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NAICS 562910 – Environmental Remediation Services (small business size standard of 750 employees or less)

Region 5 US Environmental Protection Agency77 West Jackson Boulevard Chicago IL 60604-

3507 USA

Great Lakes National Program Office Remediation and Restoration Services (Follow-on contract to Great Lakes National Program Office Construction Services [GLNPOCS II]).

Solicitation Number: 68HE0520R0004

Point of Contact: Jeff Obirek, E-mail: obirek.jeffrey@epa.gov Phone: 312-886-9092

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Region 5, in Chicago, IL in support of the Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) is issuing this Pre-solicitation Notice per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.204. US EPA expects to post a solicitation as a total small business set-aside for environmental dredging in Great Lakes rivers and harbors <http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/sediments.html> and dredged material handling of sediments in December 2020. US EPA anticipates five-year Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contracts with Firm Fixed Price task orders. EPA anticipates the majority of Firm Fixed Price task orders will be issued as design-bid-build. However, in limited circumstances, proposals may be requested in support of design-build requirements.

The estimated ceiling per IDIQ contract is $300 million (value of ordered work for all contracts will not exceed $300 million total). The NAICS code associated with this Pre-solicitation Notice is 562910 – environmental remediation services with a small business size standard of 750 employees or less; the solicitation will be set aside for small businesses. GLNPO executes a budget of approximately $50 million per year to facilitate sediment remediation projects varied in scope between 10,000 cubic yards (CY) and 500,000 CY of contaminated sediment per project. Approximately three to five projects are anticipated per year, depending on their size.

The expected solicitation will be issued using the procedures of FAR Subpart 15. In response to the expected solicitation an offeror must demonstrate the ability to perform under a large dollar IDIQ contract in addition to a sample potential project.

This is a Pre-solicitation Notice. Questions will not be answered at this time. Questions will be accepted at the time of solicitation posting. Reimbursement for proposals will not be provided at any phase. No responses are requested under this notice and no submissions will be considered at this time. Notices regarding this procurement announcement, including Requests for Proposals and amendments, will be posted using the FedConnect web portal. FedConnect can be accessed at https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/ . You must register with FedConnect as an interested party to view any attachments posted.

FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and vendors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. Through FedConnect contractors will be able to receive, review and respond to contract pre- and post-award actions and documents such as mailto:obirek.jeffrey@epa.gov correspondence, request for proposals, tasking instruments and contract modifications. The use of FedConnect also furthers the US EPA's commitment to moving towards a paperless acquisition environment by reducing its carbon footprint and conducting its business in an ecologically friendly manner. There is no charge to use FedConnect. Vendors can register with FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect technical questions please call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net.

In addition, all vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), as this facilitates registration for FedConnect. Please note that vendors MUST have their SAM profile set to "public" otherwise FedConnect will not be able to access the SAM information required to validate vendor credentials. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. There is no charge for registration in SAM.