Seeking businesses that can will provide integrated architect and engineering services, including, but not limited to, preparation of civil works decision documents, water resources and related planning studies, analysis and surveying, engineering design

Environmental and Planning Services Synopsis: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is seeking business sources, both Large and Small business, to provide for multi-disciplined professional planning services. Seeking businesses that can will provide integrated architect and engineering services, including, but not limited to, preparation of civil works decision documents, water resources and related planning studies, analysis and surveying, engineering design of plans and specifications for construction, environmental compliance, and independent technical review. Relevant project-related work may include, but is not limited to, limited re-evaluation, general reevaluation, major rehabilitation, reconnaissance and feasibility level project planning efforts and reports for an array of purposes, either singly or combined, including ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, navigation improvements, hydropower improvements, municipal and industrial water supply, shoreline and stream bank stabilization, storm damage reduction, dam safety analysis and design, and fish passage and recreation. In some cases, projects may also require hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) evaluation work. Relevant work may encompass all interdisciplinary services required for all planning, and design phases of specific water resource projects. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. NO AWARD WILL BE MADE FROM THIS NOTICE. NO SOLICITATION OR ADDITIONAL SPECIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; THEREFORE DO NOT REQUEST A COPY OF A SOLICITATION. It is the Government's intent to post a solicitation for these services and make an award of 2, Single Award Task Order Contracts (SATOC) one Small Business and the other Unrestricted by February 2016 with the award capacity for Task Orders of $4.9M for each. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) associated with this sources sought is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Projects will be located within the USACE, Northwestern Division civil works boundaries, and most projects will be located within the civil works boundaries of the Omaha District. The list of potential work is organized into project types and listed by order of importance: a. Planning Services - Preparation of planning level documents including reconnaissance, feasibility, or reevaluation reports in accordance with ER 1105-2-100 and other pertinent guidance, laws, and regulations. - Preparation of NEPA compliance documents including Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, Finding of No Significant Impacts, Records of Decision, environmental statutes compliance, endangered species assessments/evaluations, and Section 404 and 401 permit and water quality certification documents (e.g., 404(b)(1) reports), including NEPA for active military installations and Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC). - Risk management analysis including application of risk and uncertainty methods and statistical analysis for evaluating feasibility, reliability, and performance of projects. b. Environmental Services - Fish and wildlife habitat, water and air quality, and terrestrial ecology surveys, studies, and analyses. - Collection of sediment samples using grabs, sediment coring devices and other methods as may be necessary to acquire required volumes to undergo chemical, physical, and biological analysis. - Field data surveys (e.g., vegetation, birds, etc.) - Perform environmental education, training, and sustainable development for Corps staff and/ or staff from other agencies. - Perform environmental and occupational safety and health compliance audits/assessments. - Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Engineering including both chemical and physical soil borings and sediment testing. Including ecological risk assessments, remediation planning, reclamation planning. Experience and knowledge with Environmental compliance for CERCLA and RCRA projects. c. Economic Services - Ecosystem restoration analysis including cost effectiveness and incremental cost analysis (CEICA) using habitat evaluation procedure (HEP), Institute for Water Resources (IWR) Planning Suite and/or other professionally accepted analysis tools. Emphasis on the Missouri River and its tributaries. - Socioeconomic and natural resource economic analyses including Hydrologic Engineering Center Flood Damage Analysis (HEC-FDA) model, HEC- Flood Impact Analysis (HEC-FIA) model, and/or other professionally accepted computational economic analysis tools. - Cost estimating using the Tri-Service Automated Cost Engineering System (TRACES) - Conduct socioeconomic analyses including assessments of economic impacts, projection of socioeconomic needs, economic and social risk based analyses, regional economic evaluations, and other social effects. d. Engineering Services - Employment of geographic information systems (GIS) using ESRI or other industry standard GIS software and Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) using Microstation or other industry standard CADD tools (includes generating Aerial Photography, Topographic/ Bathymetric Surveying and Mapping, database development, preparation of contract drawings and specifications CADD Drafting). - Hydrologic analyses and design activities including rainfall runoff analysis using programs developed by the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) and other industry standard software. - Hydraulic analyses and design activities including steady and unsteady state analysis using HEC and other industry standard software. - Engineering and design services including civil, hydrologic, hydraulic, environmental, structural, geotechnical, geomorphology, mechanical and electrical. e. Cultural Resource Services - Cultural resource and archaeological surveys and evaluation reports. - Support for various types of Tribal engagement. - This sources-sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work. This is not a solicitation. Only those firms who respond to this announcement by submitting the following information will be used in determining whether to set aside this requirement. CAPABILITY STATEMENT 1) Offeror/Contractor's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and email address. 2) Provide a statement that your firm intends to submit an offer on the project when it is advertised. 3) A list of current or past projects within the past 3 years demonstrating technical experience with work of a similar nature to that listed in the Project Description. For each project submitted, provide a brief narrative statement of the work involved, your firm's role in the project, the dollar value and the completion date. Include a statement detailing any special qualifications and certifications, applicable to the scope of this project, held by your firm and/or in-house personnel. 4) A reference list for each of the projects submitted. Include the name, title, phone number and email address for each reference. 5) Provide a statement of your firm's business size (HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), small disadvantaged, or woman-owned) with regards to the NAICS code listed above. 6) Cage Code and DUNS number. Submit this information to Wayne Weidenhamer, Contract Specialist, via email to wayne.c.weidenhamer@usace.army.mil. Your response to this notice must be received on or before 4:00PM on May 6, 2015.