A.02.17 PWS SECTION C_ENV-24-0036.pdf

SECTION C - DESCRIPTION /SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT

Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Environmental Investigation and Contaminant Mitigation Services

ENV-25-0012, Contract No. TBD

LIST OF ACRONYMS

AECS Army Environmental Cleanup

Strategy CADD Computer Aided Design

Drafting CC Compliance Cleanup CENAU U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District CHC Chlorinated Hydrocarbons CHWM Certified Hazardous Waste

Management CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist CMS Corrective Measures Study COR Contractor Officer

Representative CQC Contractor Quality Control Plan DoD Department of Defense DODI Department of Defense

Instruction EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal FFP Firm Fixed Price FSC Federal Service Code GIS Geographic Information System GPS Geographic Positioning System HASP Health and Safety Plan HN Host Nation HTRW Hazardous, Toxic, Radioactive

Waste IDIQ Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite

Quantity KO Contracting Officer LTM Long Term Management O&M Operation and Maintenance PAH Polynuclear Aromatic

Hydrocarbons PBA Performance Based Acquisition

PBC Performance Based Contracting PBTO Performance Based Task Order PM Project Manager PMP Project Management Plan POC Point of Contact PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance

Plan QCS Quality Control Supervisor RAO Remedial Action Objective RC Remediation Complete RFP Request for Proposal RI/FS Remedial

Investigation/Feasibility Study RIP Remediation in Place SC Site Closure SHO Safety and Health Officer SI Site Inspection SOO Statement of Objectives SOW Scope of Work SVOC Semi-Volatile Organic

Compound TO Task Order UIC Unit Identification Code USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USAEC U.S. Army Environmental

Center USAG U.S. Army Garrison USAREUR U.S. Army Europe UTM Universal Transverse Mercator UXO Unexploded Ordnance VOC Volatile Organic Compound WP Work Plan XML Extensible Markup Language

1.0 GENERAL

General Information. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Europe District (CENAU) requires a comprehensive environmental remediation services contract to support the Army Environmental Cleanup Strategy (AECS) in Europe. The CENAU Compliance Cleanup (CC)

Program implements the AECS pursuant to DoD Instruction 4715.08, Remediation of Environmental Contamination Outside the United States. “Response Complete” is the distinct mission objective that is reached when a selected remedy has achieved the remedial action objectives specified in an Army-approved Decision Document.

The objective of this contract is to provide Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) environmental investigation and contaminant mitigation services for U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC), U.S. Army Garrisons, and other Department of Defense (DoD) or Federal Stakeholders with sites located across Germany, Benelux, and Poland. To meet this objective, the Government intends to award a contract to no less than three (3) and no more than five (5) qualified Contractors under a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC). These contracts will include FFP features for a wide range of environmental investigation and contaminant mitigation services, as described in this work statement. Work will be executed under Task Orders (TO) using Performance Work Statements (PWSs) or less frequently, Scopes of Work (SOW).

This non-personal services contract will be for a five-year base period with no option years.

1.2 Minimum Guarantee. Each awarded IDIQ contract shall have a total guarantee minimum amount of $2,500 for the base ordering period. The guaranteed minimum may be met with the obligation of a TO meeting or exceeding the guaranteed amount and shall be de-obligated when the obligation occurs.

1.3 Location. Individual Task Order (TO) project sites are based on need by the District’s Federal and DoD Stakeholders; however, this contract will be predominantly used to address environmental conditions at sites located across Germany, BENELUX, and Poland.

1.4 Scope of Environmental Investigation and Contaminant Mitigation. Contractors will be responsible for fully executing all required environmental investigation and contaminant mitigation activities for a variety of environmental media including but not limited to groundwater, soil, surface water, storm water, drinking water, air, and, within buildings.

Techniques for investigation and remediation also vary; including but not limited to in-situ methods (natural attenuation; physical, chemical, or biological processes; pump and treat;

electrical systems, cut-off/absorption walls, thermal treatment, etc.) ex-situ methods (soil removal, disposal, stockpiling, reuse, onsite bioremediation, etc.) or any combination thereof.

The specific requirements are site and contaminant dependent, which will be refined as the result of site investigations: site assessments, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, pilot studies, pump and treat system operation/monitoring, various cleanups, and/or, scoping, and may require prompt action due to mission, legal, environmental, high visibility public relations, host nation requirements, and health protection issues. Work that might be tasked under this contract includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

Surveys, Assessments, and Plans:

• Environmental surveys to assess the potential for contaminant release, threats to biological and natural resources, and compliance with environmental regulatory requirements, including surveys of hazardous building materials.

• Environmental assessments to evaluate spatial contaminant distribution, groundwater or contaminant modeling, risks to human health or the environment, and sampling and analysis of various environmental media (including geotechnical testing and camera surveys).

• Consulting services such as providing technical evaluations and recommendations;

planning and remedial design; reporting remediation effectiveness and remediation optimization support.

• Project planning including developing work plans; sampling and analysis plans; quality control plans; management plans; accident prevention plans, and operations, maintenance, or training plans.

• Waste management. The type of materials/environmental media collected (for chemical analysis) may include but is not limited to soil and sediment; surface water, drinking water and groundwater; indoor or outdoor air, aerosols, particulates; radiochemical, biotoxin, and other suspected or known hazardous materials or waste.

• Environmental sampling. The sampling/assessment methods required may include but are not limited to: grab, composite or incremental sampling techniques; hollow-stem auger, wet rotary or air drilling; low-flow, hand bail or grab water sampling; passive or active air sampling for emissions/particulates; remote sensing technologies (ex. aerial photography or lidar, x-ray fluorescence, membrane interface probe, cone penetration testing, hyperspectral screening, etc.), GIS-applications; and sampling of non-routine wastewater manholes/outlets/drains; irrigation wells or public water supply systems;

drinking water taps or hydrants; open pits and piles of soil; hazardous storage containers, tanks or handling areas, or building/construction materials.

Studies and Reports:

• Studies related to contaminant identification and mitigation for various hazardous or non-hazardous materials and chemicals, as well as toxic or radioactive substances.

• Environmental studies including hydrogeological/geological studies, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, fate and transport analyses, corrective measure studies, pilot tests, and effectiveness of implemented remedial actions.

• Technical reporting to present the results and conclusions of studies, assessment and investigations and developing decision documents for government or Host Nation acceptance.

• Develop regulatory updates.

• Environmental compliance determinations.

In-situ/Ex-situ Cleanup:

• Installation and/or operation and maintenance of remediation systems. To include remedial system optimization and bench-scale or pilot testing.

• Installation and/or operation and maintenance of monitoring systems (ex. groundwater monitoring well arrays, piezometers, vapor wells, etc.).

• Removing, treating and/or disposing of contaminated media, including soil disposal (contamination mitigation).

• Monitoring of remediation effectiveness.

Other Mitigation and Environmental Services:

• Rehabilitation, operations and maintenance, repairs, optimization, inspection and decommissioning of environmental remediation systems, wells or other associated infrastructure.

• Emergency Spill Response and Assessment of spill areas.

• Protecting/repairing eroded (or potentially eroding) areas.

• Repairing/replacing compromised storage tanks.

• Sampling/Removing/Mitigating asbestos, lead paint, and radon.

• Conducting topographic surveys and other elevation and location measurements.

• Conducting site surveys and evaluations of Unexploded Ordinance (UXO).

• Environmental database and software updates, ex. Environmental review guide (ERG), WEBCASS, inventories, etc.

• Provide environmental training services.

1.5 Conduct of Work. The Contractor, the Contractor's subcontractors, and the Contractor's suppliers shall perform all work while respecting Host Nation (HN) and U.S. environmental laws, DODI 4715.08 (for remediation efforts), and in compliance with an approved management plan. The Contractor shall be responsible for acquiring the latest version of applicable laws, regulations and regulatory agency guidance and the referenced documents cited within this solicitation and subsequent TOs issued under Contract, unless otherwise specified. This includes the new German law Mantelver Ordnung (i.e., Ordinance on the Introduction of a Substitute Building Materials Ordinance, on the Revision of the Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance, which affects soil disposal in Germany. At the Government’s request, the Contractor must be able to produce all reference documentation (including Host Nation regulations) required in the performance of work under this contract.

1.6 Performance Based Task Orders. Work will generally fall under performance based TOs using PWSs. The PWS will describe the work in terms of the required results rather than “how” the work is to be accomplished. The PWS will enable assessment of work performance against measurable performance standards (objectives and measures) and provides for payment only when results meet or exceed those standards. Performance standards establish the performance level required by the Government to meet the contract requirements. The standards shall be measurable and structured to permit an assessment of the Contractor’s performance. Performance based acquisitions rely on measurable performance standards in a competitive environment to encourage competitors to develop and institute innovative and cost-effective methods of performing the work.

The description of work stated herein provides a general understanding of the Contractor functions to be performed; individual TOs will contain the specific performance-based requirements and the award evaluation criteria. The evaluation criteria will be identified in each

TO as either lowest cost/technically acceptable or tradeoff. Technical requirements described herein in no way limit the activities that may be required under the terms of the contract. TOs issued under this Contract will be Firm-Fixed Price.

1.7 Task Order Limitations. Project specific TOs will be issued under the basic contract and ordering period.

1.7.1 Use of Subcontractors or Consultants. Exclusive of the program management functions, the Contractor may utilize subcontractors or consultants identified in the accepted proposal or subsequently approved by the KO to perform any of the functions required in the TO.

1.7.2 Task Order Solicitation Requirements. Specific objectives, milestones, and pricing information under this contract will be included in each TO. The Government will require sufficient level of detail to properly analyze the pricing on each TO so that the KO can document that the price is fair and reasonable. The level of detail may vary depending on the level of complexity of the project. In all cases, the Government will request the Contractor provide a cost breakdown which specifies the proposed mix of labor resources, travel costs, and other direct costs, with the underlying assumptions to support those costs and their technical approach.

2.0 TASK ORDERS

Information provided by CENAU on any site will be dependent on the status of the site. Each TO will define the requirements of the Contractor. The description of work stated herein provides a general understanding of the Contractor functions which may be performed.

2.1 Task Order Types. The two types of TOs under which work may be solicited are prescriptive or performance based. A description of each is given below with more detail provided on the latter as more effort and input from the Contractor is required under these actions.

2.1.1 Prescriptive Task Orders. A Prescriptive TO SOW under this contract will include site or project specific information. Scopes will vary in detail but will provide an adequate description of the actual services required to allow suitable proposals from the Contractors. Typically, the individual TO will provide the Contractor with the location, description of work, and schedule of execution. When applicable, the quantities of a particular item that is required will be stated. As attachments, the Government will provide, as necessary, reference materials to further clarify the work effort, and any additional applicable project background information.

2.1.2 Performance-Based Task Orders. (1) describe the requirements in terms of results required rather than methods of performing the work; (2) use measurable performance standards (e.g., terms of quality, timeliness, quantity); (3) specify procedures for deficient services; and (4) may include performance incentives/disincentives where appropriate. Performance Based Contracting (PBC) methods are intended to ensure that required performance quality levels are achieved and that the Government’s total payment is commensurate with the quantity and quality of services received. Solicitations for performance-based TOs, will be issued with a tailored TO-specific PWS and a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP).

2.1.2.1 Performance Work Statement. FAR 2.101 defines PWS as “a statement of work for performance-based acquisitions that describes the required results in clear, specific and objective terms with measurable outcomes” and Statements of Objectives (SOO) as a “Government-prepared document incorporated into the solicitation that states the overall performance objectives. It is used in solicitations when the Government intends to provide the maximum flexibility to each offeror to propose an innovative approach. Performance Based Task Orders (PBTOs) tend to require more engineering support than traditional prescriptive contracts. This is because PBTOs specify what the final goal of a project is, but not how it is to be accomplished.

Basically, the PWS and SOO describe the result the Contractor is required to achieve on a specific project but do not tell them how to complete it, thus allowing for maximum flexibility for offerors to propose innovative approaches. PWSs emphasize performance that can be contractually defined so that the results of the Contractor's effort can be measured in terms of technical and quality achievement, schedule progress, or cost performance. Under a PWS, milestone payments occur only when the results meet or exceed the stated objectives. Simply meeting the Milestone/ Objective, (i.e., submittal of a document for review) is not the same as completion of the Milestone/Objective, (i.e., acceptance of the document by the approval authority). Only upon the completion and acceptance will the Government pay for that Milestone/Objective. For a PBTO, the Contractor will be required to use its expertise and develop the methods to achieve the required result. A PWS for a PBTO will to every extent possible:

• Define desired results/outcomes.

• Define what level of performance is expected (and ensure it is meaningful and fair) and use performance standards and QASP.

• Provide all information known about the site(s) or where it can be located and accessed by the Contractor.

• Define incentives and disincentives.

• Define the measurement terms using clear and concise language avoiding vague or broad statements.

2.1.2.2 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan. Each TO shall have a QASP prepared which, unless otherwise noted, shall follow the QASP requirements for service contracts as set forth in FAR Subpart 37.6. The QASP details how and when the Government will survey, observe, test, sample, evaluate and document Contractor performance according to the PWS. The QASP focuses on the quality, timeliness, etc. of the performance outputs to be delivered by the Contractor and not the individual steps required, or procedures used to provide the product or services. The Government's QASP and the Contractor's Quality Control Plan (see Section 4.8) work together to ensure that all project performance standards are met.

A template for the QASP is written concurrently with the PWS because what is written in the PWS influences what is put into the QASP. After award, the Government shall submit a draft

QASP per requirements set forth in the TO. The final QASP will be developed by the USACE Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and provided to the Contractor typically within 30 calendar days of receiving Contractor comments to the draft QASP.

The QASP will highlight key quality control activities or events that the COR will use to determine when Government inspections can be conducted to assess progress toward and/or completion of milestones. The Contractor shall appropriately identify the activities identified in the QASP within the activity-based project schedule to allow for Government planning of Quality Assurance (QA) inspections.

2.1.2.3 Project Management Plan. The Contractor is required to develop and maintain a detailed PMP. In the PMP, the Contractor shall specify the project schedule, technical approach and activities required for the planning, execution, and completion of the performance objectives. The PMP shall additionally include an analysis of assumed project risks and mitigation strategies. As part of the PMP, the Contractor shall identify and implement a means for providing project status reports to the COR. The PMP shall address the content of status reports, frequency shall usually be monthly. The PMP shall include a payment milestone schedule. Elements of this draft PMP may be part of the Contractor’s submittal of the TO proposal. The draft PMP, proposed payment milestones, and subsequent revisions shall be subject to Government review and acceptance, through the COR. The final PMP typically shall be due within 15 calendar days of receipt of COR comments on the draft PMP. The Contractor shall update the PMP to reflect progress towards achievement of the performance objectives and delineate proposed actions to accomplish future project milestones.

2.1.2.4 Project Schedule. As part of the PMP, the Contractor shall develop and maintain an activity-based schedule that fully supports the technical approach and outlines activities and milestones defined at the appropriate detail level and logically sequenced to support and manage completion of the performance objectives in the PWS. Additionally, the Contractor shall identify the due dates for all task-based deliverables. A payment plan shall be included with the schedule that may allow for payments to the Contractor based on successful completion of interim milestones proposed by the Contractor. Proposed payment milestones and subsequent revisions shall be subject to Government review and acceptance, through the COR. The Contractor shall similarly name activities in the project schedule as they are provided in the QASP to support Government planning of QA inspections. The Government will make payments after verification of milestone completion. The Contractor must complete all performance objectives within the contract period of performance.

2.1.2.5 Milestone Presentations. As specified in each TO PWS, milestone presentations shall be made to the COR at the completion of each milestone specified to provide analysis and lessons learned, and to present approaches for completion of future milestones. At the COR’s request, the Contractor may also make milestone presentations to project Stakeholders to demonstrate achievement of the performance objectives. This may include participation in annual USAEC-E/Garrison Installation Action Plan meetings, if required.

2.1.2.6 Payment Milestones and Army Acceptance. Payment milestones will be defined in each TO and are typically tied to task deliverables. The Contractor may propose a revision to the payment milestones to provide for a limited number of interim payment milestones. Additional payment milestones will only be considered by the Government if they represent significant progress toward performance objective completion, and completion of these interim steps can be measured and demonstrated as complete (e.g., final acceptance of a report rather than submission of a draft). All milestones must have a defined means for demonstrating completion to facilitate certification and acceptance. Payment milestone revisions will be subject to Government review and acceptance through the COR. Typical milestones are shown below:

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of field reports.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of inspection or assessment reports.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of Site Investigation (SI) reports.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of Remedial Investigation (RI) reports.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of Feasibility Studies (FS).

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of Decision Documents (DD).

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of Pre-Remedy Monitoring reports.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of Remediation in Place (RIP), Remediation Complete (RC), or Site Closure (SC) reports.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of Remedial Action Objective (RAO) and/or Long-Term Management (LTM) reports.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of an exit strategy for RAO and/or LTM.

• Government acceptance and HN coordination of other Remedy review(s).

• Government acceptance of Contractor corrections to any deficiencies noted during

Government review of all project deliverables.

2.2 Task Order Content. The Contractor may be required to perform any or all the efforts described in this section under a single TO. Note that the subsequent descriptions are largely focused on contaminant remediation and site investigation efforts. The Contactor may also be required to prepare work and/or management plans; perform compliance inspections; perform studies/assessments; operate/ maintain engineered remedial systems (i.e., pump and treat systems, etc.); removal, excavation and disposal of hazardous materials, and other unspecified environmental investigation or contamination mitigation requirements.

2.2.1 Work Plans. For each awarded TO, the Contractor is required to submit a Work Plan (WP). The WP basically describes the Contractor's activities as outlined in the TO. The WP shall contain but not be limited to the following, when relevant:

• Description of available data and contaminant characterization.

• Statement of the work to be accomplished including a statement of Data Quality

Objective(s).

• Discussion on implementation of the project including the method of operation, type of equipment, personnel required, and other special considerations.

• A schedule that presents the requirements to complete any required field work and key project milestones.

• Permits, licenses, and certificates, identification number, and location of the disposal facility, if necessary.

• Key personnel to be used on the project along with their roles and responsibilities.

• Resumes for all project personnel with positions listed in Section 5.

• Site-specific assumptions and clarifications.

• Site control measures.

• Logs, reports, and record keeping being utilized.

• The Contractor Quality Control Plan (CQC) (See Section 4.11).

• Health and Safety Plan (HASP) See Section 4.13.

The Government will review and provide comments on the draft WP. The Contractor shall submit a Final WP according to the Government-approved project schedule. The WP shall be modified to address and incorporate the Government’s comments and concerns, as appropriate.

The plan will be reviewed and accepted by the COR or returned to the Contractor, with comments, for further revision prior to field mobilization. Acceptance of the Contractor’s WP by the Government is required prior to any field mobilization. During execution of the TO the Contractor shall follow the approved WP. Deviations or proposed changes to the approved WP must be submitted to the COR for review, comment, and acceptance. Acceptance must come before any field change occurs. The Government reserves the right to require the Contractor to make changes in WPs and operations, as necessary.

2.2.2 Compliance Support. The Contractor shall perform activities to assure that operations are in accordance with environmental regulations. Work may include document reviews/preparation, inspections, plan development, etc., The following tasks may be included.

a. Sustainment and Optimization Plan. Develop a sustainment and optimization plan for addressing deficiencies and optimizing operations and processes.

b. Management Plans and Standing Operating Procedures (SOPs). Develop or update Management Plans and SOPs including environmental compliance, compensation, mitigation, and remediation operations plans.

c. Project Environmental Reviews. Conduct Environmental Reviews of work orders, minor and major construction projects in accordance with the IMCOM-E Environmental Review Guide (ERG. The Contractor shall document potential project environmental impacts and recommend project revisions to minimize potential impacts.

Recommendations and/or a corrective action report could be prepared to determine potential remediation options should the review identify the need for additional corrective actions.

d. Environmental Compliance Inspections and Optimization. Execute environmental compliance inspections of specific facilities/media. These inspections typically include but are not limited to hazardous material/hazardous waste storage areas, oil water separators, underground/aboveground storage tanks, sewer lines, and chlorination stations. As part of this effort the Contractor shall evaluate the current environmental compliance program and chart success rates for management implemented controls. The inspection data collected may be used to prepare a final report recommending future controls to limit potential need for future remediation, and to increase environmental sustainability and optimization.

e. Environmental Performance Assessments. The Contractor may be required to plan and organize internal assessment according to published U.S. Government guidance.

Following the internal assessment, the Contractor shall develop a table to reflect the current findings against any prior internal assessment. The Contractor shall develop a management plan of action, including recommendations for correction and improvement.

2.2.3 Investigation and Field Studies. The Contractor shall perform all planning, fieldwork, analysis, and preparation of any reports as specified in the TOs. The investigative services to be provided generally consist of, but are not limited to, performing investigations to determine the contaminant(s) source(s), geology and groundwater conditions, contaminant concentration, nature and extent of contamination, and geotechnical characteristics as well as any other related tasks. The Contractor shall prepare associated reports as described in every TO.

The Contractor shall have the capability and experience to provide a wide range of investigative and response services required at sites which might require remediation efforts or eventual contaminant mitigation and/or removal including, but not limited to:

• Site characterization, investigation, and evaluation.

• Project planning and implementation including the method of operation, type of equipment, personnel required, utility and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance, and other special considerations.

• Identification of action levels/cleanup levels of contaminants through review of US and HN laws, regulations, or guidance, or developed through risk assessments. This shall also include coordination with appropriate regulatory agencies.

• Emergency Response, including installation of temporary systems to reduce contaminant mass and contaminant migration, excavation of contaminated soil, and time-critical removal actions.

• Survey and Mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS), remote sensing.

• Boring for soil sampling, testing (field and/or laboratory) or geotechnical analysis.

• Drilling, installation and development of groundwater monitoring wells, production wells, extraction wells, piezometers, or other instrumentation.

• Conducting surface or down hole geophysical surveys.

• Conducting hydrogeological field-testing and performing analyses and data interpretation.

• Sampling and sample handling techniques for chemical and geotechnical characteristics including data management and data interpretation.

• Short- and long-term soil, soil-gas, groundwater, surface water, storm water, sediment, or air monitoring.

• Evaluation of available response actions and recommendation of the most sustainable, environmentally sound, and cost-effective alternatives, to include recommendation of the optimal remediation approach with cost estimates.

• Preparing and submitting plans (e.g., closure plans, waste analysis plans, Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure, Underground Storage Tank Site Assessment plans, Contingency Plans, etc.).

• Risk assessments.

• Fate and transport.

• Groundwater modeling.

• Federal and HN laws, regulations, and guidance determinations.

• Regulatory coordination.

• Environmental permitting.

• Expert Testimony.

• Sampling and analysis on soils, waters, sludge, solids, sediments, paints, building materials and wipes.

2.2.4 Engineering and Remedial Design Support. The Contractor may be required to provide a wide variety of incidental engineering services to support remediation and contaminant mitigation actions. The extent of the environmental services may typically include environmental, geotechnical, geology/hydrology, civil, cost engineering, and other engineering support. The successful Contractor shall perform all necessary planning and fieldwork and prepare all engineering documents identified in the TO. Engineering documents shall be representative of industry, HN, or Government standards for drawings and specifications or by performance specifications. No TO award will include services defined as “Architect/Engineer” in FAR 2.101 to a dominant or significant extent. Engineering documents may include, but are not limited to:

• Design analysis, containing the criteria, assumptions, calculations, and pertinent data.

• Decision Documents.

• Performance specifications or completely edited Government furnished guide specifications.

• Computer Aided Design Drafting (CADD) generated drawings that are compatible with

USACE software.

• Cost estimating utilizing an industry approved software package capable of providing sufficient information to capture the projected project costs adequately and accurately.

• Record drawings, modifications or as built drawings.

• Treatability studies, evaluation of engineering controls; various pump tests, pilot test reports.

• Constructability reviews.

• Other engineering and technical support may include:

• Technical expertise or expert testimony during regulatory negotiations.

• Securing permits as required.

• Liaison and interface with regulatory agencies.

• Resolution of problems during response actions.

2.2.5 Remedial Actions and Removals. The Contractor shall perform all necessary planning, fieldwork and implementation of the remedial action requirements identified to meet TO milestones/objectives. The Contractor shall specify and perform all necessary quality control and verification testing, at required frequencies, to adequately control and monitor the remedial action. Remediation may or may not be performed in conjunction with site investigation/characterization activities. The Contractor shall perform planning, fieldwork, incidental construction activities, intrusive activities, and implementation of response, removal, or remediation activities.

The Contractor shall have the capability and experience to perform a broad range of remedial actions and removals at contaminant mitigation sites including but not limited to:

• A wide variety of technologies for on-site source control and containment.

• A wide variety of technologies for on-site treatment.

• Preparation of manifests or other chain-of-custody documentation for government signature.

• Transportation to and/or storage, treatment and/or disposal of waste at permitted off-site facilities, including hazardous waste, soil, debris, demolition debris, building materials, buried drums, storage tanks, etc.

• Tank and piping removal and/or other tank closure actions.

• Remediation of building due to radon, lead, heavy metals, and other substances hazardous to human health.

• Emergency response actions.

• Survey, removal, transportation, and disposal of asbestos containing materials.

• Installation of all support facilities; including facilities needed by the Contractor such as an office trailer, onsite laboratory, or supply trailer.

• Preparation of all applicable Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals and associated training of facility personnel for equipment installed.

• Problem solving with unexpected conditions or execution problems at the site.

• Provide monitoring to meet the scope of services/milestone objectives or to provide pre-remedy monitoring.

• Removal and disposal of contaminants such as soil, asbestos, lead, etc.

2.2.6 Remediation Operations and Maintenance. The Contractor shall perform activities related to the O&M of new or existing systems; perform other work in accordance with regulatory requirements contained in the applicable operations and maintenance manuals; and perform necessary associated remedial actions. Typical operations may include:

• O&M and repair of environmental remediation facilities, including storage tanks, carbon filtration replacement and disposal of generated waste.

• Evaluation and optimization of existing systems and or facilities, including storage tanks.

• Performing routine sampling and chemical analysis.

• Providing sampling and chemical, radiological and treatment analyses from certified off-site laboratories.

• Providing operation and maintenance reports.

• Ensure site personnel, operators and supervisors are adequately trained in appropriate health and safety protocols and are qualified to perform work at environmental sites with hazardous materials.

• Sampling groundwater monitoring wells, groundwater collection sumps, and/or treated groundwater.

• Providing necessary utilities at the site.

• Providing telephone communications including an autodialing paging system for notifying operators of alarms and upset conditions at the site.

• Providing notification to the KO of needed equipment replacement, renovation, or other capital improvements.

• Providing notification to the KO and others, as required, for site emergencies.

• Provide training for turnover of remediation systems.

• Soil screening, well gauging, potable well surveys.

• Various pump tests.

• Response to emergency failures at contracted facilities.

• Assistance in environmental permitting and discussions/negotiations with HN regulatory agencies during operation of subject facilities.

• Recurring reviews of programmatic requirements, remediation objectives, project planning documentation, and project deliverables.

276 Monitoring. The Contractor may be required to provide for monitoring at environmental sites under investigation, where remedial actions are underway, where remedial actions are complete or to provide pre-remedy monitoring as a distinct performance objective. These services may include but are not limited to the following: groundwater sampling, storm water sampling, surface water sampling, sediment sampling, soil sampling, soil-gas sampling, air sampling for a wide-range of analytes as defined in the TO scoping documents or the government-accepted TO WP.

3.0 TASK ORDER EXECUTION

3.1 Request for Proposal. Once project requirements are identified, the Contractor(s) will be notified of a pending TO through a formal Request for Proposal (RFP). Each RFP will contain the following information:

• Project title & location.

• Basis for award (either lowest price/technically acceptable or best value tradeoff).

• The name of the Government POC.

• If a site visit is required.

• Proposal due date.

As attachments to the RFP, the Government will provide necessary proposal format instructions and applicable project background information.

3.2 Work Statement. Government RFPs will include a site or project specific performance work statement (PWS) or formal scope of work (SOW). The work statements will provide a description of the project requirements and may vary in detail from highly prescriptive scope of work activities, complete with a list of tasks to be performed, to a generalized performance-based work statement with identified performance objectives and TO milestones.

3.3 Task Order Requirements. Additional TO requirements will be identified with the RFP and/or the related site-specific work statements. Common requirements are discussed below.

3.3.1 Work Delivery. The Contractor, operating as an independent Contractor and not as an agent of the Government, shall provide all labor, materials, facilities, and equipment and perform all work identified in every TO. The Contractor shall be cognizant of all appropriate laws, regulations, and guidance. The Contractor shall ensure that all work activities performed by his personnel, subcontractors and suppliers are executed as required by these laws and regulations. Any incident of noncompliance noted by the Contractor shall immediately be brought to the attention of the KO and/or the COR by written notice. Nothing in this contract shall relieve the Contractor of his responsibility to comply with these laws and regulations. Any conflicts between laws/regulations and contract/TO requirements shall be brought to the attention of the KO and/or COR.

3.3.2 Time Schedule. The Contractor shall be required to commence work required by a TO at the time specified on that TO. The Contractor shall execute the work and complete the entire project not later than the completion time specified in the TO. Any TO issued during the effective period of the base contract but not completed within that time (i.e., prior to expiration of the base contract) shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the individual TO WP, extensions of work may be granted on a case-by-case basis. This agreement shall govern the Contractor's and Government’s rights and obligations with respect to execution of work defined in the TO contract.

3.3.3 Acceptances. As required under the TO; the Contractor must receive acceptance from the KO or Authorized Representative on all site-specific plans (i.e., HASP, Work Plans; CQC plans, etc.) prior to initiating any on site activity.

3.3.4 Language. All submissions shall be in English. Unless otherwise directed, draft final and final reports must be submitted in HN language (in addition to English).

3.3.5 Field Notes. If specified in a TO, the Contractor will be required to maintain field notes in a bound book. The field notes would contain daily log of all activities. Contractor personnel on site by name as well as a description of the field activities performed that day. All field activities, including collection of samples, problems encountered, etc. would be documented in this book. The original field notes would be submitted to the KO or Authorized Representative with the final report submitted upon completion of every TO.

3.3.6 Data Requirements. The Contractor will use, but not be limited to, a variety of cost data, aerial photography, satellite imagery, GIS data, and computer programming to complete the work for each deliverable. All data required, used, or otherwise handled remains the property of the U.S. Government, the installation and agency that provided the data. The Contractor may not use datasets or other materials relating to this contract or developed from this contract for publication without the expressed, written consent of the US Government. The Contractor shall contact the KO to begin discussions regarding data manipulations and authorship prior to conducting data analysis with the intent of publication. The Contractor shall make available to the US Government draft copies of any publications, based on work conducted or data collected under this contract, for review and comment.

All data required, used, or otherwise handled remains the property of the installation or agency that provided it. The Contractor may not use datasets or other materials relating to this contract for publication without the expresses written consent of the USACE program manager. The Contractor shall contact the USACE program manager to discuss data manipulations and authorship prior to conducting data analysis with the intent of publication. The Contractor shall make available to the program manager draft copies of draft publications, based on work conducted or data collected under this contract, for their review and comment. All equipment purchased under any TO remains the property of the Government.

3.3.7 Notifications. The Contractor is reminded that neither they nor any of their subcontractors are to accept direction or to proceed with any activity outside of the scope of any particular TO without the written authority of the KO. The Contractor shall notify the KO or Authorized Representative upon completion of a TO.

The KO will notify the Contractor of any non-compliance on a TO. The Contractor shall, after receipt of such notice, immediately take corrective action. Such notice, when delivered to the Contractor or its authorized representative at the work site, shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of notification. If the Contractor or its representative fail to or refuse to comply promptly with the notice, the KO may stop all or any part of the work until satisfactory corrective action is taken at no additional cost to the Government.

3.4 Geospatial Tasks. The TOs may include delivery of standardized GIS products and services. The Contractor shall provide geospatial technical expertise. The Contractor shall have a thorough level of knowledge and experience in geospatial program planning, management, operations, and reporting. The work force shall be fluent in Federal, DoD, policies and guidance, the Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment (SDSFIE) family of standards, GIS and CADD software, geospatial data development and maintenance, geospatial data sources and acquisition, imagery acquisition and processing, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), geospatial analysis, map production, and developing automated approaches to develop, discover, utilize and distribute geospatial products. Support shall be provided at all echelons of agencies and offices, and across multiple functional areas.

3.5 Contract Deliverables. The Contractor will provide clear, well-written, concise studies or technical reports following completion of the services described in Section 2.2. Submissions shall be in accordance with Section 4.5 and any additional or superseding direction provided by the individual TO. The studies and/or reports will be reviewed by Government staff and comments provided to the Contractor typically within 30 calendar days of receipt of the deliverable, unless otherwise specified in the TO. The comments will generally be provided for the Contractor to supply responses and to incorporate comments into the final documentation.

The Government shall be afforded a minimum of two weeks for document review per deliverable iteration. Unless otherwise specified, the Contractor shall submit draft, draft final and final documents on all project deliverables.

3.6 Final Acceptance. Acceptance of final project deliverables will be made upon acceptance of comments and incorporation of the comment responses into final deliverables or in the case of PBCs when the final milestone has been completed and approved. Typically, the Contractor will respond to comments from CENAU and project stakeholders to the satisfaction of the Government.

4.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1 Point of Contact (POC). An Authorized Representative for the Government will be named as the POC at the award of a TO. The Contractor shall supply a single point of contact upon award of the base contract and each TO.

4.2 Public Disclosures. The Contractor shall make no public announcements or disclosures to a third party, relative to information shall be considered privileged information of the United States. The Contractor shall not release or allow access to this information outside of U.S.

Government officials designated under the TO and its own officers, employees and lesser agents who require access to the information to perform the work. All requests for the release of any of this information shall be referred to the POC for reply. The obligation to maintain the confidentiality of this information shall extend beyond the completion of the TO until released by a United States or HN court of competent jurisdiction.

4.3 Laws and Regulations. The Contractor shall perform all studies and other efforts in full compliance with applicable HN and US Federal laws and legislation. The Contractor shall also comply with all the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Corps of Engineers, and HN Federal and local safety requirements. In case of conflict between these regulations, the most protective standard will prevail. The Contractor shall be responsible for ensuring that his agents, employees, and subcontractors perform the work in a safe manner. The Contractor, subcontractors, employees, and their agents shall all have the required certification and licenses for performance of the work. Regardless of the lack or omission of information within a specific TO, the Contractor is still responsible for meeting the requirements of all applicable U.S. and HN regulations.

4.4 Services and Materials. Commercial software packages, modems, fax machines, and computers are required of the Contractor to perform the work. The Contractor shall have the capability to develop GIS data in Government defined formats and standards to depict existing conditions, as well as study results. Where required and stated in the TO, installation base maps will be provided in GIS format for Contractor use.

4.5 Submissions. Unless otherwise specified, all drafts shall be emailed, and final submissions shall be emailed, and a hard copy provided as specified in the Task Order work statement. When required, hard copies shall be printed on both the front and back sides of pages to the maximum extent possible and on recycled paper. The text of the document shall be clearly readable, while minimizing blank spaces and margins to conserve paper. All submittals shall be clearly identified with the following information: Project Title, Installation Name(s), Type of Imagery (when applicable): Panchromatic (where applicable), Resolution: 0.xx m. (where applicable), Date of Imagery Acquisition (where applicable), UTM Zone 32N, WGS84 (where applicable), and point of Contact Information.

4.6 U.S. Government Furnished Equipment, Materials and Personnel. The amount of Government assistance (to include Government furnished equipment, materials, or personnel) will vary from location to location and will be identified as part of the individual TO. Whenever possible and when stated in the scope of work, GIS data will be provided. Limited storage space will be available to the Contractor at each project site. The location of any storage area will be determined with each TO.

All other aspects of the contract are the Contractor’s responsibility. The Contractor understands that all offers of assistance or work directives (verbal or written) by U.S. Government personnel other than the KO or COR are unauthorized and that the Contractor shall not accept any such offers, other than those which are directed by the KO or the COR.

4.7 System Access. To perform these tasks, the Contractor’s staff may require access to U.S.

government computer systems. If required, the Contractor must coordinate with CENAU’s Trusted Associate Sponsorship System (TASS) Trusted Agent (TA) and possibly other Government Representatives to obtain the required forms and approvals. The Contractor must ensure employees placed in these positions are capable of attaining this access in a reasonable amount of time after notice to proceed/award of the TO (typically two weeks). Individuals who are unable to pass the HN government requirements will not be permitted access to the U.S.

government computer systems, which may impact the Contractors ability to complete the tasks.

4.8 Passes/Identifications. Contractor personnel requiring access to U.S. Government facilities are required to obtain an Installation Pass.