Professional Services to Conduct Various Cultural Resources Investigations

COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District (MVN), Vicksburg District (MVK), and Memphis District (MVM), collectively known as the Lower Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) require an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) to enable ability of cultural resources assistance with studies, surveys, archival and historic research, and preparation of reports and conclusions to be used for compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA).

The primary purpose of the proposed contract is to provide Cultural Resources Services to the Mississippi Valley Division and the Memphis, Vicksburg or New Orleans District within the Division. The resulting contracts will each be a Firm Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Multiple Award Task Order Contract. A maximum of four contract awards shall be made, each consisting of a five (5) year contract period. A maximum capacity of $20 million will be shared amongst all four contractors.

The minimum guaranteed amount for the five (5) year contract period is $10,000.00 for each contractor. Work will be issued by negotiated Firm Fixed-Price for the Performance of Cultural Resources Services task orders not to exceed the contract capacity of $20 million or five (5) years, whichever is reached first.

This announcement constitutes a Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for commercial professional services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Part 15 and supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation for this requirement via this Request for Proposal (RFP). All amendments and any other official communications, if any, from the agency regarding this solicitation will be distributed via Sam.gov.

Responding firms must address each Selection Criteria and clearly indicate which shall be subcontracted. To be eligible for contract award, the firm must be registered in the DOD System for Award Management (SAM). Register via the SAM Internet site at https://www.sam.gov. The Primary North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) is 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) which has a size standard of $15,000,000 in average annual receipts. This announcement is set-aside for 100% Small Business.

Interested firms shall respond by submitting a cost proposal including a resume and listing their qualifications in accordance with the Evaluation Factors on Attachment 1 and Section L - Instructions, Conditions and Notices to Offerors in the Solicitation. Firms will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required services.

This acquisition will utilize the Tradeoff source selection procedures in accordance with FAR 15.3 as supplemented by the DoD Source Selection Procedures, dated August 2022 to make an integrated assessment for a Tradeoff award decision. The Government intends to award up to four contracts as a result of this solicitation.

In using the Tradeoff approach, the Government seeks to award to the offeror who gives the Government the greatest confidence that it will best meet or exceed the requirements affordably in a way that will be advantageous to the Government.

This may result in an award to a higher rated, higher priced offeror where the decision is consistent with the evaluation factors and the Source Selection Authority (SSA) reasonably determines that the technical superiority and/or superior past and present performance of the higher priced offeror outweighs the cost difference. The Best-value approach allows the Government to select factors other than price as a basis for award.

Cultural resources services include highly specialized skills from an interdisciplinary team that require technical and managerial competency and performance experience not evident through price of services alone. All questions are due no later than 11:00 AM CST on 16 August 2024. All proposals are due no later than 11:00 AM CST on 10 September 2024. Any questions or proposals received after the above listed dates/times will not be considered. Prior notification has to be given to the points of contact below before going to drop off physical copies of Cost Proposals and Resumes for access due to security purposes.

Points of Contact for Drop Offs Only: Bambi Raja at bambi.l.raja@usace.army.mil Veronica Garner-Flint at veronica.garner-flint@usace.army.mil Cherita Ambeau at cherita.d.ambeau-simon@usace.army.mil Adriana Yingling at adriana.yingling@usace.army.mil Evaluation Factors: See Attachment 1 - Section M - Evaluation Factors for Award