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- Amendment 0008- Environmental Remediation Support Services Federal contract opportunity
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- 692M15-19-R-00005
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This document contains an amendment to a federal solicitation for environmental remediation support services and answers to questions from prospective offerors. The Federal Aviation Administration seeks an contractor to perform operations and maintenance, remedial action construction, and GIS/GPS tasks at the William J. Hughes Technical Center Superfund site. The period of performance is ten years under an IDIQ contract with fixed price and time and materials task orders. The incumbent is Amentum. Offerors must submit proposals in Phase I and III in accordance with the revised page limits and submission procedures. Relevant experience includes projects on National Priority List and Comprehensive Environmental Response sites. The estimated value of examples must meet specified thresholds.
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The following answers are provided to questions asked about the subject solicitation:
| No. |
| Question |
| Answer |
| 1 |
| Section L.4.5, Proposal Organization Table, Volume I, Page Limitations, Page 65. Would FAA consider increasing the 10-pg limit by 1 page to allow an executive summary? |
| Yes. Amendment 0001 hereby amends Section L.4.5, Proposal Organization Table, Volume I, Page Limitations to be 11 pages. |
| 2 |
| Section L5.2.iii, Page 68. Can the responsible agency (FAA, DOD, DOE, etc.) manager (i.e., COR) be referenced as the Point of Contact for the corporate examples? |
| Yes. |
| 3 |
| With regards to the size of the projects worked on, will submittal of state hazardous waste/Superfund projects be acceptable if the experience is relevant? |
| In accordance with SIR Section L.5.2 PHASE I - VOLUME I - FACTOR II – CORPORATE EXPERIENCE, projects must demonstrate experience on National Priority List (NPL) sites. The examples must individually or collectively demonstrate experience in the following three (3) task types identified below: (1) Operation and Maintenance (O&M) support for remedial facilities on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) sites; (2) Remedial Action Construction on CERCLA sites; (3) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Support. The FAA and USEPA are the lead agencies for ongoing Superfund Cleanup actions at the FAA William J Hughes Technical Center. NPL sites are administered by the USEPA with coordination with the NJDEP; therefore, the ERSS requires NPL experience at cleanup sites where the USEPA was the lead agency. |
| 4 |
| The contract documents state the following with regards to total contract values: |
· Examples for Operations and Maintenance work must total at least $5,000,000.00 in value.
· Examples for Remedial Action Construction must total at least $10,000,000.00 in value.
Does this mean if 3 project examples are provided that the total costs must add up to the above threshold? What if one project adds up to the cost thresholds does that example meet the requirements?
The contract types must meet the minimum number of corporate experiences with an aggregate total meeting the minimum values: $5,000,000 for O&M and $10,000,000 for Remedial Action Construction.
As stated in Section L.5.2- PHASE I- VOLUME I- Factor II- Corporate Experience, a minimum of two (2) and a maximum of three (3) examples of recent and relevant projects are required. The examples must individually or collectively demonstrate the experience required under this section and must total at least the specified dollar thresholds set forth in the section.
| 5 |
| Is there an incumbent who has a contract to do this work? If so what is the company’s name? |
Yes, Amentum (formerly AECOM) – of Germantown, MD.
| 6 |
| Please confirm Offerors may submit their proposals in multiple emails to meet the 15 MB restriction on proposal file size. |
| Amendment 0001 hereby updates Section L.4.1 b to include the following statement: Any proposals that have to be sent in multiple emails must include in the subject line “1 of X”, “2 of X”, etc. |
| 7 |
| Please confirm Offerors can use fonts other than Times New Roman for graphics and figures. Fonts such as Arial and Verdana are easier to read in graphics. |
| Offerors may use fonts other than Times New Roman for graphics and figures, as long as it does not use fonts smaller than 8 points in accordance with SIR Section L.4.6 Proposal Content. |
| 8 |
| Are Glossaries required or at the discretion of the Offeror? |
Glossaries are not required. Any glossary used must be in accordance with SIR Section L.4.6.
| 9 |
| Can the Government please provide Appendices A-J referenced in the screening information request (SIR) Attachment #C-001 (Scope of Work [SOW])? Appendices A-J are referenced, but the appendix content has not been provided. |
| As stated in the public announcement, the Appendices are too large to upload onto beta.SAM. Therefore, they will be provided at the Phase II Mandatory Site Visit. |
| 10 |
| Please confirm that Offerors may submit recent and relevant projects for Phase I, Volume I – Factor II – Corporate Experience that demonstrate experience for O&M and Remedial Action Construction on CERCLA sites that are not on the NPL. |
| Amendment 0001 hereby updates Section L.5.2 Corporate Experience to add the following statement: “Experience for recent and relevant projects on CERCLA sites is acceptable, provided that at least one (1) example demonstrates NPL experience”. |
| 11 |
| Description of Work, p. 7, Area D TCH: Who is the responsible party for taking the lead on sampling efforts, if the OMC assists? Is this the Prime Contractor? Or, is there another party/entity that handles the monthly/quarterly events, as well as lab costs? It would seem that this should be the Prime Contractor handling this, but we request confirmation. |
The Environmental Remediation Support Services (ERSS) contractor is responsible for all sampling from the point where the influent from Area D enters the CTP.
The TCH (Thermal Conductive Heating) remedial action construction contractor (under a different contract) is responsible for all sampling related to TCH up to the point the Area D influent enters the CTP.
| 12 |
| Are existing run times and historical trend data/alarms, as well as other critical system data that might reflect current items to consider available for review, either as part of Phase I, or Phase III? |
This information will be provided as part of Phase III.
| 13 |
| Please confirm that the same NJDEP licensed operator cannot be used for both the CTP and Area 20A systems. |
The Operations Manager will be the NJDEP licensed operator of record for both remedial systems, with a minimum of N-3 licensure. However, per the SOW, Section 7.2- Other Personnel System Operator, the Offerer must provide two (2) operators to physically maintain the CTP and associated infrastructure, and the Area 20A system.
| 14 |
| Is it possible for the FAA to provide a list of current subcontractors that perform the following tasks? The request is made to possibly incorporate firms with the knowledge of the systems and to maintain consistency: |
a. CTP heating/HVAC
b. Fire alarm testing
c. CATOX maintenance
d. Solid waste removal
e. House-keeping, photocopy/cooler services
This information is confidential and proprietary to the incumbent contractor.
| 15 |
| Who is the current/existing laboratory used for all subcontracted sample analyses? |
This information is confidential and proprietary to the incumbent contractor.
| 16 |
| For polymer used for the solids handling system/filter press, are bench scale/jar tests performed periodically to confirm system performance and polymer selection? With regard to the polymer as well as other components of the plants, if awarded the project, is it possible to re-evaluate and modify current system processes if it will not take a major permit modification? |
The Contractor performs bench tests with laboratory checks on solids removal. FAA would evaluate system modifications on a case by case basis.
| 17 |
| Have there been any violations or notices of non-compliance for this site or any of the plant operations in the past 5 years? If so, please provide copies for our review. |
There have been no violations during the last 5 years.
| 18 |
| Section H, p. 17, H.5 notes indicates that task amounts for construction over $150,000 should be subcontracted. However, if the Prime Contractor can self-perform the work, does it need to be subcontracted and bid out? If the tasks have to be subcontracted, or the Prime Contractor can’t self-perform, is there a minimum number of bidders that should always be included in the evaluation? |
Amendment 0001 hereby replaces SIR Section H.5 with the following: The Prime Contractor may self- perform any construction projects, if they have the requisite capabilities. Any construction requirements that exceed $150,000 that will be sub-contracted out must be competed amongst at least three (3) contractors. A justification of competing amongst less than three (3) contractors will be required, when applicable, and must be submitted to the CO with a request to waive the requirement of competition. A justification for award of any subcontract must be submitted to the CO for consideration, and the prime contractor must not proceed with awarding a subcontract without the permission of the CO.
| 19 |
| For this contract, is value engineering/evaluation permitted, and if so, how would any approved alternative or task approach savings be viewed and split between FAA and Prime Contractor? |
There are currently no clauses or provisions for Value Engineering within this Contract. However, Value Engineering can be addressed during the duration of the contract on a case-by-case basis or as conditions warrant.
| 20 |
| On p. 32, 3.4.1-1 – does the bid bond have to be submitted with Phase I responses, or just Phase III? |
Bid bonds are required with Phase III submittals.
| 21 |
| On pp. 32-33, 3.4.1-1 through -4/5 – what will the Prime Contractor be required to provide for the P&P bond each year/renewal? Is it just the amount of the initial task order, and then for any additional/increase the P&P bond gets modified? Or is the P&P bond only applicable to certain tasks, and not the entire task order? |
a. If work has to be bid and subcontracted out (greater than $150,000), would the Prime Contractor be responsible for that additional P&P bond, or just the subcontractor awarded that task under the main agreement between FAA and Prime Contractor?
Bonds will be established at the Task Order level, when they are required (construction). Subcontractors would be responsible for their own bonds.
| 22 |
| Are the plant operators and other field staff (non-construction or field drilling operations staff) such as sample technicians required to be paid prevailing wage/Davis-Bacon rates? If so, what category/rate in the current and prior prevailing wage rate schedule has been applicable to this site? |
Plant operators and other staff such as non-construction or field drilling operations staff are non-prevailing wage. Prevailing rate/Davis-Bacon rates apply to only “new” construction task orders.
| 23 |
| Regarding Item L.4.9, - With the NAICS code of 562910, can you confirm that the determination of small business is limited to employee size and there is no limit on annual revenue – or if there is a limit on revenue, can you please confirm the limit. |
Confirming that the NAICS code of 562910 is based on number of employees (750) and there is no dollar limit restrictions.
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