be procured in accordance with PL 92-582 (Brooks A-E Act) and FAR Part 36. Awards will be for Indefinite Delivery Contracts with a five-year base period. Task order awards may be firm fixed price (FFP) or cost reimbursable. In order to receive a cost reimbursable task order, the offeror must have an approved cost accounting system. The minimum amount per task order will be $3,000, with the maximum amount per task order up to $10,000,000. Subcontracting Plan Requirements: If the Architect-Engineer selected through the unrestricted portion of the solicitation is a large business concern, the A-E shall be required to submit a Subcontracting Plan with the final proposal. The Subcontracting Plan must be consistent with Section 806 (b)(2) of PL 99-661, PL 100-180, and PL 100-656. Subcontract awards to Small Disadvantaged Businesses (SDB), Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU's) and/or Minority Institutes (MI's) should be included in the plan. The following subcontracting goals are considered to be reasonable and achievable. Award approximately 50 percent of the total subcontracting dollars to all small business concerns, 17 percent of the total subcontracting dollars to small disadvantaged business, to include historically black colleges and universities or minority institutes, 18 percent of the total subcontracting dollars to women-owned small businesses (WOSB), 10 percent of the total subcontracting dollars to HUBZone small business, 8.5 percent of the total subcontracting dollars to veteran owned-small business, 4 percent of the total subcontracting dollars to service disabled veteran-owned small business. The Subcontracting Plan is not required with this submittal. The wages and benefits of service employees (See FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act. PROJECT INFORMATION: The work includes, but is not limited to, study, investigation, design and construction phase engineering services for HTRW and MM sites. HTRW and MM sites may be located anywhere within the boundaries of the North Atlantic Division, and other mission areas as assigned. The sites may be: (1) currently owned or controlled by the Federal Government, including military or civilian agencies, (2) Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS); (3) Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) sites, or (4) other sites where the USACE is authorized to perform HTRW studies, investigations, designs, or incidental environmental remediation services in support of remedial actions and long-term O&M. Expertise required includes, but is not limited to:1. RCRA/CERCLA cleanup process, 2. Design and implementation of remediation strategies, 3. Engineering services during construction of HTRW remediation projects. 4. Operations and maintenance of HTRW remediation systems. 5. Ordnance and explosives safety, 6. Familiarity with and experience in local, state and Federal regulatory compliance to include negotiations with regulatory agencies (authorities), 7. Familiarity with DoD environmental and ordnance cleanup requirements. 8. Environmental chemistry, data collection, management and interpretation, 9. Geological, geotechnical and geophysical investigations, 10. Groundwater investigation and modeling, 11. Toxicology, human health and ecological risk assessment, health physics and industrial hygiene, 12. Community and public involvement SELECTION CRITERIA: The selection criteria are as follows: A. Primary Selection Criteria are listed in order of importance: 1. Specialized experience in HTRW and MM projects. 2. Identification and qualifications of key personnel. Offerors must have the ability to provide qualified, registered personnel to accomplish the mission requirements specified above. 3. Management approach (to include quality, safety and cost control). Offerors are required to have analytical chemistry testing capability. 4. Capacity to accomplish work, meet schedules, demonstrate flexibility and adjust efforts based on external influences. 5. Past performance on contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, and compliance with performance schedules 6. Geographical location and knowledge of the locality of the project, provided that application of the criterion leaves an appropriate number of qualified firms, given the nature and size of the project B. Secondary selection criteria for the unrestricted acquisitions will include: 1. SB and SBD PARTICIPATION: Extent of participation of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, historically black colleges and universities, and minority institutions in the proposed contract team, measured as a percentage of the total estimated team effort. Qualification statements must clearly indicate the location of the offices that will perform the work at defined locations. In addition to the above qualifications, special qualifications in the Department of Defense include the volume of work previously awarded to the firm by the Department of Defense, with the object of effecting an equitable distribution of Department of Defense architect engineer contracts among qualified architect-engineer firms including small and small disadvantaged business firms, and firms that have not had prior Department of Defense contracts. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: All questions on this acquisition were due to contact@example.gov no later than 10:00PM on 10 November 2011. Answers were posted to FBO on 23 November. Architect-Engineer firms meeting the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit three (3) hard copies of an SF-330, along with one electronic copy on compact disc, no later than 7 December 2011, 1100hrs EST Time to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, 10 South Howard St, ATTN: Contracting Division (Mary Tully), Baltimore, MD 21201 (Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1715, Baltimore, MD 21203-1715). Submissions received after that deadline will not be considered. Email or fax transmissions will not be accepted. Include your DUNS number in SF 330, PART II, Block 4. The page limit for the Part 1 SF 330 is 100 pages. A page is defined as one side of a sheet. Use font size 12 or larger. A Part II of the SF 330 is required for each branch office of the prime firm and any subcontractors that will have a key role in the proposed contract. This is not a request for proposal. Solicitation packages are not provided and no additional project information will be given to firms during the announcement period. These firms will be contacted on the exact time and place of the interviews. Phone calls to discuss the announcement are discouraged unless absolutely necessary. No further inquiries are being taken at this time, as the closing date for questions was 10 November 2011. Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement are not allowed.