Environmental Remedial Action Contract

THIS PRE-SOLICITATION IS BEING ADVERTISED AS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT. The NAICS Code for this Solicitation is 562910: Environmental Remediation Services. The Size Standard is 750 employees. The Government intends to award a Cost Plus Award Fee (CPAF), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) type contract for one base year and four one-year option periods. The total maximum value for the contract is $95,000,000 inclusive of the base year and all options. Work will be performed by the issuance of task orders. Market research was conducted and resulted in the decision that this procurement be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The NAVFAC Atlantic Small Business Administration Office concurs with this set-aside determination.

The work will primarily support the remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous substances in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, the areas of the District of Columbia, Africa, Europe, Southwest Asia, and Vieques. Although principle sites are identified for the contract, the contractor may be required to perform at any Naval or Marine Corps activity in the area of responsibility covered by NAVFAC Atlantic. Work may also be added and performed anywhere outside of NAVFAC Atlantic’s area of responsibility, as required by the Government.

Potential tasks will include but are not limited to: performing remedial actions, removal actions, expedited and emergency response actions at sites, pilot and treatability studies, facility operation and maintenance, installing temporary support facilities such as decontamination areas, fences, roads, and utilities, developing work plans, munitions response program clean up and closure, range clean up and closure including range sustainability environmental program assessments, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) closures, site characterizations, geophysical surveys, hydrogeological and geotechnical testing and data analysis in conjunction with remedial action projects, multimedia sampling and analysis for physical, chemical, and geotechnical characteristics, hydrographic surveys, groundwater characterization studies, other related activities associated with returning sites to safe and acceptable levels, optimization reviews of remediation facilities and remediation strategies, munitions response quality assurance, engaging in partnering with the Navy, Comprehensive Long-term Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) contractors, and regulatory agencies, reviewing and/or providing input on investigations, feasibility studies, evaluation of remediation alternatives, and design packages relative to remediation activities, community relations regarding the contractor’s remedial action work, and technical support to the Navy on the full range of remedial actions.

The contractor is responsible for identifying and obtaining permits, licenses, etc. required by current laws and regulations.

The Government will award a cost reimbursable contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be a BEST VALUE to the Government, technical factors, past performance, and cost considered. Offerors submitting proposals will not be compensated for any expenses incurred in the preparation of their proposal.

This notice does not constitute a request for proposal. The solicitation will be issued on approximately 18 March 2019. The receipt date of proposals is approximately 18 April 2019. This solicitation will be available in electronic format only.

The Request for Proposal will be made available via the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.FBO.gov) and/or the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website (www.neco.navy.mil). All prospective offerors should download all pertinent documents from those websites. Notification of any changes to this solicitation (amendments) will only be made on these websites. Therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the websites regularly for any posted changes to the solicitation. Requests for documents by telephone, fax, or email will not be honored.

All responsible small business offerors may submit a proposal for consideration. All interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database.

Be advised that failure to register in the SAM database makes an offeror ineligible for award of DoD contracts. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing the website at https://www.sam.gov. Potential offerors are notified that a pre-proposal conference and site visit will not be conducted. Inquires shall be emailed to mary.lassiter@navy.mil.