Northern Middlesex Brownfields Assessment Program Qualified Environmental Professional Services

NMCOG is soliciting proposals for a Qualified Environmental Professional to support the Northern Middlesex Brownfields Assessment Program under RFP 26-02, with questions due November 5, 2026 and proposals due November 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM EST. The work is funded by a $500,000 EPA Communitywide Assessment Grant (EPA-I-OLEM-OBLR-25-04). Respondents must meet a pass/fail requirement for Environmental Professionals qualified under 40 CFR Part 312. The RFP requires compliance with EPA cooperative agreement terms, federal procurement standards under 2 CFR 200, and disadvantaged business enterprise requirements under 40 CFR Part 33.

Scope includes up to eight Phase I ESAs, up to four Phase II ESAs, and up to four Analyses of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives with Phase III Remedial Action Plans. It also covers one market study, a Community Involvement Plan, up to sixteen Community Reports, quarterly ACRES reporting, and coordination meetings. Work spans nine Massachusetts municipalities: Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Lowell, Pepperell, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough, and Westford.

The QEP contract carries a not-to-exceed amount of $434,400, the contractual portion of the $500,000 grant, with NMCOG retaining remaining funds for staff time and grant administration. The four-year term runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2030. Extension beyond the initial period is subject to market survey verification of pricing reasonableness.

Proposals are weighted as follows: relevant brownfields assessment experience at 40%, technical approach at 20%, project understanding at 15%, community outreach experience at 10%, project management and schedule at 10%, and proposal quality at 5%. Answers to questions post November 12, 2026. Interviews run November 24 through December 11, 2026, and contract award is anticipated December 18, 2026. Submissions go electronically to Chris Hayes at chayes@nmcog.org, and the RFP is available at www.nmcog.org/bids.