SAM #W912P726RA029

USACE San Francisco District Environmental and Planning Services IDIQ Solicitation

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District, is seeking qualified small businesses for a five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract focused on environmental and planning services. - Government Buyer: - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), San Francisco District - Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Engineer Division South Pacific - OEMs and Vendors: - No specific OEMs or vendors are named in this solicitation - Products/Services Requested: - Comprehensive environmental and planning services, including: - Preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents - Environmental compliance and civil works feasibility reports - Feasibility-level design documentation and infrastructure planning - Ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, and coastal storm risk management - Navigation, shoreline protection, water supply/management, water treatment/transmission - Watershed planning, operations and maintenance - Environmental resource inventories, effect analyses, mitigation measure development - Biological and habitat surveys, air quality assessments - Cultural and historic resource studies, community engagement, economic studies - Technical editing, outreach, facilitation, engineering design, cost estimation - Hazardous waste site assessments, groundwater monitoring - GIS and CADD services - Unique or Notable Requirements: - Small Business set-aside - Compliance with USACE regulations and Service Contract Act - E-Verify required for certain projects - Submission of SF330 forms for qualifications - Selection criteria include specialized experience, professional qualifications, past performance, capacity, and local knowledge - Contract ceiling of $20,000,000 with a guaranteed minimum of $2,500 - Work primarily within the San Francisco District, with possible work in other South Pacific Division districts

Description

CONTRACT INFORMATION This is a pre-solicitation being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act as implemented in RFO FAR Part 36. Firm will be selected for negotiations based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for the required work. This requirement is being solicited as a Small Business (SB) set aside Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) primarily within the Corps of Engineers San Francisco District boundaries and secondarily for other South Pacific Division districts (Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque) geographical area of responsibility which will include CA, NV, UT, and AZ and portions of OR, ID, CO and WY as determined by SPN's Contracting Officer. This work will include services necessary to complete the assigned task orders for civil works and environmental studies and/or designs. The intent is to award one Single Award Task Order Contracts (SATOC) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) to the most highly qualified small business firm for a total capacity of $20,000,000. The contract will have a guaranteed minimum amount of $2,500.00. The period of performance shall include one 36-month base period and one 24-month option period, for an overall performance period of 60 months (5 years). North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330, which has a small business size standard of $22,500,000 in average annual receipts and corresponds to Standard Industrial Code (SIC) 8711. The Product and Service Code (PSC) is C219. This small business announcement is open to all interested parties who meet the business size standard of a maximum of $25,000,000 in average annual receipts for the preceding three (3) fiscal years. Contract Award Procedures Professional Labor Rates will be negotiated for base year and increased at the end of each 12-month period by the contract escalation rate. Any task order issued must use the rates of the period in which the task order is executed by the Contracting Officer. To be eligible for contract award, a firm or Joint Venture must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database. For instruction on registering with SAM, please see the SAM website at https://www.sam.gov/. No State-Level certificates shall be accepted. The Service Contract Act (SCA) (for reference see RFO FAR 22.10) will apply to this acquisition. Anti-Antiterrorism and Operations Security (AT/OPSEC) requirements: E-Verify (employment) will be required for all military or critical infrastructure projects; for other tasks, determination will be made per individual task order. For requirements, see attached Scope of Work, section 1 thru 1.1.7. The anticipated award for the IDC is around December 2026. The solicitation period will be a minimum of thirty (30) calendar days from the posting date. PROJECT INFORMATION Services to be performed under this contract will consist of, but are not limited to: The preparation of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents and all associated environmental compliance, turnkey civil works feasibility reports, feasibility-level design documentation, and any associated infrastructure planning supporting studies or deliverables for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) water resource projects as well as for Interagency and International Support (IIS) projects. Services may include environmental and planning disciplines, as well as engineering support services, for all or portions of studies and projects and extend across all business lines including ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, coastal storm risk management, navigation, shoreline protection, water supply and management, water treatment or transmission, watershed planning, and operations and maintenance. Services should be developed in accordance with USACE's Engineering Regulation (ER)-1105-2-100, ER-200-2-2, and other pertinent USACE policies and regulations. For example, the A-E contractor may be asked to: Perform planning and economics services including leading an interdisciplinary team through the planning process and development of a planning study, associated study report, and any supporting deliverables. Prepare NEPA documents and all associated resource surveys, analyses, and environmental compliance for water resource projects, studies, and actions. Develop, perform, and prepare aquatic or terrestrial sediment suitability sampling and analysis and associated sediment suitability and management reports. Provide engineering services to support planning studies, preparation of cost estimates, and project construction, including designing and estimating costs of natural and nature-based features (i.e., Engineering with Nature); and Develop and execute strategic community engagement approaches; public involvement plans; facilitation services; and associated communication deliverables. The A-E contractor should be able to perform the following environmental services in compliance with USACE, federal and state agency policies and regulations where studies and projects are located: Prepare draft and final NEPA documents (e.g., Environmental Impact Statement, Environmental Assessment, Categorical Exclusion) and joint NEPA and equivalent state act documents (e.g., joint NEPA/California Environmental Quality Act documents). Inventory, forecast, and analyze all environmental resources in a study area including physical, biological, and human resources. Identify and describe effects of proposed alternatives on such resources; develop avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures to address effects. Execute biological and habitat surveys, wetland delineations, and impact analyses (including written documentation; mapping/GIS; and modeling). Prepare Biological Assessments, Essential Fish Habitat analyses, and Incidental Harassment Authorization analyses for consultation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Prepare ecosystem restoration measures and design concepts, and monitoring and adaptive management plans for restoration and mitigation features. Prepare environmental resource monitoring plans, conduct monitoring, and prepare associated reporting deliverables (written documentation and mapping). Plan, conduct, and prepare cultural and historic resource studies; cultural and archaeological surveys; resource evaluations; consultation documents for State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and tribal consultations. Provide engagement services for consultation with tribes. Perform air pollutant emission inventories, quantifications, and dispersion models; develop federal Clean Air Act (CAA) Conformity Applicability Assessments or General Conformity Analyses; or other air quality assessments under applicable statutes. Prepare analyses, applications, and coordination to obtain environmental compliance such as Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 Water Quality Certification; CWA Section 404(b)(1) and Rivers and Harbors Act (RHA) Analyses; Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) Consistency Determinations; Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) analyses; and for obtaining other permits and approvals, such as applicable state, regional and local laws. Develop sediment suitability sampling and analysis plans; conduct sediment sampling and testing; and produce related sampling and analysis reports/compliance or management plans for navigation projects (aquatic sediments) as well as for terrestrial sediments. Prepare environmental technical appendices for planning and project reports. Prepare historical watershed assessments (using historical landscape data to understand the watershed context). Similarly, the contractor should be able to perform planning and economic services, engineering services, and other environmental tasks as detailed in the original text, including community engagement, GIS mapping, environmental compliance, and design of nature-based solutions. SELECTION CRITERIA The selection criteria for this solicitation are listed below in descending order of importance. Criteria A through E are primary, with criteria A and B being considered most important and are of equal importance; criteria C, D, and E are of lesser importance and listed in descending order of importance. Criteria F through G are secondary criteria, are of equal importance, and will only be used as a tie-breaker among firms ranked technically equal using the primary criteria. Firms should provide examples of successfully completed work that encompass the selection criteria listed below. Primary Selection Criteria A. Specialized experience and technical competence: provide examples of not more than 10 projects completed within the last 5 years that best demonstrate specialized experience and technical competency in the areas listed above in section 2, PROJECT INFORMATION and as outlined in (i) thru (viii) below; and of the prime firm and proposed significant subcontractors in working together. Project examples submitted should be of completed projects and deliverables (i.e., completed environmental studies, reports, or compliance; completed sediment sampling and analysis reports; designs or design documentation reports; equity assessments or action plans, etc.). All projects cited shall identify start and completion dates as well as the project size (cost and scope). Prime Contractors that do not have specific experience in the areas listed above in Section B, PROJECT INFORMATION and as outlined in (i) thru (viii) below, will be evaluated based on their proposed subcontractors experience. However, projects where the prime contractor performed 50% or more of the work with in-house forces will be weighted more heavily than projects performed predominantly by proposed subcontractors. Include only specific task orders which demonstrate the experience for this announcement. Examples include sediment suitability processes, environmental resource inventories, effect analyses, mitigation measures, ESA assessments, wetland delineations, habitat surveys, environmental monitoring, cultural resource studies, tribal consultations, HTRW assessments, groundwater plans, economic reports, GIS products, and more as detailed in the original text. B. Professional Qualifications: Firms shall demonstrate personnel qualifications and specialized experience for key disciplines related to environmental, planning, and engineering. Resumes of personnel who are certified, registered, and/or highly trained in the above disciplines should be provided. At least two qualified professionals must be a registered Professional Engineer in the US with at least five years of experience in water resources planning and engineering projects. Experience working on USACE projects is desirable but not necessary. C. Past Performance: Past performance on Department of War (DOW) and other federal contracts regarding quality of work, cost control, and compliance with schedules, as determined by CPARS and other sources. Past Performance Questionnaires (PPQ) may be used to supplement this information. Projects where the prime contractor performed 50% or more of the work with in-house forces will be weighted more heavily. Past performance for subcontractors will not be considered unless they are proposed for the contract. D. Capacity to accomplish the work: Demonstrate the capacity to accomplish multiple task orders in multiple locations simultaneously, including at least two $250,000 task orders for small business firms. E. Location in the General Geographic Area of the Project and Knowledge of Locality: Demonstrate familiarity with the San Francisco District and SPD areas, positive relationships with local communities and agency partners, knowledge of local conditions, stakeholders, and regulations. Examples of work completed in these areas should be provided. Secondary Selection Criteria F. SB and SDB Participation: Extent of participation of small business, small disadvantaged businesses, woman-owned small businesses, HBCUs, or MIs in the proposed team, measured as a percentage of total efforts. G. Volume of DOW contract: Provide the volume of work awarded by DOW agencies during the previous 12 months, including details in a table format. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Interested AE firms should submit one completed SF 330 Parts I and II, and one SF 330 Part II for each team member, no later than 3:00 pm PDT on 26 August 2026. Submissions must be electronic via PIEE. No hand-delivered bids are accepted. The SF330 Part I shall not exceed 70 pages, including no more than 16 pages for Section H. Resumes do not count against the page limit. Include the Unique Entity Identification (UEI) number of the office that will perform the work. The firm selected will need to submit a quality control/quality assurance plan, which must be approved by the government. The submission should include an organization chart, project experience, and other required information as specified. Note: This is not a request for proposal; no additional project information will be provided during the announcement period. Include the solicitation number in your submission. PRE-PROPOSAL CONFERENCE A Virtual Pre-Proposal Conference will be held at 1 pm PDT on 10 August 2026. Attendance is not mandatory. Attendees must submit names, company, title, and email to Logan Champlin by 12 pm PDT on 10 August 2026. The purpose is to assist firms with the application process, explain requirements, and answer questions. QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS Questions must be in writing and sent to Logan Champlin and Nairi Freeman via email at logan.champlin@usace.army.mil and nairi.freeman@usace.army.mil. All questions are due by 3 pm PDT on 12 August 2026. Additional Links: Department of Defense Procurement Toolbox PIEE Solicitation Module Link for W912P726RA029 Registration Instructions for the PIEE Solicitation Module Web Based Training for the PIEE Solicitation Module

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