Final_RFP_DTRT5717R20017.pdf

DTRT5717R20017

SOLICITATION, OFFER AND AWARD

4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION2. CONTRACT NUMBER 3. SOLICITATION NUMBER

7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. ADDRESS OFFER TO (If other than Item 7)

ORDER UNDER DPAS (15 CFR 700)

6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NUMBER

NOTE: In sealed bid solicitations "offer" and "offeror" mean "bid" and "bidder".

NEGOTIATED (RFP)

SEALED BID (IFB)

5. DATE ISSUED

1. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED RATING PAGE OF PAGES

1 140

C. E-MAIL ADDRESS

EXT.NUMBERAREA CODE

B. TELEPHONE (NO COLLECT CALLS)A. NAME

10. FOR

INFORMATION

CALL:

CAUTION: LATE Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals: See Section L, Provision No. 52.214-7 or 52.215-1. All offers are subject to all terms and conditions contained in this solicitation.

(Date)(Hour) local timeuntildepository located in copies for furnishing the supplies or services in the Schedule will be received at the place specified in Item 8, or if hand carried, in the

SOLICITATION

9. Sealed offers in original and

PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS

OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

CONTRACT CLAUSES

PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.

I

J

K

L

M SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

PACKAGING AND MARKING

DESCRIPTION/SPECS./WORK STATEMENT

SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSESPART I - THE SCHEDULE

H

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

SEC. DESCRIPTION PAGE(S) (X) DESCRIPTION SEC. (X)

11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

18. OFFER DATE17. SIGNATURE

SUCH ADDRESS IN SCHEDULE.

IS DIFFERENT FROM ABOVE - ENTER

15C. CHECK IF REMITTANCE ADDRESS

EXT.NUMBERAREA CODE

15B. TELEPHONE NUMBER

(Type or print)AND

ADDRESS

OF

OFFEROR

CODE FACILITY

16. NAME AND TITLE OF PERSON AUTHORIZED TO SIGN OFFER15A. NAME

DATEAMENDMENT NO.DATEAMENDMENT NO.

and related documents numbered and dated):

amendments to the SOLICITATION for offerors

(The offeror acknowledges receipt of

14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF AMENDMENTS

CALENDAR DAYS (%)30 CALENDAR DAYS (%)20 CALENDAR DAYS (%)10 CALENDAR DAYS (%)

(See Section I, Clause No. 52.232.8)

13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

designated point(s), within the time specified in the schedule.

by the offeror) from the date for receipt of offers specified above, to furnish any or all items upon which prices are offered at the price set opposite each item, delivered at the

12. In compliance with the above, the undersigned agrees, if this offer is accepted within ______________ calendar days (60 calendar days unless a different period is inserted

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

OFFER (Must be fully completed by offeror)

IMPORTANT - Award will be made on this Form, or on Standard Form 26, or by other authorized official written notice.

28. AWARD DATE

(Signature of Contracting Officer)

27. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

25. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY

26. NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)

CODE 24. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 7)

ITEM

(4 copies unless otherwise specified)

23. SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN

41 U.S.C. 253 (c) ( 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) (

22. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:

21. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION20. AMOUNT19. ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS NUMBERED

AWARD (To be completed by government)

CODE

09/29/2017 V3261067 X

V221

USDOT/Volpe Center Off-Site Eng & R&D Contracts Branch 55 Broadway V221 Cambridge MA 02142-1001

SEE BLOCK #7 1630 ET 11/14/2017

Michael Griffin 617 Michael.Griffin@dot.gov

494-3827

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

PAGE(S)

Michael Griffin

AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

Previous edition is unusable

STANDARD FORM 33 (Rev. 9-97)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(c)

2-6

7-24 27-31 32-44 45-56

58-71

73-79

80-113

114-115

Table of Contents

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1 CONTRACT TYPE (JUL 2016)

B.2 CONTRACT LIMITATIONS (JUL 2016)

B.3 CONTRACT SCOPE (JUL 2016)

B.4 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

C.1. INTRODUCTION

C.2 BACKGROUND

C.3 SCOPE OF WORK

C.4 DEFINITIONS

C.5 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND DECOMMISSIONING TASKS

C.6 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES

C.7 TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES

C.8. DECOMMISSIONING SERVICES

C.9 TYPES OF DECOMMISSIONING SERVICES

C.10 DELIVERABLES

C.11 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

C.12 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS

C.13 CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL (CQC)

C.14 CHEMICAL QUALITY CONTROL

C.15 SAFETY AND HEALTH

C.16 ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS

C.17 PERMITS

C.18 TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL

C.19 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

C.20 PHYSICAL SECURITY

C.21 GOVERNMENT-FURNISHED INFORMATION/EQUIPMENT (GFI/GFE)

C.22 CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

C.23 SUSTAINABLE ACQUISITION REQUIREMENTS

SECTION D - PACKAGING AND MARKING

D.1 PACKAGING (MAY 1999)

D.2 MARKING (MAY 1999)

SECTION E - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES

E.2 GOVERNMENT REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE (AUG 2016)

SECTION F - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

F.1 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES

F.2 CONTRACT PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE (AUG 2016)

F.3 DELIVERIES AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS (AUG 2016)

F.4 MONTHLY CONTRACT PROGRESS REPORTS (JUL 2016)

F.5 MONTHLY TASK ORDER PROGRESS REPORTS (JUL 2016)

F.6 MONTHLY TASK ORDER COST REPORTS (JUL 2016)

F.7 TECHNICAL REPORTS – TASK ORDER CONTRACTS (JUL 2016)

F.8 DELIVERABLE FORMAT (JUL 2016)

F.9 REPORTS OF WORK - REPORT DISTRIBUTION (AUG 2016)

F.10 DOCUMENTATION OF COMPUTER PROGRAMS (MAY 1999)

F.11 RIGHTS IN DATA (MAY 2014)

F.12 WARRANTIES (MAY 1999)

F.13 LICENSES (MAY 1999)

F.14 PLACE OF CONTRACT PERFORMANCE (JUL 2016)

F.15 SERVICE CONTRACT REPORTING (JUL 2016)

SECTION G - CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA

G.1 TRANSPORTATION ACQUISITION REGULATION (TAR) 1252.242-73 CONTRACTING

OFFICER’S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE (OCT 1994)

G.2 RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION (JUL 2016)

G.3 ORDERING (AUG 2016)

G.4 TASK ORDERS ISSUED UNDER MULTIPLE AWARD CONTRACTS (AUG 2016)

G.5 TASK ORDER LIMITATIONS (JUL 2016)

G.6 TASK ORDER OMBUDSMAN (JUL 2016)

G.7 TECHNICAL GUIDANCE

G.8 ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (MAY 1999)

G.9 PAYMENT AND CONSIDERATION (JUL 2016)

G.10 PAYMENT REQUEST SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS (JUL 2016)

G.11 PAYMENT OF FEE - COST-PLUS-FIXED-FEE (JUL 2016)

G.12 GOVERNMENT USE OF CONTRACTOR SUPPORT SERVICES (AUG 2016)

G.13 PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS (OCT 2014)

G.14 COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS (JUN 2016)

G.15 INCREMENTAL FUNDING OF TASK ORDERS (AUG 2017)

G.16 INCREMENTAL FUNDING PROCESS (AUG 2017)

G.17 TRAVEL AND PER DIEM (JUN 2016)

G.18 SUBCONTRACTING REPORT (MAY 2011)

G.19 ALLOTMENT (JUN 2016)

SECTION H - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H.1 NON-PERSONAL SERVICES (SEP 2015)

H.2 GPO PRINTING REQUIREMENT (SEP 2009)

H.3 CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBILITY (DEC 1998)

H.4 SALES TAX EXEMPTION (MAY 2009)

H.5 LEVEL-OF-EFFORT NOTIFICATION (AUG 2017)

H.6 HANDLING OF DATA (MAY 2014)

H.7 INSURANCE (FEB 2009)

H.8 TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES/REFRESHMENTS (DEC 1998)

H.9 MAXIMUM FEE/PROFIT (JUL 2016)

H.10 SUBCONTRACT CONSENT (JUL 2016)

H.11 SECURITY AND POSITION SENSITIVITY DESIGNATIONS (SEP 2015)

H.12 REQUESTS TO ACQUIRE EQUIPMENT (MAY 2013)

H.13 PERFORMANCE OF WORK AND SAFETY PROVISIONS ON GOVERNMENT

PREMISES (AUG 2016)

H.14 ACCOUNTING SYSTEM (DEC 2013)

H.15 CONSENT TO RELEASE GOVERNMENT-ORDERED ITEMS (FEB 2015)

H.16 ORGANIZATIONAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST (JAN 2014)

H.17 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL

SECURITY AND AGENCY ACCESS (NOV 2011)

H.18 LEGAL HOLIDAYS/INSTALLATION CLOSING (AUG 2016)

H.19 WORK SURVEILLANCE PLAN (SEP 2015)

H.20 VISITOR IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL FACILITIES (MAR

2016)

H.21 SECTION 508 ACCESS BOARD STANDARDS (SEP 2005)

H.22 SUPERVISION OF CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL WORKING AT A GOVERNMENT

SITE (JUN 2016)

SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES

I.1 FAR 52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

I.2 FAR 52.203-99 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE

CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS (FEB 2015) (DEVIATION

2015-02)

I.3 FAR 52.204-1 APPROVAL OF CONTRACT (DEC 1989)

I.4 FAR 52.204-21 BASIC SAFEGUARDING OF COVERED CONTRACTOR

INFORMATION SYSTEMS (JUN 2016)

I.5 FAR 52.209-9 UPDATES OF PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING

RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

I.6 FAR 52.222-42 STATEMENT OF EQUIVALENT RATES FOR FEDERAL HIRES (MAY

2014)

I.7 TAR 1252.237-73 KEY PERSONNEL (APR 2005)

I.8 TAR 1252.239-70 CYBERSECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCLASSIFIED AND

SENSITIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) RESOURCES (JUN 2012)

SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

SECTION K - REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF

OFFERORS OR RESPONDENTS

K.1 FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) – BY REFERENCE

PROVISIONS

K.2 IMPORTANCE OF ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (FEB 2013)

K.3 FAR 52.203-98 PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT REQUIRE

CERTAIN INTERNAL CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENTS—REPRESENTATION (FEB

2015) (DEVIATION 2015-02)

K.4 FAR 52.204-8 ANNUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS (APR 2016)

K.5 FAR 52.204-20 PREDECESSOR OF OFFEROR (JUN 2016)

K.6 FAR 52.209-7 INFORMATION REGARDING RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS (JUL 2013)

K.7 FAR 52.209-11 REPRESENTATION BY CORPORATIONS REGARDING DELINQUENT

TAX LIABILITY OR A FELONY CONVICTION UNDER ANY FEDERAL LAW (FEB

2016)

K.8 FAR 52.227-15 REPRESENTATION OF LIMITED RIGHTS DATA AND RESTRICTED

COMPUTER SOFTWARE (DEC 2007)

K.9 TAR 1252.237-71 CERTIFICATION OF DATA (APR 2005)

SECTION L - INSTRUCTIONS, CONDITIONS, AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS OR

RESPONDENTS

L.1 SOLICITATION PROVISIONS

L.2 GENERAL INFORMATION

L.3 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR TECHNICAL PROPOSAL AND COST AND

BUSINESS PROPOSAL PREPARATION

L.4 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE COST AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL

L.5 INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE TECHNICAL PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION

SECTION M - EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

M.1 GENERAL

M.2 TECHNICAL PROPOSAL EVALUATION

M.3 COST AND BUSINESS PROPOSAL EVALUATION

ATTACHMENT J.1 – LABOR CATEGORY DESCRIPTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS

ATTACHMENT J.2 – U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WAGE DETERMINATION

ATTACHMENT J.3 – DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT SECURITY

CLASSIFICATION SPECIFICATION, DD FORM 254

ATTACHMENT J.4 – SAMPLE PAST PERFORMANCE QUESTIONNAIRE

SECTION B - SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS

B.1 CONTRACT TYPE (JUL 2016)

This is an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) task order contract. Work will be placed under this contract through the issuance of task orders.

Task orders may be issued on a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP), Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) completion, or CPFF term basis at the Contracting Officer's (CO) discretion consistent with the guidelines provided in Part 16 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). Performance-based task orders will be used to the maximum extent practicable.

Individual CPFF task orders will be issued on a completion-type basis pursuant to FAR 16.306 (d)(1).

If a completion-type task order is not appropriate, a term-type task order may be issued pursuant to FAR 16.306(d)(2).

The Contract Line Item Number (CLIN) structure provided in B.4 below establishes a CLIN for the three contract types/pricing methods available for use under this contract. Because using a particular contract type/pricing methodology requires terms and conditions specific to that use, this contract includes terms and conditions covering FFP, CPFF completion, and CPFF term tasks. In general, these terms and conditions are clear on their face with regard to applicability.

B.2 CONTRACT LIMITATIONS (JUL 2016)

Multiple Contract Awards: (TO BE COMPLETED AT TIME OF AWARD) contracts have been awarded under the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Volpe National Transportation Systems Center’s (Volpe Center) Solicitation No. DTRT5717R20017.

Maximum Contract Value: The value of all task orders placed under all contracts awarded shall not exceed $(TO BE COMPLETED AT TIME OF AWARD). As a task order is issued to one Contractor, its value is subtracted from the total value available to all Contractors.

Minimum Guarantee: The guaranteed minimum is $2,500 for each contract.

B.3 CONTRACT SCOPE (JUL 2016)

The Contractor, acting as an independent Contractor and not as an agent of the Government, shall furnish all personnel, supplies, facilities, materials, support, and management necessary to provide the services required under this contract. The scope of this effort is defined in the Statement of Work (SOW) (see Section C). Specific work requirements will be stated in individual task orders.

B.4 CONTRACT LINE ITEMS

CLIN Description Job Total 0100 The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, supplies, facilities, materials, support, and management necessary to provide the services in accordance with the SOW entitled Environmental Remediation and Decommissioning Services (ERDS) (see Section C), and other terms and conditions of this contract, through task orders issued under one or more of the contract types set forth below: FFP, CPFF completion type, and CPFF term type.

To be completed at time of award (Not-to-Exceed)

0200 Minimum Guarantee $2,500.00 $2,500.00

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND DECOMMISSIONING SERVICES

C.1. INTRODUCTION

This contract will provide environmental remediation and decommissioning services for the Volpe Center to perform hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste remediation; hazardous materials abatement, facility decommissioning; infrastructure relocation; and site restoration activities in support of the Volpe Center’s requirements.

C.2 BACKGROUND

The Volpe Center is an internationally recognized center of transportation and logistics expertise within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST) of the U.S. DOT. In partnership with sponsoring organizations, the Volpe Center provides a broad range of research and development, engineering, and analysis services to organizations within the DOT such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Additionally, the Volpe Center provides these services to the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other Federal, state, local, and international government entities as well as private business entities, educational institutions, and non-profit entities. The Volpe Center’s work provides sponsors with advanced technologies, research, and programs to ensure a fast, safe, efficient, accessible, and convenient transportation system that enhances the quality of life for the traveling public.

The Volpe Center has been engaged in the cleanup and closure of contaminated sites for various sponsoring organizations for more than two decades. Prior to 1996, the Volpe Center’s role in the environmental remediation arena primarily involved soil removal and restoration for DOT agencies.

In 1996, the Volpe Center awarded four contracts for environmental remediation services in technical specialties such as asbestos removal; underground storage tank removal, closure, and replacement;

and ground water contamination removal in four geographic regions of the United States. The Volpe Center’s role in the environmental remediation arena has since broadened to include other Federal, state, and local agencies, including support for the remediation of EPA Superfund sites, which require broad capabilities well beyond those identified in the contracts awarded in 1996. In 2002, the Volpe Center awarded a contract to provide a much broader range of environmental remediation services in support of a growing number of sponsoring organizations, including the FAA. When the 2002 contract expired, the scope was broadened further for a contract awarded in 2009 to include decommissioning services in addition to a wide range of environmental remediation service needs that are projected well into the future. The scope was clarified to emphasize the inclusion of infrastructure relocation as a part of the decommissioning services. It is anticipated that the majority of the effort to be performed under this acquisition will be in support of the FAA within the geographic boundaries of the United States, U.S. Territories, and internationally.

The FAA has many environmental regulatory requirements that are mandated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). CERCLA and RCRA were enacted by Congress to provide Federal authority to perform time-critical removal and remedial actions to contain, remove, or treat releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances that may endanger public health or the environment. In accordance with such regulations, sites that have been exposed to a hazardous material release or sites with conditions that are potentially harmful to the environment must be investigated under the EPA’s Preliminary Assessment/Site Inspection processes to evaluate the potential for the release of hazardous substances. The Volpe Center assists the FAA and other Federal, local, and state organizations with all phases of this effort, from site investigation through remediation and site closure.

The Volpe Center is currently supporting environmental remediation and decommissioning requirements for FAA headquarters and its service area organizations at National Airspace System (NAS) facilities. As part of modernization efforts, the aging FAA infrastructure is being replaced with new facilities and technology. As this process moves forward, the old facilities must be evaluated for the presence of hazardous materials, which then must be properly identified, transported, and disposed

of. The FAA has many older facilities that may contain equipment with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) oil, leaking underground fuel storage tanks, and buildings that may contain asbestos tile and lead-based paint. Additionally, past practices of improper disposal of hazardous materials at facilities may have also contributed to contamination. Consequently, the FAA manages and implements

(a) an environmental cleanup program to address the remediation of contaminated properties where the FAA maintains liability due to past site operations or waste disposal activities, and (b) a decommissioning program to address the disposition of facilities and infrastructure rendered obsolete or abandoned during modernization efforts. Decommissioning activities also include facility/infrastructure modification and relocation.

C.3 SCOPE OF WORK

This contract will provide support for the cleanup and closure of contaminated sites and the proper disposition of obsolete and abandoned infrastructure with a focus on two primary functional areas:

environmental remediation services and decommissioning services. Sites may be (1) currently owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the United States (either military or civilian agencies); (2) formerly used defense sites at which a Federal agency is a Potentially Responsible Party; (3) other sites where the Volpe Center is otherwise requested and authorized to respond; or (4) any areas adjacent to sites described in (1) through (3) above to which contamination from such sites may have migrated. Work to be performed under this contract is not restricted to sites located within the geographic boundaries of the United States. The FAA maintains facilities in the Caribbean and in the South Pacific; therefore, the Contractor may be required to respond to environmental emergencies and decommissioning requirements at these facilities or at other facilities not located within the continental United States.

However, the Contractor will not be required to perform work in areas of the world involved in hostile conflict situations.

The activities outlined in this SOW include general functional areas under which work will be required during the period of performance of the contract. General tasks that the Contractor may be required to perform under this contract are described in Section C.5. Specific requirements cannot be identified at this time due to the unpredictable nature of environmental remediation and decommissioning needs. A typical project under this contract may involve the decommissioning of an abandoned FAA facility such as an Air Traffic Control Tower. This work would require identification of hazardous materials and the creation of a plan for proper disposal, notification and permitting for demolition; and the physical demolition and site restoration work. Another example of a typical project to be supported by the proposed acquisition is the decommissioning of unused buildings at FAA radar facilities, which have a history of hazardous materials contamination. Many of the FAA’s radar facilities were originally owned by the U.S. Air Force and were eventually transferred to the FAA. The Volpe Center has performed site remediation work at two FAA radar facilities in New England. Due to the age and condition of the buildings, hazardous materials such as asbestos and lead-based paint were present and were remediated prior to demolition of the facilities. Extensive soil and groundwater sampling and remediation were also performed, due to the presence of abandoned underground fuel storage tanks.

Other projects to be supported under this contract may involve environmental site investigations and/or cleanup at Federally owned facilities or government ships. Projects could include environmental investigations and removals associated with such environmentally hazardous materials such as asbestos, lead paint, mercury, and other materials found aboard ships. Government ships include ships belonging to Government agencies such as the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and the US Maritime Administration.

The FAA manages a Runway Safety Area (RSA) Program, which is tasked with maintaining safety in the event of an aircraft’s excursion from the runway. In order to maintain compliance with the National Runway Safety Plan, the FAA must relocate, modify or replace existing infrastructure located within the RSA. A typical project under this contract may involve the replacement of Visual Guidance Lighting Systems in the National Airspace System (NAS). This work would require the siting of navigational aids in accordance with JO 6850.2B Visual Lighting Guidance Systems, preparation of recommendations for how signal for control, status monitoring and remote maintenance monitoring (RMM) will be sent to the controlling facility, preparation of design and bid specifications and drawings to complete work, coordination of flight inspections, participation in the joint acceptance inspections (JAIs) and clearing of assigned JAI exceptions.

Specific requirements will be identified and described at the task order level. When a requirement becomes known, the Volpe Center will prepare a Task Order Request for Proposal (TORFP), which will include a SOW.

The Contractor shall furnish and transport all necessary personnel, facilities, services, materials, and equipment to perform those activities that are applicable to and specifically required under each task order. Task orders may run concurrently. The Contractor shall perform all work necessary to complete task orders at confirmed or suspected hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste (HTRW) sites and sites that will undergo decommissioning. The Contractor may be required to provide all other incidental services as identified in individual task orders that are necessary for the successful performance of environmental remediation and decommissioning services such as technical support during regulatory negotiations as they pertain to a specific site, community and public relations, and technology demonstrations. The Contractor shall provide all support activities necessary to ensure the safe and effective accomplishment of project criteria within specified completion times. All work shall be performed in accordance with the contract and all applicable Federal, state, and local regulations and federal government and agency policies and orders.

C.4 DEFINITIONS

Decommissioning defines those activities required to support the closure and proper disposition of obsolete and abandoned facilities and infrastructure and may include, but is not limited, to the following:

project planning, cost estimating, engineering evaluations, hazard assessments, permitting, abatement of hazardous materials, facility demolition, disposal, relocation, modification, site restoration, and closure.

Deconstruction is the systematic disassembly of buildings. A complement to demolition, it allows crews to enter a building and take it apart, from appliances to floorboards to stair treads to roof joists, down to the bricks. The recovered materials are then resold for use in new construction and renovation projects or for remanufacture (i.e., turning wood framing into fireplace mantles). Items that cannot be reused are recycled by turning damaged wood into mulch or turning cement foundations into aggregate for new foundations and sidewalks.

Hazardous Waste refers to any RCRA waste or any waste identified as a hazardous material by the DOT or any waste regulated by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

HTRW is an acronym for hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste.

Installation is defined as any Government-owned or pre-owned properties (such as a base, fort, post, facility, work site, etc.), or other property (such as privately owned property controlled by the EPA or any other Government agency or privately owned property on which Government HTRW has been discovered) on which the Government obtains, retains, maintains, or assumes control or management of any phase of HTRW remediation.

Operation and Maintenance (O&M) refers to those activities required to activate, operate, and maintain a treatment facility or process for a period sufficient to correct all system deficiencies and continue those activities until the customer is prepared to assume operation.

Remediation Effort is defined as any HTRW construction and/or service activity including, but not limited to, excavation; removal, and transportation of waste; demolition; disposal; well drilling and installation; construction of treatment plants; installation of monitoring systems; construction and operation of in-situ bioremediation systems; operation of treatment facilities; and implementation of any remediation technology. A major component of the remediation effort is the application of new or innovative remediation technologies.

Special Waste is defined as waste other than HTRW or municipal waste that is regulated by other Federal, state, or local laws or regulations. Medical waste would be one example. The remediation of any special waste will be incidental to the remediation of hazardous waste.

C.5 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND DECOMMISSIONING TASKS

The environmental remediation and decommissioning tasks to be performed under this contract will encompass interim measures, remedial actions, operation and maintenance, hazardous materials abatement, demolition, relocation, site restoration, and any other actions necessary for the performance of environmental remediation at HTRW sites and facility decommissioning. The Contractor shall maintain a management staff and system that ensures flexibility, communication, and the diversity of personnel necessary to execute complex, multi-faceted work as required by the task orders issued under this contract. The Contractor’s staffing and program management system must promote retention of institutional knowledge and continuity throughout the remediation and decommissioning process.

As part of this requirement, the Contractor shall perform the following:

Submit recommendations to the Volpe Center CO or CO designee about any alternative methods of executing a remedial or decommissioning action or any other phase that would result in improved economy, productivity, or quality;

Immediately notify the CO or CO designee of any conditions encountered during the execution of a task order that may impact the remediation and decommissioning processes and provide potential solutions; and

Exercise control over site work, field screening, sampling, testing, and investigation-derived waste in conjunction with task order activities to minimize the amount of excavated material and demolition debris requiring temporary storage, prevent dilution of contaminated soils with clean soils, and ensure completion of work within the construction season. As part of this control, the Contractor shall always obtain timely and accurate chemical sampling and test data.

Surveys and Mapping

The Contractor may be required to provide incidental surveying and mapping services to assist in the execution of the environmental remediation and decommissioning activities described herein. The services to be provided may consist of, but are not limited to, the following:

Topographic surveys and horizontal/vertical control;

Orthomosaic and aerial photography (both new flights and historical photo searches);

Boundary surveys and land owner/property searches, Monitoring/baseline surveys;

Utility location surveys, Hydrographic surveys; and Use of geographic information systems (GIS).

Survey and mapping deliverables shall be AutoCAD (latest version) compatible output. All vector GIS data shall have associated projection files and metadata. All raster data shall be georeferenced.

Specific standards will be identified at the task order level.

Plans and Reports

The Contractor may be required by task orders to conduct various types of studies and evaluations and perform design and consulting services incidental to the execution of the environmental remediation and decommissioning actions described herein. The results of such efforts shall be presented in subsequent plans or reports.

Plans and reports required may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Photographs as a form of technical information;

Up-to-date construction drawings (as-built drawings) indicating the status of real property facilities.

Developmental design drawings, engineering data, and associated lists;

A report that identifies any observed or suspected problems, an evaluation of the problem, and recommendations for its correction;

A plan that identifies current conditions and describes the methods and procedures that will be used to demolish or relocate facilities, buildings, or other infrastructure;

A plan that identifies baseline conditions and describes the methods and procedures that will be used to bring sites into compliance with environmental regulations;

A risk management plan that addresses special procedures for mitigating risks when remedial or decommissioning actions have the potential to disrupt operations at critical facilities (e.g., air traffic control facilities);

A plan identifying procedures to be utilized for hazardous materials in the areas of safety, removal, materials handling, disposal/treatment, and verification for remedial actions;

A plan to cover implementation, operation, and maintenance of remediation sites;

A status report on operation and maintenance activities;

A compilation of the results of the chemical analyses performed on samples collected at a site, containing the history, analytical results and associated quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) data for every sample used for site evaluation or characterization;

Analysis of sampling data for evaluation;

A comprehensive description of the site-specific environmental characterization, including the nature and extent of the contamination and the interpretation of the data associated with a particular site; and

A site-specific health and safety plan.

C.6 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES

The environmental remediation services to be performed under this contract will encompass a broad spectrum of wastes and materials, including hazardous, toxic, radioactive, petroleum- based, and explosive constituents or any combination thereof. These contaminants may occur in various environments, including soil, sludge, liquid, air, water, debris, structures, and various containers.

Ordnance and chemical warfare agents may also be encountered. When encountered, the Government may participate in the remediation of such agents.

In general, destructive treatments (including bioremediation) are preferential to containment- or transfer-type treatments. The processes employed by the Contractor shall minimize production of residual product. The Volpe Center’s longstanding role as a leader in the research, development, and engineering arena is hereby stressed. As such, a major component of environmental remediation efforts will be the application of new or innovative remediation technologies that embrace green remediation principles.

The Contractor shall consider and implement innovative treatment processes when the innovative treatment technologies offer the potential for comparable or superior performance or economy compared to demonstrated treatment technologies. Innovative technologies are defined as newly developed technologies or new applications of existing technologies that lack complete cost and performance data.

In functional terms, all treatment technologies except for incineration and solidification/stabilization for source control and pumping with conventional treatment for ground water are considered innovative.

Specific examples of innovative treatment technologies include air sparging, bioremediation, bioventing, soil vapor extraction, soil washing, solvent extraction, and thermal desorption.

O&M

The Contractor may be required to provide full and complete O&M functions for a given facility, train non-Contractor facility personnel for plant and equipment provided by the Contractor during remediation and decommissioning activities, and develop and compile O&M manuals for Contractor-supplied equipment. Specific requirements for this function will be identified in individual task orders.

C.7 TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES

The following are typical categories of environment remediation services that may be required under this contract:

Containment;

Removal;

Treatment (on site, off site, and in-situ);

Sampling and analysis for monitoring and control;

Transportation; and Disposal.

A number of examples of these services are identified below; however, this list is not intended to be complete. New or emerging technologies or methods, as they become available or applicable, may also be utilized during the term of this contract. The following are environment remediation activities that may be required under this contract:

Decontamination of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear material;

Bioremediation;

Thermal destruction;

In situ chemical oxidation;

Permeable reactive barriers;

Water treatment;

Air injection;

Free-product recovery;

Groundwater extraction and dewatering;

Underground storage tank removal, closure, and replacement;

Septic system and leach field closure;

Landfill development, operation, and closure;

Slurry walls/subsurface barriers;

Drum bulking;

Excavation;

Dredging;

Soil/sludge stabilization and solidification;

Soil vapor extraction;

Air stripping;

Soil washing;

Asbestos and lead-based paint abatement; and Treatment and disposal of heavy metals, PCBs, commercial chemical products, equipment fluids, containerized gas, universal waste, exempt quantities of radioactive materials, non-regulated electronic equipment, investigation- derived wastes and decontamination-derived wastes;

Field Activities

The Contractor shall perform various field investigation activities as part of the environmental remediation services to be performed under this contract. The following are examples of field activities that may be required:

Drilling for soil sampling, well installation, or instrumentation installations;

Vadose zone fluid/air flow measurement;

Aquifer testing;

Sampling and analysis of soil, sediment, ground water, surface water, biota, hard surface, tank/drum contents, air and soil vapor;

Surface and borehole geophysics;

Excavation of test pits/trenches;

Sampling and testing of geotechnical materials; and Site restoration activities.

Sampling and analysis to monitor or verify site cleanup, air monitoring, and monitoring for process control and waste disposal may be required as indicated. Sampling and analysis for a wide variety of parameters may be required to determine the physical, chemical, biological, and radiation properties.

Validation, analysis and interpretation of data shall be performed as appropriate to accomplish the intent of the individual task order.

C.8. DECOMMISSIONING SERVICES

Decommissioning actions will support the closure and proper disposition of obsolete and abandoned facilities and infrastructure and relocation or modification of facilities and infrastructure. Due to the age of many of the facilities, ships, or vessels requiring decommissioning, a hazardous materials survey will need to be performed to determine if the building or associated infrastructure contains hazardous materials such as asbestos, fuels, PCBs, and lead-based paint. A sampling and analysis plan may also need to be prepared and implemented to characterize potential soil and/or groundwater/surface water contamination that may have been caused by past practices such as improper storage of hazardous materials, at these facilities.

C.9 TYPES OF DECOMMISSIONING SERVICES

A number of decommissioning services that may be required under this contract are identified below;

however, this list is not intended to be exhaustive. New or emerging technologies or methods, as they become available or applicable, may also be utilized. The following decommissioning activities may be performed under this contract:

Project planning;

Cost estimating;

Engineering evaluations;

Permitting;

Replacement infrastructure siting;

Utility disconnect or relocation;

Modification or relocation of facilities/infrastructure;

Demolition or deconstruction of facilities, buildings, ships and other infrastructure;

Disposal; and Site restoration and closure.

Field Activities

The Contractor will be required to perform various field activities as part of the decommissioning services to be performed under this contract. The following are examples of field activities that may be required:

Site preparation;

Mobilization;

Demolition, deconstruction, modification, or relocation;

Construction;

Site restoration activities; and Demobilization

C.10 DELIVERABLES

Deliverables will be specified in each individual task order, and may include:

Hazardous Materials Survey and Report. The Contractor may be required to perform a hazardous materials survey and present findings in a report. The report shall detail plans for proper material segregation, transportation, disposal and record keeping.

Quality Control (Assurance) Plan. The Contractor shall furnish a Quality Control (QC) Plan for each task order, which shall be reviewed by the Task Order Contracting Officer’s Representative (TOCOR). The QC Plan shall provide detailed information regarding inspections, tests, and controls necessary to achieve and maintain quality of services and deliverables. The QC Plan shall identify personnel, procedures, controls, instructions, tests, records, and forms to be used.

Project Management Plan. A formally approved planning document defining how a project is executed and monitored. It is used to provide a scope, schedule and cost baseline, and for managing deviations from this baseline.

Risk Management Plan. A formally approved planning document used to anticipate the risk inherent in a project, estimate its impact and define mitigation strategies. This generally includes a risk assessment matrix.

Earned Value Management Plan. A formally approved planning document used to measure project performance and progress. It uses scope, time and costs to create a predictor of planned and earned value, as well as project success.

Field Sampling Plan. The Contractor may be required to create a plan for sampling and field activities.

Site-Specific Health and Safety Plan. The Contractor shall be required to prepare a detailed plan addressing health and safety procedures for each site to ensure a safe and healthy work site.

Work Plan. The Contractor may be required to prepare a detailed Work Plan in response to a TORFP. The Work Plan shall include a schedule of tasks, milestones, deliverables, progress meetings, labor loading and budget schedules, subcontractor requirements, key personnel, and travel requirements for each task order.

Planning Estimate. The Contractor may be required to prepare a Planning Estimate describing the purpose of the project, general design criteria, significant features and components, proposed methods of accomplishment, and proposed design and construction schedule.

Closeout Report. The Contractor may be required to prepare a detailed Closeout Report describing all activities performed under the task order.

Progress Reports. The Contractor may be required to prepare Progress Reports on a daily, weekly, and/or monthly basis.

Deliverables for site investigations may include, but are not limited to, permanent or temporary field installations (i.e., monitoring wells), reports, databases, logs, maps, drawings, and sketches.

Electronic Cost Tracking System Reporting. The Contractor may be required to track and report costs in accordance with the EPA’s Removal Cost Management System (RCMS), or other designated system.

The Contractor shall be prepared to provide all data to the Volpe Center in electronic format. Detailed requirements for the submission of deliverables will be identified in individual task orders.

C.11 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

Inspection and acceptance of the services and deliverables provided under individual task orders will be conducted in accordance Section E of the contract. In addition, Federal, state or local agencies may require their representative(s) to be present during inspections. For example, many FAA facilities are leased from airport authorities or other local agencies. These agencies own the property and are, therefore, entitled to be present during the final approval process conducted at the completion of site work.

C.12 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS

Work performed by the Contractor shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements of the applicable statutes and administrative codes established by the state in which work is being performed. State-specific requirements will be identified in individual task orders. The Contractor’s personnel shall have current training as required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The Contractor shall also meet or exceed all applicable Federal, state, and local regulations pertaining to worker safety and training including, but not limited to, 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1910.120, Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER). (Note: These documents are under constant revision.) The Contractor shall be responsible for compliance with the most recent revisions of the regulations throughout the term of the contract. The Contractor shall also be responsible for compliance with all applicable Federal and local regulations and military procedures and compliance agreements, as appropriate. The Contractor shall not represent the Government in any discussions or negotiations with regulators. Numerous laws, regulations, codes, and guidance may apply to individual task orders issued under this contract, including, but not limited to, the following:

29 CFR 1910 Occupational Safety and Health Standards

29 CFR 1926 Safety and Health Regulations for Construction

40 CFR 61 National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

40 CFR 260-270 EPA's Hazardous Waste Requirements (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA))

40 CFR 279 EPA's Standards for the Management of Used Oil

40 CFR 280 EPA's Technical Standards and Corrective Action Requirements for Owners and Operators of Underground Storage Tanks

40 CFR 300-311 EPA's Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)

40 CFR 761 EPA's Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)

49 CFR 171-178 Hazardous Materials Regulations

42 USC 4321 et seq. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 as amended

EPA/540/G-89/004 (Latest edition); Guidance for Conducting Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies under CERCLA

EPA/540/1-89/001 (Latest edition); Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Vol. II, Environmental Evaluation Manual

EPA/540/1-89/002 (Latest edition); Risk Assessment Guidance for Superfund, Vol. 1, Human Health Evaluation Manual (Part A)

EPA/9345.0-O1A (Latest edition); Guidance for Performing Preliminary Assessments under

CERCLA

EPA/R3/RBCT Risk-Based Concentration Table, Region III (Latest edition)

FAA Order/1050.1F Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures (and all FAA Environmental Orders and Executive Orders that are referenced in this document)

FAA Order/1050.19B Environmental Due Diligence Audits (EDDA) in the Conduct of FAA Real Property Transactions

FAA Order/5050.4B National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementation Instructions for Airport Projects

FAA Order/1050.20A Airway Facilities Asbestos Control

FAA Order/3900.19B Occupational Safety and Health Program

FAA Order/3910.3A Radiation Health Hazard and Protection

FAA Order/1053.1B Energy and Water Management Program for FAA Buildings and Facilities

FAA Order/1210.20 Tribal Consultation Policy and Procedures

FAA Order/5200.8 Runway Safety Area Program

FAA Order/6850.2B Visual Lighting Guidance Systems

FAA Order/8200.1 U.S. Standard Flight Inspection Manual

C.13 CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL (CQC)

The Contractor is responsible for quality control and shall establish and maintain an effective quality control system. The quality control system shall consist of plans, procedures, and organization necessary to produce an end product and/or deliver services that complies with governing regulations and contract requirements. The system shall cover all environmental remediation and decommissioning activities performed under this contract, both on site and off site, and shall be keyed to the proposed environmental remediation and/or decommissioning sequence.

C.13.A TASK ORDER QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

The Contractor shall furnish a QC Plan for each task order, which shall be reviewed by the TOCOTR.

The QC Plan will provide detail required for inspections, tests, and controls necessary to achieve specified quality. The Plan shall identify personnel, procedures, controls, instructions, tests, records, and forms to be used. Operations will be permitted to begin only after acceptance of the QC Plan by the CO or CO designee.

At a minimum, the QC Plan shall include the following:

A description of the quality control organization, including a chart showing lines of authority and acknowledgment that the QC staff shall implement a three-phase control system for all aspects of the work specified. A three-phase control system may include a preparatory meeting, initial inspection, and follow-up inspections that would occur during each identifiable phase of the project. The staff shall include a QC System Manager who shall report to the Project Manager or an individual higher in the Contractor's organization. (See paragraph titled, “Quality Control Organization”)

The name, qualifications (in resume format), duties, responsibilities, and authorities of each person assigned a QC function.

Procedures for controlling investigation and/or study activities to ensure efficiency, cost effectiveness, coordination with design objectives, reliability of data collected, safety, and proper recording and reporting formats.

Procedures for controlling design activities to ensure efficiency, cost effectiveness, technical accuracy, practicality, constructability, and quality of documents. Procedures shall include regular design team meetings, independent review procedures and periodic design review conferences.

Procedures for scheduling, reviewing, certifying, and managing deliverables, including those of subcontractors, off-site fabricators, suppliers and purchasing agents.

Control, verification, and acceptance testing procedures for each specific test to include the test name, feature of work to be tested, test frequency, and person responsible for each test.

(Laboratory facilities shall be approved by the Contracting Officer).

Procedures for tracking preparatory, initial, and follow-up control phases and control verification, and acceptance tests, including documentation.

Procedures for tracking deficiencies from identification through acceptable corrective action.

These procedures will establish verification that identified deficiencies have been corrected.

Reporting procedures, including proposed reporting formats.

A list of the definable features of work. A definable feature of work is a task that is separate and distinct from other tasks and has separate control requirements. It could be identified by different trades or disciplines, or it could be work by the same trade in a different environment. This list will be agreed upon during the coordination meeting, which will occur prior to the commencement of the work to be performed under a specific task order.

Maintain a communication program that will apprise key personnel executing various task orders of any significant findings that may impact ongoing or planned remediation and decommissioning activities.

C.13.B ACCEPTANCE OF QUALITY CONTROL PLAN

Acceptance of the QC Plan is required prior to the commencement of any environmental remediation or decommissioning activities to be performed under a task order. Acceptance is conditional and will be predicated on satisfactory performance during all operations. The CO or CO’s designee reserve the right to require the Contractor to make changes to its QC Plan and operations including removal of personnel, as necessary, to obtain the specified quality.

C.13.C NOTIFICATION OF QC PLAN CHANGES

Once the QC Plan has been accepted, the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer or CO designee in writing, a minimum of seven (7) calendar days prior to any proposed change.

Proposed changes are subject to acceptance by the Contracting Officer or CO designee.

C.13.D DOCUMENTATION FOR CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL

The Contractor shall maintain current records of quality control operations, activities, and tests performed, including the work of subcontractors and suppliers.