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Solicitation 140R3026R0012 Title: Yuma Desalting Plant (YDP) Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Support Services; IDIQ

Attachment (1): Statement of Work

STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1 Description/Specification/Work Statement

C.1.1 Scope

Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the Contractor shall furnish all the contract management, planning, supervision, administration, personnel, engineering support, materials, small chemicals, tools, equipment, supplies, transportation, facilities and anything else necessary for the operations and maintenance (O&M) services of the Yuma Desalting Plant (YDP), including the A-22 Waste Disposal Facility and Water Quality Improvement Center (WQIC) Research Facility and maintenance only of the Analytical Laboratory Services (ALS) and as described in Section C.1.2 (Background) and C.1.3 (General Description), on a 24 hour, 365 days per calendar year basis (366 days per leap year(s)), as provided in this section or as specified in the complete statement of work and this contract. Work also includes the completion of work described in Attachment 13 (Modifications and Repair Backlog).

C.1.2 Background

C.1.2.1 Yuma Desalting Plant

The performance location of this contract is the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (Reclamation) Yuma Desalting Plant (YDP), at the Yuma Area Office (YAO), located in Yuma, Arizona. The YDP is a 73-million gallon per day Reverse Osmosis (RO) desalting plant, constructed to satisfy water-quality/quantity requirements of the United States-Mexico Water Treaty of 1944, and subsequent International agreements. In accordance with the 1944 treaty between the United States and Mexico, the United States is obligated to deliver 1,500,000 acre feet of Colorado River water to Mexico each year.

The water is used in Mexico for irrigation in the Mexicali Valley. During the 1960s the quality of the water delivered to Mexico became very poor. A special commission on Colorado River quality was established in 1973. As a result, Minute No. 242 (Minute 242) of the International Boundary and Water Commission was adopted. The Minute 242 requires the United States ensure that the water arriving at Morelos Dam will have an average annual salinity of no more than 115 (+30) parts per million (p/m) over the average annual salinity of water arriving at Imperial Dam. The YDP was conceived by the United States as a permanent solution to meet the provisions of Minute 242. Construction of the YDP was authorized by Public Law 93320, Title I, signed June 24, 1974 (as amended by Public Law 96336). Construction began in 1975 and ended in 1992. Title II of the same act provides for salinity control projects elsewhere in the Colorado River Basin (which includes the Upper and Lower Basins). The purpose of the YDP is to save water for beneficial use while desalting sufficient drainage returns from the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District in Arizona to maintain salinity levels at Morelos Dam on the Colorado River as specified by Minute 242. When construction of the YDP was completed in the 1990s, conditions on the Colorado River had changed. High flow conditions had improved the quality of the water arriving at Imperial Dam, and then delivered to Mexico. During these years of above-normal flows in the Colorado River, drainage water was allowed to bypass the YDP and was not necessary to meet the water quality requirement of Minute 242. The result is the main desalting production facility is not currently in operation and is maintained in a “Maintenance Only Status” condition.

C.1.2.2 Water Quality Improvement Center

Reclamation began investing resources in desalination research in 1952, conducting pioneering work in early membrane separation processes. At that time, use of membranes to purify water was an experimental process with apparently limited potential. Congress and Presidents from President Truman through President Nixon supported the development of alternative low-cost water purification methods through the Office of Saline Water (OSW), within the Department of the Interior (DOI). Reclamation supported OSW efforts from the beginning by providing engineering and planning expertise on OSW projects. The 1960s and 1970s saw continued population movement west, expanded investment in space and military technology, establishment of the United States environmental protection movement, passage of environmental protection and clean water legislation, and breakthroughs in membrane treatment technology. These breakthroughs led to the creation of a membrane separations market that spans the medical, health and beauty, food processing, semi-conductor, and water treatment industries.

The membrane water treatment market includes such technology as electrodialysis, electrodialysis reversal, reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, ultrafiltration, and microfiltration. Reclamation currently supports water treatment research to:

(1) Find technology that Reclamation can use to accomplish its mission more effectively; and

(2) To lower the cost of water treatment so new technology is more accessible to the public.

Reclamation’s role in water treatment research is:

(1) To sponsor research by private firms and universities as authorized by the Water Desalination Research Act (PL 104-298) and Reclamation Waste Water and Ground Water Study and Facilities Act Title XVI (PL 102-575, amended in 96 by PL 104-266, and in 98 by PL 105-321), and by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 (PL 99-502, amended by the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act, PL 96-480);

(2) To conduct research in-house through various programs, among them the Reclamation Technical Service Centers Science and Technology Program managed from Denver, Colorado, and the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act research program managed from Yuma, Arizona; and

(3) To transfer the technology developed as a result of these research efforts to industry for broader use by the public, consistent with Reclamation’s mission.

(a) The WQIC was constructed as part of the YDP – the original building and systems were called the YDP Test Train. Congress foresaw that even small cost-reductions in the operation of the YDP could yield significant savings and authorized a plant-related research program through Public Law 93336.

(b) The YAO has built its desalting expertise through years of experience in operating desalting test facilities and the YDP. The YAO began studying desalting technologies in the 1970s at the Yuma Desalting Test Facility, where companies from all over the world came with water treatment and desalting technologies to be tested and evaluated. In the 1980s, YAO supervised the construction of the YDP production facility, which began operation in 1992 and operated until high river flows reduced the need for its desalted flows to Mexico. To test potential improvements to the YDP, the YAO expanded the Test Train and renamed it the Water Quality Improvement Center (WQIC). In 1997, Reclamation’s Commissioner Eluid Martinez announced the Grand Opening of the WQIC.

(c) In addition to testing potential improvements for the YDP, the WQIC expanded its scope to allow third party research partnerships and became the cornerstone in a new cooperative effort to connect water treatment research scientists with real world test facilities. At the 1997 WQIC Grand Opening, the National Water Research Institute designated the WQIC as the first “National Center for Water Treatment Technology.” The goal of the National Centers Program is to promote improved water-treatment processes through united research efforts by government, academia, and private industry. There are currently only six National Centers in the United States, and each center explores different water research focus areas.

(d) YAO’s vision of desalination to create new water supplies is based on many years of experience in building and operating the YDP and developing advanced water treatment and desalting technologies at its Yuma Desalting Test Facility and WQIC. Water treatment scientists and engineers appreciate that “real world” test facilities are necessary to obtain “real world” evaluation of technologies.

C.1.3 General Description

C.1.3.1 Yuma Desalting Plant

Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the YDP facility includes the YAO which is primarily located on approximately 60-acre tract of land at 7301 Calle Agua Salada, Yuma, Arizona, (see 1292-303-5401 in Attachment 7 (YDP Drawings)) which annotates the location of the numbers in this paragraph (e.g., 01,

02) and includes (but is not limited to) the following major features:

Area # Description of area and features

01 Intake Area with canal structures, radial gates, bypass piping, water screens, biomass disposal, chlorine injection, plant drainage, sliding gates, intake pumping plant, grit basins, grit disposal, and forwarding pumps;

02 Solids Contact Reactor Area with sedimentation basins, sludge forwarding pumping, lime slakers, slaker building, and chemical addition;

03 Sludge Area with sludge thickener, cyclone separators, sludge mixing tanks, sludge pumping plant, grit blend tank, and dewatering return pumping;

04 Filter Area with dual media filters, filter backwash and air scour equipment, and chemical addition;

05 Mechanical Shop Area with shop building and conference rooms;

06 Clearwell and Energy Recovery Area with reverse osmosis process pumps, energy recovery units, clearwell, chemical addition, sulfur dioxide building (future ammonia building), and gantry crane;

07 Desalting Area with headers, desalting membrane blocks, chemical cleaning, membrane preservation, cooling tower, chemical addition, Distributed Control System (DCS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), plant model, element check apparatus, biocide handling, sodium bisulfite storage and injection systems, chiller and cold storage units, and Analytical Laboratory;

08 Sleeve Valve Area with sleeve valves and sleeve valve structure;

09 Chlorine Storage Area with chlorine building, chlorine feed equipment, future electro-chlorination equipment and Drainage Well (DW 8);

10 Chemical Storage Area with lime and ferric silos, ferric tanks and pumping equipment, chemical unloading and transfer equipment;

11 Service Water Area with storage tank, hydro-pneumatic tank, and pressure pumps;

12 Sulfuric Acid Area with storage tanks, feed equipment, air compressors, air dryers, and compressor building;

13 Miscellaneous Chemical Systems Area with storage silos, chemical feed equipment, dry chemical building, granular activated carbon columns, and potable water systems;

14 Switchyard Area with transformers, circuit breakers, air switches, interrupters, relays, switchyard building, emergency generators, and fuel storage;

15 Future Area;

16 WQIC Research facility with production and pilot scale research plants, multitude of advance water treatment test equipment, YDP operations laboratory, research building and structures, product water tank and pumping, WQIC well, chemical storage and feed equipment, and sludge removal pumping;

17 Future Area;

18 Buffer Area with sewage treatment plant, lubrication storage building, warehouse building, and outdoor storage areas, railroad spur, sludge pipeline, YDP cathodic protection systems, outside storage yard, hazardous materials yard, and scrap yard;

19, 20, 22, 23 and 24 Not Used;

21 A-22 Waste Disposal Facility and cathodic protection system located off site (see

Attachment 7 (YDP Drawings) 1292-303-5349, 1292-300-890, and 1292-300-891) with sludge ponds, building, and piping;

25 River Intake Area with canal structures, radial gates, and bypass piping; and

30 WQIC Mobile Research facility with pilot scale research skids, multitude of advance water treatment test equipment, small operations laboratory, research trailers, tanks and pumping, tent structures, chemical storage and feed equipment, and service water and compressed air support equipment.

C.1.3.1.1 Production Plant

The YDP is located on a 60-acre tract of land about 8 kilometers (5 miles), west of Yuma. It is the world’s second largest inland brackish water reverse osmosis desalting plant. YDP construction began in 1975 and ended in 1992. It can produce about 275,000 cubic meters or 275 million liters (72.4 million gallons) of desalted water per day from a total of up to approximately 390,000 cubic meters or 390 million liters (102.7 million gallons) of drainage water per day, the maximum capacity that can enter the plant. If the need later exists, the plant can be expanded to produce 363,000 cubic meters or about 363 million liters (96 million gallons) per day.

C.1.3.1.2 WQIC Production Facility

(a) The WQIC Production Facility (referred to as Pilot System No. 1 (PS1)) is located within the YDP (see 1292-D-4148 in Attachment 7 (YDP Drawings)). PS1 is installed as a 1/100th model of the main plant and is used for optimization studies, performance verification, personnel training, and developmental testing of new systems or water treatment processes. In addition, PS1 serves as the potable water source for the YDP facility and provides multiple treatment source waters to the WQIC research equipment through “alternative” water source stations.

(b) The conventional pretreatment equipment includes (but is not limited to) a grit sedimentation basin, intake pumping system(s), solids contact reactor, chemical systems, dual media gravity filters, and a clearwell. This equipment is similar in type and design to the YDP main production plant, so that the results of tests may be readily scaled up and applied to the operation of the YDP main production plant. Solids and sludge handling for PS1 is processed in the equipment furnished by the YDP main plant support systems. PS1 pretreatment is designed to operate up to 35.5 L/s (0.8 mgd).

(c) PS1 is divided into two reverse osmosis trains, RO1 & 2. RO1 is currently outfitted with General Electric 8”, cellulose acetate membranes, RO2 with Tri-Sep. The overall capacity of PS1 is 27 L/s (359 gpm); divided between RO1 10 L/s (151 gpm) and RO2 17 L/s (258 gpm). The reverse osmosis membrane equipment includes (but is not limited to): membranes, pumping systems, pressure vessels, control systems, chemical systems, cleaning systems, and flushing systems.

(d) Portions of PS1 are dependent on some YDP support systems such as (but not limited to) power, intake, compressed air, chlorine, acid, ferric, sodium bisulfite, sludge systems, and service water.

C.1.3.1.3 A-22 Waste Disposal Facility

The A-22 Waste Disposal Facility is an existing facility designed for the disposal of pretreatment sludge generated at the YDP. Prior to the reverse osmosis treatment, the irrigation water is pretreated at the YDP using sedimentation, dual filtration, and lime softening. The resulting pretreatment sludge from the plant is transported by pipeline (or trucked) to the A-22 Waste Disposal Facility which is located 22 miles away from the YDP. The A-22 facility consists of 67 surface impoundments (evaporation/disposal ponds) for storage, evaporation, and disposal of the water treatment sludge. The disposal ponds have been in use since the YDP began operations in 1992. No reject water (brine) from the reverse osmosis process is discharged to the A-22 disposal ponds. The WQIC PS1 and Research Facility are currently in continuous operation and discharge a minimum of 4.4 million gallons of sludge to the A-22 disposal site per year.

C.1.3.2 Analytical Laboratory Services

The Analytical Laboratory is located at the YAO. The Government will manage and operate the YAO Analytical Laboratory to support the YDP, WQIC, and other Government authorized operations by performing chemical, biological, and physical tests; and preparing the data for engineering and data reporting. These analyses include and are not limited to river water(s), ground water(s), return flows, soils, waste water(s), sludge, etc.

C.1.3.3 WQIC Research Facility

(a) The WQIC Research Facility includes: Reclamation’s only research and demonstration pilot-scale facility specializing in the advancement of water treatment and desalination technology. The Contractor shall operate and maintain the WQIC Research Facility located on the site of the YDP. The Contractor shall, as a minimum, provide support as specified within the scope of the contract and including the WQIC Research Facility expanding facilities, equipment, and scope of projects to accomplish its mission.

(b) The mission of the WQIC Research Facility is to advance the development and transfer of water purification technologies at its state-of-the-art facility through field tests, hands-on training, and implementation. Projects conducted at the WQIC focuses on three goals:

(1) Reducing the costs to operate and maintain the YDP;

(2) Securing safe, clean water supplies for the West now and in the future; and

(3) Transferring federally-developed technology to the public pursuant to the Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA) of 1986.

(c) The WQIC Research Facility is a designated National Center for Water Treatment Technology, a nation-wide affiliation of publicly-funded water-research facilities that partner with the public for testing.

The National Water Research Institute, Reclamation, and the U.S. Army sponsor the National Centers Program. The goal of the National Centers Program is to promote improved water-treatment processes through united research efforts by government, academia, and private industry. There are currently only six National Centers in the United States and each center explores different water research focus areas.

(d) The primary location of the WQIC Research Facility is a 14,000 square-foot building which also houses the WQIC Production Facility but encompasses other YDP areas and mobile research facilities.

The WQIC site at the YDP is located at the southern end of the Colorado River before it flows into Mexico, on the southeastern border of California, southwestern border of Arizona, northeastern border of Baja California, Mexico, and near the northwestern border of Sonora, Mexico. Southern California, Western and Central Arizona, and Northern Mexico all use water from the Lower Colorado River. Water quality in the Colorado River at the YDP is at its lowest in the United States. Because of its unique location, and widespread use of Colorado River water, research conducted at the WQIC has broad application throughout the Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico.

(e) As a minimum, the WQIC offers several test water sources: approximately 750-mg/L salinity Colorado River water, 1,500-mg/L salinity brackish well water, 3,000-mg/L salinity irrigation return flow (YDP feed water), 10,000-mg/L salinity reverse osmosis concentrate water and various treated waters for the WQIC Production Facility as described in Section C.1.3.1.2 (WQIC Production Facility).

C.1.3.3.1 Title I Authority

In 1961 the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District (WMIDD) began discharging irrigation drainage flows, with an average salinity of 6,000 parts per million, into the Gila River at the Mohawk Valley. The Gila River joins the Colorado River near the City of Yuma, and the Colorado River flows to Morelos Dam on the United States/Mexico border, where Mexico diverts it to irrigate farmlands in the Mexicali Valley, south of California’s Imperial Valley. WMIDD’s saline drainage return flows in the Gila River raised the salinity of the Colorado River, and damaged crops being grown in the Mexicali Valley. Mexico raised issues about the salt. In 1973, the United States agreed to a quality standard (Minute 242) for waters delivered to Mexico under the 1944 Mexican Water Treaty. The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (CRBSCA) of June 24, 1974 (Act), Public Law (PL) 93320, (amended in 1979 by PL 93336, in 1984 by PL 98560, in 1995 by PL 10420, and in 2000 by PL 106459) provided the Secretary of the Interior with certain authorities to control the salinity of the Colorado River. Title I of that Act authorized actions necessary to meet the obligations of the United States to control the salinity of Colorado River water delivered to Mexico as defined by Minute 242 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico. Minute 242 catalyzed the passage of CRBSCA (PL 93320), which resulted in the construction of a reverse osmosis desalting plant in Yuma. Since enactment of PL 93320, the United States has constructed and operated various physical facilities, including the YDP and a bypass drain (bypass drain). The YDP conducts research activities to lower the cost of operations, maintenance, and treatment of high salinity agricultural water. The primary objective of the WQIC’s advanced water quality research is to develop new technologies to reduce the cost of YDP operation.

C.1.3.3.2 Technology Transfer Authority

(a) To further this research and help advance new technologies, Reclamation has joined the National Water Research Institute’s National Centers for Water Treatment Technology. Through this program, the Water Treatment Engineering Research Laboratory in Denver, Colorado, and the WQIC in Yuma, Arizona, is available to the public for testing experimental water treatment equipment and processes. The two laws that specifically authorize these kinds of public-private partnerships are: (1) the SWTIA of 1980 (PL 96480); and (2) the FTTA of 1986 (PL 99502).

(1) The SWTIA authorized Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) which are instruments used to formalize public-private partnerships between Reclamation and third-party researchers. CRADAs can be used for research, development, or testing of water treatment technology. Their purpose is to allow private sector firm’s access to the vast repositories of technology developed using tax dollars. Data can flow either from the Government to the private sector, or both directions - benefiting both parties.

(2) The FTTA of 1986 (PL 99502) encouraged partnerships between public and private sectors by actually making technology transfer a job responsibility for Federal workers in some agencies. When Reclamation partners with private industry and universities, it upholds the spirit of these laws by sharing its technology with the public and gathering information about emergent technology that the Government may one day use. The FTTA of 1986 mandated the partnering of Federal forces with private industry to speed the pace at which technology developed using taxpayer dollars is moved into the private sector. This has several benefits to the government and United States as a whole.

When the private sector begins to mass produce the technology, the price is expected to drop, reducing the amount of taxpayer dollars required to purchase it. Since taxpayer dollars have funded the development of the technology, when the technology becomes available for general use, taxpayers realize a return on their investment. Mass utilization of the technology can also generate improvements to the technology. Water treatment technology at the WQIC was developed through Federal investments through the Office of Saline Water, and is subject to the FTTA of 1986.

(b) The following factors affect technology transfer:

(1) National policies, laws, and regulations;

(2) Reclamation policies;

(3) Market demand;

(4) Scientific base of the nation and industry;

(5) Level of WQIC research effort;

(6) WQIC Educational level and qualifications; and

(7) Availability of funds.

C.1.3.3.3 WQIC Equipment

(a) The WQIC research equipment is designed to treat impaired water using both chemical and physical processes. The existing process configuration consists of conventional or membrane pre-treatment followed by nano-filtration or reverse osmosis. WQIC processes are characterized as follows:

(1) Physical Processes - including grit sedimentation; lime softening (rapid mixing, flocculation, clarification, sludge disposal); dual or multi-media filtration; customer supplied physical operations can also be tested;

(2) Chemical Processes - including disinfection (chlorinating/dechlorination, ammonia/chloramination, other biocides, disinfection methods available); pH adjustment, acid/caustic; anti-scaling chemical addition; mobile skids-acids, cleaning; membrane rejuvenation; customer-supplied processes can also be tested;

(3) Membrane Processes - including micro-filtration, electrical dialysis reversal, ultra-filtration, nano-filtration, reverse osmosis; customer-supplied processes can also be tested; and (4) all other advanced water treatment processes. The WQIC is continually expanding its facility, equipment, and scope of projects to accomplish its mission.

(b) As a minimum, and subject to continual development, the WQIC research equipment consists of the following categories:

(1) Test Units. Test Units are standalone portable or permanently-located testing equipment, which may be operated independently of other equipment, and/or connected to other equipment and operated as part of a system. This equipment ranges in size from bench-scale to pilot-scale. The Contractor is responsible for operating and maintaining test units in the WQIC and within a 50-mile radius of the YDP. The Contractor may be requested to provide maintenance for the test units outside of the 50-mile radius, within the United States, upon special requests and is required under Section C.1.1 (Scope). As a minimum, existing Test Units are as follows:

(A) Swatch System (SWATCH) – bench-scale, membrane process; two units; screens and evaluates the performance of flat sheet membranes under normal and abnormal operating conditions (2 units onsite);

(B) Membrane Test Apparatus (MTA) – bench-scale, membrane process; screens and evaluates the performance of spiral-wound membranes under normal and abnormal operating conditions;

(C) Membrane Evaluation Apparatus (MEA) – bench-scale, membrane process; simultaneously screens and evaluates the performance of multiple spiral-wound membranes under normal and abnormal operating conditions;

(D) Element Test Apparatus (ETA) – pilot-scale, membrane process; four units; screens and evaluates the performance of 2.5 and/or 4.0-inch spiral-wound reverse osmosis and/or ultra-filtration membrane elements under investigative operating conditions;

(E) Membrane Evaluation Research Unit 5 (MERU5) – pilot-scale, membrane process; screens and evaluates the performance of 4-inch spiral-wound reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, and

(F) Membrane Evaluation Research Unit 6 (MERU6) – pilot-scale, membrane process; screens and evaluates the performance of 4-inch spiral-wound reverse osmosis, nano-filtration, and

(G) Element Screening Unit (ESU) – pilot-scale, membrane process; screens and evaluates the performance of spiral-wound reverse osmosis and nano-filtration membrane elements under investigative operating conditions;

(H) High Velocity Corrosion Test Unit(s) – pilot-scale; physical process; test the high-velocity (dynamic) and static corrosion effect of metallic materials. Can evaluate the corrosion characteristics and costs of super-austenitic stainless steels in comparison to austenitic stainless steels, high nickel alloys, and other materials such as aluminum bronze;

(I) Electro-chlorination Test Unit(s) (On-site Chlorine Generation) – pilot-scale, chemical process; capable of producing 12 pounds per day of chlorine equivalent sodium hypochlorite at 0.8% concentration. The equipment evaluates the process for generating chlorine from salt as an alternative to purchasing gaseous chlorine;

(J) Portable Multi-Media Pressure Filter Equipment – full-scale, physical process; consists of a pressure filter 36 inch in diameter and 7.5 feet in height and designed for a maximum of 30 gpm.

The media filtration system consists of a vertical, fiberglass, pressure filter complete with: sight glasses, air vent piping, valve nest with manual control valves, inlet distributor, under drain piping, outlet piping, air scour piping rated at 30 CFM, access ports, pressure gauges, and cam lock fittings. Multi-media skid base and framing is designed to support the filtration system equipment in a mobile environment. The skid is constructed of non-corrodible materials. The skid is intended to be used with MRF1 or MRF2.

(K) Element Check Apparatus (ECA) – a full-scale membrane test apparatus that provides a means to evaluate reverse osmosis membrane elements performance on an individual basis, conduct membrane studies, chemical cleaning, and chemical treatment such as glycerin soaking;

(L) Micro-filtration Unit(s) – pilot-scale, membrane process; operates at a flow rate of 18 to 20 gpm. Modules each contain 15 m2 of 0.2 micron pore size polypropylene hollow fiber membranes. The feed water flows from the outside of the hollow fibers into the center (outside

in) and exits as filtrate;

(M) Ultra-filtration Unit(s) – pilot-scale, membrane process; one 42.7 m2 proprietary chlorine-tolerant hollow fiber membrane with a 0.1 micron nominal pore size. Module operates at a flow rate of 18 to 20 gpm (permeate flux rate 51 gfd – clean water). A vacuum inside the fibers creates the trans-membrane pressure differential for filtration instead of the conventional positive pressure filtration method. The feed water flows from the outside of the hollow fibers into the center (outside in) and exits as filtrate;

(N) Lamella Clarification Unit(s) – provides clarification in water treatment by providing a minimum of 10 times the settling area over the footprint of the conventional sedimentation basin.

The Lamella Clarifier consists of a rapid mix and flocculation compartment, two variable speed drive mixers, followed by a bank of plates; and

(O) Other Test Units – Due to the changing requirements of research, the Contractor shall anticipate new WQIC test units and the temporary use of Federal, State, City, CRADA and other non-Reclamation test units along with the use of existing WQIC equipment. The Contractor shall adjust its Administrative, Operations, and Maintenance Management Plans to accommodate the use of these new test units under base labor hours.

(2) Test Systems. Test Systems are portable or stationary testing systems, which may be connected to other pieces of equipment and/or other systems and operated singly or jointly. This equipment ranges in size from bench-scale to pilot-scale. The portable systems consist of Mobile Research Units 1 and 2. The stationary test systems are grouped into two process trains (Pilot System 2 and Pilot System 3) consisting of equipment that is interchangeable between the two process trains.

Except for the Series Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (see description below), all equipment listed exists on both process trains.

As a minimum, the existing stationery test systems are as follows:

(A) Grit Settler – remove sand and larger grit from Pilot System 2 and Pilot System 3 to avoid abrasion of pumps used in the softening process and serves as a tool for evaluating improved grit settler designs and operations;

(B) Series Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (SCSTR) (Pilot System 2 only) – rapid mix and precipitation and flocculation; serves to rapidly mix slaked lime, recycled sludge, and coagulants, (e.g., ferric sulfate) with the process water, and to precipitate and flocculate calcium carbonate solids. (These functions can also be performed in the Solids Contact Reactor/Clarifier (SCR) described below.) The SCSTR, however, enables more detailed evaluations of softening and floc formation;

(C) Pilot System 2 (PS2) and Pilot System 3 (PS3) – The flow of the pretreatment components in PS2 and PS3 is 30 gpm, although they are designed for 50 to 100 gpm to allow for flexible operation. Each pilot system delivers a minimum of 12 to 24 gpm of treated water to two Membrane Units (MUs) consisting of 2:1 arrays of 2.5-inch spiral-wound nano-filtration and reverse osmosis elements. The excess capacity of 6 to 18 gpm is for filter backwash and for additional membrane equipment such as micro-filtration and ultra-filtration. Two MUs can also be operated in series, for example, with nano-filtration softening followed by reverse osmosis desalting or with spiral-wound ultra filtration followed by nano-filtration or reverse osmosis;

(D) Solids-Contract Reactor/Clarifiers (PS2 and PS3) – settles and removes flocculated calcium carbonate solids produced during precipitation by partial lime-softening and coagulation;

(E) Dual Media Gravity Filters (DMGF) (PS2 and PS3) – provides depth filtration of clarifier effluent; consists of individual filter columns that are 30 inches in diameter;

(F) Air Scour Blower Systems (PS2 and PS3) – supplies air to the DMGF cells for scouring the filter media during backwash;

(G) Backwash Waste Sump Systems (PS2 and PS3) – receives and disposes of waste streams from the DMGF;

(H) Backwash Makeup Systems (PS2 and PS3) – transfers treated water from the clearwell to the weir box for use during the DMGF backwash cycle;

(I) Membrane Evaluation Units (2 each on PS2 and PS3) – evaluate the performance of spiral-wound reverse osmosis and nano-filtration membrane elements. Each system includes two MUs with their own feed tanks. The MUs are designed to operate at recoveries up to 85 percent with twenty-one spiral-wound 2.5-inch diameter by 40-inch long membrane elements in 2:1 arrays of seven elements per vessel bank. Each seven-element vessel bank consists of a

4-element vessel and a 3-element vessel; and

(J) Other Test Systems – Due to the changing requirements of research, the Contractor shall anticipate new WQIC test systems and the temporary use of Federal, State, City, CRADA, and other non-Reclamation test systems along with the use of existing WQIC equipment. The Contractor shall adjust its Administrative, Operations, and Maintenance Management Plans to accommodate the use of these new test units under base labor hours.

As a minimum, the existing portable test systems are as follows:

(A) Mobile Research Facility (MRF 1 and 2) – pilot-scale mobile research trailer, pretreatment and membrane process; screens and evaluates the performance of spiral-wound reverse osmosis and nano-filtration membrane elements under investigative operating conditions;

(B) Other Test Systems – Due to the changing requirements of research, the Contractor shall anticipate new WQIC test systems and the temporary use of Federal, State, City, CRADA, and other non-Reclamation test systems along with the use of existing WQIC equipment. The Contractor shall adjust its Administrative, Operations, and Maintenance Management Plans to accommodate the use of these new test units under base labor hours.

(3) Auxiliary Support Systems. WQIC Auxiliary Support Systems which are connected to Test Units and/or Test Systems to support research tests include:

(A) Chemical Feed Systems – inject chemicals at controllable rates into the process streams.

Chemicals include sodium hypochlorite, salt, lime, sulfuric acid, polymers, ferric sulfate, sodium hexametaphosphate (SHMP), sodium bisulfite and ammonium hydroxide. Many chemical feed systems are located with containment provisions to catch spills and the remaining is portable to suit research requirements;

(B) Portable Cleaning Systems – portable cleaning skid is used to remove the membrane fouling with acid cleaners and alkaline cleaners. In normal operation, mineral scale, biological matter, colloidal particles, and insoluble organic constituents can foul membrane elements. A loss of water output (permeate), loss of salt rejection (concentrate), or both is the end result. The acid cleaners are used to remove inorganic precipitates including iron, while the alkaline cleaners are to remove organic fouling including biological matter; and

(C) Other Auxiliary Support Systems – Due to the changing requirements of research, the Contractor shall anticipate new WQIC Auxiliary Support Systems and the temporary use of Federal, State, City, CRADA, and other non-Reclamation Auxiliary Support Systems along with the use of existing WQIC equipment. The Contractor shall adjust its Administrative, Operations, and Maintenance Management Plans to accommodate the use of any new Auxiliary Support Systems using base labor hours.

C.1.4 Future Challenges

(a) Drought in the mid -20th century sparked concern about water availability that led to Federal sponsorship of desalination research nationally and abroad through the OSW. Membrane technology improved through the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, when water supplies were sufficient to satisfy the needs of the West. However, population in the West has continued to grow, and the region has entered a period of indefinite drought. Limited water availability highlights the need to implement water conservation technologies, as well as to develop or improve technology that can provide additional drought-proof supplies of usable water. As Reclamation priorities continue to emphasize water resources management, continued support of desalination research strengthens the base for the agency’s continued viability through the 21st century. The WQIC is one of Reclamation’s primary tools to address water supply challenges on the horizon. Areas of need for the future include:

(1) Concentrate disposal issues – desalting processes create reject/concentrate flows; these must be disposed of. Some technologies offer the chance of zero discharge. These and other technologies require further research and exploration. Concentrate disposal is the greatest challenges facing inland desalination plants.

(2) Process modifications/power-reduction technologies – currently chemicals and power are two of the largest components of membrane treatment costs. Processes need to be developed that use fewer chemicals and/or less power.

(3) Material improvements – currently some of the most widely used polyamide membranes are not chlorine resistant; also, cellulose acetate membranes like those used in the YDP do not achieve the maximum water recovery possible (99%). New membrane formulations need to be developed that tolerate chlorine in feed flows, and that can achieve maximum water recoveries possible.

(4) Inland and seawater desalination cost reductions – seawater desalination holds the promise for supplementing coastal water supplies at a reasonable cost, and, potentially, freeing inland water supplies for other uses.

(5) Soon-to-be-identified problem constituents – water contaminants such as giardia and cryptosporidia were relatively unknown ten years ago, yet now are regulated by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules. Recently, constituents such as pharmaceuticals/personal care products and disinfection byproducts have become more well-known and the water treatment industry may find EPA promulgating rules governing their removal in the future. Other constituents will likely be identified that may also require treatment.

(6) New technologies – since the development of membrane separation processes in the 1960s, the industry has focused on optimizing that technology. In recent years, research has begun moving toward “out-of-the-box” technologies to revolutionize the water treatment industry. Some innovative developments that qualify include forward osmosis, thermal desal, such as membrane distillation and adsorption desalination, and innovation in membrane materials, such as graphene, carbon nanotube and nanoparticle.

(b) The WQIC partners with water resource planning and research entities, such as the National Water Research Institute and the U.S. Army through the National Centers Program, the Department of Energy (DOE) and Sandia National Laboratory through the Tularosa Basin National Desalting Research Facility, the Multi-State Salinity Consortium, and others. The WQIC staff attends conferences to learn about new developments in the water resources industry, present information about the WQIC and its programs and to create partnerships for future research projects to accomplish its goals. The WQIC Staff also prepare articles and reports for publication to disperse information about research advancements.

C.1.5 Contract Integration

(a) The Contractor shall closely coordinate, cooperate and communicate on the performance of its work with other YAO contractors and the Government. As a minimum, the Contractor is required to closely interface with the Government personnel; Warehouse Contractor; Janitorial Contractor; Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Fire Suppression and Elevator Contractors; Grounds Maintenance Contractor and other Government furnished activities as stated herein. The Contractor is on notice that Reclamation may award additional contracts for various YDP activities.

(b) Coordination, cooperation and communication includes resolving contract performance or non-performance issues prior to involving the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Contracting Officer (CO) (e.g., joint use (space, tools, equipment); planning; scheduling; underlap; overlap; personnel;

performance; etc.). The Contractor shall resolve all issues involving other Contractors with minimal Government assistance. The unresolved issues shall not exceed 2 per year where work performance is clearly affected by lack of communication, coordination or cooperation between contractors and requiring CO/COR intervention.

(c) The Quality Assurance Monitor (QAM) may be a Government personnel or an independent QAM Contractor designated by the CO to monitor, evaluate, measure and report on the Contractor’s performance under this contract.

(d) The Government reserves the right, at all times, to move YAO, YDP, WQIC and ALS related work functions into the Government within 90 days-notice.

(e) The Government reserves the right, at all times, to move YAO, YDP, WQIC and ALS related work functions or tasks into the contract using the IDIQ labor hours within 30 days-notice.

C.1.6 Definitions and Acronyms

(a) For purposes of this contract, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Accountable Property - The term, accountable property, for the purpose of this contract means property for which accountability or property control records are maintained, and which may or may not be charged to a general ledger control account. Accountable property includes: capitalized, non-capitalized, sensitive, leased and Contractor-held property, YDP facility installed equipment, and issued STORES Inventory.

Actual Cost - The term, actual cost, for the purpose of this contract means:

(1) The actual invoice cost of supplies, material, equipment and property provided by an original supplier to the Contractor, and

(2) Any reimbursement of supplies, material, equipment and property, by the Government, that will not include any percentage of Contractor’s cost (cost plus a percentage of costs, G&A, profit, etc.).

Actual Surveillance - The term, actual surveillance, for the purpose of this contract means a surveillance method the QAM will utilize to:

(1) Inspect the Contractor using schedules and reports provided by the Contractor as identified in Attachment 6 (Reporting); and

(2) Otherwise perform actual (real-time) inspections of the Contractor.

Administrative Contracting Officer (ACO) - The term, Administrative Contracting Officer or ACO, for the purpose of this contract means a Government employee appointed by the CO to act as an authorized contract representative in the administration of this contract. The scope and limitations of the ACO’s authority are set forth in the letter of designation (a copy will be provided to the Contractor at time of award).

Asset and Maintenance Management Program (AMMP) - The term, Asset Maintenance Management Program or AMMP, for the purpose of this contract means the Capital Asset and Resource Management Application (CARMA), with Maximo as its base application, is Reclamation’s computerized asset and maintenance management support system.

Backlog or Backlog Maintenance - The term, backlog or backlog maintenance, for the purpose of this contract means the accumulation of identified tasks, under base labor hours, that has not been totally completed. Backlog and backlog maintenance also includes identified tasks that has not been completed under prior contract(s).

Base or Base Labor Hour(s): The terms, base, base labor, or base labor hours for purposes of this contract means the hours associated with any CLIN X-1 through X-6 at the level of performance that has been selected by Reclamation for any contract year.

Burden - The term, burden, for the purpose of this contract means an occurrence resulting from an inverse action or lack of performance that causes negative impacts, consequences, delays and performance to the Government or other YDP Contractors.

Capable, Experienced and Skilled - The terms, capable, experienced and skilled, for the purpose of this contract means experienced contract staffing capable of maximizing contract performance within its specialized job element that require minimal training and/or mentoring from the Government and its contract staff.

Capital Asset and Resource Management Application (CARMA) - The term, Capital Asset and Resource Management Application or CARMA, for the purpose of this contract means the input, processing, tracking, and reporting on all information related to performance of this contract and required in the Reclamation Business Standards for Asset and Maintenance Management.

Caretaker Preventive Maintenance (PM) - The term, Caretaker Preventive Maintenance, for the purpose of this contract means the care and servicing by personnel for the purpose of maintaining equipment and facilities in satisfactory operating condition by providing for periodic and general inspection, detection, and correction of incipient failures either before they occur or before they develop into major defects.

Maintenance, including general testing, adjustments, and non-consumable parts replacement, performed specifically to prevent faults from occurring.

Chemical Corrosion and Cleaning - The term, chemical corrosion and cleaning, for the purpose of this contract means Government approved methods to prevent corrosive deterioration of equipment, structures, and facilities (property) by:

(1) Changing property to a less active metal or a more corrosion resistant material;

(2) Changing the environment around the property; and

(3) Application of protective coatings to provide a boundary between the deteriorating surface and the antagonizing environment.

Computerized Asset and Maintenance Management System - The term, Computerized Asset and Maintenance Management System or CAMMS, for the purpose of this contract means all elements of the Capital Asset and Resource Management Application to include (input and processing), work order management, work history, cost tracking, planning and scheduling of manpower and material resources, asset maintenance prioritization, condition monitoring, and reporting data involved in the support of the work required under the scope of this contract using base and variable labor hours. The Capital Asset and Resource Management Application (CARMA), with Maximo as its base application, is Reclamation’s Computerized Asset and Maintenance Management System (CAMMS).

Contracting Officer (CO) - The term, Contracting Officer or CO, for the purpose of this contract means a Government official that is warranted with authority to: enter into; administer; terminate; issue directed change orders; and make related findings and determinations associated with this contract.

Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) - The term, Contracting Officer’s Representative or COR, for the purpose of this contract means a Government employee appointed by the CO to act as an authorized technical representative in the administration of this contract. The scope and limitations of the COR’s authority are set forth in the letter of designation (a copy will be provided to the Contractor at time of contract award).

Contractor Inventory - The term, Contractor inventory, for the purpose of this contract means the Physical Property Inventory and Condition Report (PPICR) of accountable property (installed or not installed) that is assigned to the Contractor for custodial use and care.

Corrective Action - The term, corrective action, for the purpose of this contract means those formal actions taken to analyze the circumstances, determine the root cause, and implement effective contract management to mitigate or prevent recurrence of a Deficiency or Discrepancy.

Corrective Work - The term, corrective work, for the purpose of this contract means scheduled downtime (short-term or long-term) of equipment to perform timely minor and major equipment repair.

Customer Complaints - The term, customer complaints, for the purpose of this contract means a surveillance method the QAM will utilize to identify unacceptable performance, either incomplete or not performed.

Customized Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) - The term, customized SOPs, for the purpose of this contract means:

(1) The development and implementation of all new individual SOPs, as a stand-alone document, for each operating system under the performance of this Contract; and

(2) To extract, develop and implement individual SOPs from existing SOPs, as a stand-alone document, for each operating system under the performance of this Contract.

Data Surveillance - The term, data surveillance, for the purpose of this contract means a surveillance method that the QAM will utilize to:

(1) Inspect and analyze data management; and

(2) Evaluate the Contractor’s performance using the Computerized Asset and Maintenance Management System (CAMMS) and other YDP information systems.

Days - The term, days, for the purpose of this contract means calendar days unless otherwise stated.

Deficiency - The term, deficiency, for the purpose of this contract means the Contractor’s failure to:

perform, adhere to, or deliver any performance standards or quality work product in a timely manner, within the designated timeframes and in strict accordance with the statement of work.

Discrepancy -…