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GSAR 552.219-71 NOTICE TO OFFERORS OF SUBCONTRACTING PLAN REQUIREMENTS (JUNE 2005) The General Services Administration (GSA) is committed to assuring that maximum practicable opportunity is provided to small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns to participate in the performance of this contract consistent with its efficient performance. GSA expects any subcontracting plan submitted pursuant to FAR 52.219-9, Small Business Subcontracting Plan, to reflect this commitment. Consequently, an offeror, other than a small business concern, before being awarded a contract exceeding $650,000 ($1,500,000 for construction), must demonstrate that its subcontracting plan represents a creative and innovative program for involving small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, and service-disabled veteran owned small business concerns as subcontractors in the performance of this contract.

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U.S. General Services Administration

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT DIVISION

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GREAT LAKES REGION

PROJECT:

SOLICITATION NO.

LOCATION:

Third Party Monitoring – Asbestos Abatement AHU

GS-05P-17-SA-P-0002

Charles Chamberlain Federal Building 315 W. Allegan St.

Lansing, MI, 48933

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Table Of Contents

Section Description Page Number

Section A Standard Form 1 Section B Supplies or Services and Prices or Costs 3 Section C Description-Specs-Work Statement 4 Section I Contract Clauses 15 Section J - Appendix

List of Attachments 38

Section L Instructions, conditions, and notices to offerors or respondents

SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS

OFFEROR TO COMPLETE BLOCKS 12, 17, 23, 24, & 30

1. REQUISITION NUMBER PAGE 1 OF

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INFORMATION CALL:

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17b. CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN

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BELOW IS CHECKED

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COPIES TO ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND

DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY

ADDITIONAL SHEETS SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED

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DATED . . YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

(BLOCK 5), INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS OR CHANGES WHICH ARE

SET FORTH HEREIN, IS ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

30a. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTRACTOR

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AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION

PREVIOUS EDITION IS NOT USABLE

STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012)

Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.212

10. THIS ACQUISITION IS UNRESTRICTED OR

NAICS:

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RATED ORDER UNDER

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EDWOSB

WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS

(WOSB) ELIGIBLE UNDER THE WOMEN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM

SERVICE-DISABLED

VETERAN-OWNED

SMALL BUSINESS

HUBZONE SMALL

BUSINESS

SMALL BUSINESS

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STANDARD FORM 1449 (REV. 2/2012) BACK

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Asbestos Abatement Third Party Monitoring Provide Third party monitoring during asbestos abatement for AHU #4 replacement at Charles Chamberlain Federal Building Lansing, MI PoP: 08/07/2017- 09/01/2017

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Section B Page 3

THIRD PARTY OBSERVATION AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

OF THE GOVERNMENT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT ON ASBESTOS

ABATEMENT AND LEAD BASED PAINT MITIGATION PROJECTS

AHU #4 Replacement Project Charles Chamberlain Federal Building

315 W. Allegan St Lansing, MI 48933

Third Party Observations include the collection and analysis of air samples, review of contractor submittals, documentation of conditions and work progress, and project coordination, and oversight. Third Party Observations shall be performed by the Government’s Environmental Consultant (GEC). The GEC shall be employed either directly or indirectly by GSA to provide third party observations, project coordination, and oversight on behalf of GSA on every aspect of an asbestos abatement project.

Brief project description:

The abatement will consist of approximately 4,240 sq ft of Duct Insulation. THe work will be completed Monday Friday 5:30pm 4:00am.

Please see attached abatement submittal for more specific information. Note the abatement submittal has not been accepted however major changes are not anticipated.

Scope of work:

A. Project Management Responsibilities of the GEC

The GEC shall be licensed as an Asbestos Project Manager for asbestos work and a licensed lead professional for lead work in the State where the work is to take place, and shall be responsible to carry out the following activities:

1. Ensure that all project activities are conducted in accordance with the requirements of the contract documents.

2. Be onsite whenever project activities are taking place or as directed.

3. Reject defective barriers and decontamination enclosure systems, when appropriate.

4. Meet with the contractor daily and during each work shift to review work progress, discuss problems and adjust procedures as appropriate.

5. Report on abatement activities to the GSA Project Manager and the GSA

Regional Environmental Engineer.

6. Request, review, reject or approve, and maintain contractor submittals.

7. Enter the abatement project area at least once every four hours to observe ongoing removal of asbestoscontaining material.

8. For every personal decontamination enclosure system, there shall be one GEC

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9. The GEC shall have the authority to stop any job activities not performed in accordance with contract specifications. The GSA Project Manager and the GSA Regional Environmental Engineer shall be notified verbally by the GEC within 24 hours after a work stoppage. A written report shall be submitted to the GSA Project Manager and the GSA Regional Environmental Engineer with a description of the activity, reason for stoppage and possible means for correcting the problem.

10. The GEC shall keep a daily log of onsite observations concerning the contractor's compliance with activities. This log shall be legible and made available upon request at all times to the GSA Project Manager, the GSA Environmental Engineer, and appropriate local, State and federal agencies. A copy of the log shall be submitted to the GSA Project Manager at the completion of the project.

11. For each asbestos abatement project, the GEC shall prepare a comprehensive final report. The report shall be submitted to the GSA 60 working days following completion of final clearance air monitoring. The report shall contain the following items submitted in the following order, with each item labeled:

● For clearance air samples, the location of the sample, date of sample, start and end times of sampling, sampling air flow rate, volume of air sampled, name and address of laboratory performing the analysis, and name and signature of the analyst.

● When final air clearance monitoring samples are analyzed by a laboratory using transmission electron microscopy (TEM), a copy of the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) certificate for airborne asbestos fibers analysis for the laboratory.

● When final air clearance air monitoring samples are analyzed by Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM) in a laboratory, a copy of Proficiency Analytical Testing (PAT) Program yeartodate performance report for the laboratory.

The yeartodate performance report should be for the testing round completed closest to the completion of the project, but prior to the completion of the project.

● When final air clearance air monitoring samples are analyzed by an analyst outside of a laboratory, a copy of the report of performance testing under the (Asbestos Analyst Report) AAR Program for the analyst for the testing round completed prior to the completion of the project, but not after the completion of the project.

● Names, license numbers and current training certificates for asbestos abatement workers who conducted the abatement.

● Name, address, and license number of asbestos abatement contractor.

● Names, addresses, license numbers, and initial and current training certificates for the GEC who performed the duties of project manager and the contractor's supervisor(s).

● Name, signature, and license number of each GEC who performed air sampling duties.

● Log of negative pressure measurements taken by the contractor for contained areas. The readable tape from the monometer shall serve as the log.

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● Variance requests submitted to GSA and GSA's responses to those requests.

● Locations, times and results of background and area air samples taken prior to and during the project.

● A detailed description, diagram or blueprint indicating the location of ACBM abated, locations of barriers, and locations of decontamination enclosures.

● A detailed description of the project, including description of abatement methods employed, reasons for the project and for selection of the abatement methods, description of types and amounts of asbestos abated, and start and completion dates of the project.

● Daily log of observations made by the GEC, including description of project activities, documentation of smoke testing of barriers by the contractor, documentation of postabatement visual inspection of each work area, and description of procedure used during final clearance air sampling.

● If more than one GEC serves on a project, the person who oversees the completion of the project shall be responsible for the project report and for submission of the Project Manager's Report. For projects with multiple work areas, each overseen by a different GEC, each GEC shall be responsible for the report for the part of the project in the work area for which he or she was responsible. However, one comprehensive report for the entire project is acceptable.

B. Air Sampling Responsibilities of the GEC

The GEC shall be licensed as an Air Sampling Professional in the State where the work is to take place, and shall be responsible to carry out the following activities:

1. The GEC shall conduct or supervise all air sampling for the GSA. Final clearance air samples for all projects greater than 160 square feet or 260 linear feet shall be analyzed by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). All other samples may be analyzed by Phase Contrast Microscopy (PCM).

2. Area sampling shall be conducted using collection media and procedures in accordance with NIOSH method 7400. The following schedule shall be utilized for air sampling during the project in addition to any OSHA compliance monitoring required to be conducted by the contractor:

3. Background air samples shall be collected and analyzed prior to the start of project activities in order to determine background airborne fiber concentrations.

Samples shall be taken both inside and outside of the work area to establish existing levels.

4. The following schedule of samples shall be required on a daily basis once abatement activities begin. The size of the abatement activity will have impact on the number of samples necessary to monitor the contractor's activities.

5. Collect and analyze two (2) area samples inside the work area;

6. Collect a minimum of two (2) area samples outside the work area in uncontaminated areas of the building, including one at the entrance to the worker decontamination enclosure.

7. Collect one (1) area sample at EACH discharge from negative pressure ventilation equipment to the outside of the building.

8. Air monitoring results shall be documented and retained onsite.

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C. Laboratory Requirements to be met by the GEC.

1. When final clearance air monitoring samples are analyzed by a laboratory using

TEM, the laboratory shall be accredited by the NIOSH National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) for airborne asbestos fiber analysis.

2. When final clearance air monitoring samples are analyzed by PCM in a laboratory, the laboratory shall be considered proficient in asbestos analysis by the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) Proficiency Analytical Testing (PAT) Program for PCM.

3. When final air clearance air monitoring samples are analyzed by an analyst outside of a laboratory, the analyst analyzing the samples shall be considered proficient (board approved) by the American Industrial Hygiene Association's (AIHA) Asbestos Analyst Registry (AAR) Program.

4. The period of time permitted between the collection of daily air samples and the availability of results shall be less than 24 hours for samples collected during abatement activities. Timetables for results of clearance air samples shall be established by the GSA Project Manager and the GSA Regional Environmental Engineer.

D. Definitions. The following list of definitions is applicable to this project unless a Variance has been issued from the Office of the Regional Environmental Engineer.

1. “Abatement” means removal, encapsulation, enclosure and/or repair of asbestos containing materials.

2. “Adequately Wet” means sufficiently mix or penetrate with liquid to prevent the release of particulates.

3. “Aggressive Air Sampling Methods” means a method of sampling in which the person collecting the air sample creates activity during the sampling period to stir up settled dust during the collection of the air samples.

4. “AHERA” means the Federal Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act, 40CFR Part 763, Subpart E.

5. “Air Sampling Professional” means an individual that holds a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed, who is employed either directly or indirectly by GSA to conduct air sampling and sample analysis.

6. “Airlock” means a system for permitting entrance and exit with minimum air movement between an asbestos regulated work area where airborne asbestos fibers are expected to be encountered (the “dirty” side) and any other area (the “clean” side), consisting of two curtained doorways separated by a distance of at least three feet such that a person passes through one doorway into the airlock, allowing the doorway sheeting to overlap and close off the opening before proceeding through the second doorway, thereby preventing flowthrough of air from the “dirty” side to the “clean” side.

7. “Amended water” means water to which a surfactant has been added to improve water penetration.

8. “Area Air Sampling” means any form of air sampling or monitoring where the sampling device is placed at some stationary location.

9. “Asbestos” means the asbestiform varieties of serpentine (chrysotile), ammosite, Section C Page 7 riebeckite (crocidolite), tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite as identified using polarized light microscopy.

10. “Asbestos Containing Material or ACM” means any material or product that contains more than 1% asbestos.

11. “Asbestos Containing Building Materials or ACBM” means Surfacing ACM, Thermal Systems Insulation ACM, Miscellaneous ACM, in or on the interior surfaces of a building.

12. “Asbestos Containing Waste Material” means any waste that contains commercial asbestos. This term also includes filters from control devices, bags or packages with commercial asbestos materials, waste from regulated asbestos work area projects, and objects contaminated with asbestos including disposable equipment, rags, and clothing.

13. ”Asbestos Inspector” means an individual that holds a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed, to conduct asbestos building inspections.

14. “Asbestos Supervisor” means a licensed asbestos abatement contractor holding a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed.

15. “Asbestos Worker” means an individual that holds a valid license in the State in which the work is being performed who cleans, removes, encapsulates, prepares, encloses, erects, hauls, or disposes of asbestos materials or wastes.

16. “Authorized Visitor” means the GSA Property Manager or Project Manager, or any person designated by the GSA Property Manager or the Project Manager, the Regional Environmental Engineer, and any representative of a regulatory or other agency having jurisdiction over the project.

17. "Background Level Monitoring" means a method used to determine airborne fiber concentrations inside and outside the work area prior to starting an asbestos abatement project.

18. “Background Levels” means the concentrations of airborne fibers as determined by phase contrast or transmission electron microscopy, in and adjacent to, the work areas, prior to the start of the work.

19. “Category I NonFriable Asbestos Containing Material” means asbestos containing packings, gaskets, resilient floor coverings, and asphalt roofing products containing more than 1 % asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy.

20. “Category II NonFriable ACM” means any material, excluding Category I NonFriable ACM, containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, when dry, cannot be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

21. “Class I Asbestos Work” means activities involving the removal of Thermal Systems Insulation (TSI) and Surfacing ACM and PACM.

22. “Class II Asbestos Work” means activities involving but not limited to the removal of asbestos containing wall board, floor tiles and sheeting, roofing and side shingles, and construction mastics. Class II work does not include Class I work.

23. “Class III Asbestos Work” means repair and maintenance operations where ACM is likely to be disturbed.

24. “Class IV Work” means maintenance and custodial activities during which employees contact but do no disturb ACM or PACM and activities to clean up

Section C Page 8 dust, waste, and debris from Class I, Class II, and Class III work.

25. ”Clean Room” means a “clean side” area or room which is a structural part of the

Worker Decontamination Enclosure System (WDES) with provisions for storage of workers’ street clothes and protective equipment.

26. “Clearance Air Monitoring” means the employment of aggressive sampling methods with a volume of air collected to determine the airborne concentration of fibers upon conclusion of an asbestos abatement project.

27. “Commercial Asbestos” means any material containing asbestos that is extracted from ore and either has or has had value because of its asbestos content.

28. “Competent Person” means a person who is capable of identifying existing asbestos hazards in the workplace and in selecting the appropriate control strategy for asbestos exposure, who has the authority to take prompt corrective actions to eliminate them. It also means a person who holds a valid asbestos license as a contractor’s supervisor in the State where the work is taking place.

29. “Contained Area” means an enclosed work area in a building where negative air pressure and High Efficiency Particulate Absolute (HEPA) filtration are use to contain airborne fibers during removal, enclosure, or encapsulation of ACBM during an asbestos abatement project.

30. “Critical Barrier” means one or more layers of plastic sealed over openings into a work area or any similarly placed physical barrier, sufficient to prevent airborne fibers in a work area from migrating to adjacent areas.

31. “Curtained Doorway or ‘Z’Flap” means a devise that consists of at least three overlapping sheets of plastic over an existing or temporary framed doorway. One sheet shall be secured at the top and left side, the second sheet at the top and the right side, and the third sheet at the top and the left side. The sheets shall have weights attached to the bottom to ensure that the sheets hang straight and maintain a seal over the doorway when not in use. Curtained doorways shall be installed at each end of each airlock and each end of each room of the Decontamination Enclosure Systems.

32. “Decontamination Enclosure System (DES)” means a series of connected rooms, separated from each other by air locks, used for the decontamination and exit from the work area. A Worker’s Decontamination Enclosure System (WDES) shall be constructed for use by personnel entering and exiting the work area. An Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System (EDES) shall be constructed for cleaning and removing of containerized waste material from the work area. Both enclosure systems shall be erected and used on this project.

33. “Demolition” means the wrecking or taking out of any loadsupporting structural member of a facility together with any related handling operations or the intentional burning of any facility as described by OSHA. Demolition and renovation are not the same activities.

34. “Disturbance” means activities that disrupt the matrix of asbestos containing material and PACM.

35. “Encapsulant” means a liquid material which can be applied to ACBM and which temporarily controls the possible release of asbestos fibers from the material, either by creating a membrane over the surface (Bridging Encapsulant) or by penetrating into the material and binding its components (Penetrating Encapsulant).

36. “Encapsulation” means the treatment of ACBM with a material that surrounds or

Section C Page 9 embeds asbestos fibers and asbestos fiber bundles in an adhesive matrix that prevents the release of fibers.

37. “Enclosure” means the construction of an airtight, impervious, and permanent wall and ceiling between the ACBM and the occupied space of the building.

38. “Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System or EDES” means a decontamination enclosure system designed for the controlled transfer of materials, equipment, and containerized waste into and out from the work area.

The EDES shall consist of the following (from “dirty” side to “clean” side):

a. Curtained Doorway

b. Wash Room

c. Curtained Doorway

d. Airlock

e. Curtained Doorway

f. Holding Area

g. Curtained doorway

39. “Equipment Room” means a room or area on the “dirty side” which is part of the WDES with provisions for the storage or contaminated clothing and equipment that is intended for reuse. The equipment room shall be separated from the work area and from additional rooms in the WDES by air locks with curtained doorways.

40. “Facility” means any institutional, commercial, public, industrial, or residential structure, installation, or building, any ship, and any active or inactive waste disposal site.

41. “Facility Component” means any part of a facility including equipment.

42. “Fiber Release Episode” means any uncontrolled or unintentional disturbance of

ACM resulting in visible emissions.

43. “Fixed Object” means a unit of equipment or building system component which can not be removed from the work area.

44. “Friable” means a material, when dry, that may be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure. The term friable also applies to nonfriable material that will intentionally become friable as a result of sanding, drilling, chipping, striking with an object (such as a wrecking ball), or demolition.

45. “Glovebag” means a manufactured device consisting of a plastic bag (constructed of a minimum of 6mil thickness transparent plastic) with two attached inward projecting longsleeved rubber gloves, one attached inward projecting water wand sleeve, an attached internal tool pouch, and an attached labeled receptacle for asbestos waste. The glovebag is constructed and installed in such a manner that it surrounds the object or area to be decontaminated and that it contains the fibers that are released during the removal process.

46. “Glovebag Technique” means a method for removing friable ACBM from heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) ducts, piping runs, valves, joints, elbows, and other nonplaner surfaces.

47. “Governments Environmental Consultant or GEC” is an individual who is employed either directly or indirectly by GSA to provide third party observations, project coordination, and oversight on behalf of GSA on every aspect of an asbestos abatement project.

48. “HEPA” means High Efficiency Particulate Absolute.

49. “HEPA Filter” means a high efficiency particulate absolute filter capable of

Section C Page 10 retaining 99.97 percent of particles (including fibers) that are greater than 0.3 micrometers in mass median aerodynamic equivalent diameter, with an efficiency designation of 100 in accordance with NIOSH 42 CFR 84, Respiratory Protection Devices .

50. “HEPA vacuum equipment” means vacuuming equipment with a high efficiency particulate absolute filter system.

51. “Holding Area” means a room or area on the “clean side” which is part of the EDES with provisions for the storage of containerized waste that has been decontaminated in the wash room of the EDES. The Holding Area shall be separated from the work area and from additional rooms in the EDES by air locks with curtained doorways.

52. “Intact” means that the ACM has not crumbled, been pulverized, or otherwise deteriorated so that the asbestos is no longer bound with its matrix.

53. “Leaktight” means that solids or liquids cannot escape or spill out. Leaktight also means dusttight.

54. “Miscellaneous Material” means interior building material on structural components, structural members, or fixtures, such as floor and ceiling tiles, and does not include Surfacing Materials or Thermal Systems Insulation.

55. “MiniContainment Area” means a contained and regulated area in which Glovebag Techniques are being employed.

56. “Negative Air Pressure Equipment” means a portable local exhaust system equipped with HEPA filtration. The system shall be capable of maintaining a constant, low velocity airflow from asbestos abatement work areas to the outdoors, thereby creating a negative pressure differential between the work area and the remaining areas of the building.

57. “Negative Initial Exposure Assessment” means a demonstration by the contractor that by using the specific work procedures to by employed on the project, employee exposure during the project is expected to be consistently below the

PEL.

58. “NESHAP” means the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(40 CFR 61).

59. “Nonfriable AsbestosContaining Material“ means any material containing more than 1% asbestos as determined using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy, that, when dry, may not be crumbled, pulverized, or reduced to powder by hand pressure.

60. Office of the Regional Environmental Engineer” means the GSA Environmental Engineer for Region 5, assigned to the Fire Protection and Safety Branch or an individual or company designated by the Environmental Engineer.

61. “Operations and Maintenance” means a program of work practices to maintain friable and nonfriable ACBM in good condition, to provide for the cleanup of asbestos previously disturbed or damaged, and to prevent further releases by minimizing and controlling disturbances and damage to ACBM.

62. “OSHA” means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

63. “Outside Air” means air from outside of the work area.

64. “Personal Air Monitoring or Exposure Monitoring” means a method used to determine employees’ exposure to airborne fibers through the collection of air samples from the breathing zone of an individual in the work area. Personal Air Monitoring must be conducted in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1001 and

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1926.1101.

65. “PACM” means Presumed Asbestos Containing Material.

66. “Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for asbestos fibers, as expressed as an eighthour Time Weighted Average (TWA)” means the concentration at which no employee shall be exposed to. The PEL is 0.1 fibers per cubic centimeter as determined by Phase Contrast Microscopy.

67. “Presumed Asbestos Containing Material” means thermal systems insulation and surfacing material found in buildings constructed no later than 1980 unless that material has been determined to NOT contain asbestos based on an adequate number of samples having been analyzed using the method specified in Appendix E, Subpart E, 40 CFR part 763, Section 1, Polarized Light Microscopy.

68. “Project “means removal, encapsulation, enclosure, or repair of more than three linear feet, three square feet, or one cubic foot of ACM.

69. “Project Activities” means activities taking place when the contractor or a designee and the contractor's supplies and equipment for asbestos abatement are present at the abatement site.

70. “Regulated Asbestos Containing Material (RACM)” means:

a. Friable Asbestos Containing Material; or,

b. Category I Nonfriable ACM that has become friable; or,

c. Category I Nonfriable ACM that will be subject to sanding, grinding, cutting, abrading; or,

d. Category II Nonfriable ACM that has a high probability of becoming damaged or friable in the course of renovation or demolition operations.

71. “Regulated Area” means an area established by the contractor to demarcate areas where Class I, Class II, and Class III asbestos work is being conducted. It also means any areas where debris and waste from such asbestos work accumulate; and a work area within which airborne fiber concentrations either exceed or there is a reasonable possibility that they may exceed the permissible exposure limit.

72. “Remote Decontamination Enclosure System” means a decontamination enclosure system which is not connected to the contained work area.

73. “Removal” means the intentional detachment of any asbestoscontaining materials from surfaces or components of a building or taking out building components.

74. “Renovation” means altering a facility or one or more facility components in any way, including the stripping or removal of Regulated Asbestos Containing Material from a facility component. Operations in which loadsupporting structural members are wrecked or taken out are demolitions.

75. “Repair” means rewrapping or taping damaged pipe or boiler (or similar vessel) insulation and patching of surfacing material.

76. “Resilient Floor covering” means asphaltic and vinyl floor tiles, sheet flooring materials, and their associated adhesive mastics.

77. “Response Action” means a method with procedures including removal, encapsulation, enclosure, repair, operations and maintenance, and cleanup after an accidental release, that protects human health and the environment from friable ACBM.

78. “Secure Separation Barriers” means a rigid barrier constructed of ½ inch minimum thickness plywood, gypsum board, or similar sheathing material with

Section C Page 12 sufficient framing to support the barrier designed to prevent the possible access by building occupants into areas where project activities will occur. A Secured Separation Barrier shall not be used as a containment area barrier.

79. “Separation Barrier” means a rigid barrier that is erected in a building space to reduce the volume of a work area, such as erecting a barrier along the perimeter of a series of rooms in order to remove materials from windows without making the entire room a work area. This type of Barrier SHALL NOT be used to separate occupied areas of the building from the work area. This type of Separation Barrier shall be of ½ inch minimum thickness plywood gypsum board or similar sheathing material with suitable framing to support the Separation Barrier. The seams and edges of the Separation Barrier shall be caulked and the work area side of the Separation Barrier shall be covered with two layers of sixmil plastic sheeting equivalent.

80. “Shall” means the stated provision is mandatory.

81. “Shower Room” means a “clean side” area or room separated from the Clean

Room and from the Equipment Room by airlocks with curtained doorways, which is a structural part of the Worker Decontamination Enclosure System (WDES) with hot and cold running water controllable at the tap and arranged for complete showering during decontamination.

82. “Shut Down and Lock Out Power” means to switch off every electrical circuit breaker serving power or lighting circuits which run to, or through, the work area.

Lock the electrical panel or door with separate locks.

83. “Staging Area” means a “dirty side” area separated from the Wash Room by an airlock with curtained doorways, which is adjacent to Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System (EDES) designated for the temporary storage of containerized waste prior to removal from the work area.

84. “Structural Member” means any load supporting member of a facility, such as beams and load supporting walls, or any nonload supporting member such as ceilings and nonload supporting walls.

85. “Surfactant” means a chemical wetting agent that, when added to water, will improve the penetration characteristic of the water in order to reduce fiber release.

86. “Surfacing Material” means material that is sprayed, troweledon, or otherwise applied to surfaces (such as acoustical plaster on ceilings and fireproofing on structural members).

87. “Thermal System Insulation (TSI)” means insulation material applied to pipes, fittings, boilers, breechings, vessels, tanks, ducts, or other structural or mechanical components, to prevent heat gain or loss, reduce noise, control condensation, or any other purpose including decorative.

88. “Visible Emissions” mean any emissions containing particulate, airborne or as tracked dust, that are visually detectable with out the aide of instrumentation.

89. “Wash Room” means a “dirty side” area separated from the Staging area of the work area by a curtained doorway, which is a structural component of the Equipment Decontamination Enclosure System (EDES) designated for cleaning of waste containers, equipment, and any other items, except for personnel, from the work area.

90. “Wet Cleaning” means the process of eliminating residual asbestos fibers from surfaces and objects by using cloths, mops, and other cleaning tools which have

Section C Page 13 been dampened with water. After cleaning, the cloths, mops, and other cleaning tools must be disposed as Asbestos Containing Waste Material.

91. “Work Area” means the designated rooms, spaces, or areas where an aspect of an asbestos abatement project is being conducted.

92. “Worker Decontamination Enclosure System or WDES” means a decontamination enclosure system designed for the decontamination of personnel exiting the work area. The WDES shall consist of the following (from “dirty” side to “clean” side):

a. Curtained Doorway

b. Equipment Room

c. Curtained Doorway

d. Airlock

e. Curtained Doorway

f. Shower Room

g. Curtained doorway

h. Airlock

i. Curtained Doorway

j. Clean Room

k. Curtained Doorway

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COMMERCIAL ITEMS CLAUSES AND PROVISIONS

FAR 77 and GSAR 61 Updated: November 25, 2014

FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (APR 2014)

(a) North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code and small business size standard.

The NAICS code and small business size standard for this acquisition appear in Block 10 of the solicitation cover sheet (SF 1449). However, the small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, but which proposes to furnish an item which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

(b) Submission of offers. Submit signed and dated offers to the office specified in this solicitation at or before the exact time specified in this solicitation. Offers may be submitted on the SF 1449, letterhead stationery, or as otherwise specified in the solicitation. As a minimum, offers must show—

(1) The solicitation number;

(2) The time specified in the solicitation for receipt of offers;

(3) The name, address, and telephone number of the offeror;

(4) A technical description of the items being offered in sufficient detail to evaluate compliance with the requirements in the solicitation. This may include product literature, or other documents, if necessary;

(5) Terms of any express warranty;

(6) Price and any discount terms;

(7) “Remit to” address, if different than mailing address;

(8) A completed copy of the representations and certifications at FAR 52.212-3 (see FAR 52.212-

3(b) for those representations and certifications that the offeror shall complete electronically);

(9) Acknowledgment of Solicitation Amendments;

(10) Past performance information, when included as an evaluation factor, to include recent and relevant contracts for the same or similar items and other references (including contract numbers, points of contact with telephone numbers and other relevant information); and

(11) If the offer is not submitted on the SF 1449, include a statement specifying the extent of agreement with all terms, conditions, and provisions included in the solicitation. Offers that fail to furnish required representations or information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration.

(c) Period for acceptance of offers. The offeror agrees to hold the prices in its offer firm for 30 calendar days from the date specified for receipt of offers, unless another time period is specified in an addendum to the solicitation.

(d) Product samples. When required by the solicitation, product samples shall be submitted at or prior to the time specified for receipt of offers. Unless otherwise specified in this solicitation, these samples shall be submitted at no expense to the Government, and returned at the sender’s request and expense, unless they are destroyed during preaward testing.

(e) Multiple offers. Offerors are encouraged to submit multiple offers presenting alternative terms and conditions or commercial items for satisfying the requirements of this solicitation. Each offer submitted will be evaluated separately.

(f) Late submissions, modifications, revisions, and withdrawals of offers.

(1) Offerors are responsible for submitting offers, and any modifications, revisions, or withdrawals, so as to reach the Government office designated in the solicitation by the time specified in the solicitation.

If no time is specified in the solicitation, the time for receipt is 4:30 p.m., local time, for the designated Government office on the date that offers or revisions are due.

(2)(i) Any offer, modification, revision, or withdrawal of an offer received at the Government office designated in the solicitation after the exact time specified for receipt of offers is “late” and will not be considered unless it is received before award is made, the Contracting Officer determines that accepting the late offer would not unduly delay the acquisition; and—

(A) If it was transmitted through an electronic commerce method authorized by the solicitation, it was received at the initial point of entry to the Government infrastructure not later than 5:00 p.m.

one working day prior to the date specified for receipt of offers; or

(B) There is acceptable evidence to establish that it was received at the Government installation designated for receipt of offers and was under the Government’s control prior to the time set for receipt of offers; or

(C) If this solicitation is a request for proposals, it was the only proposal received.

(ii) However, a late modification of an otherwise successful offer, that makes its terms more favorable to the Government, will be considered at any time it is received and may be accepted.

(3) Acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the Government installation includes the time/date stamp of that installation on the offer wrapper, other documentary evidence of receipt maintained by the installation, or oral testimony or statements of Government personnel.

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(4) If an emergency or unanticipated event interrupts normal Government processes so that offers cannot be received at the Government office designated for receipt of offers by the exact time specified in the solicitation, and urgent Government requirements preclude amendment of the solicitation or other notice of an extension of the closing date, the time specified for receipt of offers will be deemed to be extended to the same time of day specified in the solicitation on the first work day on which normal Government processes resume.

(5) Offers may be withdrawn by written notice received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers. Oral offers in response to oral solicitations may be withdrawn orally. If the solicitation authorizes facsimile offers, offers may be withdrawn via facsimile received at any time before the exact time set for receipt of offers, subject to the conditions specified in the solicitation concerning facsimile offers. An offer may be withdrawn in person by an offeror or its authorized representative if, before the exact time set for receipt of offers, the identity of the person requesting withdrawal is established and the person signs a receipt for the offer.

(g) Contract award (not applicable to Invitation for Bids). The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror’s initial offer should contain the offeror’s best terms from a price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The Government may reject any or all offers if such action is in the public interest; accept other than the lowest offer; and waive informalities and minor irregularities in offers received.

(h) Multiple awards. The Government may accept any item or group of items of an offer, unless the offeror qualifies the offer by specific limitations. Unless otherwise provided in the Schedule, offers may not be submitted for quantities less than those specified. The Government reserves the right to make an award on any item for a quantity less than the quantity offered, at the unit prices offered, unless the offeror specifies otherwise in the offer.

(i) Availability of requirements documents cited in the solicitation.

(1)(i) The GSA Index of Federal Specifications, Standards and Commercial Item Descriptions, FPMR Part 101-29, and copies of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained for a fee by submitting a request to—

GSA Federal Supply Service Specifications Section Suite 8100 470 East L’Enfant Plaza, SW Washington, DC 20407 Telephone (202) 619-8925 Facsimile (202) 619-8978.

(ii) If the General Services Administration, Department of Agriculture, or Department of Veterans Affairs issued this solicitation, a single copy of specifications, standards, and commercial item descriptions cited in this solicitation may be obtained free of charge by submitting a request to the addressee in paragraph (i)(1)(i) of this provision. Additional copies will be issued for a fee.

(2) Most unclassified Defense specifications and standards may be downloaded from the following ASSIST websites:

(i) ASSIST (https://assist.daps.dla.mil/).

(ii) Quick Search (http://quicksearch.dla.mil/).

(iii) ASSISTdocs.com (http://assistdocs.com).

(3) Documents not available from ASSIST may be ordered from the Department of Defense Single Stock Point (DoDSSP) by—

(i) Using the ASSIST Shopping Wizard (https://assist.dla.mil/wizard/index.cfm);

(ii) Phoning the DoDSSP Customer Service Desk (215) 697-2179, Mon-Fri, 0730 to 1600 EST; or

(iii) Ordering from DoDSSP, Building 4, Section D, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-

5094, Telephone (215) 697-2667/2179, Facsimile (215) 697-1462.

(4) Nongovernment (voluntary) standards must be obtained from the organization responsible for their preparation, publication, or maintenance.

(j) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) Number. (Applies to all offers exceeding $3,000, and offers of $3,000 or less if the solicitation requires the Contractor to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.) The offeror shall enter, in the block with its name and address on the cover page of its offer, the annotation “DUNS” or “DUNS+4” followed by the DUNS or DUNS+4 number that identifies the offeror’s name and address. The DUNS+4 is the DUNS number plus a 4-character suffix that may be assigned at the discretion of the offeror to establish additional SAM records for identifying alternative Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) accounts (see FAR Subpart 32.11) for the same concern. If the offeror does not have a DUNS number, it should contact Dun and Bradstreet directly to obtain one. An offeror within the United States may contact Dun and Bradstreet by calling 1-866-705-5711 or via the internet at http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform. An offeror located outside the United States must contact the local Dun and Bradstreet office for a DUNS number. The offeror should indicate that it is an offeror for a Government contract when contacting the local Dun and Bradstreet office.

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(k) (k) System for Award Management. Unless exempted by an addendum to this solicitation, by submission of an offer, the offeror acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee shall be registered in the SAM database prior to award, during performance and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation. If the Offeror does not become registered in the SAM database in the time prescribed by the Contracting Officer, the Contracting Officer will proceed to award to the next otherwise successful registered Offeror. Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements via the SAM database accessed through https://www.acquisition.gov.

(l) Debriefing. If a post-award debriefing is given to requesting offerors, the Government shall disclose the following information, if applicable:

(1) The agency’s evaluation of the significant weak or deficient factors in the debriefed offeror’s offer.

(2) The overall evaluated cost or price and technical rating of the successful and the debriefed offeror and past performance information on the debriefed offeror.

(3) The overall ranking of all offerors, when any ranking was developed by the agency during source selection.

(4) A summary of the rationale for award;

(5) For acquisitions of commercial items, the make and model of the item to be delivered by the successful offeror.

(6) Reasonable responses to relevant questions posed by the debriefed offeror as to whether source-selection procedures set forth in the solicitation, applicable regulations, and other applicable authorities were followed by the agency.

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION—COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers:

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