J&A Notice   5

Background
The U.S. Army Engineer District, Alaska, Contracting Division is issuing a justification and approval (J&A) for other than full and open competition to increase the capacity of an existing indefinite delivery architect-engineer (AE) contract for Geotechnical Design and Related Services Primarily Various Locations. The current contract capacity has been utilized much quicker than originally anticipated due to an increased workload. As a result, a new Geotechnical Indefinite Delivery contract was advertised with the intent to award three contracts with a shared capacity. The agency relies heavily upon AE Geotechnical consultants as there is not the capacity or certified skills sets within the District at this time to perform the design recommendations and analysis as needed.

Work Details
The proposed contract action will provide geotechnical design recommendations; subsurface/field investigation; geotechnical reports and studies; forensic geotechnical analysis of vertical/horizontal facilities, pavements and structures; field and laboratory testing of soil, rock, groundwater, and various construction materials; groundwater studies; material source evaluations; geologic and geophysical investigations/surveys; and environmental site investigations involving hazardous, toxic, or radiological waste (HTRW).

Period of Performance
The geographic location(s) for the performance of this contract is primarily various locations.