Z--Multiple Award Remediation Contracts (MARC) for the Louisville District and all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mission Boundaries

The following is reissued in order to correct symbols and problems created in previous submission of 05 January 2004. Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract using a variety of contract types; Fixed Price, Cost Reimbursement, or Guaranteed Fixed Price (GFPR) also known as Fixed Price Remediation with Insurance (FPRI) for broad-spectrum environmental services for the Louisville District and all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mission Boundaries. 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Government intends to award five (5) set-aside for Small Business contracts with a pool of $100 million capacity. The contract period is a three (3) year base period with a two (2) year option (if exercised), with a possible two (2) year extension followed by a possible thr ee (3) year extension of the contract, referred to as Award Terms for superior performance. The contract period consist of a minimum of 3 years with potential to a maximum of 10 years. Individual Task Orders will typically be awarded competitively. The purpose of this notice is to advise prospective offerors that the acquisition will be solicited using Multi-Step Process. This announcement represents the initial advisory step (STEP I - PRESOLICITATION NOTICE). During the Advisory Step, the Governmen t will use evaluation criteria to provide recommendations to offerors on whether they appear to be a viable competitor for subsequent steps of the acquisition. A mini proposal submission is required in responses to this notice. NOTE: Advice provided by the Government to the respondents in no way restricts offerors from participating in the subsequent steps of this acquisition. It is not the intent of the Government to provide each a detailed assessment, nor provide an out brief following this Step I sub mittal process. The Second Step (STEP II - SOLICITATION) will be the evaluation of the response to the Request for Proposals (RFP); STEP II will be publicized at a later date. At the discretion of the Government, a Third Step (STEP III - ORAL PRESENTATIO NS) may be incorporated. This procurement is set-aside for Small Business only under NAICS Code 562910, Standard Industry Classification (SIC) Code 8744. The size standard is 500 employees or less. A firm must be registered in the Department of Defense ( DoD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov. For further questions and/or concerns please contact: CCR Assistance at +1 (555) 000-0000 (Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.) or Electronic Commerce Inform ation Center (ECIC) at +1 (555) 000-0000 (Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.). 2. CONTRACT SCOPE: The scope of this effort includes remediation service activities (NAICS Code 562910) mandated by the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), and other environmental laws and regulations requiring support activities for military installations, Corps' civil works projects, and work for other agencies. The DERP projects will include Installation Restoration Program activities on active Army and Air Force i nstallations and on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). Other environmental laws and regulations mandating remedial actions include but are not limited to the federal and state versions of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Toxic Substances Contr ol Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Underground Storage Tank regulations, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the Corps of Engineers regu lations for Civil Works. The work to be performed under this contract may be located anywhere within the USACE mission boundaries. Task Orders under this contract may include, but are not limited to, all aspects of CERCLA, RCRA and NEPA phases of remedi al study and construction associated with environmental restoration. This includes, but is not limited to, Environmental Compliance/Site Assessments, Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies (RI/FS), Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis (EE/CA) and Remedial Actions under CERCLA, Operations and Maintenance (O&M), and the comparable studies and actions under RCRA. Other services may include Environmental Base line Surveys (EBS), Environmental Assessments (EA), Finding of Suitability to Transfer (FOST) and Finding of Suitability to Lease (FOSL). Environmental actions may also incorporate or involve pollution prevention, compliance efforts, conservation and/or work under NEPA, as well as other environmental work associated with other Corps missions. The Louisville District performs HTRW/OE services for the Department of the Army and other governmental agencies. OE work includes, but is not limited to, avoidance , removal actions, engineering evaluation/cost analyses (EE/CAs) and Construction/Remediation support. Contractors may be asked to provide HTRW/OE services from initial studies through remediation and O&M at installations having numerous contaminated site s with complex environmental and OE issues. Scope may include performing conventional Ordnance and Explosives (OE) site investigations, evaluations, and responses as necessary to permit lands and waters potentially affected by OE operations to be safely a nd efficiently used for their intended purpose. The types of work to be performed could include, but is not limited to, soil remediation; sampling and analyzing materials and soils, transformers, tank contents and drums; remediation and/or decontaminatio n of structures / components etc., associated with environmental remediation, installation of soil borings and groundwater wells; and installation of in-situ or ex-situ remediation treatment systems; and demolition. In addition, the types of work may invo lve removing, treating and disposing of wastes from ordnance, explosives and/or radiation; ordnance identification and avoidance; remediation /removal of low level radioactive wastes, operation and maintenance of facilities and installed systems, and the p lanning of work efforts required; preparation of remediation investigation reports, completion reports, closure documentation, as-built drawings, etc. Task Orders generally require significant coordination between multiple customers, various Corps Divisi ons and Districts, various state regulatory agencies, and the Louisville District. The contractor and all Government personnel must be cognizant of the various operating procedures, requirements, and authorities granted for each entity involved in the pro cess. The contractors must have an accurate and approved cost accounting and purchasing system. The contractor shall have the ability to obtain insurance for performing Guaranteed Fixed Price Remediation. An extensive management information system (MIS) is required. 3. SELECTION CRITERIA: For Pre-Solicitation review, Contractors are required to submit a brief statement of qualifications (SOQ). The format of the SOQ should address the following; PROJECT EXPERIENCE; Create and complete a table (Word or Excel) consisting of the following six (6) columns for a maximum of 10 projects, or major phases of work (i.e. contracts or task orders), physically completed within the last five (5) years: Column 1 - Project name and location, Column 2 - Contractor Tea m Organization (e.g. Indicate any joint ventures, partnerships, major subcontracts and their role, business size, etc.), Column 3 - Contractor Role (include % of work performed by prime contractor, etc.), Column 4 -Contract Type (fixed fee, Cost Plus Fixed Fee, etc.), Column 5 - Brief Project Description. Provide text describing the Scope of Work, technical approach and complexities, etc., Column 6 - Customer (name or type). Projects should be selected with particular emphasis on those that illustrate pr oficiency and expertise in investigation and remediation of hazardous waste, site cleanups, OE, etc. The USACE will review all SOQs and advise each firm/team o f the competitiveness of their qualifications for the final contract. The Statement of Qualifications should be in sufficient detail to allow a reasonable evaluation of the firms capabilities and experience on complex projects of the type noted. Specifica lly, environmental work or geological experience in the following states is highly desirable; Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The page limit for the SOQ is 30 pages, 12 pt. font (minimum) is required for evaluation, except for diagrams, gr aphics, etc. Any information provided in excess of the 30 page limit will not be considered in the evaluation. 4.0 SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS: Interested firms are invited to provide one (1) signed original and five (5) copies of your Statement of Qualifica tions to the USACE no later than 4:30 pm local time on 27 January 2004. Two solicitations for similar work will be issued simultaneously, under Solicitations W912QR-04-R-0008 (full and open / $300 million capacity) and W912QR-04-R-0009 (small business se t-aside / $100 million capacity). If a small business vendor wishes consideration for both the full and open and the small business solicitations, a separate submittal package is required for each solicitation. Since the same small-business cannot be awa rded contracts under both solicitations, those firms seeking dual consideration may specify a preference for which solicitation they would most desire award. However, the government will make the selection on the basis of the best interest of the Governme nt. Submittals must be addressed as follows: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District, CELRL-CT-C, ATTN: B.J. Durrett, Room 821, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Place, Louisville, KY 40202. Firms should provide a point of contact and email addres s with their submittals. Administrative and procedural questions shall be directed to B.J. Durrett at +1 (555) 000-0000. FAXED or EMAILED SUBMITTALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Extraneous materials (Brochures, etc.) are NOT desired and will not be considered. This is NOT a request for a proposal. Once the actual solicitation is issued, information regarding the solicitation availability will on the Louisville District website. Interested offerors must register through the Louisville District homepage at http ://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/ebs. FTP access is through http://www.lrl.usace.army.mil/advertisements/. Telephone requests/faxes will not be honored.