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The intent of this notice is to identify potential offerors for determining whether to set-aside this reequirement for small businesses.
The work includes, but is not limited to,
The Contractor shall provide the personnel, equipment, materials, and management to respond to multiple requests for environmental support at various sites. The services required may include, but will not be limited to, the following: performing remedial actions, removal actions, remedial design, operation and maintenance at environmentally contaminated sites, performing pilot and treatability studies, conducting compliance evaluations and assessments, permit applications, and developing work plans and reports and other related activities associated with achieving remedial action objectives at sites. Work will comply with applicable federal, state and local regulatory requirements, in addition to NAVFAC environmental work instructions (EWIs) regarding processes and procedures including, but not limited to: sampling and analysis plan production and approval, laboratory selection, administrative record maintenance and data management.
The contaminants may include, but are not limited to, those identified and regulated under RCRA, CERCLA, Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), and petroleum oils and lubricants (POL). The contaminants included are predominately solvents, POL, metals, acids, bases, reactives, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), pesticides, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). A relatively small number of sites may require remediation of radiological or ordnance waste, unexploded ordnance (UXO), discarded military munitions (DMM), and munitions constituents (e.g. TNT, RDX). Contaminants may be present in soils, marine sediments, ground water, air, sludge, surface water, and manmade structures. Contaminated sites may be landfills, hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facilities, tanks, lagoons, shorelines, firefighting training areas, housing areas, and other facilities. The types of remedial action systems to be operated, maintained and monitored may include, but will not be limited to, capped landfills, bioremediation, soil vapor extraction, natural attenuation, bioventing, air sparging, reactive walls, thermal treatment, phytoremediation, soil washing, capped aquatic environments, storm water systems, and free product recovery.
The Contractor selected for the work shall perform tasks in accordance with contract task order work statements prepared in accordance with Clause G2, "Ordering Procedures." The majority of contract task order work statements will describe the requirements in terms of desired outcome of the project with minimal provision of precise details of work to be done. Contract task orders may require the development of various environmental documents describing the required remedial action and technologies to achieve cleanup. Contract work shall specify a wide range of services relating to the cleanup of sites including, but not limited to, the following:
- Performing traditional and innovative methods for complete remedial action for environmentally contaminated sites. Methods may include, but will not be limited to, the following:
- Neutralization processes
- Metals precipitation
- Chemical stabilization
- Covering or capping contaminated soils
- Capping in aquatic environments
- Installing leachate drains
- Transporting and disposing of hazardous waste off-site
- Bioremediation (both in-situ and aboveground)
- Incineration on or off-site
- Soil washing followed by disposal
- Soil venting
- Pumping and treating contaminated ground water
- Installation of slurry walls
- POL recovery systems
- Air stripping
- Carbon absorption
- Ground water monitoring
- Solvent extraction
- Chemical decomposition and solidification
- Phytoremediation and
- Other remedial technologies as developed by the remediation industry and accepted by regulators
- Providing technical support to the Department of the Navy on matters such as community relations;
- Conducting topographic and geophysical surveys;
- Conducting hydrogeological and geotechnical testing and data analyses;
- Conducting multimedia sampling and analysis for physical, chemical, and geotechnical characteristics;
- Installing temporary support facilities, such as decontamination areas, fences, roads, and utilities;
- Operating and maintaining project facilities such as waste water treatment and collection systems;
- Providing instruction for operation and maintenance of project facilities;
- Engaging in partnering with the other Navy contractors, and regulatory agencies;
- Reviewing and/or providing input on investigations, feasibility studies, evaluation of remediation alternatives, and design packages relative to remediation activities.
- Provide support with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and electronic data management.
Background
The Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Southwest (NAVFAC SW) is conducting market research to identify potential offerors for environmental remediation services. The goal of this contract is to obtain services for performing remedial activities at environmentally contaminated sites, primarily located on Department of the Navy and Marine Corps installations, as well as on sites of other government agencies. This Sources Sought Notice aims to determine whether to set aside this requirement for small businesses.
Work Details
The Contractor shall provide personnel, equipment, materials, and management to respond to multiple requests for environmental support at various sites. Services required may include: performing remedial actions, removal actions, remedial design, operation and maintenance at contaminated sites; conducting pilot and treatability studies; compliance evaluations and assessments; permit applications; developing work plans and reports; and other related activities associated with achieving remedial action objectives.
Work must comply with applicable federal, state, and local regulatory requirements as well as NAVFAC environmental work instructions (EWIs). Contaminants may include those regulated under RCRA, CERCLA, TSCA, SWDA, and POL. Remediation may involve solvents, metals, acids, bases, PCBs, pesticides, PFAS, radiological waste, UXO, DMMs, etc.
Tasks include: performing traditional and innovative methods for complete remedial action such as neutralization processes; metals precipitation; chemical stabilization; capping contaminated soils; bioremediation; incineration; soil washing; groundwater treatment; installation of slurry walls; air stripping; carbon absorption; and other accepted technologies. Additional tasks involve providing technical support to the Department of the Navy on community relations; conducting surveys and testing; multimedia sampling and analysis; installing temporary support facilities; operating project facilities like wastewater treatment systems; providing operational instructions for facilities; engaging with other contractors and regulatory agencies; reviewing investigations and feasibility studies.
Period of Performance
The contract will be performed over a period of 1,825 days (approximately 5 years), which includes a base period of 24 months followed by two 18-month option periods.
Place of Performance
The work will be performed at various sites primarily located on Department of the Navy and Marine Corps installations.
