A.02 - RFI - (8837) FY24 EPA Cristex Drum.pdf

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah District Request for Information

For Cristex Drum Superfund Site - Electrokinetics Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation, Oxford, Gransville County, North Carolina

This is a Request for Information (RFI) only, as part of market research, issued in accordance with (IAW) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 15.201(e). All interested parties should email their responses to Contract Specialist, Mr. Gerard Leo at gerard.f.leo@usace.army.mil and cc the Contracting Officer, Mr. Derrick B. Zeigler at derrick.b.zeigler@usace.army.mil no later than June 7, 2024 at 3:00pm Eastern Standard Time.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Savannah District, is conducting a request for information (RFI) to identify potential parties having interest in and capability of performing Electrokinetics Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation at the Cristex Drum Superfund Site in Oxford, Gransville County, North Carolina.

Based on the responses to this request for information, this requirement may be set-aside for small business (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluation will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. The Government will consider feedback received in determining if a small business set-aside is appropriate for this when it issues the solicitation package.

DISCLAIMER: This RFI is for information purposes only; it is not a request for competitive proposals, quotations, or bids. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No Funds are available to pay for preparation of responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by respondents to the announcement is strictly voluntary and will not be returned to the responder. Incomplete answers in any section, failure to provide required or incomplete documents, or providing information outside the scope of this announcement may remove respondents from the Government’s determination of whether to solicit reference project on a set-aside basis in accordance with Part 19 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future request for competitive proposals, quotations, or bids, if any issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Governmentwide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 562910, Environmental Remediation Services with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,000 employees. The Product Service Code is F999 – Other Environmental Services. Businesses of all mailto:gerard.f.leo@usace.army.mil mailto:derrick.b.zeigler@usace.army.mil sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

Request for Information: The Government has a need for a contractor with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to implement components of the remedy for the Cristex Drum Superfund Site located in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. Specifically, limited to implementation of Alternative Saturated Source Zone #3: Electrokinetics Enhanced In Situ Chemical Oxidation (EK-ISCO) of the Selected Remedy (i.e., Part 2, Phase 3) and groundwater monitoring following remedy implementation to evaluate of effectiveness of the remedy.

Site Description: The Cristex Drum Site is a former textile plant in a predominantly industrial, commercial, and undeveloped area with limited residential development. The property is located at 500 West Industry Drive, Oxford, North Carolina (NC) 27565.

The Site originally comprised two parcels of wooded farmland (11.13 and 11.28 acres).

These were purchased by Steinfield Mills in 1965 which constructed the 150,000 ft2 building and 0.5-acre lagoon on the property. Steinfield Mills changed its name to IMI Knits, Inc., in 1971 and to Cristex Corporation in 1981. From 1966 to 1986, Cristex operated as a warp knit fabric mill that knitted, dyed, and finished nylon acetate tricot.

Natural gas and fuel oil chemicals were stored mostly on the east side of the building.

Dyes, dyeing assistants, and cellulosic and synthetic yarns were used in the manufacturing process. The dyeing process used metals such as zinc, copper, and chromium. Chlorinated solvents were used to clean equipment, dry clean fabric, and as part of the dyeing process. Industrial wastewater was discharged to an onsite lagoon.

The facility was connected to the city sewer system.

In April 2002, Cristex joined NC’s Registered Environmental Consultant Program under an Administrative Order on Consent. They submitted data collected under the program to North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ). Cristex withdrew from the program in September 2004. Data collected by the State of NC, EPA, and Cristex and their consultants was used to develop a Hazard Ranking System Documentation Record for the Site. The Site was proposed for the National Priorities List (NPL) on May 24, 2013, and the Site was finalized on the NPL on December 12, 2013.The Site parcel is presently listed on the tax rolls as owned by Granville County. The Site primarily consists of the 150,000 square foot Cristex plant building and facility operations area and undeveloped wooded land. A former above-ground storage tank (AST) area, oil-water separator (OWS) area, and drum storage pad area are located east of the building in the facility operations area; the AST and OWS have been removed. A small (0.5-acre), unlined lagoon is located northeast of the building.

Remedial Strategy: The general remedial strategy at the Site is driven by the need to restore and protect the drinking water resource that exists under the Site. Therefore, the Selected Remedy is being completed in a stepwise approach that will allow EPA to mitigate more immediate site-specific threats while concurrently collecting additional characterization data. The Selected Remedy documented in the 2017 Record of

Decision and 2022 Explanation of Significant Differences for the three contaminated media zones is the following:

• Unsaturated Zone (UZ): Soil Excavation (Alternative UZ #3) (not part of this RFI)

• Saturated Source Zone (SSZ): EK-ISCO with Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation (EISB) Biobarriers (Alternative SSZ #3) (included in this RFI) and

• Dilute Plume (DP): EISB Barriers (Alternative DP #2) (not part of this RFI)

Remediation will be optimized by targeting the highest levels of contaminant of concern (COC) mass first. Monitoring will be conducted to identify the flux reduction of COCs following source treatment and to further evaluate the scope of treatment required for the SSZ and DP.

• Part 2: EK-ISCO in the SSZ (Alternative SSZ #3: EK-ISCO only) o Phase 3A: Target Zone 1 o Phase 3B: Target Zone 2

Period of Performance: The estimated period of performance is 5 years. Specifics regarding the number of options and or option periods, if any, will be provided in the solicitation.

Scope: The scope is limited to implementation of the remedial action within the SSZ (i.e., Alternative SSZ#3: EK-ISCO only) and groundwater monitoring following remedy implementation to evaluate effectiveness of the remedy.

• Implementation of will be conducted in accordance with the 2022 Part 2 Remedial Design.

• Semi-annual groundwater performance monitoring following EK-ISCO remedy implementation to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedy in support the first Five Year Review. Monitoring will be conducted to identify the flux reduction of COCs following source treatment and to evaluate the scope of additional treatment is needed for the SSZ and DP to meet the remedial action objectives (RAOs) defined in the 2017 ROD and 2022 ESD.

• Annual groundwater monitoring for a period of an additional five years to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedy and support RA decisions.

Outcomes and Objectives

Outcomes Alternative SSZ #3: EK-ISCO Remedy Implementation The Contractor shall furnish all necessary and appropriate personnel, including subcontractors, materials, and services needed for, or incidental to implement the remedy as specified in the 2017 ROD, 2022 ESD and in accordance with the 2022 Part 2 Remedial Design.

Groundwater Monitoring

Groundwater monitoring following remedy implementation will be completed to evaluate effectiveness of the remedy. Groundwater monitoring results will demonstrate: 1) groundwater restoration remedial action complete or 2) further treatment of the SSZ and/or DP is required to meet the RAOs of the selected remedy.

Groundwater restoration is defined by the groundwater quality RAO to meet NCDEQ groundwater standards throughout the plume, based on the classification of the aquifers as a potential source of drinking water [Class GA or Class GSA] under 15A NCAC 02L.0201.

Objectives To provide the desired outcomes, the Contractor shall meet the following performance objectives:

1. Task Order Project Management The Contractor is required to conduct project management, monitoring, and reporting in accordance with the contract PWS.

Post-Award Meeting. The Contractor is required to attend a Post-Award Meeting in performance of this Task Order. It is anticipated this meeting will be held via teleconference 5 days after the award. It is also anticipated the meeting will last approximately two (2) hours.

Project Meetings. The Contractor will be required to attend regular project meetings in performance of this Task Order. It is anticipated these meetings will be held at least monthly. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the construction of the remedy, effectiveness of the remedy, recommendations, and potential path forward.

2. Develop site-specific plans, in accordance with guidance outlined in the PWS for EPA approval. These Site-Specific Plans should include:

Site Management Plan (SMP) Uniform Federal Policy Quality Assurance Project Plan (UFP-QAPP) Data Management Plan (DMP) Construction Quality Control Plan (CQCP) Health and Safety Plan (HASP) Waste Management Plan (WMP)

3. The Contractor will implement EK-ISCO remedy as specified in the 2017 ROD, 2022 ESD and in accordance with the 2022 Part 2 Remedial Design.

The Contractor will implement Phase 3A in Target Zone 1 first.

Following the completion of remediation system operation in Target Zone 1, a remedy performance confirmatory monitoring event will be completed by the Contractor.

Results of Zone 1 remedy performance confirmatory monitoring will be reported to the EPA in a technical memorandum (or similar) including data evaluation and recommendations for adjustments to the design for Target Zone 2, if any.

The Contractor will implement Phase 3B in Target Zone 2.

Following the completion of remediation system operation in Target Zone 2, a remedy performance confirmatory monitoring event will be completed by the Contractor.

The target performance criterion for both Target Zone 1 and Target Zone 2 is to detect permanganate or the indicator analyte (e.g., total manganese) at individual performance confirmatory monitoring wells at concentrations more than double of the corresponding baseline levels.

At the completion of EK-ISCO RA activities, the Contractor will prepare a

Remedial Action Completion Report for the EK-ISCO remedy for EPA approval.

4. The Contractor will conduct semi-annual groundwater performance monitoring for a period of approximately two years following completion of the Target Zone 2 remedy performance confirmatory monitoring event to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedy in support the first Five Year Review. Semi-annual groundwater monitoring will be conducted to identify the flux reduction of COCs following source treatment and to evaluate the scope of additional treatment is needed for the SSZ and DP to meet the RAOs defined in the 2017 ROD and 2022 ESD.

5. The Contractor will conduct annual groundwater monitoring for an additional five years to evaluate the effectiveness of the remedy and support RA decisions.

6. The Contractor shall close out task orders. Activities include but are not limited to returning documents to EPA or other document repositories, file duplication, distribution, and storage, file archiving to meet Federal Records center requirements, and preparation of a close-out report in accordance with the task order requirements.

Constraints

1. Project Management: In addition to the project management objectives outlined in the Task Order Award, the Contractor will be required to meet the minimum project management, monitoring, and reporting requirements defined in the contract PWS.

2. Data collection: The Contractor shall capture sampling, observational, and monitoring field data and provide this data to EPA in an EPA Region 4 data deliverable per EPA Region 4 Superfund Environmental Data Submission Procedure, SEMDPROC- 009-R0, January 2020 found at https://www.epa.gov/superfund/region-4-superfund-electronic-data-submission. Please reference Section 3.2 and Section 3.5 for software and chain-of-custody requirements, respectively.

3. Analytical Services and Support: In general, the Contractor shall follow the Field and Analytical Services Teaming and Advisory Committee (FASTAC)-tiered hierarchy for obtaining analytical services.

Tier Description 1 EPA Regional Laboratory and ESAT Contract 2 National Analytical Services Contracts (i.e., Contract Laboratory Program [CLP]) 3 Region Specific Analytical Services Contract 4 Analytical Services IAGs and Field Contracts/Subcontracts

Tier 1 through Tier 3 analytical services shall be procured and funded by EPA separately from this task order. Tier 1 services for the Region 4 laboratory are described https://www.epa.gov/superfund/region-4-superfund-electronic-data-submission https://www.epa.gov/superfund/region-4-superfund-electronic-data-submission at https://www.epa.gov/regionallabs/epa-region-4-laboratory-services-branch-laboratory-operations-and-quality-assurance, Chapter 6, and have a standard 35 day turnaround. Tier 2 national services are described at https://www.epa.gov/clp/superfund-clp-fact-sheets-analytical-services, Superfund CLP Fact Sheets for Analytical Services. Scheduling for Tier 1 and Tier 2 services is subject to capacity considerations. The EPA Region 4 laboratory is located in Athens, GA. No current Tier 3 services are in place for Region 4.

4. If needed services are not found in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 references, these Tier 4 services shall be provided or procured by the Contractor as part of this task order. For Analytical Services that are not under direct oversight by EPA (Tier 4), the contractor shall provide evidence that the laboratory has experience with and is fully capable of performing the required analytical method Data Validation. The contractor shall provide a data validation of data packages and electronic deliverables using the following documents and requirements listed below:

• CLP National Functional Guidelines https://www.epa.gov/clp/superfund-clp-national-functional-guidelines-data-review

• EPA Region 4 Data Validation Standard Operating Procedures https://www.epa.gov/quality/managing-quality-environmental-data-epa-region-4

• EPA’s Guidance for Labeling Externally Validated Laboratory Analytical Data for Superfund Use, EPA-540-R-08-005, January 2009 (OSWER Directive 9200.1-85)

• Individual laboratory contracts’ protocols and performance requirements

• Site sampling/project plans

• Contract requirements

The contractor shall perform review of all field sampling activities (Steps I-III) regardless of analytical resource. The contractor’s data validation task for analytical activities will differ in scope based on the analytical resource generating the data.

5. Groundwater Restoration: The Contractor shall demonstrate the groundwater restoration remedial action is complete in accordance with Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) 9355.0-129, Guidance for Evaluation Completion of Groundwater Restoration Remedial Actions. Remedial action completion determination should use monitoring well-specific conclusions to provide a technical and scientific basis for this determination. Monitoring well-specific demonstrations may be made throughout the groundwater remediation process in accordance with OSWER 9283.1- 45, Recommended Approach for Evaluating Completion of Groundwater Restoration Remedial Actions at a Groundwater Monitoring Well and the Groundwater Statistics Tool. Remedial action completion determinations must obtain written approval from EPA Region 4.

Request for Information: Please respond to the following on a separate document.

1. Please provide the following Point of Contact Information:

Company Name:

https://www.epa.gov/regionallabs/epa-region-4-laboratory-services-branch-laboratory-operations-and-quality-assurance https://www.epa.gov/regionallabs/epa-region-4-laboratory-services-branch-laboratory-operations-and-quality-assurance https://www.epa.gov/clp/superfund-clp-fact-sheets-analytical-services https://www.epa.gov/clp/superfund-clp-national-functional-guidelines-data-review https://www.epa.gov/clp/superfund-clp-national-functional-guidelines-data-review https://www.epa.gov/quality/managing-quality-environmental-data-epa-region-4

Address (as registered in System for Award Management – SAM):

Point of Contact Phone number:

Email address:

CAGE Code SAM UEI number

2. This request for information applies to work associated with NAICS code 562910, Environmental Remediation Services with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

Respondents to this RFI must include their business classification, as found in their SAM registration.

3. Interest in providing a proposal, quotation, or bid on any pending solicitation, if issued? If not interested in providing a proposal, quotation, or bid please provide feedback as to why not. Feedback from small business concerns as to why they are not interested is highly encouraged.

4. Is your business capable of performing the work associated with this project utilizing the remedial strategy cited in this RFI and meeting the objectives and outcomes? If so, have you performed the remedial strategy within the last 5 years? If so, please provide example projects.

5. If your business in not capable of performing the work associate with this project utilizing the remedial strategy cited in this RFI, is there a remedial strategy you are capable of utilizing and meet the objectives and outcomes found within this RFI? If so, have you performed this remedial strategy within the last 5 years? Please provide example projects.

6. In relation to the remedial strategy and the objective and outcomes. Do you believe all aspects of the project could be performed by the Small Business sector? If no, please explain areas in which you believe would be challenging for Small Business to complete?

7. What estimated percentage of the TOTAL project would you self-perform?

8. Please specify/describe which areas are best suited for subcontracting to the small business sector. Also identify your intentions to pursue a joint-venture or some other form of teaming agreement and subcontract any work.