Basic Environmental Support Services (BESS IV)

This is a pre-solicitation notice.

(Note:  The original Sources Sought Notice was published under W56ZTN-20-R-0007.)

The Army Contracting Command (ACC), Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Tenant Division, Facilities Branch, intends to issue a solicitation for the re-compete of the award of seven (7) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) for Basic Environmental Support Services (BESS IV).  The objective of this effort is to provide basic environmental services to US Army Garrison APG’s Directorate of Public Works - Environmental Division (DPW-ED) and to all tenants supported by DPW-ED in need of environmental services. The funding sources for this acquisition are therefore expected to vary. However, the primary objective remains, regardless of the proponent or funding source, and that is to provide a variety of environmental support services required for APG to achieve its collective missions.  The contractor shall provide a wide range of Environmental/DPW Services to include facility maintenance activities or construction and demolition or both to comply with federal and state environmental laws and regulations at properties within the control of APG and Garrison Supported Organizations (GSOs). The Contractor shall execute work to meet the objectives/milestones in specific task order performance work statements.

Examples of the types of environmental subject areas or tasks include the following:

• Air injection
• Air quality surveys and/or emissions reporting
• Archeological resources
• Asbestos abatement
• Asbestos regulations and requirements
• Bioremediation
• Chemical oxidation/ultraviolet (UV) systems
• Compliance cleanup (CC) sites
• Conceptual site models for Installation Restoration Program (IRP), Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), and CC sites
• Conventional water treatment
• Construction
• Cultural resources
• Data management
• Debris removal
• Demolition
• Dredging
• Drinking water
• Emergency response related activities
• Endangered species
• Energy audit and compliance
• Engineering including chemical, civil, electrical, environmental, mechanical, radiological
• Environmental compliance assessments/surveys
• Environmental laws, regulations, and best management practices including Department of the Army, Department of Defense, and APG regulations and policies
• Environmental Management Systems (EMS) support
• Excavation/soil management
• Facility repair and maintenance
• Flora and fauna surveys and monitoring
• Geology
• Geotechnical studies
• Ground water assessment and remediation – such as IRP, MMRP, CC Sites
• Groundwater extraction/dewatering – such as IRP, MMRP, CC Sites
• Hazardous materials management
• Hazardous waste management
• Health physics support to include the following:
  • • • • Radiation sampling
        • Monitoring
        • Inspection
        • Analysis
        • Training
        • Literature search of historic documents
        • Review of health and safety plans/work plans for radiological remediation efforts
        • Procedure writing
        • Inventory maintenance
        • Quality control audits
        • Radioactive waste handling and transport
        • Other tasks related to the radiation protection program as identified within the specifications of the initiating delivery order(s)
        • Establish protocols, and /or schedules and coordinate them with the COR for approval before initiating data collection; individual task orders will specify reporting requirements
• Heavy metal disposal/treatment
• Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) management
• Hydrogeology
• Installation Restoration Program (IRP)
• Laboratory testing
• Landfill closure and long-term management
• Lead-based paint surveys and abatement
• Maryland critical area requirements and compliance
• Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP)
• Modeling including fate and transport analysis
• National Environmental Policy Act
• Natural attenuation
• Natural resources
• National Contingency Plan (NCP) reporting
• Noise
• Occupational health and safety
• Permitting
• Pest control
• Pollution prevention
• Quality assurance and quality control
• Radiation
• Recovery operations from reportable spills
• Regulatory analysis for all task orders
• Response action IRP And CC sites
• Response action of munitions response sites
• Response action of radioactive sites
• Risk assessments (human health and ecological)
• Sampling and analysis
• Sediment and erosion control measures
• Slurry walls and subsurface barriers
• Soil vapor extraction
• Soil washing
• Soil/sludge stabilization/solidification
• Solid waste management
• Storm water management (inspections, maintenance and repair)
• Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV)
• Surface water quality
• Thermal destruction/desorption
• Treatment/disposal of investigation-derived wastes and decontamination-derived wastes
• Underground storage tank removal, closure, replacement
• Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) detection
• Vapor intrusion
• Wastewater management
• Wetlands

All work shall be performed on individual task orders at one of the following areas:  Aberdeen Area, Edgewood Area, Churchville Area, Carroll Island Area, Spesutie Island Area, Grace’s Quarters Area, Adelphi and Blossom Point, Maryland. 

The total estimated value of this requirement including base and four (4) option years is between $20-$25 million for the entire multiple award.

This procurement will be solicited as a 100% competitive 8(a) set aside in accordance with the authorities granted by the Small Business Administration and the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 19.  The Government intends to award a minimum of three (3) – five (5) IDIQs on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) basis.  The solicitation is will be posted on or about 16 August 2021 via the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website at http://www.sam.gov.  The solicitation number is W56ZTN-21-R-0001.  The Government will not issue paper copies.   All inquiries must be submitted via email to the person(s) specified in the solicitation.  NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this work Is 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) with the small business size standard of $16.5 million.  The Performance Work Statement, applicable specifications, and the evaluation criteria will be included in the solicitation or as an attachment.  All qualified 8(a) certified companies are invited to submit proposals in response to ACC-APG’s solicitation.  Technical data required to respond to the solicitation will be provided with the solicitation.  All offerors are required to register in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract.  Offerors must be registered under the NAICS code 541620.  Registration in SAM can be accomplished at www.sam.gov.