Sources Sought Notice W912P923R0057.pdf

Sources Sought Notice W912P923R0057

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - St. Louis District Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program

This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or make a contract award. NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought Notice. This is NOT a request for proposal, quote, or invitation for bid. The sole purpose of this notice is to identify potential System for Award Management (SAM) Database registered businesses that are interested and capable of performing this work. USACE is not responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this Sources Sought.

POINT OF CONTACT: Catherine Hansen, Acquisition Business Specialist, Catherine.a.hansen@usace.army.mil

PROJECT INFORMATION

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), St. Louis District, is seeking businesses that are interested and capable of providing Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) remediation services. These activities will be managed by the USACE, St. Louis District and as directed by the Contracting Officer (KO) and in coordination with the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR).

This contract is for environmental response actions, to include associated investigation, drilling operation support, design and remediation activities which will include service and construction activities mandated by Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The work at the FUSRAP St. Louis Sites falls under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, Liability Act (CERCLA). The St. Louis FUSRAP Sites contain low-level radiological and chemically contaminated material. The St. Louis Sites are in the metropolitan St. Louis area in two primary locations, the St. Louis Downtown Site (SLDS) and the St. Louis North County Sites (NORCO). The NORCO Sites includes the St. Louis Airport Site (SLAPS), SLAPS Vicinity Properties (SLAPS VPs) which include Coldwater Creek and adjacent properties, and the Latty Avenue Properties (Latty). Work may be concurrent at multiple locations within these sites. Remediation sites include heavily industrialized areas, residential areas, recreational facilities, and open fields. Contaminated accessible soil remaining for excavation and offsite disposal currently is estimated at 100,000 cubic yards.

NAICS CODE: 562910 Remediation Services SIZE STANDARD: 750 employees CONTRACT ESTIMATED RANGE: $25,000,000 to $100,000,000

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

USACE anticipates issuing a Single Award Task Order Contract thatwill require personnel, material, and equipment to respond to the St. Louis District FUSRAP support. The work encompasses all remediation work for remedial actions including general conditions, field engineering, radiological and/or safety support services, remediation of contaminated soil, and management services. The work anticipated under this contract is primarily for, but not limited to, low level radioactive contaminated material removal. Radiological contaminates are primarily mailto:Catherine.a.hansen@usace.army.mil thorium, radium, and uranium, with co-located non-radiological contamination such as cadmium and arsenic. The Record of Decision for SLDS and the Record of Decision for the St. Louis North County Sites are viewable on-line at the St. Louis FUSRAP web site:

http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Centers-of-Expertise/Formerly-Utilized-Sites- Remedial-Action-Program/

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, remediation, and construction activities mandated by FUSRAP.

• Field Engineering to include environmental investigations, remedial design of work plans, and documents relating to FUSRAP or similar work.

• Perform GIS modeling of radiological contamination to support remedial design.

• Large scale construction remediation to include shoring, excavation and handling of soils impacted with FUSRAP contaminated material.

• Ability to perform remediation under a variety of conditions (e.g., open field, near/under structures, above and below ground water, near utilities). Construct temporary facilities and access routes to the remediation areas.

• Perform final status surveys in accordance with the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Manual (MARSSIM) and gamma walkover/guided excavation.

• Perform preferential pathway analysis during guided excavation by a geologist or soil scientist.

• Remediation and restoration of a creek bank using various methods (e.g., direct removal, dredging).

• Perform excavation dewatering, collect, and control surface and/or ground water, by-pass active utilities or bodies of water. This may include on-site physical and chemical water treatment via batch treatment facility, with subsequent discharge to either publicly owned treatment works or surface waters according to applicable discharge requirements.

• Permanent and/or temporary relocation of utilities.

• Work with stakeholders such as regulators, local entities, and railroad entities, to include, but not limited to, EPA Region VII, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, St. Louis Airport Authority, Federal Aviation Administration, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, and property owners to accomplish remediation activities.

• Manage stockpiles and coordinate transportation of excavated materials to appropriate off-site disposal facilities in conjunction with other USACE transportation contractors. Load the contaminated material into railcars for offsite disposal. Knowledge of and experience with classification of materials, Department of Transportation Regulations, and HTRW manifesting are required.

• Operation and maintenance of air monitoring systems to provide early detection of potential contaminant emissions.

• Site restoration.

• Knowledge and experience in scheduling, cost control and performance status reporting to include Earned Value Management System reporting.

• Cost Reimbursable contracts with the United States Government to include an approved accounting system.

http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Centers-of-Expertise/Formerly-Utilized-Sites-Remedial-Action-Program/ http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Missions/Centers-of-Expertise/Formerly-Utilized-Sites-Remedial-Action-Program/

• Contractor will be required to have an approved accounting system in accordance with

FAR 30.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT SUBMITTAL

All interested, responsive and responsible System of Award Management (SAM) Database registered business are encouraged to participate in this Sources Sought, which is limited to 10 pages, by emailing the required information below to the point of contact. If your company is not SAM-registered, please do so at www.sam.gov

Responses are to be sent via email to Catherine Hansen no later than 10:00 a.m. CST 16 June 2023.

Interested businesses shall include the following information in their response to this Sources Sought announcement:

1. Provide a cover letter with the business information in the following format:

a. Business Name

b. Point of Contact: (Name/Phone/ Email)

c. Address:

d. Business Size and Category (Large/Small/8(A)):

e. CAGE and/or UEI Code:

f. Indication of the intent to be a prime contractor or subcontractor

g. Documentation supporting company’s capability to bond projects within the

Contracted Estimated Range for a single project as a Prime Contractor.

2. Provide the following:

a. 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). Narrative Descriptions should demonstrate experience in the Anticipated Contractor Requirements as noted above. Submissions that do not demonstrate the required experience will be considered not capable of performing contract requirements for market research purposes.

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

c. Provide experience managing cost-reimbursable contracts of a similar size.

ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE:

USACE anticipates issuing a Single Award Task Order Contract. Anticipate order will be cost-plus fixed fee, firm-fixed price, or a combination of cost-plus fixed fee and firm-fixed price. Any solicitation for the nature of work described in this Sources Sought notice is subject to the availability of funds. Should funding become available the Government will use responses to this notice as Market Research to develop an acquisition strategy. Any solicitation(s) for this type of work will be made public as required by the Federal Acquisition Regulation at the Government Point of Entry (www.sam.gov).

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