UST -- 05701 and 15134

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) has issued a solicitation for Underground Storage Tank (UST) corrective action services for two specific locations in Gray Court, South Carolina: UST #05701 and #15134 at Gray Court Exxon and Ropers Wee Shoppe. The procurement seeks a qualified UST Site Rehabilitation Contractor to perform comprehensive corrective actions, including preventing migration of free-phase product and chemicals of concern, and reducing chemical concentrations to site-specific target levels. Bidders must be South Carolina-Certified Class I Site Rehabilitation Contractors and remain compliant with R.61-98 throughout the contract period. The contract, effective July 10, 2019, will have a five-year term with potential no-cost extensions. Key deliverables include design, installation, monitoring, operation, maintenance, site restoration, and associated reporting and permitting. The bid opening is scheduled for July 2, 2019, at 2:30 PM ET, with questions due by June 13, 2019, at 2:30 PM ET, and award posting planned for July 9, 2019.

The solicitation requires contractors to have Professional Engineers or Professional Geologists registered in South Carolina to seal all Corrective Action Plans and reports. Laboratory analyses must be performed by SC-certified laboratories, and well drilling must be conducted by SC-certified well drillers. Contractors must carry liability insurance with minimum limits of $1,000,000 per occurrence for Commercial General Liability and $1,000,000 per accident for Auto and Worker's Compensation. Payment will be structured on a performance basis, with 35% paid upon Corrective Action Plan implementation and the remaining 65% based on achieving interim and final payment milestones. An early completion incentive of 10% of the corrective action cost is available if all payment milestones are achieved within a 42-month Site Incentive Period. While no specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are mentioned, the solicitation emphasizes local certification requirements. The total contract value is not explicitly stated, but the pay-for-performance structure suggests flexibility in pricing based on project completion and milestones.