IDIQ_PWS _US EPA TRIBAL NATION UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK.pdf

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

US EPA TRIBAL NATION UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK

PROGRAMS SUPPORT

PART 1

General Information

GENERAL: This is an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for technical service support. This IDIQ does not contain any tasks that would require an

Architect Engineering (AE) nor Construction contract. Minor elements of some tasks may include aspects that are similar but not considered AE nor Construction. Sites shall be within the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Region 9 Area of Responsibility (AOR).This may include work within USEPA Regions six (6), eight (8) nine (9), and ten (10) as Region 9 AOR does overlap the physical boundaries of some

EPA Regions. Projects range from small assessment and study projects to full remedial studies to support development and document remedial alternatives. The objective is to furnish all personnel, plant, and equipment to provide environmental support

(investigations, assessments, remedial actions, etc.) at hazardous waste sites to the

USACE. The Contractor shall provide environmental support as requested in the TOs issued under this contract. The Contractor may be required to work at hazardous waste sites under the use, control, or former use of the Federal Government or at which the

Federal Government is determined to be a generator or potentially responsible party.

Further, the Contractor may be tasked to provide environmental support to the South

Pacific Division on non-Federally used or owned sites such as Superfund National

Priority Listed (NPL) sites and/or sites within the Navajo Nation.

Task orders issued under this IDIQ will address site-specific issues. Tasks for this contract are in several stages of completion and the Contractor will be involved in specialty aspects of these projects. The majority of these tasks are anticipated, at this point in time, to be on the Navajo Nation but may include different task locations in the future. Responses to the RFP should include synopsis of current staff with experience on the Navajo Nation. New Task Orders (TO) for new sites and tasks will be assigned as required. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the referred service providers performing the services herein. Such service providers shall be accountable solely to the government-contracted vendor who, in turn is responsible to the

Government.

1.1 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES/INTRODUCTION:

The specific tasks required will be defined in the TOs awarded under the IDIQ contract.

The TOs shall involve technical support for projects within the EPA’s AOR but may include projects that are not EPA related. The TOs are expected to involve complex and specialized issues that may require contractor employees to provide extensive coordination with members of the local tribal groups, Fluency in the local languages will be critical as will experience in dealing with existing and closed underground storage tank site assessment and remediation.

1.2 SCOPE:

The Contractor shall provide the necessary expertise, materials, and supplies to complete tasks that will be presented in individual TOs involving EPA projects. The contractor shall demonstrate in response to this RFP their ability to comply with these requirements.

Technically acceptable contractors shall have experience in working on the Navajo

Nation, with USEPA, with underground storage tank leaks and remedial strategies for tank sites. The Contractor shall be responsible for managing the various requirements defined below:

1.2.1 Engineering Support.

The engineering efforts relating to the remedial action will be described in each individual TO. Engineering support to be performed in support of remedial actions will depend on the requirements of the individual TO. Engineering effort required may include preparing plans and specifications, report and decision document preparation, community outreach\communications, troubleshooting, construction inspection, and quality control testing or other tasks as required.

1.2.2 Investigations, Studies and Field Activities.

The Contractor may be required to perform various investigation activities. The activities may include, but are not limited to the following: drilling, soil vapor surveys, geophysical surveys (including but not limited to EM, GPR, Electrical Resistivity, and Seismic), well and/or instrumentation installations; vadose zone fluid/air flow measurement; aquifer testing; sampling and analysis of soil, sediment ground water, surface water, hard surface, tank/drun1 contents, air and soil vapor; performing surface and borehole geophysics;

excavation of test pits/trenches; sampling and testing of geotechnical materials; ME avoidance, ME field reconnaissance and ME engineering evaluations; and habitat, asbestos and lead-based paint surveys. Sampling and analysis for a wide variety of parameters may be required to determine the physical, chemical, biological, explosive and radiological properties; land and/or Utility surveys; data base research, maintenance, updating and compilation . Contract deliverables for investigations may include, but are not limited to, permanent or temporary field installations (i.e., monitoring wells), reports, logs, maps, drawings, and sketches. Analysis and interpretation of data shall be performed as appropriate to accomplish the intent of the individual TO. Specific requirements will be included in individual TOs. Appropriate deliverables associated with each of these activities shall be prepared and submitted to the Contracting Officer

(CO) or Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for approval as required herein.

1.2.3 Site Specific Tasks.

The requirements related to remedial action will be described in individual TOs. The

Contractor shall perform all necessary actions to address specific requirements of the TO.

Remedial actions include, but are not limited to containment, removal, treatment (on-site and off-site), transportation, and disposal. While most of the contaminants encountered will be in the petroleum hydro carbon categories, the entire spectrum of contaminants may be involved. This could include hazardous, toxic, radioactive, biological, and explosive constituents or any combination thereof. Ordnance, chemical warfare materials, and agent breakdown products may also be encountered. These contaminants may occur in various environments including soils, sludges, liquids, air, water, debris, structures, and various containers. In general, destructive treatments will have preference over containment or transfer type treatments, and processes shall minimize the production of hazardous waste. Innovative treatment processes shall be considered and implemented when the innovative treatment technologies offer the potential for comparable or superior performance or economy compared to demonstrate treatment technologies.

1.2.3.1 Types of Remedial/Removal Activities:

The requirements related to site-specific tasks will be described in individual TOs. The

Contractor shall perform all necessary actions to address specific requirements of the TO.

The entire spectrum of contaminants may be involved including hazardous, toxic, radioactive, biological, and explosive constituents or any combination thereof. These contaminants may occur in various environments including soils, sludge, liquids, air, water, debris, structures, and various containers. In general, studies will focus on and will have preference for waste minimization over containment or transfer type processes. Pilot studies for innovative treatment processes shall be considered and implemented when the innovative treatment technologies offer the potential for comparable or superior performance or economy compared to demonstrate treatment technologies.

1.2.3.2 Types of Site Specific Tasks/Activities: A variety of activities is expected in this contract. These activities are included below; however, this list is not intended to be all inclusive. Innovative, new or emerging technologies, as they become available or applicable, may also be utilized during the term of this contract. The

Contractor shall have the expertise and capability to perform the following types of tasks:

1.2.3.3 Sampling and field or laboratory analysis of a wide variety of matrices such as the contents of tanks, drums and transformers, soil, sludge, solids, decontamination rinsate, water and groundwater, air, debris, and waste streams.

1.2.3.4 Investigative derived waste removal, transportation, treatment and disposal of containers, underground and aboveground storage tanks (including abandonment in-place), contaminated soils, investigation derived waste materials, drums, transformers and their contents including Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).

1.2.3.5 Pilot studies to understand treatment options of hazardous and/or contaminated soil by bioremediation, soil washing, thermal incineration\desorption, immobilization/stabilization and other treatment technologies.

1.2.3.6 Studies to support requirements of operation, and maintenance of groundwater and soil vapor extraction, treatment, and discharge systems (chemical, physical and biological) including air stripping, air sparging, bioventing, steam stripping, carbon absorption, ozonation, ultraviolet violet oxidation, reverse osmosis, bioremediation, permeable reaction walls, and other technologies.

1.2.3.7 Work area and perimeter air monitoring/sampling/analysis.

1.2.3.8 Sediment, soil and rock boring and sampling for chemical and geotechnical parameters.

1.2.3.9 Drilling, installation, development, and sampling of groundwater\soil vapor extraction, injection, and monitoring wells. Innovative in-situ\ex-situ soil\groundwater clean-up technologies (i.e. steam injection, thermal enhancement, subsurface treatment barriers, etc.) and investigation technologies.

1.2.3.10 Post-study site restoration (monitoring well plugging and abandonment or demolition and removal).

1.2.3.11 Preparation of general and site-specific plans and reports.

1.2.3.12 Best management practices such as erosion control as associated with site-specific tasks.

1.3 Operations and Maintenance:

Operations and Maintenance (O&M) may be required under this contract. O&M activities may consist of preparation of O&M manuals, start-up and prove-out, trouble shooting existing systems, and O&M of existing operations. Typical systems or processes likely to be encountered are groundwater treatment systems, soil vapor extraction and treatment systems, bioventing, soil treatment processes and systems, waste storage areas, and other remedial activity, treatment system or process.

1.4 Community Relations Support:

Programmatic support to the local community individuals and/or groups may be required under this contract. The response to the proposal should include a synopsis of the existing staff that speak Navajo as the current tasks anticipate a majority of the tasks will be executed within the Navajo Nation. Community Relations Support (CRS) tasks may include but are not limited to; providing native speaking translation services during meetings; preparing informational packages or flyers in local languages; organizing and conduction community outreach meetings; conducting meetings with individual tribe members and/or families to collect program specific information and serve as liaison.

1.5 LICENSES, PERMITS, CERTIFICATIONS, AND NOTIFICATIONS:

The Contractor shall obtain and maintain necessary licenses and certifications required for the work described herein, including:

1.5.1 Licenses and certifications as required by Federal, State, and Local agencies as required by the location of the project, for performing all work specified within this statement of work and each individual TO.

1.5.2 Permits required by Federal, State, and Local agencies to transport restricted and/or hazardous wastes and explosives. Licenses required by Federal, State, and

Local agencies, where applicable, such as contractor’s licenses required to work with hazardous waste, asbestos, and lead-based paint, blaster's license, etc.

1.5.3 Notifications and compliance with all applicable agencies (Fire Department, EPA, Water and Air Quality Boards, County Environmental Health Department, emergency response, etc.) prior to performing work.

1.5.4 Compliance with all Federal, State, and Local regulations to include, but not limited to, work within the Navajo Nation and with the Navajo Nation EPA.

1.5.5 Permits to conduct all utility clearances and digging prior to commencing any excavation, drilling, or other intrusive activities.

1.5.6 Notification of all appropriate Federal, State, and/or Local agencies, as well as the

Contracting Officer, prior to site closure in accordance with Federal, State, or

Local regulations.

1.5.7 Registration of all nuclear testing devices brought onto federal property through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). This registration is in addition to any license or permit that may be required by the State or Local laws.

1.5.8 Compliance with safety requirements: The Contractor shall provide for the protection of the lives and health of employees and other persons; the prevention of damage to property, materials, supplies and equipment; and the avoidance of work interruptions. For these purposes, the Contractor shall comply with:

▪ Federal and California OSHA Safety and Health Regulations

▪ Pertinent provisions of the Corps of Engineers’ EM 385-11

1.5.9 Compliance with requirements related to conflicts of interest and release of information:

1.5.10 For each TO, the Contractor shall provide a Conflict of Interest disclaimer satisfactory to the Contracting Officer.

1.5.11 The Contractor shall obtain approval from USACE Contracting Officer’s

Representative (COR) prior to release of any information received in the performance of this TO or developed pursuant to this TO. All inquiries regarding the release of such information shall be referred to the USACE COR.

1.6 DATA: All data, reports and material produced under or relative to this performance work statement will become the property of the U.S. Government and will not be released to other agencies or their Contractors without written approval by the

Contracting Officer.

1.7 SUBMITTALS: All submittals shall become the property of USACE. The

Contractor shall provide copies of backup data and all computations used in support of the contracted work.

1.8 QUALITY CONTROL: The Contractor shall be responsible for quality control of its own work. The Contractor shall have a logical and functional quality control program to assure that errors and deficiencies in all submittals are minimal.

1.9 SECURITY:

The Contractor shall provide site security as required by each individual TO. Site security includes, but is not limited to, fencing, guard service, lighting, video cameras, alarms, locks, and barricades or as specified in the TO. However, as a minimum the

Contractor shall maintain the site and other Contractor controlled areas in such a manner as to minimize the risk of injury or accident to site personnel or others who may be in the area. Work on or near roadways shall be carefully marked with lights and barricades meeting State and local regulations, or where such regulations are not applicable, adequate to minimize the risk of an accident. Open excavations, which pose a danger to site personnel or others, shall be fenced to prevent accidental entry. The minimum fencing type shall be five foot high chain link fence or plastic construction fencing.

Fencing type will normally be specified in individual TOs. Side slopes of excavations shall be shored or left at a safe angle repose as determined by EM 385-1-1, Section 25 or

29 CFR 1926 subpart P. All equipment, when not in operation, shall be left in a safe condition (e.g., wheels blocked and buckets on the ground). Near residential area where there may be children, special consideration will be given to site security/safety needs.

When work is performed at a Federal, State, or local installation or facility, the

Contractor shall comply with all security requirements of that installation or facility. The

Contractor shall be responsible for all site control including visitors and subcontractors entering the site and all traffic control within and around the site including proper providing traffic control personnel, placement of warning barricades, cones, fencing, and warning tape.

1.9 REGISTRATION AND TRAINING COSTS.

All registration, certification, and training costs required to perform work under this contract shall be the responsibility of the Contractor. This includes OSHA, asbestos certification, LBP certification, all professional registration and certification, and any other registration, certification, and training costs necessary to perform work specified in this statement of work and individual TOs. The Contractor shall obtain all necessary professional registration, certification, and training in the State where work is to be performed as specified in TOs prior to the start of work.

1.10 OSHA COMPLIANCE.

All personnel shall meet the training, medical surveillance, and safety and health program requirements specified in OSHA standards 29 CFR 1910.120, 29 CFR 1926.65, 29 CFR

1926.62, 29 CFR 1926.1101 and any other OSHA standards which are pertinent to the work in the TO. The Contractor shall ensure that all personnel involved in the performance of the work meet the safety and health requirements and that adequate documentation is available for the Contracting Officer's review. If adequate documentation in not made available, personnel shall not be allowed on-site. All field staff, both Contractor and subcontract personnel, are responsible for understanding and complying with all requirements of the Contractor's approved Site Safety and Health Plan and other OSHA compliance plans as may be appropriate for the particular work in the

TO .

1.11 Contractor personnel and qualifications:

Personnel assigned to individual TOs shall have the required qualifications pertaining to the specific categories anticipated to be encountered at the site. The requirements for on-site and off-site personnel will differ for each project and shall be determined for each individual TO. Prior to award of each TO the Contractor will stipulate and get approval from the COR for the individuals proposed for execution of the TO.

At a minimum the experience for each category below will have 5 years’ experience working on the EPA Tribal Underground Storage Tank Program. This specialized experience is required to continue the current tasks being executed at the Federal and State level. Experience within the Navajo Nation as well as staff fluent in local languages including Navajo are critical. It is highly desirable to have an office that is located near or within the Navajo Nation and be identified on the priority list for contractors within the Nation. Additional qualifications are noted below.

PROGRAM MANAGER: The Program Manager shall be responsible for the overall management of the contract including cost, schedule, and technical quality. The

Contractor shall designate a Program Manager as a single point of contact for coordination of program issues with the USACE. The Program Manager shall oversee the development and implementation of the contract including administration, quality control, and sub-contracting\teaming agreements. The Program Manager shall be competent, experienced and knowledgeable with the specific activities identified in this contract. The Program Manager shall have, as a minimum, the following qualifications:

The contractor shall provide a Program Manager experienced in the conduct of hazardous waste site investigation under the NCP and CERCLA in EPA Region 9 for at least 6 years and shall attend monthly meetings at EPA R9 to the maximum extent practical.

The program manager shall have a four-year college degree in engineering, construction management, geology, chemistry, or related field. The program manager shall have a working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidance.

PROJECT MANAGER: For each TO issued to the Contractor, the Contractor shall designate a Project Manager (PM). The Contractor shall identify the PM before issuance of the TO and the PM's qualifications, experience and performance history and shall be accepted by the Contracting Officer prior to the PM beginning work on the TO. The

Contractor shall designate a single point of contact for the TO, who shall be responsible for the management and execution of all activities in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, Statement of work, approved work plans, and all federal, State, and local laws and regulations. If required, the PM shall ensure coordination between the

Health and Safety Manager and the Site Safety and Health Officer (SSHO) to ensure that all site activities are performed in a safe manner. The Project Manager shall have, as a minimum, the following qualifications:

• A four-year college degree in engineering, construction management, geology, chemistry, environmental science or related field.

• A minimum of five (5) years Project Management experience with the state or states that bound the assigned site or sites and/or Tribal Nations, with a minimum of three (3) years in HTRW remedial action. Working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidance.

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGER (HSM): The Contractor shall utilize a Certified

Industrial Hygienist (CIH) certified by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) to develop, implement, and oversee all safety and health related aspects of this contract.

The minimum qualifications of the Health and Safety Manager shall include:

• A minimum of two (2) years comprehensive experience in planning and overseeing hazardous waste activities.

• Demonstrable expertise in air monitoring techniques and in development of respiratory protection and personal protective equipment programs for working in potentially toxic atmospheres. Working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local occupational safety and health regulations.

• If the project includes asbestos work, the HSM shall have applicable asbestos certifications, prepare/approve the Contractor's Asbestos Hazard Abatement Plan, prepare and perform training, direct air monitoring and assist the Contractor's Project Foreman or

Project manager in implementing and ensuring safety and health requirements are complied with during the performance of all required work. The (HSM) shall have a minimum of 2 years of comprehensive experience in planning and overseeing asbestos abatement activities.

• If project includes lead-based paint abatement work, the HSM shall have applicable lead certifications, prepare/approve the Contractor's Lead Compliance Plan, prepare and perform training, direct air monitoring and assist the Contractor's project Foreman or

Project Manager in implementing and ensuring safety and health requirements are complied with during the performance of work. The HSM shall have a minimum of 2 years of comprehensive experience planning and overseeing lead-based paint activities.

CONTRACTS MANAGER – The Contractor shall designate one individual to perform their function of Contracts Manager who will ensure that all acquisition and contract management related to this contract (including subcontracts, purchases, rental agreements, subcontract modifications, tracking procurements, maintaining inventory property lists, etc.) are performed in accordance with all terms of this Contract and any individual TO. Also, where applicable, the Contracts Manager will be responsible for compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations related to contract management and acquisition. The Contracts Manager should have the following qualifications: A college degree including or supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in accounting, economics, business law, procurement, or management related studies.

Alternatively, the Senior Contracts Manager may have completed an examination equivalent to a Certified Professional Contracts Manager through the National Contracts

Management Association. Four (4) years of contract and acquisition management experience in a position of increasing complexity and responsibility. Training in acquisition, contract administration, cost and price analysis related to federal acquisition, FFP contracting experience and cost reimbursement contracting experience. Experience and/or working knowledge of risk management and Cost Containment (cost cap/stop loss) Insurance. An understanding of FFP Contracts and subcontracts and an understanding of Cost Reimbursement Contracts.

CONTRACTOR QUALITY CONTROL (CQC) SYSTEMS MANAGER: The CQC

Systems Manager shall be responsible for overall management of the CQC and have authority to act in all matters for the Contractor and ensuring compliance with the requirements identified in each TO. The level of effort required for the CQC manager shall be determined for each TO depending on the type of project and project specific needs. The minimum qualifications of the CQC System Manager shall include:

• A college degree in engineering, construction management, or related field.

• A minimum of five (5) years working experience in quality control or quality assurance.

• Working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidance.

• In addition to the above experience and/or education requirements the CQC System

Manager shall have completed the course entitled "Construction Quality Management for

Contractors". This course is periodically offered by the USACE, and is approximately a two-day course. Contact the Contracting Officer for more information.

PROGRAM/PROJECT CHEMIST(s): As part of the project organization, the Contractor shall appoint a Program and Project Chemist for sampling and analytical activities who is responsible to a senior company officer. The Chemist(s) should have general knowledge of remedial process chemistry, fate and transport of organic and inorganic, knowledge of chemical quality control, experience in the sampling and analysis of toxic and hazardous chemicals and radiological contamination in environmental matrices. The Program

Chemist will be required to have advanced expertise (senior level) in chemical data quality management of environmental analytical data. The Program Chemist will be appointed by senior corporate or project management to be principally responsible for oversight of all quality control operations for field and laboratory activities related to sampling and analysis. The Program and Project Chemist shall have, as a minimum, the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a four (4) year college degree in Chemistry from an accredited postsecondary institution.

• A minimum often (10) years of professional experience in Chemistry of which a minimum of seven years must be directly related to environmental investigations and/or remedial actions as a part of a Contractor management team (i.e. not primarily employed at a laboratory).

• A minimum of two (2) years experience at the level of a commercial environmental analytical laboratory with expertise in standard analytical chemistry methods common for analyzing soil, water, air and other materials for chemical contamination assessment, including field analytical procedures such as immunoassay, energy dispersive x-ray fluorescence (EDXRF), etc.

• Working knowledge of calibration and operation of various field analytical and monitoring devices.

• Comprehensive knowledge of sampling protocols for soil, water, and air matrices, calibration and operational procedures for field monitoring devices, chemical properties of hazardous materials, EPA protocols for performance of environmental analyses (SW-

846, EPA wastewater and surface water, Standard Methods, etc.), and data validation procedures.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the data quality objectives process and the proper protocol and requirements needed to implement that process.

The Program Chemist will be expected to have a lead role in management of project tasks associated with sampling and analysis including preparation of the Chemical Data

Quality Management Plan (CDQMP), preparation of Sampling and Analysis Plans

(SAP), instruction of field personnel in sampling and preservation requirements, general oversight of field personnel involved in sampling activities, coordination with the analytical laboratory to insure readiness to implement project specific requirements, participation in on-site inspection of the Contract Laboratory, review of analytical data as it becomes available to ensure conformance with quality standards, implementation of corrective actions in accordance with these specifications when review of data uncovers deficiencies, and serve as a general point of contact for the USACE Project COR for issues related to environmental chemistry. The Program Chemist shall be employed or subcontracted by the Contractor and shall not be employed by a laboratory performing analyses for this contract. The Program Chemist shall provide oversight to the Project

Chemist.

The Project Chemist will be expected to have a "hands on" role in management of project tasks associated with sampling and analysis including preparation of the CDQMP, preparation of Sampling and Analysis Plans, instruction of field personnel in sampling and preservation requirements, general oversight of field personnel involved in sampling activities, coordination with the analytical laboratory to insure readiness to implement project specific requirements, review of analytical data as it becomes available to insure conformance with quality standards, implementation of corrective actions in accordance with these specifications when review of data uncovers deficiencies, and serve as a point of contact for the USACE Project COR for issues related to environmental chemistry.

The Chemist shall conduct or oversee all onsite analytical testing including field screening tests. The Project Chemist shall coordinate Government Quality Assurance testing that verifies the Contractor chemical data. The Chemist shall review and verify all chemical data for hazardous waste manifests. The Chemist shall also prepare all data validation reports or review for accuracy all data validation reports prepared by subcontractors. The Project Chemist will perform an inspection of the Contract

Laboratory at or near the beginning of sample analyses for each delivery order to insure laboratory capability to implement method and contract specified aspects of work.

Method specific checklists presented in USACE EM 200-1-1 or equivalent in conjunction with the contract specifications and the final CDQMP shall be used as the basis for this inspection. Findings of this inspection shall be delivered by memorandum to the USACE

Project COR within 15 days of completion. Inspection checklists shall be included as an attachment to the memorandum of findings. This review of the Contract Laboratory may be conducted concurrently with a project kickoff meeting, preparatory, or initial inspection. The Project Chemist shall be employed or subcontracted by the Contractor and shall not be employed by a laboratory performing analyses for this contract. Note: If the same laboratory is used for multiple delivery orders a complete technical systems review will not be required for concurrent delivery orders. However, if new analyses are performed for which the Program or Project Chemist has not performed an assessment of laboratory capability to execute the requirements of the CDQMP a technical systems review will be required for those analyses. At a minimum a technical audit of the laboratory will be performed on an annual basis and whenever required as a function of deficiencies in laboratory performance.

CIVIL/ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER: The Civil/Environmental Engineer is responsible for assuring that all engineering support goals required in the TO are attained.

The minimum qualifications for the Civil/Environmental Engineer include:

• A four-year college degree in civil engineering and/or environmental engineering or related field.

• Five years experience related to HTRW investigation, design, construction, and remedial action.

• Professional Engineer Registration in any state in the U.S.

SENIOR/STAFF GEOLOGIST(s): The Contractor shall utilize a Senior Geologist who will ensure that all geology and groundwater related goals (including field investigations) of the TO are attained. The Senior Geologist shall provide oversight for the staff/field geologist and provide technical support for all drilling, sampling, and monitoring well installation activities to ensure the goals of the field investigations are achieved. The

Senior Geologist shall be responsible for project geological oversight. The minimum qualifications of the Senior Geologist shall include:

• A four-year college degree in geology, hydrogeology or geological engineering.

• Six (6) years experience in conducting field investigations, installing groundwater monitoring wells, studies, design, and HTRW remedial actions. Working knowledge of calibrating and operating various monitoring devices.

The Contractor shall utilize a staff/field Geologist will be responsible for field oversight and shall be present at the site during all phases of drilling, well installation, well development, sampling, and pump testing. The staff Geologist shall be under the supervision of the Senior Geologist. The staff Geologist shall provide technical direction to the drilling operation and will be responsible for only one operating rig at time. If additional drill rigs are required, additional staff/field Geologists will be required so that there will be one Geologist per operating rig. The minimum qualifications of the

Geologist shall include:

• A four-year college degree in geology, hydrogeology or geological engineering.

• Two (2) years experience in conducting field investigations, installing groundwater monitoring wells, Studies, design, and HTRW remedial actions. Working knowledge of calibrating and operating various monitoring devices.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST/REGULATORY SPECIALIST: The Contractor shall designate a Regulatory Specialist/Environmental Scientist as the point of contact for all regulatory matters and manifesting requirements. It is not expected that the Regulatory

Specialist will be required full time for each TO. The level of effort required shall be determined for TO depending on the type of project and project specific needs. The

Regulatory specialist shall have overall responsibility for the accuracy of hazardous waste identification, interpretation of characterization analysis, completion of waste profiles, completion of hazardous waste manifests, and all transportation and disposal reporting. The Contractor shall coordinate review and approval procedures for all manifests. The Regulatory Specialist shall have, as a minimum, the following qualifications:

• A minimum of five (5) years working experience in federal, State, and local laws and regulations, and guidance associated with HTRW remediation in the state or states that bound the assigned site or sites.

• The capability to identify all required permits.

• Specialized training in Hazardous Materials Transportation and required training in manifesting and DOT certification (49 CFR 172, subpart H; 40 CFR 262/265;

COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST: The Contractor shall designate a

Community Relations Specialist as the point of contact for all communications and translations services. This individual shall screen all documents and communications for cultural awareness and to ensure that all requirements to work with the community can be accomplished with a minimum of disruption to tasks required in execution of environmental work The Community Relations Specialist shall have, as a minimum, the following qualifications:

• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in use of Navajo language and communicating environmental project requirements to non English speaking individuals. Persons shall be able to translate between Dine and English as well as produce community relations support materials in that language. Must also have experience with the cultural differences and requirements of working within this community.

OTHER PERSONNEL. The TOs shall require a variety of support staff for the remedial action. Support staff such as project remediation managers, environmental engineers, process engineers, chemical engineers, treatment plan operators, etc., shall have the appropriate Bachelor degrees or training certificates, as applicable, and at least three (3) years of experience to their assigned tasks.. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to obtain the necessary staffing for the TOs.

1.12 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

The period of performance shall begin upon award of the contract for a five year term.

The ordering period for the base contract shall be five years.

In accordance with FAR 16.505(a)(2), "Orders shall be within the scope, issued within the period of performance, and be within the maximum value of the contract," i.e., specific TOs may extend past the ordering period in the base contract to complete each

TO. Capacity shall be up to a maximum of $4,000,000.00. The $4,000,000 capacity will be executed at time of award and will be available for use over the length of the IDIQ.

1.13 GENERAL INFORMATION

1.13.1 Quality Assurance: The government shall evaluate the contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance

Surveillance Plan (Part 7 Technical Exhibit 1). This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. It defines how the performance standards will be applied, the frequency of surveillance, and the minimum acceptable defect rate(s).

1.13.2 Recognized Holidays: Contractor is not required to perform services on holidays.

New Year’s Day Labor Day

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday Columbus Day

President’s Day Veteran’s Day

Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day

Independence Day Christmas Day

1.13.3 Place of Performance: The work to be performed under this contract will be performed at the contractor’s office and Project sites within the boundaries of the USEPA Region 9 Area of Responsibility (AOR).

1.13.4 Post Award Conference/Periodic Progress Meetings: The Contractor agrees to attend any post award conference convened by the contracting activity or contract administration office in accordance with Federal

Acquisition Regulation Subpart 42.5. The contracting officer, Contracting

Officers Representative (COR), and other Government personnel, as appropriate, may meet periodically with the contractor to review the contractor's performance. At these meetings the contracting officer will apprise the contractor of how the government views the contractor's performance and the contractor will apprise the Government of problems, if any, being experienced. Appropriate action shall be taken to resolve outstanding issues. These meetings shall be at no additional cost to the government.

1.13.5 Key Personnel: The follow contractor personnel are considered key personnel for the IDIQ contract: TBD and based on each TO needs.

1.13.6 Identification of Contractor Employees: All contract personnel working in situations where their contractor status is not obvious to third parties are required to identify themselves as such to avoid creating an impression in the minds of members of the public that they are Government officials. They must also insure that all documents or reports produced by contractors are suitably marked as contractor products or that contractor participation is appropriately disclosed.

1.13.7 Contractor Travel: Contractor may be required to travel during the performance of this contract in support of TOs issued under this IDIQ contract. Contractor will be authorized travel expenses consistent with the substantive provisions of the Joint Travel Regulation (JTR) and the limitation of funds specified in this contract. All travel requires Government approval/authorization and notification to the COR. For purposes of price proposals on specific TOs, a not-to-exceed amount for travel can be established or the contractor can include in the workload summary a projected listing of travel locations to include frequency and number of persons required to travel so the offerors can provide pricing.

1.13.8 Other Direct Costs: This category includes travel, reproduction, and shipping expenses associated with performance of this PWS.

1.13.9 Data Rights: The Government has unlimited rights to all documents/material produced under this contract. All documents and materials, to include the source codes of any software, produced under this contract shall be Government owned and are the property of the Government with all rights and privileges of ownership/copyright belonging exclusively to the Government. These documents and materials may not be used, released or sold by the contractor without written permission from the

Contracting Officer. All materials supplied to the Government shall be the sole property of the Government and may not be used for any other purpose.

This right does not abrogate any other Government rights.

1.13.10 Organizational Conflict of Interest: Contractor and subcontractor personnel performing work under this contract may receive, have access to, or participate in the development of proprietary or source selection information

(e.g., cost or pricing information, budget information or analyses, specifications or work statements, etc.) or perform evaluation services which may create a current or subsequent Organizational Conflict of Interests (OCI) as defined in FAR Subpart 9.5. The Contractor shall notify the Contracting

Officer immediately whenever it becomes aware that such access or participation may result in any actual or potential OCI and shall promptly submit a plan to the Contracting Officer to avoid or mitigate any such OCI.

The Contractor’s mitigation plan will be determined to be acceptable solely at the discretion of the Contracting Officer and in the event the Contracting

Officer unilaterally determines that any such OCI cannot be satisfactorily avoided or mitigated, the Contracting Officer may affect other remedies as he or she deems necessary, including prohibiting the Contractor from participation in subsequent contracted requirements which may be affected by the OCI.

PART 2

DEFINITIONS & ACRONYMS

2. DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS:

Definitions common to all scopes are included below. Definitions unique to this PWS are defined in the PWS.

2.1. DEFINITIONS:

2.1.1. CONTRACTOR. A supplier or vendor awarded a contract to provide specific supplies or service to the government. The term used in this contract refers to the prime.

2.1.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER. A person with authority to enter into, administer, and or terminate contracts, and make related determinations and findings on behalf of the government. Note: The only individual who can legally bind the government.

2.1.3. CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR). An employee of the

U.S. Government appointed by the contracting officer to administer the contract. Such appointment shall be in writing and shall state the scope of authority and limitations.

This individual has authority to provide technical direction to the Contractor as long as that direction is within the scope of the contract, does not constitute a change, and has no funding implications. This individual does NOT have authority to change the terms and conditions of the contract.

2.1.4. DEFECTIVE SERVICE. A service output that does not meet the standard of performance associated with the Performance Work Statement.

2.1.5. DELIVERABLE. Anything that can be physically delivered, but may include non-manufactured things such as meeting minutes or reports.

2.1.6. KEY PERSONNEL. Contractor personnel that are evaluated in a source selection process and that may be required to be used in the performance of a contract by the Key

Personnel listed in the PWS. When key personnel are used as an evaluation factor in best value procurement, an offer can be rejected if it does not have a firm commitment from the persons that are listed in the proposal.

2.1.7. PHYSICAL SECURITY. Actions that prevent the loss or damage of Government property.

2.1.8. QUALITY ASSURANCE. The government procedures to verify that services being performed by the Contractor are performed according to acceptable standards.

2.1.9. QUALITY ASSURANCE Surveillance Plan (QASP). An organized written document specifying the surveillance methodology to be used for surveillance of contractor performance.

2.1.10. QUALITY CONTROL. All necessary measures taken by the Contractor to assure that the quality of an end product or service shall meet contract requirements.

2.1.11. SUBCONTRACTOR. One that enters into a contract with a prime contractor.

The Government does not have privity of contract with the subcontractor.

2.1.12. WORK DAY. The number of hours per day the Contractor provides services in accordance with the contract.

2.1.12. WORK WEEK. Monday through Friday, unless specified otherwise.

2.2. ACRONYMS:

ACOR Alternate Contracting Officer's Representative

AFARS Army Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

AR Army Regulation

AUM Abandoned Uranium Mine

BSA Background Study Area

BTV Background threshold value

CCE Contracting Center of Excellence

CFR Code of Federal Regulations

CONUS Continental United States (excludes Alaska and Hawaii)

COR Contracting Officer Representative

COTR Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

COTS Commercial-Off-the-Shelf

DA Department of the Army

DD250 Department of Defense Form 250 (Receiving Report)

DD254 Department of Defense Contract Security Requirement List

DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

EPA Environmental Protection Agency

FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation

GIS Geographic Information System

HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of

IL Investigation Level

KO Contracting Officer

LUST Leaking Underground Storage Tank

NHPA National Historic Preservation Act

NORM Naturally Occurring Radiological Material

OCI Organizational Conflict of Interest

OCONUS Outside Continental United States (includes Alaska and Hawaii)

ODC Other Direct Costs

PIPO Phase In/Phase Out

POC Point of Contact

PRS Performance Requirements Summary

PWS Performance Work Statement

QA Quality Assurance

QAP Quality Assurance Program

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan

QC Quality Control

QCP Quality Control Program

RSE Removal Site Evaluation

TE Technical Exhibit

TENORM Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radiological

Material

PART 3

GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES

3. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES:

3.1. Services: The Government will provide an EPA Point of Contact to assist with all aspects of work and provide information as needed.

3.2 Facilities: NA

3.3 Utilities: NA

3.4 Equipment: NA.

3.5 Materials: NA.

PART 4

CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND SERVICES

4. CONTRACTOR FURNISHED ITEMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

4.1 General: The Contractor shall furnish all supplies, equipment, facilities, permits, fees, licenses, and services required to perform work under this contract that are not listed under Section 3 of this PWS.

4.2. Materials. The Contractor shall furnish materials, supplies, and equipment necessary to meet the requirements under this PWS.

4.3. Equipment. The Contractor shall furnish equipment to meet the requirements under this PWS.

4.4. Permits, Fees, Licenses. The contractor shall acquire and furnish all permits, fees and licenses required to perform the work under this PWs.

PART 5

APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS

5. APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS (CURRENT EDITIONS)

The Contractor must abide by all applicable regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures. Work will be completed in accordance with USEPA and State

Board rules, regulations, and guidance.

PART 6

ATTACHMENT/TECHNICAL EXHIBIT LISTING

6. Attachment/Technical Exhibit List:

6.1. Attachment 1/Technical Exhibit 1 – Example of a Performance Requirements

Summary to be included in each Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan which will be required in each task order.

6.2. Attachment 2/Technical Exhibit 2 – Example of a typical “Deliverables Schedule” to be included in each Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan which will be required in each task order.

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 1

Performance Requirements Summary The contractor service requirements are summarized into performance objectives that relate directly to mission essential items. The performance threshold briefly describes the minimum acceptable levels of service required for each requirement. These thresholds are critical to mission success. Below is a general outline of Performance requirements and Deliverable Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan Requirements. This is provided for information only and Specific Performance Requirements and QASP requirements will be included with each TO.

Performance Objective

(The Service required—usually a shall statement)

Standard Performance

Threshold (This is the maximum error rate. It could possibly be

“Zero deviation from standard”)

Method of

Surveillance

PRS # 1.

The contractor shall complete all reports and memoranda.

The contractor provided complete and accurate data for generation of the report in accordance with the existing work plan

Zero Errors Technical

Review

TECHNICAL EXHIBIT 2

DELIVERABLES SCHEDULE

Deliverable Frequency # of Copies Medium/Format Submit To

Status report to include progress and financial reports

Monthly 1 Electronic in MS

Word and Excel

Dan McMindes, USACE SP

Invoice Monthly 1 Electronic in pdf Dan McMindes, USACE SPD

Draft Review Once 1 Electronic in pdf Dan McMindes, USACE SPD and cc USEPA

Region 9

Final Review Once 1 Electronic in pdf Dan McMindes, USACE SPD and cc USEPA

Region 9