A12 - Pre-solicitation.docx

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation for the award of a Multiple Environmental Governmental Acquisition Strategy (MEGA) as a firm-fixed-price contract. The work will require personnel, plant, and equipment to respond to numerous requests for environmental support for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This Pre-placed Remedial Action Contract (PRAC) will primarily support work assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mississippi Valley Division, St. Louis District. It is anticipated that the majority of the work may be conducted to support U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Regions 5 and 7 projects. The Contractors selected for this work shall have the capability and experience to perform or provide a wide range of remedial action services at hazardous waste sites. These efforts may include environmental removal actions, remedial actions, and other remediation activities as well as related activities necessary to ensure complete and successful remediation. Remedial activities may include, but not be limited to, excavation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous, toxic, or low level radiological waste; construction and operation of groundwater treatment plants and extraction systems; dredging of contaminated sediments; installation and operation of in situ treatment technologies including but not limited to air sparging, chemical oxidation, chemical reduction, enhanced bioremediation, ground-water circulating wells, permeable reactive barriers, soil vapor extraction, and thermal treatment; water line installations/service connections hookups; and utility line replacement and/or remediation along utility lines; and erosion, sewer, and storm water controls for the purpose of compliance and/or pollution prevention. Supporting activities include, but are not limited to, sampling and laboratory analysis of soil, groundwater, surface water, air, and sediments; monitoring well, extraction well, and injection well installation, monitoring, and maintenance; supporting facilities for construction; work plan preparation; construction completion reports, as-built drawings, periodic monitoring reports, operation and monitoring reports, and other documents as needed; demolition; and public relations activities. This acquisition is solicited as a 100% SMALL BUSINESS (SB) SET-ASIDE for an Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ) with a basic ordering period of three (3) years plus one two (2) year option periods. The Guaranteed Minimum will approximately be $2,500. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this is effort is 562910, Remediation Services. The Small Business Administration small business size standard for NAICS code 562910, Environmental Remediation Services is 750 employee size standard. Paper copies of this solicitation and its amendments will not be available or issued. Electronic copies are not permitted for the bid. The proposal submission date and time will be contained in the solicitation package. The solicitation is expected to be available on or about February 2020. For changes to the issue date or any other changes to the information in this synopsis, potential offerors are responsible to check the information at www.beta.sam.gov/. This solicitation package will be posted on BetaSam, which can be accessed at www.beta.sam.gov/. The Government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation or the Interested Vendors List. Telephone, written, facsimile, or e-mail requests for the solicitation package or the Interested Vendor List will not be honored. Potential offerors MUST register at www.beta.sam.gov/, in order to receive notification and/or changes to the solicitation. The Interested Vendor List will be activated and may be accessed and printed from this web site. Prospective offerors who would like their company name included on the Bidders Mailing List (plan holders list) may do so on the BetaSam website under Interested Vendor List. Potential offerors are responsible for monitoring this site for the release of the solicitation package and any other pertinent information and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for proposal preparation costs. Be advised that all interested parties MUST be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) Database at https://www.sam.gov, in order to receive a contract award. Any questions regarding this synopsis, shall be submitted by email to the Contract Specialist, Jessica Hicks at Jessica.L.Hicks@usace.army.mil or to the Contracting Officer, Karla Babb at Karla.L.Babb@usace.army.mil.