Lauber 1-6 Environmental Services Project

The State of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (now EGLE) issued Request for Proposal #190000001914 for environmental remediation services at the Lauber BDW Site in Weare Township, Oceana County, Michigan. This procurement seeks comprehensive geotechnical and environmental services including soil excavation, drilling, monitoring well installation, sampling and analysis, and site restoration for a former rural trucking property with historical brine disposal contamination. The contractor must mobilize equipment and personnel, install erosion control measures, excavate contaminated soil exceeding Part 201 criteria and transport it to an approved landfill, collect and dispose of accumulated oils or heavy liquids via vacuum truck, install up to five monitoring wells approximately 35 feet deep with vertical profiling to 75 feet at two locations, collect and analyze up to 20 soil samples and five residential well samples for hydrocarbon indicators, and restore the site to its original condition. Key personnel requirements include a Project Manager with minimum 10 years of directly related field experience and 7 years of project management experience, a Site Supervisor with minimum 7 years of field experience and 3 years as a site supervisor, and a Driller/Operator with minimum 5 years of field experience and 3 years operating a rig; all on-site personnel must maintain OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification. The State evaluation criteria comprises technical qualifications (Statement of Work scope and requirements at 30%, key personnel at 40%, and vendor questions worksheet at 30%), with proposals scoring 80 or more points advancing to price evaluation. A mandatory pre-proposal meeting was held on April 30, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern at the site location, with the proposal deadline of May 15, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. Eastern, an anticipated contract start date of May 22, 2019, and work completion required by June 30, 2019, with the contract term extending through September 30, 2019.

The procurement documents do not indicate any specific set-aside designations or restrictions limiting response to particular organization types or disadvantaged enterprises. No incumbent vendors or current contractors are listed in the available documentation. The contractor must submit pricing for all services on a firm unit pricing basis for the contract term, including mobilization and demobilization, equipment rental (excavator, bulldozer, loader, trucks), materials, drilling and well installation, sampling and analysis, site restoration, and report preparation, though scope increases require Department approval and revised purchase orders. Insurance requirements are substantial, including commercial general liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 general aggregate), automobile liability ($1,000,000 per accident), workers' compensation, employers liability ($500,000), and environmental/pollution liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 annual aggregate). The State will retain 20% of invoiced amounts as retainage, released upon final acceptance. No specific budget or award value range is disclosed in the available procurement documents.