Sources Sought MMRP 16 APR 2024.pdf

W91238-24-R-0034

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), South Pacific Division (SPD) Regional $249 Million

Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL,

REQUEST FOR QUOTE, OR INVITATION FOR BID. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION,

SPECIFICATIONS OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District (SPK), is seeking interested business sources for an environmental and construction requirement titled: “South Pacific Division (SPD) Regional $249 Million Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)”

This will be an Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order (MATOC) with firm-fixed-price task orders. The MMRP will be a regional tool for SPD and may be used by its four districts: Albuquerque, Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Francisco. The SPD boundary covers 9 states (California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and parts of Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, and Texas).

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 562910, Remediation Services with a size standard of 1,000 employees.

This sources sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work and is for informational/market research purposes only.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A

PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. NO SOLICITATION IS

CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. The type of solicitation to be issued will depend upon information received in response to this sources sought notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought notice or any follow up information. Responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested firms should respond to this notice no matter what business size under NAICS 562910.

Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted. Further, proprietary information is not being requested at this time, and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this sources sought notice. No award will be made from this sources sought notice. This is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government.

SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT:

The contractors selected for this work shall have the capability and experience to provide a wide range of remedial action services at hazardous waste sites. These efforts may require the Contractor to safely locate;

identify; recover, evaluate; control; assess; package; transport; manage; and make final disposition, as required, of Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) and Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) at various currently and formerly used defense sites, property adjoining currently and formerly used defense sites, and other federally controlled/owned sites. Work performed under this contract may include, but is not limited to project planning; assessments; inspections; surveys; investigations; studies, engineering evaluations; prioritization; cost analyses; remedial or removal actions; spill response; sampling and analysis; evaluation of risks and hazards to human health and the environment; engineering containment and filtration; recovery; storage; transportation; and disposal including but not limited to investigation derived waste (IDW), MEC, Munitions Constituents (MC), and HTRW; monitoring; data management;

training; permitting; public involvement; and logistical; medical; and security support. In addition, for OMRS the work may also include anomaly avoidance, construction support, and range clearance. Work efforts may include the use of robotic or innovative technology where feasible and practical. Activities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Remediation activities including testing, treatment, remediation, removal, clearance, excavation, dredging, transportation and disposal of hazardous, toxic, or low-level radiological wastes including MEC and/or MC

• Certify all material removed from the site is free and clear of MEC, MD, and Material Potentially Presenting an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH).

• Complete field sampling activities for MC including the use of incremental sampling methodology (ISM), laboratory analysis by DoD ELAP accredited laboratories, and data validation following the DoD Data Validation Guidelines.

• Prepare Action Memorandum, Site Inspections (SIs), Remedial Investigation (RI) Reports, Feasibility Studies (FSs), Proposed Plans (PPs), Records of Decisions (RODs), Explanation of Significant Differences (ESDs), Memorandums for the Site File, Remedial Action Completions Reports (RACRs), Land Use Implementation Plans (LUCIPs), and other CERCLA documents.

• Perform AGC and DGM fieldwork under a DAGCAP accreditation.

• Prepare Explosive Site Plans (ESPs), Explosive Safety Submissions (ESSs), Probability

Assessments (PAs) and Chemical Site Plans (CSPs)

• Support the forementioned activities with Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board

(DDESB) Technical Paper (TP)-18 qualified personnel for MEC clearances, construction support, and anomaly avoidance operations.

• Support the forementioned activities in a MEC environment with heavy equipment as needed that provides distance and/or shielding (possibly robotic) to complete the task as prescribed by the DDESB frag data sheets when the area cannot be cleared by TP-18 personnel.

• Support the forementioned activities with TP-18 qualified commercial certified divers as needed.

• Support the forementioned activities with licensed blasters that are certified in the State of the site.

• Support the forementioned activities being able to obtain the explosive needed and provide storage in accordance with ATF and DOD guidelines to energetically demilitarize MEC.

• Support the forementioned activities by preparing and submitting Explosive Site Plans (ESP)

Explosive Safety Submissions (ESS), and Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) as required for USACE and DDESB approval per EM 385-1-97 and EM 200-1-15.

Supporting activities include, but are not limited to, sampling and laboratory analysis of soil, groundwater, surface water, air, and sediments; monitoring well, extraction well, and injection well installation, monitoring, and maintenance; supporting facilities for construction; work plan preparation; construction completion reports, as-built drawings, periodic monitoring reports, operation and monitoring reports, other documents as needed; and public relations activities.

SUMBITTAL REQUIREMENTS:

Interested firms should submit a capabilities package limited to ten (10) pages (exclude Joint Venture and Bonding information from page count) and include the following: NOTE: failure to provide responses to the questions below inhibits the Government from evaluating and assessing the current market.

Firms are encouraged to provide their capabilities package however the market survey questionnaire is a requirement for evaluation to confirm the accuracy of the market.

1. Firm’s name, address (mailing and URL), point of contact, phone number and email address.

a. Provide a map of your satellite offices and/or any other resources that maybe utilized to support project requirements across the SPD region.

2. CAGE code and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number of your firm.

3. Your company’s North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code(s).

4. Business classification, i.e., state whether your firm is classified by the Small Business Administration as any of the following or is Other Than Small Business:

☐ Small Business (SB) ☐ Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) ☐ Woman-Owned SB (WOSB) ☐ Veteran-Owned SB (VOSB) ☐ Service-Disabled VOSB (SDVOSB) ☐ Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) ☐ 8(a) Program ☐ Other Than Small Business (Large Business)

5. Regions in which your company normally performs work or would perform work:

☐ West ☐ Midwest ☐ Northeast ☐ Southwest ☐ Southeast ☐ OCONUS (Outside the Continental United States) ☐ All of the Above

6. A maximum of three (3) examples of past projects as either the Prime or Subcontractor. Contractor must provide a brief description of experience in performing similar projects for MMRP and HTRW activities of similar size, complexity and scope completed within the last five (5) years. Examples should include the following information:

a. A description of the project features, customer name, timeliness of performance, size of project, and dollar value of each project.

b. Clearly indicate whether you were the Prime or Subcontractor and % involvement.

c. Demonstrated experience with MMRP projects that address capabilities requested under the

PROPOSED PROJECT above.

d. Demonstrated experience with MMRP projects for military and/or civilian customers.

e. Demonstrate the ability to perform multiple projects simultaneously across the region. Provide a simple project schedule overlay to demonstrate simultaneous performance.

7. Provide an itemized list of all projects your firm has completed as the Prime Contractor within the last five (5) years. (Note: Does not have to include only MMRP, may include other HTRW)

a. Project name

b. Location

c. Cost

8. Of the total summary Description of Proposed Project:

a. Do you believe all aspects of the project could be performed by the small business sector?

b. As a ☐ large business / ☐ small business, what estimated percentage of the TOTAL project would you self-perform? ______%

c. Please specify/describe which areas are best suited for subcontracting to small business sector.

Also identify your intentions to:

☐ Pursue a joint-venture or some other form of teaming arrangement.

☐ Subcontract any work.

d. What do you think can be subcontracted out to small businesses?

☐ Small Business (SB) _____% ☐ Small Disadvantage Business (SDB) _____% ☐ Woman-Owned SB (WOSB) _____% ☐ Veteran-Owned SB (VOSB) _____% ☐ Service-Disabled VOSB (SDVOSB) _____% ☐ Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) _____%

9. Firm’s Joint Venture Information, if applicable.

10. Bonding Information. Providing the following, on the Bonding Company’s letterhead:

a. Bonding Limits

i. Single

ii. Aggregate

Responses to this Synopsis will be shared with the Government project team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence.

PLEASE SUBMIT TO:

Responses to the Sources Sought Notice must be received no later than 1:00 pm (Pacific Standard Time) on 16 May 2024. Submit responses to the attention of Natalia Gomez, Contract Specialist, at natalia.gomez@usace.army.mil and Michelle A. Spence, Contracting Officer, at michelle.a.spence@usace.army.mil.

All interested firms must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) and remain current for the duration of the contract to be eligible for award of Government contracts.

**PLEASE NOTE REQUIRED INFORMATION IS CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR MARKET

RESEARCH. NO PHONE CALLS OR EMAILS OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WILL BE

ANSWERED AT THIS TIME. **