Engineering and Technical Writing Services

This is a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. This acquisition is set-aside for small business participation. The applicable North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code is 541330. The small business size standard for this NAICS code is average annual revenue $14 Million or less. Only proposals from firms meeting this size standard will be considered. The Division of Engineering Services of the Sanitation Facilities Construction Branch (SFCB), Tucson Area Indian Health Service (TAIHS), solicits proposals for Engineering Services to support SFCB programs. The estimated quantity of engineering services hours that will be required monthly is 300. However, the Tucson Area Indian Health Service (TAIHS) plans to award a Requirements-type services contract under this solicitation, and the quantity of hours estimated is not a guarantee of any specific amount of engineering services work under the resultant contract. 1. Required Services: The Contractor shall prepare written guidelines, procedures, reports and technical specifications, perform records management duties, conduct engineering evaluations and investigations, plan and design sanitation facilities construction projects, and conduct home inventory field surveys and associated data entry of survey results. The Contractor shall provide specific staff members nominated in the proposal and accepted by the IHS to perform all work required under this contract. The individual staff members may be changed or substitutions put in place only after a written request has been formally approved by the Contracting Officer. a). Place of Duty & Duty Hours -The primary place of duty for the contractor's employees will be the Tucson Area IHS, Division of Environmental Health and Engineering, Sanitation Facilities Construction Branch, 7900 South J. Stock Road, Tucson, Arizona 85746. Duty hours may vary as appropriate for interaction with SFCB staff of the Tucson Area IHS. b). Work Oversight and Government-Provided Work Tools, Contractor employees' work assignments will be provided by an IHS technical advisor in terms of defining project objectives, general methods, priorities, and deadlines for each major assignment. The Government will provide office space and allow the Contractor employees use of hardware, software and other engineering tools appropriate and adequate to perform assigned tasks.(c) Project Engineering Support- Contractor shall prepare draft engineering reports, technical drawings, technical specifications, and project status reports for water, sewer and solid waste projects carried out by the SFCB, Tucson Area Office, working under the guidance of the Director, SFCB. c). Technical Writing Support - Contractor shall generate, review, and edit project documents and post them to the STARS database under the guidance of the Director, SFCB. Project documents relate to the provision of sanitation facilities and service to two tribes served by Tucson Area. d). Project Engineering Support- Contractor shall prepare draft engineering reports, technical drawings, technical specifications, and project status reports for water, sewer and solid waste projects carried out by the SFCB, Tucson Area Office, working under the guidance of the Director, SFCB. Project Engineering Support e). Travel - The on-site contractors may be required to travel to various IHS facilities from time to time in the performance of assigned tasks. 2. Required Qualifications: The on-site contractor staff shall possess the following minimum five (5) years of qualifications: - Design Capabilities - Must have knowledge and experience in the design of water and sewer facilities and other civil engineering projects using Computer Aided Design (CAD). - Data Systems - Must have knowledge and skills in using data systems with the capability to learn specialized data systems for tracking homeowner inventory and project information. - Written Communication - Must have strong written communication skills with experience related to drafting guidelines and technical provisions and compiling final reports as related to sanitation facilities construction projects. - Education - Recognized Bachelor of Science Degree from an ABET-accredited university in Civil or Environmental Engineering, including satisfactory completion of course work covering the following topic areas: water supply, wastewater disposal, and fluid mechanics. - Professional Registration - Must possess current registration as a professional engineer in any U.S. state. Submission of transcript, certificate or degree shall be required. 3. Evaluation Criteria: The proposal will be evaluated based on price, other price-related factors and responses to the Technical Evaluation Criteria. Price and other price related factors is an important aspect of the evaluation and will be assigned a weighting of 35% of the total evaluation. However, the Government is seeking to make an award for the proposal that provides the best overall value and might not award a contract to the offeror proposing the lowest rates depending on the attributes detailed in the response for the Technical Evaluation Criteria, which are weighted 65% in total. Section M of the solicitation provides the details of the proposal evaluation criteria. Questions concerning this solicitation must be submitted in writing. This may be accomplished by email to the Contract Specialist at marilyn.cowboy@ihs.gov and/or the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) at cathie.frazier@ihs.gov . This solicitation requires registration with the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award, pursuant to applicable regulations and guidelines. Registration information can be found at https://www.sam.gov . It is anticipated award date is on May 12, 2017. No facsimile or email offers in response to this RFP will be accepted. Potential Offerors hereby notified that furture information about this acquisition, including the solication and subsequent amendments, will be only distributed solely through the Federal Business Opportunities web-site http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ . Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments, will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition.