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11. TABLE OF CONTENTS

SOLICITATION/ CONTRACT FORM

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DESCRIPTION/ SPECS./ WORK STATEMENT X

PACKAGING AND MARKING

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INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

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REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND

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CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA 31 - 35 X

SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

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L INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS

EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD

NOTE: Item 12 does not apply if the solicitation includes the provisions at 52.214-16, Minimum Bid Acceptance Period.

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13. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT

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14. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF AMENDMENTS

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to the SOLICITATION for offerors and related documents numbered and dated):

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE

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PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES

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6. REQUISITION/PURCHASE NO.5. DATE ISSUED

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4. TYPE OF SOLICITATION

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3. SOLICITATION NO.

W912DR-10-R-0098

Section A - Solicitation/Contract Form

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

EXECTUTIVE SUMMARY

1. The Government will start taking comments and questions on 17 June. All questions and comments must be in writing and sent to Kathryn.E.Brown-Tarbalouti@uscg.army.mil. No telephone calls will be accepted.

2. The objective of this contract is to provide Environmental Remediation Services to include but not limited to Hazardous toxic Waste, ordnance and/or radioactive material cleanup.

3. Multiple awards will be made from this solicitation. This requirement will be competed as a small business sert-aside under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 562910. The resultant contracts awarded from this solicitation will constitute Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) type contracts as defined in FAR 16.504. Task orders will be awarded against the basic ID/IQ contracts using the fair opportunity procedures discussed in FAR 16.5 in addition to the competitive source selection procedures identified in Section 803 of Public Law 107-107 implemented in DFARS 216.505-70 and Public Law 110-181, Section 843. Each order exceeding $100,000.00 will be awarded on a competitive basis in accordance with FAR 16.505 and DFARS 216.505-70 (c), unless an exception described in FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i) through (iv) or DFARS 216.505-70(b)(1) applies. Task orders should be Firm- Fixed Price (FFP) and performance based.

4. The ordering period shall commence upon the date of award and may continue for a period of five years. Labor rates may be escalated at the beginning of each year (but See FAR 52.222-43 (b) for limitations) as provided in the Schedule; however, the labor rates in effect at the time a task order is awarded will remain in effect through completion of the task order, unless modified due to an increase in the Department of Labor wage rates in accordance with FAR 52.222-43, FAR 52.222-44, and Chapter 7 of Engineer Pamphlet 1180-1-1.

5. When request for proposals (RFPs) for task order requirements are issued, offerors must provide sufficient detail with regard to labor categories and hours, material, and travel to allow an evaluation of the proposed cost. Travel costs shall not exceed the amounts allowed under the Joint Travel Regulation. Profit is not allowable on travel costs.

6. The minimum guaranteed order for each awardee shall be $4,000 for the base period.

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices

ITEM NO SUPPLIES/SERVICES MAX

QUANTITY

UNIT UNIT PRICE MAX AMOUNT

0001 100,000,000 Each Multiple Award Environmental Services

FFP

Contractor shall provide all the labor, materials, facilities and equipment to perform all of the work identiied in each Task Order Requirement.

FOB: Destination

MAX

NET AMT

CONTINUATION OF SECTION B

Direct Labor by Job Classification Direct Cost

Other Direct Cost Profit Total Cost

Principal Senior PM Junior PM Senior Environmental Engineer Junior Environmental Engineer Environmental Specialist, Sr.

Environmental Specialist, Jr.

Chemist, Senior Chemist, Junior Geophysicist, Sr.

Geophysicist, Staff Certified Industrial Hygienist Certified Health Physicist CADD Operator Other Direct Cost: Proposed Multiplier Only Equipment Material Supplies

Contractor may add labor catergoris in a competitive environment per each task order requirement.

Contractor may also discount the Direct Rate but may not exceed the awarded rate.

Subcontractor(s):

Provide information by subcontractor as noted above for the Prime by listing all job classifications. The Other Direct Costs will be paid as proposed by the Prime Contractor only. The Prime Contractor is responsible for proposing fully burdened unit prices for ODC’s that incorporate all Subcontractor’s ODC's.

List each Subcontractor separately with the Subcontractor’s name and then all their fully burdened rates following; then list the next Subcontractor, etc.

Subcontractor Name Direct Home Office Labor by Job Classification/Discipline Direct Field Office Labor

OFFEROR’S PROPOSED ESCALATION RATE FOR

EACH YEAR OF THE CONTRACT:

Offeror’s shall propose escalation rates for each year (365 calendar day period), beyond the first year of the contract base period.

PROPOSED ESCALATION

RATES

Other EFFECTIVE Direct DATE

Labor Indirects Costs (DD MM YYYY) Base Year #1 _____% ______% ______% ______________ Base Year #2 _____% ______% ______% ______________ Base Year #3 _____% ______% ______% ______________ Base Year #4 _____% ______% ______% ______________ Base Year #5 _____% ______% ______% ______________

NOTES:

1. See Note 12 for additional information required as part of the cost/price proposal but not to be included on the pricing schedule.

2. See Sections J, L and M for complete discussion of the content of the Cost/Price Proposal and its evaluation. The Pricing Schedule is only one part of the contents of the required Cost/Price Proposal.

3. Subcontractors: The subcontractors who will be included by the prime in the Pricing Schedule and in the full cost/price proposal are those identified by the prime contractor as “team subcontractors”. Team subcontractors are subcontractors that the prime used in their proposal to the Government to qualify for this contact and/or are subcontractors that the prime wishes to use during the life of the contract without having to obtain competition.

4. Definition of Other Direct Costs (ODCs): All direct costs other than labor.

5. The Pricing Schedule requires use of fully burdened hourly labor rates and fully burdened unit prices for all anticipated Other Direct Costs (ODCs). “Fully Burdened” for the prime contractor means the direct cost (labor or ODC) plus all indirect costs and mark-ups consistent with the prime’s accounting system for which the prime expects payment EXCLUDING profit or fee. The profit or fee for the prime contractor will be negotiated for each task order. “Fully Burdened” for the subcontractors means the direct cost (labor or ODC) plus all indirect costs and mark-ups consistent with the subcontractor’s accounting system for which the subcontractor expects payment INCLUDING profit. The offeror and their subcontractors will account for all of their costs in the unit prices entered into the Pricing Schedule – direct costs and all indirect costs (labor overhead, all other overhead costs, general and administrative (G&A), the prime’s markup to subcontractor’s fully burdened rates (indirect costs only, not to include any profit or fee going to the prime) and any other multipliers consistent with the prospective accounting system. Labor rates and Other Direct Cost rates will be fully burdened as directed in this paragraph. When the contract is awarded, the unit prices in the contract’s Pricing Schedule for the prime contractor and for the subcontractors will be the contract rates; they will not be renegotiated if they are not correctly calculated and proposed by the contractor or the subcontractor as directed in this paragraph.

6. The job titles and classifications noted in the Pricing Schedule at the solicitation phase are the Government’s anticipated job titles and classifications. All offerors must include and price all of these job titles and classifications as a minimum, whether through the use of personnel from the prime’s firm or through subcontractors. However, there may be job titles in the Government’s solicitation pricing schedule that are not, under the Offeror’s accounting system, direct charged on projects; if the Offeror does not give a labor rate for a job title for that reason, the Offeror shall so state. Offerors shall add to the Government’s list all anticipated job titles and classifications for both prime and subcontractor(s) that are not included by the Government to include every job title and classification the contractor anticipates using over the life of the contract. The Government has shown the job classifications within job titles as Senior, Staff and Junior levels. The following definitions apply to the use of these classifications:

Senior Level of the Profession: Job management with some review function.

Staff Level of the Profession: Hands-on work effort; responsible for most of the work on a task order.

Junior Level of the Profession: Relatively new to the profession; still in an apprenticeship, not fully credentialed;

works under the supervision of a staff or senior level person.

The Offeror and its subcontractors may separate the job titles into classifications by whatever method is common to their firm rather than the Senior, Staff and Junior scheme but the offeror must define their scheme and give definitions of the levels.

The Government intends the following job titles to have the following definition:

Principal: The owner, president, vice-president or CEO of the firm.

As stated above, Offerors will not use job titles that will not charge directly to task order work but will explain when not using one of the Government’s job titles.

7. Other Direct Costs to include equipment, material and supply direct costs will be negotiated as required on each Task Order and not pre-priced or listed on the Pricing Schedule. The Contractor shall present the Government, as part of each task order’s cost proposal, the equipment, material and supply costs for the task order with support for the proposed costs which indicate that they are fair and reasonable. The Contractor will be allowed to apply indirect cost rates as proposed (the multiplier identified (in schedule above) as appropriate to ODCs), and profit as negotiated on each task order for equipment, material and supply costs.

8. Travel, Per Diem, and Vehicle Rental/Mileage Costs: If required by a task order under this contract, cost for travel, lodging, meals, vehicle rental, and mileage are allowable subject to the limitations of FAR 31.205-46. These costs will be negotiated on each task order. The contractor is allowed to apply indirect costs as proposed and consistent with contractor’s accounting system and profit or fee as negotiated on each task order to travel costs.

9. Laboratory costs will be negotiated as required on each Task Order and not pre-priced or listed on the Pricing Schedule. The Contractor shall present the Government, as part of each task order’s cost proposal, the laboratory costs for the task order with support for the proposed costs which indicate that they are fair and reasonable. The Contractor shall present the Government, with the task order’s cost proposal, with at least two quotes on required laboratory costs obtained from subcontractors by the Prime Contractor to support the Contractor’s proposed costs.

The Contractor will be allowed to apply indirect cost rates as proposed (the multiplier identified as appropriate to ODCs and consistent with the accounting system), and profit or fee as negotiated on each task order to laboratory costs.

10. Any labor classification rates or other direct costs for the prime or subcontractors that are needed during the life of the contract but were not included in the Pricing Schedule will be negotiated on the task order and added by modification to the contract as necessary. However, the fully burdened hourly labor rates and fully burdened unit prices for Other Direct Costs (ODCs) entered on the Pricing Schedule and thereby, proposed by the Contractor will be the contract’s rates and prices for the period for which they are proposed (base contract period) and will not be renegotiated during that period.

11 Escalation. Firm, Fixed-Price Task Orders: All escalation rates, as proposed and accepted by the Government by contract award, to direct and indirect costs for the life of the contract will become the ceiling escalation rates for the firm, fixed-price task orders issued off of this contract.

12. The prime’s proposed total multiplier (excluding profit or fee) to labor rates and all other direct costs (including equipment, materials and supplies, laboratory costs, travel costs and subcontracts) are to be submitted with the cost/price proposal, but not on the pricing schedule itself (see Sections J, L, and M). The proposed multipliers will become part of the contract’s terms and conditions. The prime’s escalation rates to direct costs and indirect costs from year to year throughout the life of the contract are to be submitted with the cost/price proposal, but not on the pricing schedule itself (see Sections J, L, and M).

13. The fully burdened unit prices on the pricing schedule will match the fully burdened unit prices used to develop the cost/price proposal (see Sections J, L, and M).

CLIN DELIVERY/TASK ORDER MINIMUM/MAXIMUM QUANTITY AND CLIN ORDER VALUE

The minimum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not be less than the minimum quantity and order value stated in the following table. The maximum quantity and order value for the given Delivery/Task Order issued for this CLIN shall not exceed the maximum quantity and order value stated in the following table.

CLIN MINIMUM

QUANTITY

MINIMUM

AMOUNT

MAXIMUM

QUANTITY

MAXIMUM

AMOUNT

0001 $4,000.00 $100,000,000.00

Section C - Descriptions and Specifications

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT

SECTION C: STATEMENT OF WORK

MULTIPLE AWARD ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

SERVICES CONTRACT

Place of Performance: 10 S. Howard St.

Baltimore, MD 21201-2526 Period of Performance: Five Years from the date of Award

C.1. Contract Procurement Objective and Overview

The Multiple Award Environmental Services (MAES) contracts awarded under this solicitation will be Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contracts for Environmental Services in support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District (USACE) and its customers located primarily in the USACE North Atlantic Region boundaries but possibly worldwide as well. The contracts awarded will include performance based, firm-fixed price features for a wide range of environmental services at various known or suspected Hazardous and Toxic Waste sites. The work may also require actions to characterize and/or remediate radioactive material or military munitions and explosive of concern (MEC) or munitions constituents (MC) as well as to perform environmental sustainability services.

Work may be executed under performance-based task orders using performance-based work statements (PWSs). A PWS structures all aspects of the task order around the purpose of the work to be performed and does not dictate how the work is to be accomplished. It is written to ensure that contractors are given the freedom to determine how to meet the Government's performance objectives. It maximizes contractor control of work processes and allows for innovation in approaching various work requirements. A PWS will emphasize performance that can be contractually defined so that the results of the contractor's effort can be measured in terms of technical and quality achievement, schedule progress, or cost performance. The goal of Performance Based Contracting (PBC) is to:

Save money by reducing contract costs through the elimination of unnecessary effort, innovation by the contractor, and by reducing Government surveillance.

Enable Government to shift its emphasis from processes to outputs.

Hold contractors accountable for the end results while ensuring that contractors are given the freedom to determine how to meet Government's performance objectives.

Information provided by USACE on any site will be dependent on the current status of the site.

Each task order will define the requirements of the contractor. The description of work stated herein provides a general understanding of the contractor functions to be performed. Individual task orders will contain the specific requirements. Technical requirements described herein in no way limit the activities that may be required under the terms of this contract.

Task orders issued under this Contract will be Firm-Fixed Price and Performance Based.

The Contractor shall be responsible for acquiring the latest version of applicable laws, regulations and regulatory agency guidance and the referenced documents cited within this section of the solicitation and/or subsequent task orders issued after award of the Contract, unless otherwise specified.

Project specific task orders will be issued under the basic contract and any exercised option period. A wide variety of potential projects could be expected in this contract. A number of these possible actions are included below; however, this list is not intended to be all inclusive.

Section C is to be used in the development of each individual task order of this solicitation

C.1.2. Engineering Services

The Contractor may be required to provide a wide variety of engineering services to support remediation/response actions. The extent of the environmental services will be described in detail in each individual task order and may include but are not limited to structural, mechanical, electrical, architectural, geotechnical, geological, civil, environmental, military munitions, cost engineering, and other engineering support. The successful Contractor shall perform all necessary planning, fieldwork, and prepare all engineering documents identified in the Task Order. Engineering documents shall be representative of industry or Government standards for drawings and specifications or by performance specifications. All Engineering documents produced by the Contractor shall be stamped by a licensed Professional Engineer and shall be submitted to the USACE Project Manager/Design Team Leader/Contracting Officer (CO) or Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for approval.

Professional qualifications in these primary disciplines may be required.

Environmental engineering Civil engineering Geotechnical engineering Cost engineering Geophysicists Chemical process engineering Industrial hygiene Regulatory specialist Value engineering Chemistry Risk assessment Certified waste broker Geology/Hydrogeology Radiological engineering Natural resource specialist (e.g., biologist) Cultural resource specialist (e.g., archaeologist) Mechanical engineering Electrical Engineering

UXO Technicians I, II, III, Senior UXO Supervisor, UXO Safety Officer, UXO Quality Control Specialist

Munitions response engineering Health physics Explosives safety engineering

Work product examples may include:

Land use control implementation plans Historical site assessments Historical records search, interviews, etc.

CERCLA documents (Preliminary Assessment (PA), Site Inspection (SI), Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS), Proposed Plan (PP), Record of Decision (ROD), Remedial Design (RD), and Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis (EE/CA))

NEPA documents/requirements (Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), Record of Environmental Consideration (REC), Environmental Assessment (EA), Environmental Impact Study (EIS))

Waste management plans Ecological risk assessments Environmental/ecological assessments Environmental impact evaluations Hydrological studies Modeling Fate and transport analysis Treatability/compatibility studies Identification of action levels/cleanup levels Federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidance determinations Regulatory coordination Environmental permitting Accident Prevention Plans (APP) Site Specific Safety and Health Plans (SSHP) Abbreviated Accident Prevention Plans (AAPP) Explosives Safety Submissions and Site Plans Munitions response work plans MEC construction support work plans Public protection plans MEC and MC sampling plans Wide area assessment plans Digital geophysical mapping and prove outs Other Plans Related to Munitions and Munitions Response Services.

MEC hazard assessments and human health risk assessments for MC and HTW, public health evaluation/dose assessments for radiological hazards Sustainability Analysis

C.1.2.1 Investigation and Field Studies/Activities

Various types of studies and evaluations may be required. Environmental investigations and response activities will be performed in accordance with any and all applicable rules, regulations and guidelines. Any and all guidance identified within each specific task order will be followed.

Typical task order examples may include (in no particular order) the following; however, this list is not intended to be all inclusive:

bioremediation emergency response related activities conventional water treatment environmental compliance assessments/surveys air quality surveys and/or emissions reporting laboratory testing data management pollution prevention NCP reporting HTW management wastewater management soil vapor extraction underground storage tank removal/closure/replacement drum bulking excavation soil/sludge stabilization/solidification landfill development, operation, and closure asbestos abatement lead-based paint abatement slurry walls/subsurface barriers dredging groundwater extraction/dewatering thermal destruction/desorption demolition debris removal treatment/disposal of investigation-derived wastes and decontamination-derived wastes free product recovery soil washing air injection heavy metal disposal/treatment chemical oxidation/UV systems natural attenuation remediation of munitions response sites remediation of radioactive sites Energy Audit and Compliance

C.1.2.2 Surveys and Mapping

Surveys and mapping services may include:

topographic survey and horizontal/vertical control monitoring/baseline surveys wide area assessments digital geophysical mapping use of GIS and/or website other surveys required to support environmental services projects

C.1.2.3 Permits and Licenses

The Contractor may be required to obtain a variety of permits and/or licenses including real estate, environmental, discharge, NRC or state license for radiation activities, state and/or federal explosives licenses, etc. Local, state, or Federal approvals may be required and may be a part of this contract. Rights of entry on and off Government property may be required. The Government will reimburse the Contractor for all appropriate costs related to permits and licenses.

C.1.2.4 Reviews Deliverables may be reviewed by various levels of the Corps of Engineers, customers, local, State and Federal regulatory agencies, and other project stakeholders, as appropriate. The Contractor will respond to all comments on deliverables.

C.1.2.5 Other

Other incidental services, necessary for successful execution of NAD Environmental Munitions Design Center (EMDC) studies and investigations, including, expert testimony, technical support during regulatory negotiations, and community and public relations may be required.

C.1.3 Remedial/Response Actions

Remedial/Response actions may or may not be performed in conjunction with engineering support depending on the individual task order. The requirements related to remedial/response actions will be described in detail in individual task orders. The successful Contractor shall perform all necessary planning, fieldwork, and implementation of the remedial/response action requirements identified. The Contractor selected for this work shall have the capability and experience to perform a wide range of remedial/response actions and removals for NAD EMDC sites including:

On-site source control and containment of contaminated material using a variety of technologies;

On-site treatment of contaminated material using a variety of technologies;

Transportation to and/or storage, treatment and/or disposal of contaminated material at an off-site facility;

Survey, removal, transportation and disposal of waste/material regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (e.g., asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls);

Installation of all support facilities;

Preparation of all applicable Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals and associated training of facility personnel for equipment installed;

Problem solving during response with unexpected conditions or execution problems at the site.

Radiological and MEC/MC Waste Other remedial / response actions

C.1.4 Operation, Maintenance and Optimization

The contractor shall operate and maintain the existing systems, perform sampling, perform and/or arrange for laboratory analyses, perform evaluation and optimization services, provide training for follow-on users, perform other work in accordance with regulatory requirements contained in the applicable operations and maintenance manuals and perform necessary associated remedial actions. It is anticipated that actions under this procurement may provide long-term support for existing and yet to be built facilities.

C.1.4.1 Typical operations

Typical operations may include:

Operation and maintenance of structures designed to allow for recovery operations Operation and maintenance of interim holding facilities Operation and maintenance of on-site assessment facilities Operation and maintenance of on-site destruction facilities Operation and maintenance of environmental remediation facilities Evaluation of the performance of existing environmental systems and or facilities Sampling and analysis of domestic wells and/or effluent Extraction of residue materials from various storm water contaminant control structures Maintenance of low permeability caps and associated grounds Clean-up and disposal services of perimeter grounds of facilities Damage repair and reconstruction for existing caps and earthen embankments Site sampling and general monitoring Soil screening, well gauging, potable well surveys Vapor extraction system operation, maintenance, and repair Various pump tests Response to emergency failures at contracted facilities Assistance in environmental permitting and negotiations with state and local agencies as required during the operation of subject facilities

Implementation of land use control plans Public education and awareness activities Long term monitoring 5-year and recurring reviews Disposal of recovered MEC on-site

C.1.4.2 Other

Other work that the Contractor shall perform as part of operating the sites shall include:

Performing routine chemical and radiological analyses onsite Providing chemical, radiological and treatment analyses from offsite laboratories Providing sludge hauling and disposal Providing daily operating reports Providing monthly operating reports including Discharge Monitoring Reports Providing initial and refresher safety training for site operators and supervisors, including MEC safety and radiation safety Sampling groundwater monitoring wells Sampling groundwater collection sumps Sampling treated groundwater Sampling produced sludges Providing necessary utilities at the site Providing telephone communications including an autodialing paging system for notifying operators of alarms and upset conditions at the site Providing notification to the Contracting Officer (CO) of needed equipment replacement, renovation or other capital improvements Providing notification to the CO and others, as required, for site emergencies

C.1.4.3 Optimization of Existing Systems

Optimization shall include but not be limited to:

Evaluate the regulatory requirements of the system Validate the objectives of remediation system to determine measures of effectiveness Ensure the necessary data to measure system effectiveness is collected.

Review the remediation objectives and compare these goals to appropriate human and ecological risk levels for the current and future land use of the site Create a process for acquiring the necessary resources to implement system modifications and/or replacement where significant long term cost savings are identified.

Implement recommendations.

Revision of O&M manuals

C.1.4.4 Equipment Replacement

The contractor shall inform the CO of any equipment replacement, renovation, or capital improvements that are necessary to operate the site. All such replacements, renovations, and capital improvements shall be separately approved by the CO, authorized by a separate Delivery order, and shall not be a part of the Contractor's Base Proposal.

C.1.4.5 Public Hearings, Public Meetings, etc.

From time to time, the CO may call upon the Contractor to assist the Government in public hearings, public meetings, meetings with other Federal Agencies, or meetings with the applicable State environmental regulatory bodies away from the delivery order site or outside normal working hours.

C.2. Contract Requirements

The Contractor, operating as an independent Contractor and not as an agent of the Government, shall provide all labor, materials, facilities, and equipment and perform all work identified in each individual task order. The Contractor may be required to perform work under multiple task orders at different sites simultaneously. The Contractor shall be cognizant of all appropriate laws, regulations, and guidance. The Contractor shall ensure that all work activities performed by his or her personnel, subcontractors and suppliers are executed as required by these laws and regulations. Any incident of noncompliance noted by the Contractor shall immediately be brought to the attention of the Contracting Officer (CO) and/or the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) by written notice. Nothing in this contract shall relieve the Contractor of his responsibility to comply with these laws and regulations. Any conflicts between laws/regulations and contract/task order requirements shall be brought to the attention of the CO and/or COR.

C.2.1. Work Plan –

For each task order, the Contractor is required to submit at a minimum a work plan (WP) as appropriate, as well as other required plans. The WP basically describes the Contractor’s activities as outlined in the task order. The WP shall contain (when relevant), but not be limited to the following:

Description of available data and contaminant characterization or suspected ordnance Statement of work to be accomplished including a statement of Data Quality Objective (s);

Discussion on implementation of the project including the method of operation, type of equipment, personnel required, and other special considerations;

Schedule that represents the requirements to complete any required field work and key project milestones;

Permits, licenses, and certificates, identification number, and location of any disposal facilities to be utilized during the conduct of the work in the task order, including an IDW decision tree, if necessary;

Names and applicable qualifications of any utilized subcontractors Key personnel to be used on the project with their roles and responsibilities;

Site specific assumptions and clarifications Site control measures; and Logs, reports, and record keeping to be utilized.

Draft WPs will be reviewed and commented on by the Government. The WP shall be modified to address and incorporate the Government's comments and concerns, as appropriate. The plan will be reviewed and accepted by the USACE Project Manager/Design Team Leader or returned to the Contractor, with comments, for further revision prior to field mobilization. Acceptance of the Contractor's WP by the Government is required prior to any field mobilization. Acceptance is conditional and will be predicated on satisfactory performance during field activities. Deviations or proposed changes to the approved WP must be submitted to the USACE Project Manager/Design Team Leader/Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) for review, comment, and approval. The Government reserves the right to require the Contractor to make changes in his WP and operations as necessary. During execution of the task order the Contractor shall follow the approved WP.

C.2.2. Engineering Support and Remedial Design

The Contractor may be required to provide a wide variety of engineering services to support remediation/response actions. The extent of the engineering services will be described in detail in each individual task order and may include but are not limited to structural, mechanical, electrical, architectural, geotechnical, geological, civil, environmental, ordnance, cost engineering, and other engineering support. The successful Contractor shall perform all necessary planning, fieldwork, and prepare all engineering documents identified in the Task Order. Engineering documents shall be representative of industry or Government standards for drawings and specifications or by performance specifications. All Engineering documents produced by the Contractor shall be stamped by a licensed Professional Engineer and shall be submitted to the USACE Project Manager/Design Team Leader/COR for approval. Engineering documents may include, but not be limited to:

Design Analysis, containing the criteria, design assumptions, calculations and other pertinent data;

Performance specifications or completely edited Government furnished guide specifications Computer Aided Design Drafting (CADD) generated drawings must be compatible with Baltimore District software. The CADD drawings software package used by the Baltimore District is INTERGRAPH

Analysis of the Contractor schedules shall be compatible to the Network Analysis System (NAS) utilizing PRIMAVERA (current software version) or as designated by the individual task order

Cost estimating software should utilize an industry approved software package capable of providing sufficient information to adequately and accurately capture the projected project costs

Record drawings, modifications or as-built drawings Technical expertise or expert testimony during regulatory negotiations Traditional soils or geotechnical testing Securing permits as required Liaison and interface with regulatory agencies Resolution of problems during response

AE services as defined by FAR 36.6 requires that the work under this contract will be identical to other services performed and will not compile this substantially or to a dominant extent or work required.

C.2.3. Response Actions, Removals, and Operations and Maintenance

Response actions may or may not be performed in conjunction with investigation and engineering support depending on the individual task order. The requirements related to response actions will be described in detail in individual task orders. The successful Contractor shall perform all necessary planning, fieldwork, and implementation of the response action requirements identified. The Contractor selected for this work shall have the capability and experience to perform a wide range of investigations, response actions and removals primarily for HTW sites, but must also have the capability to perform/manage work on MEC and Radioactive sites. Types of projects include, but are not limited to:

On-Site source control and containment using a variety of technologies On-Site treatment using a variety of technologies Transportation to and/or storage, treatment and/or disposal of waste at an off site facility Survey, removal, transportation and disposal of asbestos containing materials Installation of all support facilities Preparation of all applicable Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Manuals and associated training of facility personnel for equipment installed Short and Long Term Operation and Maintenance of facilities constructed under this

Contract for the period specified (inclusive of facilities constructed through other contracts or under other task orders issued under this contract)

Problem solving during response with unexpected conditions or execution problems at the site

C.2.4. Investigation and Field Studies for both On-Site and Off-Site Work

The Contractor shall perform all planning, fieldwork, analysis and preparation of any reports as specified in the task orders. The investigative services to be provided generally consist of, but are not limited to, performing investigations to determine the contaminant(s), geology and groundwater conditions, contaminant concentration, contaminant migration, and geotechnical characteristics as well as any other related tasks. The data collection requirements shall be established in the task orders and be usable for preparation of a remedial investigation, feasibility study, remedy selection and/or development of a remedial design and/or implementation of the remedial/response action(s), evaluation, and response including final disposal. Investigation may or may not be performed in conjunction with the remedial/response action, depending on the individual task order. Work may include risk assessments, fate and transport, groundwater modeling or other techniques to determine the potential risks to human health and the environment. The Contractor shall prepare associated reports as described in each individual task order. The Contractor shall have the capability and experience to provide a wide range of investigative and remedial/response services required for remediation/responses including, but not limited to:

Site characterization and evaluation;

Identification of action levels for regulated hazardous wastes or substances resulting from review of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or guidance, or developed through risk assessments. This shall also include coordination with appropriate regulatory agencies;

Public Health Evaluations and National Environmental Policy Act documentation as required for proposed site remediation techniques and alternatives;

Survey and Mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS), remote sensing;

Boring for soil sampling, testing (field and/or laboratory) or other geotechnical analysis (either on- or off-site);

Drilling, installation and development of groundwater monitoring wells, production wells, extraction wells, piezometers or other instrumentation;

Conducting hydrogeological field-testing and performing analyses and data interpretation;

Sampling and sample handling techniques for chemical and geotechnical characteristics;

Short and Long Term Monitoring;

Evaluation of available response actions and recommendation of the most environmentally sound and cost effective alternatives;

Expert Testimony in negotiating regulatory issues;

Participation in community education, public involvement, or public affairs activities;

Chemical analysis (both on-site and off-site) of all media for a wide variety of organic and inorganic parameters

C.3. Project Management

The Contractor selected for this Contract shall have experienced personnel to perform, or provide a wide range of services required for responses to releases at HTW sites. The contractor selected shall have the ability to perform or manage work involving MEC/MC and radiological issues at impacted sites. The requirements for on-site and off-site personnel may differ for each task order.

The Contractor or Contractor and Subcontractor Team jointly must have primarily HTW qualifications and must show knowledge, abilities and experience working at radiological and MEC sites.

C.3.1 Contractor UXO Personnel Qualifications –

As MEC is a highly specialized area that may be utilized under this contract, the Contractor shall utilize only UXO personnel that meet or exceed the qualifications as defined in DDESB Tech Paper 18 (TP-18).

C.4. Government Support –

Any Government support shall be identified in individual task orders.

C.5. Project Schedule -

A Project Management Information System (PMIS) employing critical path method (CPM) scheduling should be used to develop a comprehensive schedule for the Scope of Services. A CPM network diagram illustrating the logical interaction among tasks will be developed using the latest version of the commercial software package Primavera and a baseline schedule will be created for the Scope of Services to be conducted. The schedule will be approved by the COR.

The status of activities in the schedule will be updated to reflect the actual status. The schedule status will be included with Progress Reports submitted under the task order(s). The progress report will discuss target and actual completion dates for each element of activity including project completion and provide an explanation of any deviation from the milestones in the work plan schedule.

C.6. Safety and Health –

C.6.1 Safety and Health Program (SHP) –

The Contractor performing task order requirements is required by regulation to develop and maintain a written safety and health program in compliance with the requirements of OSHA standard 29 CFR 1920.120 (b)129 CFR 1926.65(b). Existing written safety and health programs are acceptable if they are modified to cover the criteria in EM 385-1-1 (15 Sep 08).

C.6.2 Site Safety and Health Plan (SSHP) –

The SSHP shall describe the safety and health procedures, practices, and equipment to be implemented and utilized in order to protect affected personnel from the potential hazards associated with the site-specific tasks to be performed. The level of detail provided in the SSHP shall be tailored to the type of work, complexity of operations to be accomplished, and the hazards anticipated. In all cases, however, all topics required by OSHA Standard, 29 CFR

1910.120 (b) (4) I29 CFR 1926.65(b)(4), and those elements listed and described in ER 385-1-92 shall be addressed in the SSHP on a site-specific basis. The SSHP must be approved before work begins.

C.6.3 MEC Safety Program

The Contractor performing MEC work may be required by regulation to develop, staff for approval, and maintain a written Explosives Safety Submission (ESS) or Explosives Site Plan (ESP) in compliance with guidance provided by the USATCES) and DDESB. This document will be prepared in accordance with current USACE, Army, and DoD policies.

C.6.4 Radiation Protection/Safety Program

The Contractor performing task order requirements is required by regulation to develop and maintain a written radiation protection program (RPP) similar to the requirements of OSHA 1910.1096[(d)(1), (2), (i)(3)] and the NRC standard 10 CFR 20.1101. Existing written radiation protection programs are acceptable if they are modified to cover the criteria in EM 385-1-1, 06.E.03.

If the contractor has an active NRC or Agreement State License to perform decommissioning activities, this should be identified in the submittal.

C.6.5 Health and Safety Design Analysis (HSDA)

All designs for remediation shall include a Health and Safety Design Analysis (HSDA) as a subsection of the project design analysis. The HSDA shall address the site-specific/hazard-specific, safety and health considerations and protective measures to be instituted for the tasks/operations to be undertaken during subsequent response actions at a given site. This chapter shall fully describe and justify the safety and health requirements to be specified in the remedial action task order, including the decision logic used in their selection. The HSDA preparation and content is dependent upon the complexity of the response action and the type of work. If it is not applicable to the project, the Contractor shall provide negative declaration and justification for exclusion.

C.6.6 Safety, Health, and Emergency Response Specifications –

All construction specifications shall contain a section delineating minimum safety, health, and emergency response requirements to which the response Contractor shall adhere. The Contractor shall develop and implement the SSHP. The contract requirements shall be fully developed from the HSDA and shall be described in a specification section entitled "Safety, Health and Emergency Response". The site-specific, task specific, and hazard-specific procedures, precautions and equipment determined necessary and described in the HSDA shall be clearly biddable and enforceable requirements within this section of the response action or removal specification. As a minimum, the safety and health elements described in ER 385-1-92 shall be addressed as applicable to the site. If it or portion thereof is not applicable to the project, the Contractor shall provide negative declaration and justification for exclusion.

C.7. Chemistry Technical Requirements

Personnel: The Quality Control Coordinator (QCC) shall be responsible for overall quality control and data management operations associated with the work performed. The QCC shall have formal access to other radiochemistry/chemistry professionals either employed by the Contractor or a subcontractor. The chemistry professionals may be situated in a commercial lab.

Laboratory Certification: It is required that all commercial environmental laboratories supporting USACE environmental projects perform in accordance with the DoD Quality System Manual (QSM) including the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Conference (NELAC) Chapter 5 component. In addition, it is strongly recommended that actual NELAC accreditation, for appropriate fields-of-testing, be contractually required as the most efficient/economical mechanism for a District to verify laboratory compliance with the NELAC standard.

A) Contracts not requiring NELAC Accreditation: Environmental laboratory services are to be provided only by laboratories compliant with the most recently published version of the DoD QSM (including the NELAC Standard Chapter 5 and Appendix requirements), including requirements for successfully analyzing Proficiency Testing samples. As requested by the COR, the laboratory shall submit, in a timely manner, the self-declaration forms, and supporting documentation, accurately reflecting laboratory operations. Self-declaration is to be made annually. An environmental laboratory either anticipating, or engaged in support of USACE contracts, shall notify the prime contractor and COR immediately of change in status of laboratory operations that may affect on-going compliance with these requirements. The USACE COR may, at any time, conduct audits (including requests for pertinent data or information) that support an environmental laboratory’s self-declaration of compliance with this policy. If the COR finds the laboratory non-compliant, alternate, compliant laboratory services will be utilized, until such time as compliance is again demonstrated. Before performing environmental testing for USACE, laboratory shall have access to the approved Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP).

B) Contracts requiring NELAC Accreditation: Environmental laboratory services are to be provided only by laboratories compliant with the most recently published version for the DoD QSM and holding current NELAC accreditation for all appropriate fields-to-testing. As requested by the COR, the laboratory shall submit, in a timely manner, the self-declaration forms, and supporting documentation, accurately reflecting laboratory operations.