A.07.24_W912GB19R0010_0002_Amendment_Bidder_Inquiry_Response.pdf

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

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30-105-04EXCEPTION TO SF 30

APPROVED BY OIRM 11-84

STANDARD FORM 30 (Rev. 10-83) Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

IDIQ MATOC for ERS for the AEC and other DoD Customers in DE/POL

The purpose of this amendment is to make various changes identif ied as a result of bidder inquiries. See continued pages. Changes to the RFP sections are also show n w ithin this amendment in the follow ing pages via "track changes". Insertions are highlighted via blue, bold font.

Deletions are highlighted via red, strikethrough font.

The proposal deadline remains unchanged.

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11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

X The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offer is extended, X is not extended.

Offer must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended by one of the following methods:

(a) By completing Items 8 and 15, and returning 1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted;

or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN

REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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SECTION SF 30 BLOCK 14 CONTINUATION PAGE

SUMMARY OF CHANGES

SECTION C - DESCRIPTIONS AND SPECIFICATIONS

The following have been modified:

PWS

SECTION C

DESCRIPTION /SPECIFICATIONS/WORK STATEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND

CONTAMINANT MITIGATION SERVICES

C.l GENERAL

ACRONYMS

AECS Army Environmental Cleanup Strategy BTEX Benzene-Toluene-Ethylbenzene- Xylene CADD Computer Aided Design Drafting CC Compliance Cleanup CD Compact Disk CENAU U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District CHC Chlorinated Hydrocarbons CHWM Certified Hazardous Waste Management CIH Certified Industrial Hygienist CMS Corrective Measures Study COR Contractor Officer Representative CQC Contractor Quality Control Plan DOD Department of Defense DODI Department of Defense Instruction EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal FFP Firm Fixed Price FSC Federal Service Code GIS Geographic Information System GPS Geographic Positioning System HASP Health and Safety Plan HN Host Nation HTRW Hazardous, Toxic, Radioactive Waste IAP Installation Action Plan IDIQ Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity KO Contracting Officer LTM Long Term Management O&M Operation and Maintenance PAH Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons PBA Performance Based Acquisition PBC Performance Based Contracting PFT Perfluoriated Tensides PM Project Manager PMP Project Management Plan POC Point of Contact PWS Performance Work Statement QA Quality Assurance

QASP Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan QCS Quality Control Supervisor RAO Remedial Action Objective RC Remediation Complete RFP Request for Proposal RI/FS Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study RIP Remediation In Place SC Site Closure SHO Safety and Health Officer SI Site Inspection SOO Statement of Objectives SOW Scope of Work SVOC Semi-Volatile Organic Compound TO Task Order UIC Unit Identification Code USAEC U.S. Army Environmental Center USAG U.S. Army Garrison USAREUR U.S. Army Europe UTM Universal Transverse Mercator UXO Unexploded Ordnance VOC Volatile Organic Compound WP Work Plan XMLExtensible Markup Language

C.1.1 General Information - The objective of the contract is to provide FFP IDIQ MATOC for Environmental Remediation Services in support of the U.S. Army Environmental Command and other DoD Customers throughout Germany and Poland. These contracts will include FFP features for a wide range of environmental remediation services at various known or suspected contaminated sites. It will also be used to perform other contamination mitigation actions including excavation and/or removal of contaminated soil. Work will be executed under a Performance-Based Acquisition (PBA) Task Order (TO) using Performance Work Statements (PWSs). Furthermore, our primary customer, U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC), requires a comprehensive environmental remediation services contract to support the Army Environmental Cleanup Strategy (AECS) in Europe. The Compliance Cleanup (CC) Program implements the AECS pursuant to DOD Instruction 4715.08, Remediation of Environmental Contamination Outside the United States. Response complete is a distinct milestone reached when the selected remedy has achieved remedial action objectives specified in an Army approved Decision Document. Many of the USAEC efforts will be through PBAs.

C.1.2 Minimum Guarantee - Each awarded IDIQ contract shall have a total guarantee minimum amount of $5,000 for the base period. There are no minimum guarantees for option years that are exercised by the Government. The guaranteed minimum may be met with the obligation of a TO meeting or exceeding the guarantee amount and shall be de-obligated when the obligation occurs.

C.1.3 Location – The awarded contracts shall be in geographic groupings as follows: Germany, Poland

C.1.4 Scope of Remediation and Contamination Mitigation Measures - Contractors will be responsible for fully executing required environmental remediation and contaminant mitigation services for a variety of media including but not limited to groundwater, soil, surface water, storm water, drinking water, air, and buildings, techniques for remediation and mitigation also vary; they include but are not limited to in-situ methods; ex-situ methods; removal; natural attenuation; physical, chemical, or biological processes; or any combination thereof. The specific requirements are site and contaminant dependent; they are defined during site investigations, site assessments, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and/or scoping and may require prompt action due to mission, legal, environmental, or health protection issues.

Work that might be tasked under this contract includes, but is not limited to, the following (for a more detailed list of efforts see Section C.2.2:

Surveys, assessments and plans:

Performing environmental assessments to include sampling and/or testing of any media (including geotechnical testing);

Consulting services such as providing recommendations, design planning assistance, development of Operation and Maintenance manuals, and reporting remediation results;

Studies and Reports:

Corrective Measures Study (CMS) and Remedial Investigation /Feasibility Study (RI/FS);

Related efforts to include: risk assessments, pilot tests, fate and transport analyses, groundwater modeling or other techniques;

Studies related to contamination mitigation requirements such as radon, asbestos, etc.

In situ/ex situ cleanup:

Monitoring by sampling groundwater, surface water, storm water, sediment, soil, and/or air;

Installation and/or operation and maintenance of remediation systems. To include optimization or pilot testing;

Removing and/or disposing of contaminated media (contamination mitigation);

Other Mitigation and Environmental Services

Emergency Spill Response and Assessment of spill areas;

Protecting/repairing eroded (or potentially eroding) areas;

Repairing/replacing compromised storage tanks;

Conducting topographic surveys and other elevation and location measurements;

Removing/Mitigating asbestos, lead and radon;

Non-hazardous, toxic, chemical, and radioactive environmental projects;

Conducting site surveys and evaluations of Unexploded Ordinance (UXO);

C.1.5 Conduct of Work - The Contractor, the Contractor's subcontractors and the Contractor's suppliers shall perform all work while respecting Host Nation (HN) and U.S. environmental laws, DODI 4715.08 (for remediation efforts), and in compliance with an approved management plan. 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 solicitation and/or subsequent TOs issued after award of the Contract, unless otherwise specified.

C.1.6 Performance Based Task Orders- Work will generally fall under performance based task orders using Performance Work Statements (PWSs). The PWS will describe the work in terms of the required results rather than either “how” the work is to be accomplished. The PWS will enable assessment of work performance against measurable performance standards (objectives and measures) and provides for payment only when results meet or exceed those standards. Performance standards establish the performance level required by the Government to meet the contract requirements. The standards shall be measurable and structured to permit an assessment of the contractor’s performance. Performance based acquisitions rely on measurable performance standards in a competitive environment to encourage competitors to develop and institute innovative and cost-effective methods of performing the work.

The description of work stated herein provides a general understanding of the Contractor functions to be performed; individual task orders will contain the specific performance based requirements and the award evaluation criteria. The evaluation criteria will be identified in each task order as either lowest cost/technically acceptable or tradeoff. Technical requirements described herein in no way limit the activities that may be required under the terms of the contract. Exclusive of the program management functions, the Contractor may utilize subcontractors or consultants identified in the accepted proposal or subsequently approved by the USACE Contracting Officer to perform any of the functions required within the specific task orders.

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

The Contractor shall be responsible for acquiring and following the latest version of applicable regulatory or agency guidance unless otherwise specified.

Specific objectives, milestones, and pricing information under this contract will be included in each task order. The Government will require some level of detail to properly analyze the pricing on a task order by task order basis so that the Contracting Officer can document that the price is fair and reasonable. The level of detail may vary depending on the level of complexity of the project. In all cases, the Government will request the Contractor provide a cost breakdown, which specifies the proposed mix of labor resources, travel costs, other direct costs, with the underlying assumptions to support those costs and their technical approach.

C.1.7 Task Order Limitations - Project specific TOs will be issued under the basic contract and ordering period.

C.1.7.1 Use of Subcontractors or Consultants - Exclusive of the program management functions, the Contractor may utilize subcontractors or consultants identified in the accepted proposal or subsequently approved by the Contracting Officer (KO) to perform any of the functions required within the specific TO.

C.1.7.2 Task Order Solicitation Requirements - Specific objectives, milestones, and pricing information under this contract will be included in each TO. The Government will require some level of detail to properly analyze the pricing on a TO so that the Contracting Officer (KO) can document that the price is fair and reasonable. The level of detail may vary depending on the level of complexity of the project. In all cases, the Government will request the Contractor provide a cost breakdown.

C.2 TASK ORDERS

Information provided by CENAU on any site will be dependent on the current status of the site. Each TO will define the requirements of the Contractor. The description of work stated herein provides a general understanding of the Contractor functions which may be performed.

C.2.1 Task Order Types - The two types of Task Orders under which work may be solicited are prescriptive or performance based. A description of each is given below with more detail provided on the latter as more effort and input from the Contractor is required under these actions

C.2.1.1 Prescriptive Task Orders - A Prescriptive TO SOW under this contract will include site or project specific information. Scopes will vary in detail but will provide an adequate description of the actual services required to allow suitable proposals from the Contractors. Typically the individual TO will provide the Contractor with the location, description of work, and schedule of execution. When applicable, the quantities of a particular item that is required will be stated. As attachments, the Government will provide, as necessary, reference materials to further clarify the work effort, and any additional applicable project background information.

C.2.1.2 Performance-Based Task Orders: (1) describe the requirements in terms of results required rather than methods of performing the work; (2) use measurable performance standards (e.g., terms of quality, timeliness, quantity); (3) specify procedures for deficient services; and (4) may include performance incentives/disincentives where appropriate. PBC methods are intended to ensure that required performance quality levels are achieved and that the Government’s total payment is commensurate with the quantity and quality of services received. Performance-based task orders, with a tailored TO-specific Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) typically will be issued with the TO.

C.2.1.2.1 Performance Work Statement (PWS). FAR 2.101 defines PWS as “a statement of work for performance-based acquisitions that describes the required results in clear, specific and objective terms with measurable outcomes” and Statements of Objectives (SOO) as a “Government-prepared document incorporated into the solicitation that states the overall performance objectives. It is used in solicitations when the Government intends to provide the maximum flexibility to each offeror to propose an innovative approach.” PBCs tend to require more engineering support than traditional prescriptive contracts. This is because PBCs specify what the final goal of a project is, but not how it is to be accomplished. Basically, the PWS and SOO describe the end result the Contractor is required to achieve on a specific project but do not tell them how to complete it, thus allowing for maximum flexibility for offerors to propose innovative approaches. PWSs 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. Under a PWS, milestone payments occur only when the results meet or exceed the stated objectives. Simply meeting the Milestone/ Objective, (i.e., submittal of a document for review) is not the same as completion of the Milestone/Objective, (i.e., acceptance of the document by the approval authority). Only upon the completion and acceptance will the Government pay for that Milestone/Objective. For a performance-based task order, the Contractor will be required to use its expertise and develop the methods to achieve the required end result.

A PWS for a task order will to every extent possible:

Define desired results/outcomes.

Define what level of performance is expected (and ensure it is meaningful and fair) and use performance standards and QASP.

Provide all information known about the site(s) or where it can be located and accessed by the

Contractor.

Define incentives and disincentives.

Define the measurement terms using clear and concise language avoiding vague or broad statements.

C.2.1.2.2 Project Management Plan (PMP): The Contractor may be required to develop and maintain a detailed PMP. The PMP, typically based on the schedule prepared as part of the Contractor’s proposal, shall specify the schedule, technical approach and activities required for the planning, execution, and completion of the performance objectives. As part of the PMP, the Contractor shall identify and implement a means for providing project status reports to the Contracting Officer Representative (COR).

The PMP shall address the content of status reports, frequency shall usually be monthly. The first draft of the PMP shall be as stated in the TO and shall include a payment milestone schedule. Elements of this draft PMP shall be part of the Contractor’s submittal of the TO proposal. The draft PMP, proposed payment milestones, and subsequent revisions shall be subject to Government review and acceptance, through the COR. The final PMP typically shall be due within 15 calendar days of receipt of COR comments on the draft PMP. The Contractor shall update the PMP to reflect progress towards achievement of the performance objectives and delineate proposed actions to accomplish future project milestones.

C.2.1.2.3 Project Schedule: As part of the PMP, the Contractor shall develop and maintain an activity-based schedule that fully supports the technical approach and outlines activities and milestones defined at the appropriate detail level and logically sequenced to support and manage completion of the performance objectives in the PWS. Additionally, the Contractor shall identify the due dates for all payable deliverables in the activity-based schedule. A payment plan shall be included with the schedule that may allow for payments to the Contractor based on successful completion of interim milestones proposed by the Contractor. Proposed payment milestones and subsequent revisions shall be subject to Government review and acceptance, through the COR. The Contractor shall appropriately name activities identified in the Government-provided QASP within the project schedule to allow for Government planning of Quality Assurance (QA) inspections. The Government will make payments after verification of milestone completion in accordance with this schedule. The Contractor must complete all performance objectives within the allowable contract period of performance provided the Government has exercised all contract options.

C.2.1.2.4 Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP): Each TO shall have a QASP prepared which unless otherwise noted shall follow the QASP requirements for service contracts as set forth in FAR Subpart 37.6. The QASP details how and when the Government will survey, observe, test, sample, evaluate and document Contractor performance according to the PWS. The QASP focuses on the quality, timeliness, etc. of the performance outputs to be delivered by the Contractor and not the individual steps required or procedures used to provide the product or services. The Government's QASP and the Contractor's Quality Control Plan (see Section C.4.8) work together to ensure that all project performance standards are met.

A template for the QASP is written concurrently with the PWS because what is written in the PWS influences what is put into the QASP. After award, the Government shall submit a draft QASP per requirements set forth in the TO. The final QASP will be developed by the COR and provided to the Contractor typically within 30 calendar days of receiving Contractor comments to the draft QASP.

The QASP should highlight key quality control activities or events that the COR will use to determine when Government inspections can be conducted to assess progress toward and/or completion of milestones. The Contractor shall appropriately identify the activities identified in the QASP within the activity-based project schedule to allow for Government planning of QA inspections.

C.2.1.2.5 Milestone Presentations: As specified in each TO PWS, milestone presentations shall be made to the COR at the completion of each milestone specified to provide analysis and lessons learned, and to present approaches for completion of future milestones. At the COR’s request, the Contractor may also make milestone presentations to the other project stakeholders to show achievement of the performance objectives. This may include participation in annual USAEC-E/Garrison Installation Action Plan (IAP) meetings, if requested by the COR.

C.2.1.2.6 Payment Milestones a n d Army Acceptance: Payments milestones will be defined in each TO.

Typical milestones are shown below. The Contractor may propose a revision to the payment milestones to provide for a limited number of interim payment milestones. Additional payment milestones will only be considered by the Government if they represent significant progress toward performance objective completion, and completion of these interim steps can be measured and demonstrated as complete (e.g., final acceptance of a report rather than submission of a draft). All milestones must have a defined means for demonstrating completion in order to facilitate certification and acceptance. These payment milestone revisions will be subject to Government review and acceptance through the COR.

Government acceptance and HN concurrence of Site Inspection (SI) at the site Government acceptance and HN concurrence of Remedial Investigation (RI) at the site Government acceptance and HN concurrence of Pre-Remedy Monitoring report(s) Government acceptance and HN concurrence of Remediation In Place (RIP), Remediation

Complete (RC), or Site Closure (SC) at the site Government acceptance and HN concurrence of Remedial Action Objective (RAO) and/or

Long Term Management (LTM) report(s) Government acceptance and HN concurrence of an exit or ramp-down strategy for RAO and/or LTM Government acceptance and HN concurrence of other Remedy review(s) Government acceptance and HN concurrence of successful correction of deficiencies noted in other Remedy review(s)

C.2.2 Task Order Content - The Contractor may be required to perform any or all of the efforts described in this section under one PWS TO. Note that descriptions here are largely confined to remediation efforts. The Contactor may be required to prepare work plans, perform studies/assessments and remove hazardous materials as needed for contamination mitigation. This includes excavation and/or removal of soil.

C.2.2.1 Work Plans - For each awarded TO, the Contractor is required to submit a Work Plan (WP) as appropriate. The WP basically describes the Contractor's activities as outlined in the TO. The WP shall contain but not be limited to the following, when relevant:

Description of available data and contaminant characterization;

Statement of the 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;

A schedule that presents the requirements to complete any required field work and key project milestones;

Permits, licenses, and certificates, identification number, and location of the disposal facility, if necessary;

Key personnel to be used on the project along with their roles and responsibilities;

Resumes for all project personnel with positions listed in Section C.5 Site-specific assumptions and clarifications;

Site control measures;

Logs, reports, and record keeping to be utilized;

The Contractor Quality Control Plan (CQC) (See Section C.4.8); and Health and Safety Plan (HASP) See Section C.4.9

The Government will review and provide comments on the draft WP. The Contractor shall submit a Final WP according to the agreed schedule with 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 COR 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. During execution of the TO the Contractor shall follow the approved WP. Deviations or proposed changes to the approved WP must be submitted to the COR for review, comment, and acceptance. Acceptance must come before any field change occurs. The Government reserves the right to require the Contractor to make changes in his WP and operations as necessary.

C.2.2.2 Investigation and Field Studies - The Contractor shall perform all planning, fieldwork, analysis and preparation of any reports as specified in the TOs. The investigative services to be provided generally consist of, but are not limited to, performing investigations to determine the contaminant(s) source(s), geology and groundwater conditions, contaminant concentration, nature and extent of contamination, and geotechnical characteristics as well as any other related tasks. The Contractor shall prepare associated reports as described in each individual TO.

The Contractor shall have the capability and experience to provide a wide range of investigative and response services required at sites which might require remediation efforts or eventual contaminant mitigation and/or removal including, but not limited to:

Site characterization and evaluation;

Identification of action levels/cleanup levels of contaminants through review of US and HN laws, regulations, or guidance, or developed through risk assessments. This shall also include coordination with appropriate regulatory agencies;

Emergency Response;

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

Boring for soil sampling, testing (field and/or laboratory) or other geotechnical analysis;

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

Conducting surface or down hole geophysical surveys;

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

Sampling and sample handling techniques for chemical and geotechnical characteristics including data management and data interpretation:

Short and long term soil, soil-gas, groundwater, surface water, storm water, sediment, or air monitoring;

Evaluation of available response actions and recommendation of the most sustainable, environmentally sound, and cost effective alternatives, to include recommendation of an optimal alternative with cost estimates.

Preparing and submitting plans (e.g. closure plans, waste analysis plans, Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure, Underground Storage Tank Site Assessment plans, Contingency Plans, etc.)

Risk assessments;

Fate and transport;

Groundwater modeling Federal and HN laws, regulations, and guidance determinations Regulatory coordination Environmental permitting Expert Testimony;

Sampling and analysis on soils, waters, sludge, solids, sediments, paints and wipes.

C.2.2.3 Engineering Support and Remedial Design - The Contractor may be required to provide a wide variety of incidental engineering services to support remediation and contaminant mitigation actions. The extent of the environmental services may typically include environmental, geotechnical, geology/hydrology, civil, cost engineering, and other engineering support. The successful Contractor shall perform all necessary planning and fieldwork, and prepare all engineering documents identified in the TO.

Engineering documents shall be representative of industry, HN, or Government standards for drawings and specifications or by performance specifications. No TO award will include services defined as

“Architect/Engineer” in FAR 2.101 to a dominant or significant extent. Any such services should be identified in the project scope. Engineering documents may include, but not be limited to:

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

• Decision Documents;

• Performance specifications or completely edited Government furnished guide specifications;

• Computer Aided Design Drafting (CADD) generated drawings must be compatible with USACE software.

• Cost estimating utilizing 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;

• Treatability studies, evaluation of engineering controls; various pump tests, pilot test reports;

• Constructability reviews;

• Other engineering and technical support may include:

Technical expertise or expert testimony during regulatory negotiations;

Securing permits as required;

Liaison and interface with regulatory agencies; and Resolution of problems during response actions.

C.2.2.4 Remedial Actions and Removals - The Contractor shall perform all necessary planning, fieldwork and implementation of the remedial action requirements identified in order to meet task order milestones/objectives. The Contractor shall specify and perform any and all necessary quality control and verification testing, at required frequencies, in order to adequately control and monitor the remedial action. Remediation may or may not be performed in conjunction with site investigation/characterization activities. The Contractor shall perform planning, fieldwork, incidental construction activities, intrusive activities, and implementation of response, removal or remediation activities. The successful Contractor selected for this work shall have the capability and experience to perform a broad range of remedial actions and removals at contaminant mitigation sites including but not limited to:

A wide variety of technologies for on-site source control and containment;

A wide variety of technologies for on-site treatment;

Preparation of Manifests for Customer Signature;

Transportation to and/or storage, treatment and/or disposal of waste at a selected off site facility, including hazardous waste, debris, demolition, buried drums, and tanks;;

Tank and piping removal and/or other tank closure actions;

Emergency response actions;

Survey, removal, transportation and disposal of asbestos containing materials;

Installation of all support facilities; including facilities needed by the Contractor such as an office trailer, onsite laboratory, or supply trailer;

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;

Provide monitoring to meet the scope of services/milestone objectives or to provide pre-remedy monitoring; and Removal and disposal of contaminants such as soil,, asbestos lead, etc.

C.2.2.5 Remediation Operations and Maintenance - The Contractor shall operate and maintain the existing systems; perform other work in accordance with regulatory requirements contained in the applicable operations and maintenance manuals; and perform necessary associated remedial actions.

Typical operations may include:

Operation and maintenance and repair of environmental remediation facilities, including storage tanks;

Evaluation and optimization of existing environmental systems and or facilities, including storage tanks;

Performing routine sampling and chemical analysis;

Providing sampling and chemical, radiological and treatment analyses from offsite laboratories;

Providing operating reports;

Providing initial and refresher safety training for site operators and supervisors;

Sampling groundwater monitoring wells, groundwater collection sumps, and/or treated groundwater;

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 KO of needed equipment replacement, renovation or other capital improvements;

Providing notification to the KO and others, as required, for site emergencies;

Provide training for follow-on users;

Soil screening, well gauging, potable well surveys;

Various pump tests;

Response to emergency failures at contracted facilities;

Assistance in environmental permitting and discussions/negotiations with HN regulatory agencies during operation of subject facilities; and Recurring reviews.

C.2.6 Monitoring - The Contractor may be required to provide for monitoring at those sites where remedial actions are complete or to provide pre-remedy monitoring as a distinct performance objective.

These services may include, but are not limited to the following: groundwater sampling, storm water sampling, surface water sampling, sediment sampling, soil sampling, air sampling for a suite of analyses agreed to with the Army and regulatory community.

C.3 TASK ORDER EXECUTION.

C.3.1 Request for Proposal - As each project is identified for execution under this agreement, the Contractor will be notified by a Request for Proposal (RFP) letter. Each RFP letter will contain the:

• Project title & location,

• Basis for award, Best Value (either lowest price/technically acceptable or tradeoff)

• The name of the Government POC,

• If a site visit is required, and

• Proposal due date.

As attachments to the RFP, the Government will provide, as necessary, proposal format information and applicable project background information.

C.3.2 PWS - RFPs under this agreement will include a site or project specific performance work statement. PWS’ will vary in detail, but will provide an adequate description of the actual services be it a very prescriptive type with a list of major tasks to be accomplished and when applicable, the information on performance objectives and milestones (PWS).

C.3.3 Task Order Requirements- Additional specific requirements will be identified with the RFP and the related site specific scope of work. Some often more common requirements are discussed below.

(a) 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 TO. The Contractor shall be cognizant of all appropriate laws, regulations, and guidance. The Contractor shall ensure that all work activities performed by his 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 KO and/or the 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/TO requirements shall be brought to the attention of the KO and/or COR.

(b) Time Schedule- the Contractor shall be required to commence work required by a TO at the time specified on that TO. The Contractor shall execute the work, and complete the entire project not later than the completion time specified in the TO. Any TO issued during the effective period of the base contract but not completed within that time period (i.e., prior to expiration of the base contract) shall be completed by the Contractor within the time specified in the individual TO. This agreement shall govern the Contractor's and Government’s rights and obligations with respect to that order to the same extent as if the TO was completed during the effective period of the contract;

(c) Acceptances. As required under the TO; the Contractor must receive acceptance from the KO or Authorized Representative on all site specific plans (i.e., HASP, Work Plans; CQC plans, etc.)

prior to initiating any on site activity.

(d) Language. All submissions shall be in English. Unless otherwise directed, draft final and final reports must be submitted in HN language (in addition to English).

(e) Field Notes. If so specified in a TO, the Contractor will be required to maintain field notes in a bound book. The field notes would contain daily log of all activities. Contractor personnel on site by name as well as a description of the field activities performed that day. All field activities, including collection of samples, problems encountered, etc. would be documented in this book. The original field notes would be submitted to the KO or Authorized Representative with the final report submitted upon completion of each individual TO.

(f) Data Requirements - The Contractor will use, but not be limited to, a variety of cost data, aerial photography, satellite imagery, GIS data, and computer programming to complete the work for each deliverable. All data required, used or otherwise handled remains the property of the U.S.

Government, the installation and agency that provided the data. The Contractor may not use datasets or other materials relating to this contract or developed from this contract for publication without the expressed, written consent of the US Government. The Contractor shall contact the KO to begin discussions with regard to data manipulations and authorship prior to conducting data analysis with the intent of publication. The Contractor shall make available to the US Government draft copies of any publications, based on work conducted or data collected under this contract, for review and comment.

All data required, used, or otherwise handled remains the property of the installation or agency that provided it. The Contractor may not use datasets or other materials relating to this contract for publication without the expresses written consent of the program manager. The Contractor shall contact the program manager to discuss data manipulations and authorship prior to conducting data analysis with the intent of publication. The Contractor shall make available to the program manager draft copies of draft publications, based on work conducted or data collected under this contract, for their review and comment. All equipment purchased under any TO remains the property of the Government.

(g) Cost Proposals. The contract items shown in Section B of this contract will be used as a basis for developing cost proposals for SOWs and PWSs. Contractor must obtain at least three quotes for any subcontract over $25,000.00 with selection justification and provide with cost proposal.

(h) Notifications.

The Contractor is reminded that neither they nor any of their subcontractors are to accept direction or to proceed with any activity they feel is outside of the scope of any particular TO without the written authority of the KO. The Contractor shall notify the KO or Authorized Representative upon completion of a TO.

The KO will notify the Contractor of any non-compliance on a TO. The Contractor shall, after receipt of such notice, immediately take corrective action. Such notice, when delivered to the Contractor or its authorized representative at the work site, shall be deemed sufficient for the purpose of notification. If the Contractor or its representative fail to or refuse to comply promptly with the notice, the KO may stop all or any part of the work until satisfactory corrective action is taken at no additional cost to the Government.

C.3.4 Contract Deliverables – The Contractor will provide clear, well-written, concise studies or technical reports following completion of the services described in Section C.2.2. Submissions shall be in accordance with Section C.4.5 and any additional or superseding direction provided by the individual TO. The studies and/or reports will be reviewed by Government staff and comments provided to the Contractor typically within 30 calendar days of receipt of the deliverable, unless otherwise specified in the TO. The comments will generally be provided for the Contractor to supply responses and to incorporate comments into the final documentation.

C.3.5 Final Acceptance - Acceptance of final project deliverables will be made upon acceptance of comments and incorporation of the comment responses into final deliverables or in the case of PBCs when the final milestone has been completed and approved. Typically the Contractor will respond to comments from CENAU (including those from Army customers).

C.4.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

C.4.1 Point of Contact (POC) - An Authorized Representative for Government will be named as the POC at the award of a TO. The Contractor shall supply a single point of contact for upon award of the base contract and each TO.

C.4.2 Public Disclosures - The Contractor shall make no public announcements or disclosures to a third party, relative to information contained or developed under this agreement. This applies also to U.S.

Government-owned information made available to the Contractor. All documents and information developed or obtained by the Contractor shall be considered privileged information of the United States.

The Contractor shall not release or allow access to this information outside of U.S. Government officials designated under the TO and its own officers, employees and lesser agents who require access to the information in order to perform the work. All requests for the release of any of this information shall be referred to the POC for reply. The obligation to maintain the confidentiality of this information shall extend beyond the completion of the TO until released by a United States or HN court of competent jurisdiction.

C.4.3 Laws and Regulations - The Contractor shall perform all studies and other efforts in full compliance with applicable HN and US Federal laws and legislation. The Contractor shall also comply with all the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Corps of Engineers and HN Federal and local safety requirements. In case of conflict between these regulations, the most protective standard will prevail. The Contractor shall be responsible for insuring that his agents, employees and subcontractors perform the work in a safe manner. The Contractor, subcontractors, employees and their agents shall all have the required certification and licenses for performance of the work. Regardless of the lack or omission of information within a specific TO, the Contractor is still responsible for meeting the requirements of all applicable U.S. and HN regulations.

C.4.4 Services and Materials - Commercial software packages, modems, fax machines, and computers are required of the Contractor to perform the work The Contractor shall have the capability to develop Geographic Information System (GIS) data in Government defined formats and standards to depict existing conditions, as well as study results. Where required and stated in the TO, installation base maps will be provided in GIS format for Contractor use.

C.4.5 Submissions - Unless otherwise specified, all drafts shall be emailed and final submissions shall be emailed and a hard copy provided. The contractor shall compile and submit a final project CD containing all working deliverables developed under each task order. The hard copy shall be printed on both the front and back sides of pages to the maximum extent possible and on recycled paper. The text of the document shall be clearly readable, while minimizing blank spaces and margins to conserve paper.

All submittals (Compact Discs (CD) and Jewel Cases) shall be clearly identified with the following information: Project Title, Installation Name(s), Type of Imagery (when applicable): Panchromatic (where applicable), Resolution: 0.xx m. (where applicable), Date of Imagery Acquisition (where applicable), UTM Zone 32N, WGS84 (where applicable), and point of Contact Information. All beta copies should be clearly labeled BETA. All CD jewel cases should be labeled on all sides, including end tabs. All CDs should be labeled using a CD deliverables; no CD deliverables should be handwritten.

C.4.6 U.S. Government Furnished Equipment, Materials and Personnel - The amount of Government assistance (to include Government furnished equipment, materials or personnel) will vary from location to location and will be identified as part of the individual TO. Whenever possible and when stated in the scope of work, GIS data will be provided. Limited storage space will be available to the Contractor at each project site. The location of any storage area will be determined with each TO.

All other aspects of the contract are the Contractor’s responsibility. The Contractor understands that all offers of assistance or work directives (verbal or written) by U.S. Government personnel other than the KO or COR are unauthorized and that the Contractor shall not accept any such offers, other than those which are directed by the KO or the COR.

C.4.7 Passes/Identifications - Contractor personnel requiring access to U.S. Government facilities are required to obtain an Installation Pass. Installation passes shall be obtained by each of the Contractor’s personnel in accordance with AE Regulation 190-16, Installation Access Control (5 Dec 2002). The Contractor must coordinate with CENAU and possibly other Government Representatives to obtain the required forms for the passes. Each Contractor person requiring an installation pass typically must provide the Government Representative with a copy of a valid passport, a copy of the certificate of good conduct (or Host Nation equivalent) that is less than 90 days old, two passport size photos, and the required completed forms. Vehicle type and registration will also be required to be submitted to the CENAU Government Representative and to the site-specific customer prior to gate clearance at any US facility. Additional or alternate security considerations may be necessary due to changing force protection measures, therefore the Contractor’s close communications and proper prior-planning with the CENAU Government Representative and the site-specific customer is critical. The work under this contract will be performed primarily on U.S. Army Military Installations. The contractor is responsible for obtaining installation passes, and ensuring that it remains qualified for base access. Contractors must be approved for installation access prior to award of Task Orders. The Government can consider failure to obtain Installation access as a failure to execute the work and terminate the Contractor’s right to proceed with the work under the “Default” clause of this contract.

Installation passes are required for Contractor personnel before the Contractor may be able to proceed with any fieldwork. The Contractor shall be responsible for furnishing identification for each employee and for each employee on the work site to display such identification as directed by the KO or COR. The Contractor shall submit a personnel list and vehicle lists to the Government POC prior to the commencement of work.

C.4.8 Contractor Quality Control (CQC) - The Contractor and the Government both have a role in obtaining quality deliverables consistent with contract requirements. The responsibilities of both parties must complement each other and work in harmony. The Contractor must ensure that the quality of all work performed or produced under this contract meets CENAU acceptance. CQC is a management system for producing deliverables complying with the terms of the contract. It encompasses all phases of the work such as acceptance of submittals, procurement, storage of materials and equipment, and coordination of subcontractor activities. CQC also includes all the inspections and tests necessary to ensure that the correct materials and work methods are used to produce the required end product.

Quality control plans are a part of the CQC and must be prepared and approved prior to performance of physical work.

The Contractor is responsible for quality assurance of all submittals. Each submittal shall be reviewed by the Government for content as well as for conformance with the TO. All Government comments will be consolidated by the CENAU Project Manager and provided to the Contractor. If the Contractor believes any review comment is in error, is in conflict with other comments and/or with technical criteria, or is believed to be beyond the scope of the negotiated contract, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Project Manager in writing.