Wastewater Technical Assistance Provider Support Services & Training

Description: The IHS is responsible for providing water, sewer and solid waste facilities for Native American housing at, adjacent to, or near Indian Reservations as authorized by Public Law 86-121. Community sizes range from 15 to 10,000 people. IHS is authorized to design, construct and improve facilities, acquire lands and right-of-way for sanitation facilities, projects, and transfer complete facilities to Native American Tribal organizations or other public authorities for operation and maintenance. The purpose of the proposed requirement is to provide wastewater technical assistance provider (TAP) support services to provide technical assistance and over-the-shoulder training for tribal utilities in the lower 48 States and Alaska using one or more contracts. The TAP, also referred to as the Contractor, shall furnish all services and items necessary to satisfactorily complete the work required by each Task Order or Call Order issued under the general requirements listed in the Statement of Work. Typical assistance may include, but is not limited to, field training utility operators on issues related to: - Collection system operation and maintenance - Lift station operation and maintenance - Treatment system operation and maintenance - Controls - Safety - Utility Management Typical wastewater systems owned and operated by Tribes include the following: Collection - Gravity sewer (traditional and variable grade) - Low pressure sewer - Vacuum sewer - Lift stations (submersible, vacuum, etc) and force mains Treatment - Community drainfields/Pressure Fields - Sand Filters - Lagoons (anaerobic, facultative, aerated, advanced integrated wastewater ponds) - Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBR) - Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) - Oxidation Ditches - Traditional Treatment Plants Sludge/Effluent Handling - Sludge hauling - Land application Background: This is a sources sought notice for a tentative requirement for the Indian Health Service (IHS), Environmental Health Support Center (EHSC) for wastewater technical assistance provider support services & training accordance with the attached draft Statement of Work (SOW). As part of its market research, IHS is issuing this sources sought notice to determine if there exist an adequate number of qualified interested contractors capable of providing the services as described in the attached draft SOW. The Government may use the responses to this sources sought notice for information and planning purposes. The draft SOW describes only the currently contemplated possible scope of the requirement and may vary from the work scope in a final SOW included in any Request for Proposal (RFP). The anticipated period of performance is to be from date of contract award through one year, with four one-year option periods possible thereafter. Also provided, is a questionnaire that will help determine the acquisition strategy based on the quality of answers provided along with the capability statements applicability to the requirements described herein. IHS is conducting market research to determine potential sources for this requirement and to understand the marketplace for these types of services. The North American Industry Classification Code System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541620-Environmental Consulting Services and the size standard is $15 million. All responsible and fully responsive businesses may submit a capability statement which will be considered by the agency in developing the acquisition strategy by May 9, 2019, 2:00 PM Pacific time. Any resulting contract will be awarded as a fixed-price contract. Solicitation documents will be made available for download on or about July 1, 2019 at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ . Paper copies of this solicitation will not be issued. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps ["Add To Watchlist"] and ["Add Me To Interested Vendors"] features which provide a notification when the Request for Proposal (RFP) becomes available for download. These features also inform interested parties of all postings of information associated with this solicitation, thereafter. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking the FedBizOpps website to gain all current information related to the solicitation. The solicitation and any further announcements regarding the solicitation will be posted only at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ . The estimated response due date is July 15, 2019; however, the actual date proposals are due will be stated within the solicitation documents. Prospective offerors are urged to submit any questions they may have, in advance and in writing, to Contract Specialist Anthony Buch (anthony.buch@ihs.gov). Telephonic requests for the solicitation will not be honored. This is not a request for technical or cost proposals. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this notice or reimburse for costs incurred by interested parties providing the information requested herein. Responses to the Sources Sought announcement are not offers and cannot be accepted by IHS to form a binding contract. Capability Statements will not be returned. Information received will be considered solely to make an informed decision regarding a potential acquisition strategy. Firms offering a response to this notice shall ensure that they are registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ prior to submission of proposals. All vendors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the SAM. NO award shall be made unless the vendor is registered in SAM. For additional information and to register in SAM, please access the following web site: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/pages/public/loginFAQ.jsf. In order to register with the SAM and be eligible to receive an award from this acquisition office, all offerors shall also have a Dun & Bradstreet Number. A Dun & Bradstreet number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet on-line at: http://www.dnb.com/ or by phone at (844) 249-0044. This procurement also requires offerors to file veteran employment reports at: https://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm.