Sources Sought Former Guterl Specialty Steel FUSRAP.pdf

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of firms to perform remediation activities and all required support (i.e. construction and site maintenance) at the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) Former Guterl Specialty Steel Corporation Site (hereinafter referred to as Guterl Site) in Lockport, Niagara County, NY. NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought. NO SOLICITATION OR SCOPE OF WORK IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; therefore, do NOT request a copy of a solicitation. Potential offerors having the skills and capabilities necessary to perform the described project are invited to provide feedback via email to Jenna Grainer at Jenna.N.Grainer@usace.army.mil. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. We encourage all firms to respond, including but not limited to, HUB Zone, 8(a), SDVOSB, Small and Large Business.

The NAICS Code is 562910. The small business size is 750 employees. USACE anticipates issuing a Single Award Task Order Contract. The anticipated maximum ordering amount will be $249 Million.

Anticipate orders will be cost plus fixed fee, firm fixed price, or a combination of cost plus fixed fee and firm fixed price.

It is anticipated the contract will have an ordering period of 5 years. However, the maximum ordering period may be increased to 10 years prior to solicitation release.

Anticipate releasing the RFP in 2024, with a contract award in 2024 as well.

1. SITE DESCRIPTION

The Guterl Site is located at 601 Ohio Street in Lockport, New York, approximately 32 kilometers (20 miles) northeast of Buffalo, New York. The approximately 28-hectare (ha) (70-acre [ac]) site is bordered by Ohio Street on the south and east, residential, and commercial properties to the north near New York State Route 31 (West Avenue), and New York State Route 93 on the west. The Erie Canal is south-southeast of the Guterl Site boundary. The Guterl Site is currently zoned for industrial use and is anticipated to remain so in the future.

The Guterl Site is grouped into two areas:

• The 24.5-ha (60.6-ac) ATI property, where an active specialty steel manufacturing facility operates in the southwest portion of the property. Building 24, currently owned by ATI, was partially constructed during AEC activities, and was expanded northward after AEC activities ended.

• The 3.6-ha (9-ac) Excised Area owned by Guterl Specialty Steel, which includes nine abandoned buildings that existed during the AEC activities (Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4/9, 5, 6, 8, and 35).

The site was used for mill operations on uranium metal and, to a much smaller extent, thorium metal. The uranium and thorium metal operations were initially performed from 1948 to 1956 under contracts with the New York Operations Office of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC).

2. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The work and services will consist of environmental remediation and support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo, New York District. The project involves excavation, transport, and disposal of FUSRAP-contaminated soil, sediment, and materials at a properly licensed facility. Contaminants of concern consist of total uranium (including isotopes U-234, U-235, and U-238) and thorium-232.

The remedy selected for the Guterl Site is Site-Wide Alternative 3: Dismantlement and off-site disposal of Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4/9, 5, 6, 8, 24, and 35; complete soil removal to the soil remediation goal for groundwater protection (RG-GW) and off-site disposal. The main components of this remedy are provided in the following bullets:

• Overall site maintenance and security.

• Preparation of project work plans for USACE approval.

• Building demolition and debris disposal of Buildings 1, 2, 3, 4/9, 5, 6, 8, 24, and 35. The volume of potentially contaminated building contents are estimated at 2,752 m3 (3,602 yd3), including but not limited to furnaces, smelters, chemical vats, machinery, overhead cranes, and electrical components. Building structure materials such as walls, floors, roof, and foundations is estimated at approximately 26,000 m3 (34,000 yd3) of material. A total of approximately 40,000 yd3 of building materials for disposal.

• Excavation of approximately 44,000 m3 (58,000 yd3) of FUSRAP-related material exceeding cleanup goals (developed for protection of groundwater) and off-site disposal to a properly permitted or licensed disposal facility.

• The FUSRAP-related contamination is distributed irregularly in the soil, in the buildings, and underneath the buildings. The soil excavated is anticipated be characterized as low activity radioactive waste (LARW) or as low activity comingled waste (LACW). LARW refers to regulated or non-regulated radioactive wastes that do not require treatment prior to disposal in accordance with 10 CFR 61 or 10 CFR 40, Appendix A. LARW would be disposed of at a disposal facility without treatment. LACW is waste that contains both LARW and hazardous waste that may require treatment prior to disposal to comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDRs). Building materials may also contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) Waste/New York Hazardous Waste such as transformers, light ballasts, and painted materials and potential asbestos containing materials (PACM) waste, such as pipe insulation.

• Material characterization, handling and management will require strict control and accounting.

Procedures will need to be developed and implemented to ensure safety at the site and during transportation.

• Perimeter and site-wide air monitoring.

• Sampling and analysis of soils/fill, water, industrial hygiene, and contamination control samples.

• Storm water and wastewater management and control.

• Decommissioning and installation of monitoring wells.

• Development, implementation, and maintenance of an environmental data management system based on the ERPIMS data model for the duration of the project.

• Confirmatory sampling that cleanup goals have been met.

• Backfill and site restoration of remediated and disturbed areas.

• Supporting USACE during meetings with the public, local officials, stakeholders, and regulators

• Site demobilization

• Long-term monitoring of FUSRAP-related contaminated soils and land use controls would not be necessary after implementation of this alternative since FUSRAP-related constituents of concern (COCs) would be removed to levels that would meet or exceed the remedial goals.

3. ANTICIPATED CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS

Offeror’s must have knowledge and experience in:

• Health physics and radiation safety training and monitoring.

• Environmental response actions associated with investigation, design, removal, and construction activities mandated by FUSRAP.

• Large scale construction remediation to include shoring, dewatering, on-site water treatment, excavation and handling of soils/fill impacted with FUSRAP contaminated material.

• Transportation and disposal of FUSRAP contaminated material.

• Collection, management, and treatment of water during site activities.

• Operation and maintenance of air monitoring systems that include a meteorological station and fixed and portable air monitoring systems to provide early detection of potential contaminant emissions.

• Development, implementation, and maintenance of web-based project environmental data management systems.

• Emergency response / pollution control.

• Site closure protocols using the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual

(MARSSIM).

• Site restoration.

• Consultation/coordination with state and local agencies and stakeholders.

• Earned Value Management System reporting.

• Cost Reimbursable contracts with the United States Government.

4. CAPABILITY STATEMENT

(The submission is limited to 10 pages)

• Include a cover letter listing company name, cage code, small business size status (in each socio-economic group).

• Provide narrative descriptions of up to five (5) examples of “projects” that present the offeror’s and its team member’s environmental experience in cost-reimbursable and fixed-price construction, service, and other types of contracts related to large-scale remediation projects (greater than $10 million).

• Provide a brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, role in project, and dollar value of the project.

• Offeror’s capability and experience to control or respond to a release of contamination, to the surrounding community.

• Offeror’s experience managing cost-reimbursable contracts of a similar size.

5. BUSINESS SIZE

As the size and complexity of this project is significant, the Government is soliciting interest from all business size standards.

All interested contractors should notify this office by email by 10:00AM Eastern Time on 21 March 2023.

Submit responses and information to Jenna Grainer at Jenna.N.Grainer@usace.army.mil., and Jeffrey Ernest at jeffrey.g.ernest@usace.army.mil.

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