70CNR-S3900- NDEP Contract Acronyms and Definitions.pdf

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RFP# 70CNR-S3900

Contract Acronyms and Definitions

Environmental Mitigation, Assessment, and Remediation Services

Acronym / Phrase Definition

ASTM American Society of Testing and Materials

AML Abandoned Mine Lands

BOE Board of Examiners

CEM Certified Environmental Manager

CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

Confidential

Information

Any information relating to the amount or source of any income, profits, losses or expenditures of a person, including data relating to cost or price submitted in support of a bid or proposal. The term does not include the amount of a bid or proposal.

Refer NRS 333.020(5) (b).

Contract Approval

Date

The date the State of Nevada Board of Examiners officially approves and accepts all contract language, terms and conditions as negotiated between the State and the successful vendor.

Contract Award

Date

The date when vendors are notified that a contract has been successfully negotiated, executed and is awaiting approval of the Board of Examiners.

Contractor The company or organization that has an approved contract with the State of Nevada for services identified in this RFP. The contractor has full responsibility for coordinating and controlling all aspects of the contract, including support to be provided by any subcontractor(s). The contractor will be the sole point of contact with the State relative to contract performance.

Division/Agency Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

EAP Environmental Assistance Program

EMAR Environmental Mitigation, Assessment, and Remediation

ESA Environmental Site Assessment

Evaluation

Committee

An independent committee comprised of a majority of State officers or employees established to evaluate and score proposals submitted in response to the RFP pursuant to NRS 333.335.

Exception A formal objection taken to any statement/requirement identified within the RFP.

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulations

HASP Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan

HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard

Jurat

English and American law, the word jurat is applied to that part of an affidavit which contains the names of the parties swearing the affidavit, the actual statement that an oath or affirmation has been made, the person before whom it was sworn, the date, place and other necessary particulars. The jurat is usually located on the bottom of a document.

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LCB Legislative Counsel Bureau

LOI

Letter of Intent - notification of the State’s intent to award a contract to a vendor, pending successful negotiations; all information remains confidential until the issuance of the formal notice of award.

May Indicates something that is recommended but not mandatory. If the vendor fails to provide recommended information, the State may, at its sole option, ask the vendor to provide the information or evaluate the proposal without the information.

Must Indicates a mandatory requirement. Failure to meet a mandatory requirement may result in the rejection of a proposal as non-responsive.

NAC Nevada Administrative Code –All applicable NAC documentation may be reviewed via the internet at: www.leg.state.nv.us.

NDEP Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

NOA Notice of Award – formal notification of the State’s decision to award a contract, pending Board of Examiners’ approval of said contract, any non-confidential information becomes available upon written request.

NRS Nevada Revised Statutes – All applicable NRS documentation may be reviewed via the internet at: www.leg.state.nv.us.

Outside Service

Subcontractor

Third party, not directly employed by the contractor, who will provide support or incidental services to the contractor. Outside service subcontractors are those that are solicited during planning for individual projects or tasks, including but not limited to drilling, excavation, construction, and analytical laboratory subcontractors.

Pacific Time (PT) Unless otherwise stated, all references to time in this RFP and any subsequent contract are understood to be Pacific Time.

Partnering

Subcontractor

Third party, not directly employed by the contractor, who will provide a substantial or supplementary role in planning or overseeing services identified in the Scope of

Work and Deliverable section of this RFP. Partnering subcontractors are those that should be identified in response to this RFP for the proposal to be evaluated on the criteria of demonstrated experience, performance of comparable engagements, and expertise/availability of key personnel.

Proprietary

Information

Any trade secret or confidential business information that is contained in a bid or proposal submitted on a particular contract. (Refer to NRS 333.020 (5) (a).

Public Record All books and public records of a governmental entity, the contents of which are not otherwise declared by law to be confidential must be open to inspection by any person and may be fully copied or an abstract or memorandum may be prepared from those public books and public records. (Refer to NRS 333.333 and NRS 600A.030

[5]).

QAPP Quality Assurance Project Plan

QAPrP Quality Assurance Program Plan

QA/QC Quality Assurance/Quality Control

RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Redacted The process of removing confidential or proprietary information from a document prior to release of information to others.

http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ http://www.leg.state.nv.us/

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RFP Request for Proposal - a written statement which sets forth the requirements and specifications of a contract to be awarded by competitive selection as defined in NRS

333.020(8).

RP Responsible Party (aka: Potentially Responsible Party) –private or public entity responsible for site assessments or cleanup actions, as directed or ordered by NDEP.

SAP Site-Specific Sampling and Analysis Plan

Shall Indicates a mandatory requirement. Failure to meet a mandatory requirement may result in the rejection of a proposal as non-responsive.

Should Indicates something that is recommended but not mandatory. If the vendor fails to provide recommended information, the State may, at its sole option, ask the vendor to provide the information or evaluate the proposal without the information.

State The State of Nevada and any agency identified herein.

Trade Secret Information, including, without limitation, a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, product, system, process, design, prototype, procedure, computer programming instruction or code that: derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by the public or any other person who can obtain commercial or economic value from its disclosure or use; and is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.

US EPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

UST Underground Storage Tank

Vendor Organization/individual submitting a proposal in response to this RFP.

Will Indicates a mandatory requirement. Failure to meet a mandatory requirement may result in the rejection of a proposal as non-responsive.

XRF

X-Ray Fluorescence Meter –hand-held meter for conducting shallow zone soil and sediment analyses, used for initial soil screening assessments