1.1.4 San Diego Narcotic Destruction OFO SOW.pdf

STATEMENT OF WORK

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

San Diego Field Office

Narcotics Destruction

1.0 BACKGROUND

U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures, Seized Property

Office in San Diego is responsible for providing management and oversight for seized property to the U.S. ports of entry in and around the San Diego area.

The CBP Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures Seized Property Facilities for San Diego has a requirement for narcotics destruction. The vendor must be within the closest possible proximity to CBP’s facilities to minimize security risks associated with transporting high value illegal contraband. CBP shall allow the vendor into the facility to destroy unlimited amounts of seized narcotics and other seized material in a non-retrievable and environmentally safe disposal system. CBP is governed by the Seized Asset Management Enforcement Procedures Handbook

(SAMEPH) which mandates CBP Officers witness the destruction of all seized Narcotics and

Controlled Substances.

2.0 SCOPE

CBP is seeking to enter into an agreement with a contractor to chemically neutralize drugs seized by or in the custody of CBP. The CBP Laboratory and Scientific Services and Internal Affairs

Security Management Division has approved this facility as required by the Seized Asset

Management Enforcement Handbook (SAMEPH). In order to assist U.S, Customs and Border

Protection in its enforcement of federal drug laws, the contractor shall neutralize, render non-retrievable, and dispose of illicit drugs seized by or in the custody of CBP. The destruction through neutralization will be done in accordance with state and local environmental rules and regulations.

CBP will allow access to the specific location for the purpose of neutralizing the illicit materials and rendering non-retrievable for the purpose of disposal. The facility is available Monday through Friday during normal business hours (08:00 Pacific Time (PT), and 4:00 PM PT) and available until the neutralization is complete.

3.0 SPECIFIC TASKS

3.1 The contractor shall provide narcotics destruction services once at:

Customs and Border Protection

Area Port of San Diego

9495 Customhouse Plaza

San Diego, CA 92154

3.2 The contractor shall provide narcotics destruction and disposal services for approximately

23,000 pounds of illicit narcotics.

3.3 The contractor shall render the narcotics non-retrievable, IAW 21 CFR 1300.0. Non-retrievable is defined as the condition or state to which a controlled substance shall be rendered following a process that permanently alters that controlled substance’s physical or chemical condition or state through irreversible means and thereby renders the controlled substance unavailable and unusable for all practical purposes. A controlled substance is considered non-retrievable when it cannot be transformed to a physical or chemical condition or state as a controlled substance analog.

3.4 The purpose of destruction is to render the controlled substance(s) to a non-retrievable state and thus prevent the diversion of any such substance to illicit purposes. In accordance with Drug

Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations, controlled substances must be neutralized and irretrievable prior to disposal.

3.5 The contractor will be required to secure the narcotics in accordance with Seized Asset

Manual and Enforcement Procedures (SAMEPH) and destroy them in such a manner that they are rendered irretrievable in accordance with Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) guidelines.

4.0 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

1 year from award.

5.0 POINTS OF CONTACT (POC’S)

To be provided upon award.

6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

In order to comply with federally mandated environmental preference programs and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “Green Procurement Program” (GPP) policy, US Customs and

Border Protection requires the use of environmentally preferable products and services. These program elements include: recovered material products, energy and water efficient products, alternative fuels and fuel efficiency, bio-based products, non-ozone depleting substances, priority chemicals, and environmentally preferable products. These program elements are described on the Office of the Federal Environment Executive website (http://www.ofee.gov) http://www.ofee.gov/