Ordnance Clearance Services Using Robotic Technology

The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville is soliciting proposals on a Unrestricted, Competitive basis for a Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) to perform Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) responses involving conventional and/or chemical munitions, Other Munitions-Related Services (OMRS) including range operations support services utilizing robotic technology and/or conventional manned technologies as necessary to permit lands to be safely and efficiently used for their intended purpose or to facilitate construction efforts. Task orders awarded on this SATOC will be firm-fixed price (FFP), cost-plus-fixed-fee, or a combination of both. The period of performance is a two year base with 3 one-year renewal options. The RFP will be available for download from www.fedbizopps.gov on or about 07 May 2012.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 562910 Remediation Services.

This work may occur at sites located in the lands of Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside the CONUS (OCONUS). The services provided under this contract will be used in support of various Department of Defense (DoD) Commands and Installations and other federal agencies, including active DoD installations, DoD Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC) sites, Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), other federally controlled/owned sites that have been impacted by Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) and other munitions related operations and work for other U.S government agencies as applicable.

The Contractor shall perform operations in MEC contaminated areas that can be performed safely utilizing robotically controlled equipment without the need for prior MEC clearance and safely locate, identify, recover, evaluate, manage, and dispose of Material Potentially Possessing an Explosive Hazard (MPPEH), MEC, Munitions Debris (MD), and Range-Related Debris (RRD) at various project sites. Work performed under this contract may include project planning; assessments; inspections; vegetation removal; target removal and replacement; range maintenance; surveys; remedial investigations; feasibility studies, engineering evaluations; cost analyses; removal actions; recovery, storage, and disposal of MPPEH, MEC, MD and RRD; data management; training; obtaining necessary permits; and related logistical support. In addition, OMRS work may also include vegetation (i.e., tree, grass, and brush) clearance, construction support as defined by Engineer Pamphlet (EP) 75-1-2, inspection of cultural debris for MEC and MPPEH, range maintenance activities (which may include vegetation clearances, MEC and MPPEH removal, bulk target retrieval/deployment, etc.), and select construction activities such as earthwork (e.g., grading, etc.), trenching, utility installation, backfill and compaction.

The Contractor will support the Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), the Hazardous, Toxic, and Radiological Waste (HTRW) Program, clean up of Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) and Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). They may also be required to support overseas operations not including support of direct military operations, battlefield clearance or demilitarization of captured munitions., The Offeror(s) must be capable of performing Conventional Munitions Responses, Recovered Chemical Warfare Materiel (RCWM) Munitions Responses, other munitions-related services, and Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) Responses, all as necessary to permit lands and waters to be safely and efficiently used for their intended purpose, to include (but not limited to):

Construction support;
Environmental Quality and Compliance Planning;
Permitting;
Remedial investigations;
Remedial or removal actions;
Range and debris clearance.

Offerors must be able to provide all labor, materials, facilities and equipment for performance of all work identified in individual task orders; be cognizant of all applicable laws, regulations and guidance associated with the work being accomplished, and ensuring that all work activities performed by contractor personnel, sub-contractors and suppliers is executed as required by the applicable laws and regulations.