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USACE, Baltimore District Program Overview Presentation for Design Build Institute of America 17 Nov 15 USACE, Baltimore District Program Overview Presentation for Design Build Institute of America 17 Nov 15 Presented by: Jeff Snyder 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, Md Contact info: 410.962.4369 Email: [email protected] US Army Corps of Engineers US Army Corps of Engineers BUILDING STRONG ® BUILDING STRONG ® Baltimore District: What are we known for? ° One of the largest and most visible military missions in the country (National Capital Region) ° Support to the Intelligence Community (NSA, DIA and other secure environments) ° Support to the Port of Baltimore and regional economy ° The Washington Aqueduct – drinking water for Washington DC ° Protection and restoration of the Chesapeake Bay ° Regional HTRW Design Center/National Military Munitions Design Center ° Regulatory oversight for natural gas industry pipelines in PA’s Marcellus Shale Formation 2 BUILDING STRONG ® Baltimore District Snapshot Region Navigation • 12 military installations • 290 miles of federal channels • 49,000 square miles • 2.5 million cubic yards of material dredged/year Flood Risk Management Regulate wetlands • 14 Reservoir projects • 4,200 permit applications received/4,100 completed • Preventing $3.9 billion in damages through in 2010 2011 • Completed 1,500 jurisdictional determinations in • 58 local flood protection projects 2010 • Preventing $12 billion in damages through 2011 Supply Drinking Water • 175 million gallons of drinking water per day to D.C., Recreation Arlington County and Falls Church, Va. • 14 million visitor hours at 11 recreation projects in • FY12 O&M budget - $47.3M 2010 • FY12 Capital Improvements - $14.2M Respond to Emergencies Military Program • Debris Removal Team •$1.3 billion military program • Base Development Team •Leases and supports 300 Armed Forces recruiting • 71 st Forward Engineering Support Team stations and 180 housing units BUILDING STRONG ® Our Programs $2,500 ARRA RSFO UDC & MTV $2,000 RSFO Programs Military Programs $1,500 (All Other) IIS $1,000 DC Schools Environmental $500 Civil Works Washington Aqueduct $0 FY 99 ($689) FY 00 ($619) FY 01 ($628) FY 02 ($837) FY 03 ($854) FY 04 ($893.7) FY 05 ($950) FY 06 ($912) FY 07 ($990) FY08 ($1380) FY 09 ($2230) FY10 ($2431) FY11 ($2350) FY12 ($2289) FY13 ($1804) FY14 ($2004) FY15 ($1750) FY16 ($1461) FY17 ($1588) (Millions) 4 BUILDING STRONG ® Baltimore District FY15 Actual Expenditures ARRA Military Programs Total WA $0.1 Misc IIS $45.9 $369.2 $1,751 Million Env $35.7 Million (excl. $36.6 UDC & $1,683 BAFB) $111.4 Civil Works $67.9 RSFO - UDC/BAFB $380.4 RSFO Programs - MILCON $703.7 RSFO Programs - RSFO 5 BUILDING STRONG ® Military Missions …through a very large military program in support of 12 military installations in the states of: USAMRIID, Fort Detrick V Maryland NGA, Fort Belvoir V Pennsylvania V West Virginia V District of Columbia V Northern Virginia • Projects include design and construction of: USAMRICD, Aberdeen DISA, Fort Meade V Administrative spaces Proving Ground V Medical and laboratory facilities V Training facilities V Childcare centers V Barracks • $1.9 billion program in the next 5 FYs • We made major contributions to the success of BRAC ’05 ($4.2 billion) Horse Stables, Fort Myer Lincoln Hall, Fort McNair BUILDING STRONG ® BUILDING STRONG ® MILITARY SUPPORT Installations* & Key Tenants & Clients** *Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD *Fort Indiantown Gap, PA Director of Public Works National Guard Training Center Automotive Technology Evaluation Command Environmental, Chemical & Biological Command *Fort McNair 20th Support Signal Command Director of Public Works US Army Research Institute for Chemical Defense National Defense University *Adelphi Laboratory Center, MD *Fort Meade, MD Director of Public Works Director of Public Works Army Research Laboratory Defense Activities Adjudication Defense Information School *Carlisle Barracks, PA Asymmetric Warfare Group Director of Public Works Defense Logistics Agency U. S. Army War College Army Heritage Education Center *Joint Base Myer – Henderson Hall, VA Director of Public Works *Defense Distribution Susquehanna, PA Defense Logistics Agency Joint Base Andrews-Naval Facilities *Fort Belvoir, VA *Letterkenny Army Depot, PA Director of Public Works Director of Public Works Missile Defense Agency **National Geospatial Agency *Fort Detrick, MD **Space & Missile Defense Command Director of Public Works US Army Research Institute for Infectious Diseases **Military District of Washington National Interagency Bio-Defense Campus Space & Missile Defense Command **Washington Headquarters Service National Center for Medical Intelligence National Museum of Health & Medicine ** Pentagon BUILDING STRONG ® Civil Works Mission We provide , , and support……focused on , and Susquehanna and Potomac River Basins 64,000 mi 2 area with 7,000 miles of coastline Jennings Randolph Lake Navigation • Operate and maintain: V 290 miles of federal navigation channels V 148 miles of federal flood protection levees V 15 federal flood risk management dams and reservoirs V Over 14 million visitor hours to our Ecosystem Restoration Chesapeake Bay recreation areas • Key contributions: V Over $16B in Flood Damage Prevented V Constructed ~600 acres of new Maryland oyster bars through 2015 V 1,140 acres of remote islands being restored Flood Risk Management Baltimore Harbor BUILDING STRONG ® BUILDING STRONG ® National and Regional Programs Military Munitions Design Center Designated a MMDC in September 2003 One of four for conventional munitions in USACE (HNC, NAB, NWO, and SPD) Air Spade Provides engineering and scientific expertise, real estate, public affairs and legal services to support the design and removal of Munitions and Explosives of Concern . Supports the following programs: Formerly Used Defense Sites Army Military Munitions Response Program Operational Range Assessment Program Base Realignment and Closure Munitions Debris at Tobyhanna FUDS Other Programs – OMA, Civil Works, Superfund, IIS BUILDING STRONG ® National and Regional Programs Realty Services Field Office (RSFO) National Program for Secure Environment Design and Construction Leasing and Property Management Key players in emerging priorities, such as cyber-security. Mountainview Complex, Colorado Key Projects: High Performing Computer Center at Fort Meade, Md. - $800 million. Intelligence Community Center – Bethesda, $500 million. Utah Data Center ($1.47 Billion) – placing $2 million/day Utah Data Center TOTAL NSA PROGRAM (THOUGH FY 17): $3.87 Billion BUILDING STRONG ® Interagency and International Support Korean War Veterans Memorial • Our support is based on The Economy Assateague Island, MD Act (31 U.S.C. 1535). • Customers have included: V American V Library of Congress USACE HQ, Washington, DC V D.C. Public Schools Architect of the Capitol, DC V Department of the Interior V U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service V Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts • Services are based on a Memorandum Washington, D.C. and Library of Congress of Understanding, which represents the Vicinity Levee scope of services we provide. BUILDING STRONG ® Military Construction Replace Defense Distribution Center Headquarters Ft. Detrick Hazardous Material Storage Building Ft. Belvoir Sensitive Compartmented Information Replace U.S. Army Public Health Command Facility Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground 14 BUILDING STRONG ® FY16/17 Contract Opportunities MILITARY Estimated Description Location Type Action Contract Range APG, Bldg 4220 – Restore/Modernize Aberdeen Proving 5,000,000-10,000,000 New "C" Contract Ground APG, Bldg 4120 – Restore/Modernize Aberdeen Proving 5,000,000-10,000,000 New "C" Contract Ground APG, Bldg 328 – Restore/Modernize Aberdeen Proving >10,000,000 New "C" Contract Ground APG, Bldg 4118 – Restore/Modernize Aberdeen Proving >10,000,000 New "C" Contract Ground Belvoir Army Museum Infrastructure Ft Belvoir >10,000,000 New "C" Contract DLA HQ's Bldg 2462 Overwatch Facility 1,000,000-5,000,000 New "C" Contract and Paver Repair Ft Belvoir DLA HQ's Visitor Center Ft Belvoir 1,000,000-5,000,000 New "C" Contract DLA Ground Fuel Facility (GFF) Ft Belvoir 1,000,000-5,000,000 New "C" Contract DLA HQ HVAC & Boiler Upgrade >10,000,000 New "C" Contract Ft Belvoir DDC, New UPGRADE Public Safety Facility Bdg 911 1,000,000-5,000,000 Cumberland New "C" Contract DDC , New Replace Reservoir 1,000,000-5,000,000 Cumberland New "C" Contract FY16/17 Contract Opportunities MILITARY Estimated Description Location Type Action Contract Range Install Glazed transpired solar collectors DDC, New 1,000,000-5,000,000 Sole Source 8(a) on Bldgs 82, 83, 84, & 85 Cumberland Multiple contracts; FY16 Detrick SRM Program 1,000,000-5,000,000 Ft Detrick scopes TBD Construct Txwy Whiskey, Ph 1 Joint Base Andrews >10,000,000 New "C" Contract Reece Road ACP Fort Meade >10,000,000 New "C" Contract Mapes Road ACP Fort Meade >10,000,000 New "C" Contract JBMHH-McNair Building 47 Renovation Fort McNair >10,000,000 New "C" Contract JBMHH-Myer Bldg 216 Design Build Fort Myer 1,000,000-5,000,000 Renovation New "C" Contract Renovation of JBMHH-Ft Myer Barracks Fort Myer >10,000,000 Bldg 246 New "C" Contract Pentagon Switchgear Re-Configuration 1,000,000-5,000,000 New "C" Contract Pentagon PENTAGON SENTRY - Boundary Channel 5,000,000-10,000,000 New "C" Contract Drive ACP Pentagon Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) (Award in FY-16) $499M MATOC Combined MATOC with a single pool consisting of up to five unrestricted awards and up to five restricted awards with a total value of $499 Million in shared contract capacity. Enable Design- Build and Design Bid Build construction task order awards Two Phase procurement with target award 2nd st QTR 2016. Period of Performance is five years Primarily NAB AOR w/ opportunity for CONUS + Hawaii w/contract capacity ( ~ $100M) available to North Atlantic Division & Sister Districts Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) (Award in FY-16) $49.9M MATOC Shared pool set aside for HUBZone & SDVOSD for DB/DBB Construction awards. 3 to 5 contract awards under MATOC: Base + 4 Options Two Phase procurement with target awards 3rd QTR 2016. $40M MATOC 8(a) set aside Maximum of 4 awards with $10M capacity: 5 Year Base Two Phase procurement with target awards 4 th QTR 2016.
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