IFB 36F-22 Spec. EEQA-909.pdf

MASSACHUSETTS

BAY

TRANSPORTATION

AUTHORITY

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

EE&QA-909

Procurement for Removal of Lead Paint and Asbestos from Six (6)

Presidential Conference Committee (PCC) Streetcars

ISSUED:

December 3, 2021

REVISIONS:

A – February 7, 2022

EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING & QUALITY ASSURANCE

Equipment Engineering and Quality Assurance Technical Specification

Specification:

SUBJECT: Procurement for Removal of Lead Paint & Asbestos from Six (6) Presidential Conference Committee (PCC) Streetcars. Page: 2 of 9

Date: December 3, 2021

Revised: February 7, 2022

Revision: A

1.0 SCOPE

1.1 Project Objectives

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), herein referred to as the Authority, seeks to procure a qualified vendor, herein referred to as Contractor, to furnish labor, expertise, material and equipment necessary to remove paint, some containing lead (Pb), and asbestos body filler from six (6) Green Line Presidential Conference Committee (PCC) streetcars. The selected Contractor shall receive each streetcar from the Mattapan car-house in Boston to their facility via the transportation company hired by the MBTA.

Each streetcar will be covered with tarp or similar sheeting material to protect it from weather conditions. Upon completion of decontamination for each car, the Contractor shall notify the MBTA for transport to the Everett Main Repair Facility (EMR) located at 80 Broadway in Everett, MA. The preliminary schedule requires that the Contractor has the necessary resources available to perform these tasks (sandblast and debris cleaning/disposal) every three (3) months starting one (1) month after the NTP.

1.2 General Features

The Authority’s PCC street cars were built in the 1940s by the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company previously of Worcester, MA. Some existing/modified features are:

1.2.1 Existing Car Features

- Steel Wheel diameter 25.0” new (23.0” worn) per AAR Class B standards.

- Back to Back of Wheels is 54-1/8” to 54-3/8” (54-3/16” nominal).

- Axle #1 Wheel Center to Axle #2 Wheel Center (Same truck) is 72.0”

- Center of truck #1 to center of truck #2 (king pin to king pin) is 22’-9”.

- Length of assembled truck is approximately 122-1/16” (Measured).

- Overall width of car is approximately 8’-4” (100”).

- Overall height of car is approximately 11’-1” (133”).

- Overall length of car is approximately 46’-0 (552”).

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- Overall length of roof cowling is approximately 23’-0” (276”).

- Overall width of roof cowling is approximately 4’-2” (50”).

- Overall height of roof cowling is approximately 10”.

1.2.2 Modification for Transportation

- 28.0” diameter by 7.5” wide Solid Rubber Wheel assembly.

- Solid steel hub mounted on axle.

- Removal of A/C unit, motors, accelerator and other major components.

- Removal of seats, frames, stanchions, wall panels, windows, insulations, wiring, roof panels, light fixtures, mirrors, skirt panels, etc.

- Approximate shipping weight 25,000 - 30,000 lbs.

- All modification to be performed by MBTA personnel prior to transportation.

1.3 General Requirements

The selected Contractor shall provide all labor, services, equipment, materials, training and other required resources to transport, remove paint (some containing lead), and body fillers, (some including asbestos), from all exposed or accessible surfaces on the streetcars. These required surfaces include but are not limited to interior, exterior, underbody and roof areas.

The Contractor shall perform all these tasks within a secure work space inside their facility;

no work will be conducted on Authority property. All lead abatement activities shall be performed by a licensed lead Contractor in accordance with all applicable Federal and State Environment and Health and Safety Regulations. These include all the applicable parts as specified in 29 CFR 1926.62, 1926.57, 1929.55, 40 CFR 50, 40 CFR 61.152, 40 CFR 241, 40 CFR 257, 40 CFR 261-262, 310 CMR 6.000, 310 CMR 30.000 in their most current version.

The Contractor shall secure all the tools, labor, equipment, materials and any other items required to perform the job with proper protocol standards for safely transporting heavy equipment and for the removal of lead paint from different surfaces. All large items such as seats, stanchions, frames, windows, flooring, skirt panels, mirror, light fixtures, etc. will be removed by MBTA personnel prior to transport to the Contractor. The Contractor shall have a large enough work area to stage the streetcar that allows for the safety and efficiency

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The Contractor shall cover and protect all areas that do not require abrasive blasting. Once the work area and items that do not require abrasive blasting are secured and equipment stabilized, the Contractor shall begin the abrasive/blasting paint removal process. The Contractor shall utilize any combination of lead paint and asbestos removal methods as long as it is safe and will not result in damage to the streetcars. The selected Contractor shall maintain a safe working environment at all times. This includes ensuring that all personnel in the work area are fitted with the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at all times and spare PPE are readily available.

Upon completion of the paint removal process the Contractor shall clean all impacted areas of the street car, including the interior, exterior, roof, underbody, openings and other unseen areas of the street car. The entire streetcar shall be cleaned of all dust, debris, residue, paint chips, lead & asbestos particles and blast media using HEPA filtered vacuums, wet wiping or washing with an acceptable solution.

During lead abatement activities conducted in 2018, blast media and other debris entered cracks, openings and other compromised areas of the street car and collected in the side sill areas. To ensure that all blast media and other debris can be cleared from the street car, upon completion of lead abatement activities the exterior shell should be cut the entire length of the car approximately seven-inches upward from the base of the shell. The Contractor shall ensure that the structural vertical posts are not damaged or cut during this process. The Authority will ensure that the vertical posts are visible form the car’s interior to aid the contractor in identifying the location of the vertical posts. This step is required to remove blast material, dust and debris that collects in side sill areas of the street car.

Upon completion of the lead and asbestos abatement activities and associated clean-up, the MBTA will conduct an inspection of the street car. To confirm that all blast material, debris and dust have been cleaned from the car, a third-party independent contractor shall collect wet lead wipes and 4”x4” (100 cm2) sampling templates and analyzed for lead via

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Method SW846 3050B/6010C/NIOSH 9102 ICP. Up to six samples per car will be collected. Samples will be submitted for standard 5-day turn around time. Based on the visual inspection completed by MBTA personnel, the MBTA may dictate the sampling locations. The third-party independent contractor shall be hired by the Contractor as part of this specification, and must be approved by the MBTA.

OSHA does not have surface lead comparison criteria for specific areas other than change rooms and lunch rooms. Therefore, the public exposure standard (federal lead standard for residential window sills) shall be used as the standard of comparison since the street cars will be used by the public. The third-party contractor shall provide a professional report outlining their sampling techniques, tabulating the data compared to the public exposure standard and provide a figure showing the sampling locations. The laboratory analytical data sheets should also be included in the report. If the sampling results do not meet the aforementioned prescribed criteria, the Contractor shall conduct additional cleaning and collect additional confirmatory samples at no cost to the Authority.

After all parties are in agreement that all blast material, debris and dust have been cleaned from the street cars, the Contractor shall then apply a citrus base or another nontoxic rust inhibitor solution to all the exposed metal surface of the car in order to prevent and/or minimize rusting during transport and the planned overhaul.

It is the responsibility of the Contractor to remove and dispose of all spent media at an approved facility according to applicable state and environmental laws. After the required clean-up and third party approval, the third-party contractor report shall be submitted to the Equipment Engineering and Quality Assurance Manager at the MBTA. Contractor shall ensure that the streetcar is properly stored to prevent any new contamination after it is approved for transport to EMR by the selected third party.

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2.0 PAYMENT AND SCHEDULE

2.1 Terms of Payment and Delivery Schedule

The following are the proposed Payment Terms and Delivery Schedule.

2.1.1 Delivery Schedule

The following is a proposed project schedule. This schedule will be adjusted at the Notice To Proceed after approval of the Master Schedule.

2/21/2022 Notice To Proceed (NTP) – Upon Approval of Master Schedule and

Project Management Plan.

3/21/2022 Transportation of first streetcar from Mattapan car-house to the

Contractor’s facility.

4/11/2022 Delivery of first sandblasted and cleaned PCC streetcar to EMR.

10/11/2024 Approximate date of completion for the last of the 6 cars to EMR, based on receival of 1 streetcar every 3 months.

2.1.2 Method of Payment

The following shall constitute the method of payments of this contract:

A. The Authority shall make all payments to the Contractor in United States Dollars.

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B. Payment for the PCC Transportation and Paint Removal program will be made via check or wire transfer installments.

C. If an audit should disclose any invoices that exceed 100% of the invoice costs, this excess shall be returned to the Authority and shall be remitted to the Contractor at such time as those costs are incurred.

2.1.3 Schedule of Payment

The Contractor is required to submit a Bid Price based on the following Payment Schedule summarized below for the labor, material and equipment required to transport and sandblast six (6) PCC streetcars.

Payments to the Contractor will take place over a time period of approximately eighteen (18) months from the NTP.

10% After NTP and approval of Master Schedule and Project Management Plan 15% After the sandblasting and clean-up certification of each of (6) PCC streetcars.

100% Total for Final Acceptance.

3.0 CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

3.1 Contractor Qualifications

The selected Contractor shall have a of minimum five (5) years of previous experience removing paint, handling paint with lead (Pb) and asbestos products present and properly cleaning the work area after removal. The Contractor shall provide references of previous paint removal and asbestos removal contracts and/or de-leading and asbestos removal certificates if requested by the MBTA.

Additionally, all sub-contractors shall also have experience removing paint, working with lead and asbestos removal. The Authority may require proof of this by submission of reliability data, time work was performed and location, material information and equipment

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3.2 Contractor’s Responsibilities

The Contractor selected by the Authority shall adhere to all the requirements set forth by the Authority in this Specification. Any deviations from the Authority’s requirements, as well as other proposals presented by the Contractor, must be submitted in writing to the MBTA for approval prior to proceeding. The Authority intends to take all suggestions regarding methods to transport and remove paint from the streetcars that are proposed by the selected Contractor into consideration. The Contractor shall be held responsible for any excessive damages to the streetcars that occur, and paint removal processes between the Authority’s and the Contractor’s facilities. The Authority reserves the right to assess any damages that occur and charge the Contractor accordingly. The Contractor shall have appropriate licenses and/or certifications required for lead paint and asbestos removal and disposal. The Contractor shall adhere to these terms when the contract is awarded.

3.3 Contractor’s Submittals

Upon award, the Contractor must provide a detailed submittal outlining the means and methods for the lead and asbestos abatement, including how the areas and parts of the train that do not require abatement will be secured and protected, the abatement process and associated equipment, and post abatement clean-up process. This submittal must be approved by the Authority prior to commencing work.

3.4 MBTA’s Responsibilities

The MBTA will be responsible for removing all the equipment on the PCC that will not require sandblasting as well as the modification and assembly of the “dummy truck” for accepting the streetcars for transport. The Authority will also make personnel available at both the Mattapan car-house, vendor’s and EMR facilities to assist the Contractor as required in order to make work on MBTA’s properties proceed as efficiently as possible.

The MBTA will be available to consult the Contractor during this contract as necessary.

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4.0 APPROVALS

Prepared By:

Date:

Theodore C. Cooke II – Engineer

Equipment Engineering & Quality Assurance

Reviewed By:

James Brienzo – Supervisor

Everett Main Repair Facility

Approved By:

Kimberly Woollard – Director

Everett Main Repair Facility

Michael F. Walsh - Director

Subway Maintenance and Engineering

Joseph Gentilucci – Deputy Mechanical Chief Officer

Rail Transportation