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RESOURCE CONSERVATION RECOVERY ACT ENVIRONMENTAL TRAINING (PRESOL)
SOL: IMAENQ00112
DUE: 020912
POC: Brad Zemke, 586-282-9672, ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA), bradley.j.zemke.civ@mail.mil.
POP: ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA) ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI 48397-5000.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/notices/7d49323d295e361e49b5c642638c66ea
NAICS: 611519. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. See attached file for the entire combined synopsis/solicitation. All questions must be in writing. The U.S. Army Garrison - Detroit Arsenal has a requirement for the below: 1. SCOPE: This SOW outlines environmental training support requirements for training provided to designated employees on the US Army Garrison - Detroit Arsenal. The environmental training covered will be the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), asbestos training, and lead based paint training. 2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS: 29CFR1910.120 40CFR264 40CFR745 3. REQUIREMENTS: 3.1. Provide classes covering RCRA, lead based paint, and asbestos in accordance with 40 CFR and 29 CFR 1910.120. Classes required are outlined in the attached schedule. 3.2. This training must be conducted from 1 March through 30 April 2012. The training is required for certain Directorate of Public Works (DPW) personnel and persons likely to come into contact with hazardous waste, asbestos, and lead paint in the course of their duties (i.e. engineers, builders, maintenance, cleaning personnel, and emergency response personnel) and is required by federal law (40 CFR and 29 CFR 1910.120). 3.3. Training will be conducted on the US Army Garrison - Detroit Arsenal. Government training space/classroom will be used. 3.4. There will be course attendees who are not government employees. Non-government participants will provide payment directly to the instructor prior to beginning training. Instructors must have a means to accept this payment. 3.5. Instructor will provide certificate of completion to the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) for each attendee, as required by 40 CFR and 29 CFR. 3.6. Compliance with 29 CFR 1910.120(e) - Hazardous waste operations and emergency response, which states: 1910.120(e)(5) Qualifications for trainers. Trainers shall be qualified to instruct employees about the subject matter that is being presented in training. Such trainers shall have satisfactorily completed a training program for teaching the subjects they are expected to teach, or they shall have the academic credentials and instructional experience necessary for teaching the subjects. Instructors shall demonstrate competent instructional skills and knowledge of the applicable subject matter. 1910.120(e)(6) Training certification. Employees and supervisors that have received and successfully completed the training and field experience specified in paragraphs (e)(1) through (e)(4) of this section shall be certified by their instructor or the head instructor and trained supervisor as having completed the necessary training. A written certificate shall be given to each person so certified. Any person who has not been so certified or who does not meet the requirements of paragraph (e)(9) of this section shall be prohibited from engaging in hazardous waste operations. 3.7. RCRA training must be in compliance with 40 CFR 264.16, which states the following: 40 CFR 264.16 (a) (1) Facility personnel must successfully complete a program of classroom instruction or on-the-job training that teaches them to perform their duties in a way that ensures the facility's compliance with the requirements of this part. The owner or operator must ensure that this program includes all the elements described in the document required under paragraph (d)(3) of this section. (2) This program must be directed by a person trained in hazardous waste management procedures, and must include instruction which teaches facility personnel hazardous waste management procedures (including contingency plan implementation) relevant to the positions in which they are employed. (3) At a minimum, the training program must be designed to ensure that facility personnel are able to respond effectively to emergencies by familiarizing them with emergency procedures, emergency equipment, and emergency systems, including, where applicable: (i) Procedures for using, inspecting, repairing, and replacing facility emergency and monitoring equipment; (ii) Key parameters for automatic waste feed cut-off systems; (iii) Communications or alarm systems; (iv) Response to fires or explosions; (v) Response to ground-water contamination incidents; and (vi) Shutdown of operations. (c) Facility personnel must take part in an annual review of the initial training required in paragraph (a) of this section. 3.8. Provide certificate for lead based paint training in compliance with 40CFR745.225(c)(8), which states the following: (8) The training program shall issue unique course completion certificates to each individual who passes the training course. See attached file for the entire Combined Synopsis/Solicitation.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7d49323d295e361e49b5c642638c66ea&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/01/12
SPONSOR: ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(DTA), ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
PUBLICATION DATE: February 3, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3723

F--PLANNING AND CONSERVATION IDIQ (SRCSGT MOD)
SOL: N4008012R0351
DUE: 020912
POC: Jillita Griffin, Contract Specialist, 202-433-0908, jillita.griffin@navy.mil; Allison Silver, Contract Specialist, 202-685-3162, allison.silver@navy.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVFAC/N62477/N4008012R0351/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. This is a sources sought notification to identify the capabilities of small businesses to perform this requirement. For evaluation the Government is requiring your firm's capability statement which can include but is not limited to: 1.) Project description of 5-10 previous projects completed: Identify whether your firm was a prime contractor or a subcontractor, the dollar amount of the project, the year the project was completed (within the last 5 years) and location. Clearly state/explain any relationships with subcontractors. If an IDIQ contract is provided, please be sure to include project description as mentioned above. Please include any past experience with NEPA, planning regulations and Navy Policy. 2.) List of key personnel: Please provide a brief description including education, certifications and licenses of key personnel and each of this personnel's employer. 3.) Technology capability: Describe any web based technology and development. Also describe any technical support of integrated graphic, pictorial, narrative and tabular data application in both electronic and non-electronic format. Please limit submittal to 5 doubled-sided pages. Additional information may be provided as long as it does not exceed the page limit requirement. Please submit by 5PM on February 9, 2012. Electronic submittals will be accepted.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=68c7c21a00c5117bdfb434879c37c79b&tab=core&_cview=1
Posted: 02/02/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, NAVFAC Washington, 1314 HARWOOD STREET Bldg 212 WASHINGTON, DC
PUBLICATION DATE: February 4, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3724

H--THIRD-PARTY INSPECTION OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK (UST) SYSTEM (PRESOL)
SOL: W91QV1-12-T-3001
DUE: 021012
POC: Rosalynd Clayton, 703-806-2171, rosalynd.d.clayton.civ@mail.mil.
NAICS: 541620. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The contractor shall conduct a comprehensive Third Party Inspection of fourteen (14) Underground Storage Tank (UST) systems at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC). Upon completion of the inspection, the contractor shall prepare and submit properly completed and signed MDE UST System Compliance Inspection Report Forms (Form # - MDE/WAS/COM.055) for each of the 14 ALC UST systems.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=274d8fdb0b710ad6586c624bae468ae0&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/02/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC - Fort Belvoir, Directorate of Contracting, 9410 Jackson Loop, Suite 101, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5116
PUBLICATION DATE: February 4, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3724

SHARPS POINT DREDGED MATERIAL UPLAND PLACEMENT SITE SAMPLING, WICOMICO COUNTY, MD (PRESOL)
SOL: W912DR-12-T-0020
DUE: 021412
POC: Patricia Morrow, patricia.morrow@usace.army.mil, 410-962-3710.
NAICS: 541380. This proposed procurement is set-aside for Small Businesses, NAICS 541380, size standard of $12 Million. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing all services, material, equipment, plant, labor, and supervision required to collect, perform QA/QC, analyze, and report the findings for well water and sediment samples taken from the Sharps Point Placement Site, Wicomico County, MD. All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to patricia.morrow@usace.army.mil no later than close of business February 9, 2012. Bids must be submitted via email to patricia.morrow@usace.army.mil no later than 11:00AM February 14, 2012.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=34f7d1ad9d49fc3f48607176d1abbe5b&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/01/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Baltimore, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21203
PUBLICATION DATE: February 3, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3723

B--ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (SRCSGT)
SOL: N6893612R0068
DUE: 021612
POC: Craig Matheny, 760-939-4280, Craig.matheny@navy.mil; Mary Jacobs, 760-939-6043.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVAIR/N68936D2/N6893612R0068/listing.html
NAICS: 541330. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAVAIRWD), China Lake, CA is seeking Environmental Services primarily conducted at sites located at the China Lake, CA Land Range, and the Point Mugu, CA Sea Range Complex which includes the San Nicolas Island Test Facility. Environmental services may be required on an occasional basis at other DoD sites and lands of DoD interest. These services are currently being performed by Epsilon System Solutions under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract N68936-07-D-0005. This is available at http://foia.navair.navy.mil. The contractor shall be required to respond to emergent actions within 24 hrs to ensure timely response to the need of NAVAIR. The contractor shall conduct natural, cultural, and geophysical resource-specific surveys, studies, analyses, environmental planning and documentation on the NAVAIR Land and Sea Ranges. The contractor shall provide services for the following 7 disciplines: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) - The contractor shall perform quantitative and qualitative geospatial analysis for natural and cultural resources data management and land use planning and other NAVAIR initiatives. Contractor shall provide maps and data sets to clients to supplement analysis as required by NAVAIR. The contractor shall be required to utilize the following software: Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) ArcGIS Server, ESRI ArcSDE, ESRI ArcGIS, Oracle 10G, SQL Server, HTML/DHTML, XML, ASP, .NET, JAVA, and Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Edition. The contractor shall update and maintain the NAVAIR GIS Database and server (for equipment located off-site only) to ensure NAVAIR's continuous GIS capabilities. Contractor shall acquire, upgrade, and/or repair system components and software (for equipment located off-site) as needed to maintain operational readiness at appropriate technological levels as set forth by NAVAIR. VEGETATION AND HABITAT: The contractor shall conduct studies of terrestrial, aquatic/marine and riparian vegetation, or any combination thereof, to determine any or all of the following: (1) mapping of vegetation/habitat using aerial photographs and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and/or Global Positioning Systems (GPS) data; (2) presence or absence of specific species and subspecies; (3) vegetation and habitat type and characterization including statistical analysis of plant survey data; (4) relative frequency, density, abundance, distribution and other standard analytic techniques/metrics of specific species, species groups or subspecies; (5) identification of threatened or endangered species; (6) identification of unusual plant assemblages. WILDLIFE: The contractor shall conduct studies of terrestrial, aquatic/marine and riparian vertebrate and/or invertebrate species to determine any or all of the following: (1) mapping using GPS and/or GIS for threatened and endangered species or other selected species; (2) presence or absence of specific species, species groups and subspecies, including distribution, abundance, densities and frequency; (3) identification of threatened or endangered species, (4) preparation of documentation for of management and/or recovery plans for listed species including threat analysis and (5) preparation of documentation for Endangered Species Act consultations, (6) statistical analysis of new and historic field survey data, (7) conduct radio telemetry studies for selected species, and (8) provide escort and/or technical expertise to other conservation efforts. GEOHYDROLOGICAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS: The contractor shall conduct geophysical and geochemical surveys of water resources. These surveys may include: (1) historic resource data review including geologic and hydrologic resource literature and aerial photographs to be incorporated into the Navy's GIS system. (2) Geophysical surveys, such as electrical resistivity, magnetotellurics (MT) and audiomagnetotellurics (AMT), self-potential and reflection seismic, to define subsurface geologic deposits groundwater resources at well locations, subsurface plumbing systems (conduits) and water resources near natural spring sites and riparian areas; (3) geochemical surveys in and around natural spring sites to characterize water quality types/isotopic composition and groundwater flow patterns; (4) ground water and surface water sampling at production well sites and monitoring well sites. Analysis and interpretation of the sampling results shall be included; (5) aquifer testing at monitoring wells; (6) waste water sampling and analysis at the Navy's reclaimed water system; (7) regional and local aquifer modeling using MODFLOW, TETRAD or equivalent software; (8) groundwater and surface water management plans, studies and reports. HISTORIC AND ARCHEOLOGICAL RESOURCES: The contractor shall conduct historic, archaeological, anthropological and paleontological resource studies, as needed, and in accordance with applicable federal and state requirements and regulations. These studies may include, but are not limited to the following: (1) resource assessments for project-specific actions being evaluated in an environmental document including a Categorical Exclusion (CATEX), Environmental Assessments (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); (2) historic and archaeological resource regional background overviews, literature and records searches; (3) resource management plans and historic property treatment plans; and (4) resource assessments to determine eligibility of cultural (historic) properties for listing in the National Register of Historic Places pursuant to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. LAND MANAGEMENT: The contractor shall conduct land use management studies and prepare land and /or resource management plans. These studies may include: (1) wetlands identification and preservation; (2) surface and subsurface water management; (3) floodplains management; (4) soil conservation; (5) erosion control; (6) land restoration and revegetation; (7) pest and problem species management; (8) range management and (9) land use compatibility studies. Environmental Impact Analysis and Documentation - The contractor shall perform quantitative and qualitative environmental impact analysis to assess the potential for impacts on environmental resources by proposed projects identified in individual task orders. The contractor shall prepare draft and final documents for Environmental Assessments (EA) and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) which comply with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) requirements as defined in OPNAVINST 5090.1C. The objective is to compete the requirement on an unrestricted, full and open basis depending on a review of the information submitted in response to this sources sought. In addition to searching the market for qualified vendors, the results of the sources sought will be utilized to determine if any Small Business Set-Aside opportunities exist per NAICS code 541330, small business size standard of $4.5M. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. The Government requests that small companies, submit their business size by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. And specify if your company is or is not each of the following: (a) Service-Disabled Veteran owned Small Business (SDVOSB); (b) HUBZone Small Business; (c) 8(a) Concern; (d) Woman-Owned Small Business; (e) Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business to the Government's Contract Specialist Craig Matheny (contact information listed below). All responses at a minimum must include: Company Name; Company Address; Point-of-Contact (POC) name, phone, and e-mail address. A brief capabilities statement package (no more than 10 pages in length, double spaced, 12 point font minimum) demonstrating ability to perform the specific requirements discussed above. This documentation must address, at a minimum, the following: (1) Prior/Current corporate experience performing efforts of similar scope within the last five years, including contract number, organization supported, indication of whether as a prime or subcontractor, contract values, Government point of contact with current telephone number, a brief description of how the contract referenced relates to the services described herein. (2) Resources available such as corporate management and currently employed personnel to be assigned to tasks under this effort to include professional qualifications, specific experience of such personnel. (3) Management approach to staffing this effort with qualified personnel which should address current hires available for assignment to this effort. If submitting capabilities statement package by email remember Navy Restrictions: (1) Limit Graphics; (2) 10MB limit on emails; (3) Use standard file extension: doc, xls, pdf, zip, ppt.; (4) The following attachments will not be received by recipients on the NMCI system: .avi, .bat, .cmd, .com, .dll, .eml, .exe, .pif, .scr, .shs, .vbs, and .vbe.; and (5) Send To: craig.matheny@navy.mil. If submitting capabilities statement package by mail and providing a computer disc: (1) Use CD-R disc; (2) Provide two discs; (3) Send to: Commander Code 220000D, NAWCWD, Attn: Craig Matheny, 429 E. Bowen Ave, MS 4015, China Lake, CA 93555-6108. Submittals are capabilities statements for consideration by the Government in acquisition planning. Interested parties are advised that the information submitted may not be used for procurement action. This announcement is for informational purposes only. DISCLAIMER: This sources sought is for informational purposes only. This is not a request for proposal. It does not constitute a solicitation and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses in any form are not offers and the Government is under no obligation to award a contract as a result of this announcement. No funds are available to pay for preparation of the responses to this announcement. Any information submitted by Respondents to this technical description is strictly voluntary.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b04d352ad682964d50f85861e707f2ea&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/31/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Dept. 2, 429 E. Bowen Rd - Stop 4015 China Lake, CA
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3722

EXCAVATING 3 ONE ACRE LOTS AND INSTALLING FENCING AND SIGNS (PRESOL)
SOL: SR001-12-0001
DUE: 021612
POC: Richard Schickling, richard.schickling@srs.gov.
POP: Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina 29808.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/notices/8d9f0329f2133263070cf92735baea04
NAICS: 562910. This solicitation replaces SR001-11-0006. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), managing contractor for the Savannah River Site (SRS) for the Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking sources capable of excavating three (3) one acre lots located in a wetlands area on the SRS property and fencing approximately 7 miles with 3-strand barbed wire with posts and signage. Additional requirements: Davis Bacon Act work, Radiological work, use of Lanthanum Bromide detector and GPS equipment, difficult area access, excavation by hand or limited equipment use and critical schedule requirements. All interested sources must (a) be CCR registered under NAICS code 562910 to be considered for this solicitaion, (b) email richard.schickling@srs.gov requesting an RFP and (c) include Company name, contact name, phone number and e-mail.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8d9f0329f2133263070cf92735baea04&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/01/12
SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, Savannah River Site, Bldg 730-2B, Aiken, South Carolina 29808
PUBLICATION DATE: February 3, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3723

REGULATED WASTE REMOVAL FROM DOS SITES IN IRAQ (PRESOL)
SOL: SAQMMA12R0146
DUE: 022012
POC: Stephen Law, laws2@state.gov.
POP: The work will be performed in the Country of Iraq.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/State/A-LM-AQM/A-LM-AQM/SAQMMA12R0146/listing.html
NAICS: 562211. Synopsis: The Department of State (DoS) Contracting Officer has determined that a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) may be the most advantageous method for procuring this requirement (See FAR 16.703). A BOA arrangement will involve the below listed requirements: a. The BOA will be written for a period of 5 years and during this period the government is only obligated for actual order purchases made under the BOA. Therefore, the establishment of the BOA does not constitute an order for work, and will not include a minimum or maximum dollar limitation during this five (5) year period. b. The Contracting Officer must approve the price list your company submits prior to establishing the BOA. Anytime during the 5-year period, the contractor can submit a request to increase or decrease its prices. Price lists are valid for a specific period of time, for example, 1 Jan 2012 through 31 Dec 2012. c. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation to establish multiple BOAs that will enable the Department to procure removal and disposal services of regulated waste from various DoS U.S. Mission sites in Iraq to certified regulated waste facilities mandated by the Government of Iraq (GOI). The specific U.S. Mission sites included but are not limited to Regional areas described as follows: a) Northern Region: Erbil and associated sites, Kirkuk, and Tikrit; b) Central Region: Sather, Shield, Besmayah, Union III, Taji, Prosperity, and U.S. Embassy; c) Southern Region: Basrah and Umm Qasar. This combined synopsis solicitation has been prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. This acquisition will use Full and Open Competition under North American Industry Classification System Code. 562211 Size standard is $12,500,000. The AQM Office of Acquisition Management, U.S. Department of State intends to award approximately six BOAs d. Requirements Contractors must agree to adhere to the requirements of the Attachment A Statement of Work and also provide the following: 1. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: Evidence of license, permits, professional accreditations, other applicable certifications, and proof of insurability, in which authorize your company to pickup, transport and dispose regulated waste in Iraq, 2. Pricing for each waste type provided in Attachment B Pricing. 3. Identify regions and U.S. Mission sites in which Offeror can provide services. 4. Copies of the most recent certificate of acceptance of waste at the regulated waste facility, which documented the waste type, volume, date of pickup and disposal. e. Proposals need to adhere to FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial; and include a completed FAR 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications. The Government's preferred method is Online Representations and Certifications. This can be accomplished by registering in ORCA at https://orca.bpn.gov and completing the on-line Representations and Certifications. The Government will award BOAs resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors as described in d1 through d4 above. The proposal may be in any format but MUST include: 1) Proposing company's name, address, and phone 2) Point of contact's name, phone, and email 3) Quotation number & date 4) Completed Price list 5) Applicable discounts 6) Timeframe that the price list is valid 7) Completed FAR 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications Proposals MUST also contain a complete price list of items offered in Attachment A along with the unit of issuance, which clearly describe what each unit price include. The Contracting Officer will review proposals based on the factors listed in this solicitation and the information furnished by the offeror. Before price is considered, the proposal must meet the qualification requirement stated in d1 above. f. It is the offeror's responsibility to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. Clauses and provisions in full text may be accessed via the Internet at website http://farsite.hill.af.mil. ATTN: The following Clauses and Provisions apply: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial FAR 52.212-3, Representations and Certifications The following clauses are incorporated and apply to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. FAR 52.203-6, Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sep 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) FAR 52.203-13, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct (Apr 2010) FAR 52.204-10, Reporting Executive compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards. FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Dec 2010) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). FAR 52.222-3, Convict Labor FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jul 2010) FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Sep 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212) FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities FAR 52.223-18, Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging while Driving FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-CCR DOSAR 652.225-72 - ADDITIONAL CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES RELATING TO ALLEGED OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST CONTRACTOR PERSONNEL IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN (DEVIATION) (JAN 2012) (a) As specified in Section 854 of Public Law 110-417, the Contractor shall report to the appropriate investigative authorities any alleged offenses committed by or against Contractor personnel under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (chapter 212 of title 18, United States Code) or any other applicable U.S. criminal law. (b) The Contractor shall comply with and shall ensure that its employees and its subcontractors and their employees, at all tiers, are aware of and obey all U.S. and Host Nation laws, Federal regulations, and Department of State (DOS) Chief of Mission (COM) orders applicable to Contractor personnel, including but not limited to instructions, policies and directives. Contractor employees shall particularly note all laws, regulations, policies and orders prohibiting sexual or aggravated assault. (c) A Contractor employee who engages in an alleged offense may be subject to arrest by law enforcement authorities, removal from the contract, and prosecution in the United States or the local jurisdiction. (d) Contractors who suspect that an employee has committed an offense, or has been the victim of an offense described in paragraph (a), shall immediately notify the following: (1) The DOS Regional Security Officer (RSO) responsible to the COM; (2) The Contracting Officer; (3) The Contracting Officer's Representative; and (4) The DOS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Hotline via e-mail to oighotline@state.gov specifying either Iraq or Afghanistan in the e-mail subject line. (e) Contractors shall not knowingly facilitate the departure of an employee suspected of committing a serious offense without coordinating with law enforcement authorities. (f) The Contractor will ensure, when an offense is reported or instances where there is reasonable belief an offense has been committed, that all contract employees are aware of their responsibilities to preserve evidence, to the extent possible. (g) The Contractor shall provide to all contractor personnel who will perform work on a contract in Iraq or Afghanistan, before beginning such work, the name and contact information for the Regional Security Officer responsible to the COM, and will inform such contractor personnel that they may seek victim and witness protection and assistance, and may report an alleged offense, by contacting the Regional Security Officer. (End of clause)
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=4767b4ec70e1b8ca5fd98cc5442ddd6f&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/30/12
SPONSOR: U.S. Department of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, Virginia 22219
PUBLICATION DATE: February 1, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3721

C--A-E SERVICES FOR NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING DOCUMENTATION (NEPA) FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN CA, AZ, NV, ALASKA, HAWAII, AND GUAM (SRCSGT)
SOL: N6247312RSS01
DUE: 022112
POC: Carol Hart, 619-532-1592, carol.j.hart@navy.mil; Bea Appling, 619-532-1620.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVFAC/N68711A6A/N6247312RSS01/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. National Environmental Planning Documentation (NEPA) for Infrastructure Projects A-E IDIQ: This is a Sources Sought (SS) announcement. PURPOSE: (1) Seek potentially qualified small business architect-engineer sources, with indication of business size classification, including: 8(a), Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Note: The applicable small business size standard ceiling is $7.0 million average annual gross receipts for the preceding three fiscal years. (2) Determine if the firm is submitting as any of the following: Prime contractor with subcontractors (team), SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protege Joint Venture, Other joint venture relationship. The Government will use responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis to make appropriate acquisition decisions. If, after review of the responses to this synopsis, the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisition, a Pre-Solicitation Announcement will be published to the Navy Electronic Commerce On-line (NECO) system and Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps). This is NOT a solicitation announcement for proposals and NO contract will be awarded directly from this Sources Sought announcement. NO reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. NO telephone calls will be accepted for requesting a solicitation package, because there is NO solicitation package. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement, if any, that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the Technical Point of Contact will NOT be given and NO appointments for presentations will be made. SYNOPSIS: Required NAICS business classification code: 541620 -- Environmental Consulting Services. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest is seeking qualified architect-engineer sources with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel, and capability to provide, under contract, all management, labor, incidental engineering, travel, transportation, equipment, material, and supervision necessary in performing architect-engineering services for the preparation of Navy and Marine Corps planning and environmental documents for infrastructure and other projects. Contemplated services shall be performed in accordance with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 3-800-10N Environmental Engineering for Facility Construction and the Guide for Architectural Engineering Firms (A-E Guide) dated Jan 2000. Work may include, but is not limited to, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents such as Categorical Exclusions (CATEX), Environmental Assessments (EA), and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS); master planning documentation; facilities planning documentation; and environmental studies and documentation. Environmental studies and documents may include, but are not limited to, historical, cultural, archaeological, traffic, acoustic, geotechnical, air quality, biological assessments, wetlands surveys and Section 404 permitting, and agency consultation and permitting documentation. The primary focus would support infrastructure projects, including both development and operations projects. The secondary focus would include preparation of planning documents for other types of projects. Primary work locations include California, Nevada, and Arizona. However, the preponderance of work will be located within California. There is the possibility of work being located anywhere in the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. Work will be accomplished under Task Orders written against an Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The actual amount of work to be performed and the time of such performance will be determined by the Contracting Officer or his/her properly authorized representative, who will issue written Task Orders to the Contractor. Award of Task Orders will be on a firm-fixed-price basis. The proposed contract will be for a base period of 12 months and two 12-month option periods. The estimated value is approximately $30 million. The firm (including subcontractors) MUST be able to demonstrate knowledge AND experience in ALL of the above cited services AND have the ability to obtain appropriate security clearances to access military site/property/installations. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Responses shall NOT exceed fifteen (15) pages. Two-sided pages count as two sheets. Provide copies of any and all certifications by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in support of status as an 8(a), Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Copies of SBA certifications are NOT counted in the fifteen (15)-page limit. One page shall be the cover sheet which MUST include: 1) Firm name, address, and primary phone number; 2) Firm's status and size of the business relative to NAICS code 541620; 3) Two points of contact for the firm, including telephone numbers and email addresses; 4) Short description of the firm's history, including years in business, number of employees, and main disciplines of the firm; and 5) State current ability to meet all security clearance requirements for access to military property/sites/installations. Two (2) pages should show: 1) Key employees, both firm and sub-consultants, and their experience relative to the services described above. 2) Demonstrate professional qualifications of your key personnel to perform the services listed above, including professional registrations. 3) List only the team members who actually will perform major tasks under the contemplated contract work scope and their qualifications, which should reflect the individual's potential contributions to the contract. Up to ten (10) pages should be dedicated to: 1) Past and current projects that show the firm's ability to perform the services described above. There should be only one project per page. 2) Firms submitting responses shall present their information in a matrix format showing projects they have performed for work similar to that described above. Matrix must include the following for each contract/project submitted: 1) Highlight projects comparable ($10,000 - $5,000,000) in scope and complexity as described above. 2) List at least six (6) projects with work located in the Southwestern United States that demonstrate your firm can perform the services (as a whole) listed above. 3) Indicate contract type (firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursement, etc.). 4) Specify total contract price. 5) Specify associated contract numbers AND task order numbers. 6) Specify the from/to dates of contract work performance. 7) Specify the project physical location and description of the contract work requirements. 8) Provide a specific description of the actual work performed. 9) Provide the client's name and if applicable, identify the client's agency (DoD, Navy, CA State, etc.). 10) Provide at least one (1), preferably two (2), current client point of contact references who are certain to have knowledge of work performance, including reference name, job title, and verified accurate/current contact information: phone number, fax number, and email address. 11) Indicate if your firm was the prime or subcontractor (if a subcontractor, what type of work and percentage of the total contract for which your firm was responsible). SUBMITTAL PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS: Original (paper copy), and three (3) electronic copies on a CD (in MS Word and/or Excel format). Emailed submittals will not be accepted. SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE 2:00 P.M. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST) ON 21 FEBRUARY 2012. Submittal mailing and physical address: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, Environmental Contracts Core Office, Mail Code: AQE.CH, Attn: Carol Hart, CS, Building 127, Room 108, 1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92132-5190. SUBMITTAL INQUIRY POCs: Ms. Carol Hart, Contract Specialist, (619) 532-1592; Ms. Beatrice Appling, Contracting Officer, (619) 532-1620.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5964d911cc52b51244074bc33c33a961&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/01/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Navy, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, NAVFAC SOUTHWEST, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTS CORE, CODE RAQE0 1220 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA
PUBLICATION DATE: February 3, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3723

C--A-E SERVICES FOR NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING DOCUMENTATION (NEPA) FOR UPLAND-DESERT PROJECTS IN, CA, AZ, NV, ALASKA, HAWAII, AND GUAM (SRCSGT)
SOL: N6247312RSS02
DUE: 022112
POC: Carol Hart, 619-532-1592, carol.j.hart@navy.mil; Bea Appling, 619-532-1620.
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NAICS: 541620. National Environmental Planning Documentation (NEPA) for Upland/Desert Projects A-E IDIQ: This is a Sources Sought (SS) announcement. PURPOSE: (1) Seek potentially qualified small business architect-engineer sources, with indication of business size classification, including: 8(a), Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Note: The applicable small business size standard ceiling is $7.0 million average annual gross receipts for the preceding three fiscal years. (2) Determine if the firm is submitting as any of the following: Prime contractor with subcontractors (team); SBA 8(a) Mentor-Protege Joint Venture; or Other joint venture relationship. The Government will use responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis to make appropriate acquisition decisions. If, after review of the responses to this synopsis, the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisition, a Pre-Solicitation Announcement will be published to the Navy Electronic Commerce On-line (NECO) system and Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOps). This is NOT a solicitation announcement for proposals and NO contract will be awarded directly from this Sources Sought announcement. NO reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. NO telephone calls will be accepted for requesting a solicitation package, because there is NO solicitation package. In order to protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement, if any, that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the Technical Point of Contact will NOT be given and NO appointments for presentations will be made. SYNOPSIS: Required NAICS business classification code: 541620 -- Environmental Consulting Services. Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest is seeking qualified architect-engineer sources with current relevant qualifications, experience, personnel, and capability to provide, under contract, all management, labor, incidental engineering, travel, transportation, equipment, material, and supervision necessary in performing architect-engineering services for the preparation of Navy and Marine Corps planning and environmental documents for upland/desert and other projects. Contemplated services shall be performed in accordance with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 3-800-10N Environmental Engineering for Facility Construction and the Guide for Architectural Engineering Firms (A-E Guide) dated Jan 2000. Work may include, but is not limited to, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents such as Categorical Exclusions (CATEX), Environmental Assessments (EA), and Environmental Impact Statements (EIS); master planning documentation; facilities planning documentation; and environmental studies and documentation. Environmental studies and documents may include, but are not limited to, historical, cultural, archaeological, traffic, acoustic, geotechnical, air quality, biological assessments, wetlands surveys and Section 404 permitting, and agency consultation and permitting documentation. The primary focus would include project footprints that are inland in desert, upland, or mountain environments and other projects with effects on inland, upland, or mountain resources. The secondary focus would include preparation of planning documents for other types of projects. Primary work locations include California, Nevada, and Arizona; however, the preponderance of work will be located within California. There is the possibility of work being located anywhere in the United States, including Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam. Work will be accomplished under Task Orders written against an Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The actual amount of work to be performed and the time of such performance will be determined by the Contracting Officer or his/her properly authorized representative, who will issue written Task Orders to the Contractor. Award of Task Orders will be on a firm-fixed-price basis. The proposed contract will be for a base period of 12 months and two 12-month option periods. The estimated value is approximately $30 million. The firm (including subcontractors) MUST be able to demonstrate knowledge AND experience in ALL of the above cited services AND have the ability to obtain appropriate security clearances to access military site/property/installations. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Responses shall NOT exceed fifteen (15) pages. Two sided pages count as two sheets. Provide copies of any and all certifications by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in support of status as an 8(a), Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, and/or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Copies of SBA certifications are NOT counted in the fifteen (15)-page limit. One page shall be the cover sheet which MUST include: 1) Firm name, address, and primary phone number; 2) Firm's status and size of the business relative to NAICS code 541620; 3) Two points of contact for the firm, including telephone numbers and email addresses; 4) Short description of the firm's history, including years in business, number of employees, and main disciplines of the firm; and 5) State current ability to meet all security clearance requirements for access to military property/sites/installations. Two (2) pages should show: 1) Key employees, both firm and sub-consultants, and their experience relative to the services described above. 2) Demonstrate professional qualifications of your key personnel to perform the services listed above, including professional registrations. 3) List only the team members who actually will perform major tasks under the contemplated contract work scope and their qualifications, which should reflect the individual's potential contributions to the contract. Up to ten (10) pages should be dedicated to: 1) Past and current projects that show the firm's ability to perform the services described above. There should be only one project per page. 2) Firms submitting responses shall present their information in a matrix format showing projects they have performed for work similar to that described above. Matrix must include the following for each contract/project submitted: 1) Highlight projects comparable ($10,000 - $5,000,000) in scope and complexity as described above. 2) List at least six (6) projects with work located in the Southwestern United States that demonstrate your firm can perform the services (as a whole) listed above. 3) Indicate contract type (firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursement, etc.). 4) Specify total contract price. 5) Specify associated contract numbers AND task order numbers. 6) Specify the from/to dates of contract work performance. 7) Specify the project physical location and description of the contract work requirements. 8) Provide a specific description of the actual work performed. 9) Provide the client's name and if applicable, identify the client's agency (DoD, Navy, CA State, etc.). 10) Provide at least one (1), preferably two (2), current client point of contact references who are certain to have knowledge of work performance, including reference name, job title, and verified accurate/current contact information: phone number, fax number, and email address. 11) Indicate if your firm was the prime or subcontractor (if a subcontractor, what type of work and percentage of the total contract for which your firm was responsible). SUBMITTAL PACKAGE REQUIREMENTS: Original (paper copy), and three (3) electronic copies on a CD (in MS Word and/or Excel format). Emailed submittals will not be accepted. SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE 2:00 P.M. PACIFIC STANDARD TIME (PST) ON 21 FEBRUARY 2012. Submittal mailing and physical address: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest, Environmental Contracts Core Office, Mail Code: AQE.CH, Attn: Carol Hart, CS, Building 127, Room 108, 1220 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92132-5190. SUBMITTAL INQUIRY POCs: Ms. Carol Hart, Contract Specialist, (619) 532-1592; Ms. Beatrice Appling, Contracting Officer, (619) 532-1620.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7d71f4d6a15677448b54cdc2df59fd56&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/01/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Navy , Naval Facilities Engineering Command, NAVFAC SOUTHWEST, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACTS CORE, CODE RAQE0 1220 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA
PUBLICATION DATE: February 3, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3723

SOIL VAPOR EXTRACTION AND MONITOR WELL INSTALLATION AT LIPARI LANDFILL SUPERFUND SITE (PRESOL)
SOL: W912BU-T-0014
DUE: 022912
POC: Robert W. Hutcheon, (215) 656-2291, USACE District, Philadelphia, robert.w.hutcheon@usace.army.mil.
POP: USACE District, Philadelphia Lapari Superfund Site Mantua Township NJ 19107-3390.
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NAICS: 213112. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. 1.1 PROJECT OVERVIEW: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Philadelphia District, has been tasked with providing support to U.S. Environmental Agency (USEPA) Region 2 during on-site remediation activity at the Lipari Landfill Superfund Site (Lipari) located on Route 322 in Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey. Included in the remedial activities at the Lipari site is a slurry wall surrounding a major portion of the landfill, as well as a soil vapor extraction (SVE) system to collect landfill gas. USACE Philadelphia District is in the process of expanding a portion of the slurry wall to encompass additional landfill materials that are presently outside of the slurry wall. As part of this construction work, USACE will need to perform borings and install additional SVE wells and monitor wells at Lipari. The location of the site is shown on Figure 1. This work will require the services of a drilling Contractor to drill borings, collect continuous core barrel soil samples using sonic drilling techniques, and install wells. The drilling Contractor is required to perform all work in accordance with the procedures and schedules approved by the government. All pilot borings and well installation, as well as all other work items in this contract shall be performed in accordance with all local, State/NJDEP, and Federal regulations and guidance. The Contractor shall provide qualified personnel to complete the following major work items under the base contract: Install 7 soil vapor extraction wells; Install 2 single cased monitor wells. Three options are also included in this contract. These options, if exercised, would require the Contractor to complete the following major work items: Option A - Install 2 single cased monitor wells; Option B - Install 1 double cased monitor well; Option C - Install 1 additional double cased monitor well. The work under this contract consists of furnishing all plant, labor, materials, supplies, and accessories required to accomplish the pilot borings, obtain the required soil samples and install the monitoring wells, together with all other operations incidental to the work, which shall be performed in strict accordance with these specifications and the applicable plans and drawings, subject to the terms and conditions of the contract. The drillers shall have a copy of these specifications with them on the site at all times and shall be familiar with the applicable provisions of the specifications governing the contract work. Drilling and installation of all wells in this contract (7 SVE wells and up to 6 monitor wells) will be performed using sonic drilling techniques with soil samples collected directly from the sonic casing during drilling. Soil core barrel samples will be collected continuously in all borings for both SVE wells and monitor wells and the recovered soil samples will be transferred directly to USACE representatives for identification and processing. The soil samples obtained from the sonic borings will be produced by the driller in polyethylene tubes and properly sealed and labeled before transfer to the on-site USACE representative. These soil core samples will be used to determine the type, nature, and characteristics of the subsurface materials encountered and the extent and conditions of the various materials as they exist to the depths and at the locations specified. Cuttings from the borings and well installations shall be placed in 55-gallon drums provided by the drilling Contractor and sealed with secure lids overnight and when not in use. The drums will be transported by the Contractor to a designated rolloff container within the landfill site for subsequent disposal.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d95c475e3d7ac9b30124aeab3c5165ed&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/30/12
SPONSOR: USACE District, Philadelphia, 100 Penn Square East, Wanamaker Bldg (RM 643), Philadelphia, PA 19107-3390
PUBLICATION DATE: February 1, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3721

2012 BAA PROPOSED RESEARCH ON OIL SPILL RESPONSE OPERATIONS (PRESOL)
SOL: E12PS00012
DUE: 030112
POC: Rebecca L. Kruse, rebecca.kruse@bsee.gov.
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NAICS: 541990. Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Number E12PS00012 for Proposed Research on Oil Spill Response Operations in the US Outer Continental Shelf. DESCRIPTION: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), solicits White Papers of not more than five (5) pages in length, for specific areas of interest to the BSEE Oil Spill Response Research (OSRR) Program which includes oil spill planning, preparedness, containment, monitoring, recovery, treatment, and response in the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). When appropriate, the research shall be conducted consistent with prior research. For a summary of research recently performed, visit http://www.bsee.gov/Research-and-Training/Oil-Spill-Response-Research-(OSRR).aspx. Interested parties are encouraged to view the information presented on the site when considering submitting White Papers. BACKGROUND: The BSEE OSRR Program is requesting White Papers to be submitted in accordance with the terms of this announcement. Authors of selected White Papers will be requested to submit full proposals. Proposals selected for funding by BSEE may receive funding from Fiscal Year (FY) 2012. The BSEE anticipates that $5,000,000 may be available for the initiation of new research addressing topics identified through this announcement. The BSEE does not anticipate any one award exceeding $1,000,000. NOTICE: The BSEE may share the White Papers with other organizations for review. Potential contractors shall notify the BSEE if they do not want their White Papers/proposals shared outside of BSEE. The BSEE anticipates awards resultant to this announcement will be made on a Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) basis. OBJECTIVES: The topics for the FY 2012 oil spill response research funding should be limited to the following topics: 1. Feasibility of Conducting Subsea Dispersant Research at Ohmsett: Ohmsett, the National Oil Spill Response Test Facility, located in Leonardo, New Jersey, is a government owned facility. It is the largest outdoor saltwater wave/tow tank facility in North America where full-scale oil spill response equipment testing, research, and training can be conducted with crude oil. Oil spill response researchers need to have an appropriate venue to develop and test technologies pertaining to the use of subsea dispersants at various water depths, dosage rates, oil discharges rates, and pressures. BSEE would like to explore the feasibility of upgrading the Ohmsett facility to accommodate those needs. This project would include determining the necessary capabilities to conduct subsea dispersant research; the feasibility of upgrading Ohmsett to house those capabilities; and an estimation of costs associated with implementation of those upgrades. 2. Ice Month at Ohmsett: Recovery of oil in ice presents unique challenges. In order to stimulate development of new mechanical and/or chemical technologies, BSEE plans to conduct an Ice Month at Ohmsett during the winter of 2012/2013. BSEE will pay for the costs associated with tank preparation, which would include filling the test area with broken ice, and usage. Those wishing to take advantage of this opportunity are advised that they must pay for travel expenses of their personnel and transport of their device to the Ohmsett facility. It is anticipated that each device/technology test that was selected to participate in this activity would involve not more that five days of tank time. Device/technology developers who would like to test their devices at Ohmsett must submit a White Paper with information about their device/technology, including any tests previously conducted, and a clear statement about how their device/technology will advance the state of the art of Arctic spill response. 3. Dispersant Use Impact on Worker Safety: Reports from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill response effort indicate that the use of dispersants, in both surface and subsurface applications, had an impact on the surface Volatile organic compounds (VOC) levels. Further research is needed in this area to clearly quantify these potential impacts and to develop recommendations to optimize dispersant use for VOC control and worker safety. 4. Subsea Chemical Dispersant Research: The Deepwater Horizon incident introduced the operational use of dispersants for subsurface injection in deepwater and ultra deepwater. BSEE is interested in additional research in this topic in the areas of: Testing and evaluation of methods, dispersant application ratios, and injection nozzle designs to optimize subsea dispersant application directly into a blowout plume, wellhead, blowout preventer, flowline, or pipeline regardless of water depth. The effects of ambient high pressure, high oil temperature, cold water, and the presence of methane and sediment on dispersant effectiveness. Arctic implications of subsea dispersant use. 5. Methods to Increase Encounter Rate for Skimming and In Situ Burn Operations: BSEE is seeking White Papers that address methods to increase the amount/thickness of oil on the surface of the water in the immediate area of skimming and/or burning operations. These methods could involve the use of chemicals, new/enhanced mechanical systems, or new/enhanced operational procedures. 6. Mechanical Technologies to Facilitate and Improve Oil Spill Containment and Recovery Under Arctic Conditions: BSEE is seeking White Papers on the testing and evaluation of new or innovative mechanical technologies that will facilitate and improve the containment, recovery, and processing of spilled oil in cold water and/or broken ice conditions. This includes full-scale prototype, commercial, and non-commercially available technologies, and/or adaptations of existing technologies to contain, recover, and process oil in a range of conditions that include cold water and/or broken ice conditions. White Papers should focus on the environmental and oceanographic conditions typically found in the Alaskan Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, where oil exploration and development activities are planned or are currently taking place. Incorporation/consideration of traditional knowledge into any research project that involves oil spill response under Arctic conditions is encouraged. 7. Remote Sensing Techniques: BSEE is seeking White Papers that address the use of various remote sensing techniques to improve and facilitate the efficiency of various response countermeasures (mechanical containment and recovery, in situ burning, and the use of dispersants) during an oil spill. These techniques could encompass a variety of methods and be hosted on a variety of platforms. White Papers should include information on equipment capabilities and limitations, data download and dissemination capabilities, real-time data communication capabilities with response assets, and integration of data into the overall response control systems. Technologies/techniques that have previously undergone some degree of development should clearly indicate how funding by BSEE will advance the state of the art. 8. Mechanical Technologies to Facilitate and Improve Surface Oil Spill Containment: BSEE is seeking White Papers on the testing and evaluation of new, or innovative mechanical technologies that will capture and contain oil on the waters surface. This includes full-scale prototype, commercial, and non-commercially available, and/or adaptations of existing technologies. White Papers should focus on surface containment systems that can be rapidly deployed at a spill source, can contain oil in a variety of sea states and wind conditions, use new or improved anchoring methods, minimize oil loss due to entrainment, can withstand heavy loading from large volumes of oil, and/or designs that optimize on-water oil capture. 9. Mechanical Technologies to Facilitate and Improve Subsea Oil Spill Containment and Removal: BSEE is seeking White Papers on subsea oil spill containment and removal option. These include: The testing and evaluation of new or innovative mechanical technologies that will contain oil released from pipelines, manifolds, valves, or other production equipment located on the seafloor in water depths of up to 10,000 feet. This includes full-scale prototype, commercial, and non-commercially available, and/or adaptations of existing technologies. White Papers should focus on systems that are rapidly deployable to the spill locations in offshore waters. The development of design/operating standards and to reassess surface containment/recovery performance standards. 10. In situ Burning: The Deepwater Horizon oil spill response effort included large scale in situ burning of the oil on the waters surface. BSEE is interested in additional research in this topic in the areas of: New technology for recovery of sunken in situ burn residue. Enhanced designs for the containment and burning of the oil. Decision-making guidance pertaining to the stockpiling of fire-proof materials. Development of onsite protocols for safety issues. HOW TO RESPOND: White Papers of not more than five (5) pages in length, an ORIGINAL PLUS three (3) copies and one (1) electronic copy in PDF format, on a CD, shall be submitted to the U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, 381 Elden St., Herndon, VA 20170-4817, ATTN: Rebecca L. Kruse, Contracting Officer, not later than 4:00 PM, EASTERN TIME on 1 March 2012. WHITE PAPERS SENT THROUGH EMAIL AND FAXES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. White Papers shall define the proposed research scope and include the level of effort. NOTE THAT COST ESTIMATES ARE NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WHITE PAPER. The White Papers shall be evaluated only on technical merits. IF YOUR WHITE PAPER IS SELECTED FOR FURTHER EVALUATION, A TECHNICAL AND COST/BUSINESS PROPOSAL WILL BE REQUESTED FROM YOUR COMPANY BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. Projects shall be selected from all or part of the technical issues listed depending on the interest and scope of White Papers received. The BSEE shall evaluate the responses, and those deemed to have merit shall be furnished information to assist in the preparation of the complete proposal. This announcement constitutes a Request for White Papers, but does not obligate the Government to consummate award. Respondents WILL NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation on the information submitted. WHITE PAPERS SHALL BE EVALUATED USING THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: (1) feasibility of the approach or solution; (2) the Offerors understanding of the technical issues; (3) the Offerors ability to implement the proposed approach; (4) innovative or creative approaches or solutions including the participation and/or funding by the oil spill response industry or other groups in the research industry, where appropriate; and (5) past performance. IF ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT ARE NOT MET, THE WHITE PAPER WILL NOT BE EVALUATED. QUESTIONS shall be E-mailed to rebecca.kruse@bsee.gov not later than 4:00 p.m., EASTERN TIME on 1 March 2012. The Solicitation number E12PS00012 MUST be in the subject line of the E-mail. All questions shall include the Solicitation number E12PS00012, your full name and title, your organization, complete address, and telephone and fax numbers. Telephone inquiries WILL NOT be accepted. A separate White Paper shall be submitted for each study on which the offeror wishes to propose. The White Paper shall identify clearly the Offerors company/organization, point of contact, address, telephone and facsimile numbers. RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED ONLY UNTIL 4:00 PM, EASTERN TIME ON 1 MARCH 2012. If Offerors desire to hand-deliver their White Papers, they are advised that the BSEE facility is a secure office complex and Offerors MUST NOT enter the building beyond the lobby. There is a courtesy telephone at the guard station to which you must call extension 7-1523 or 7-1070 for a procurement official to meet you and receive your submittal. POINT OF CONTACT: You MUST contact Rebecca L. Kruse at 703-787-1523 and set up an appointment 24 hours in advance of dropping off your White Paper. Point of Contact: Rebecca L. Kruse, Contracting Officer @ 703-787-1523, rebecca.kruse@bsee.gov; you may submit, via email, your question to the Point of Contact above.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1bfbfd220914ddb6496a70750209cb7e&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/31/12
SPONSOR: BSEE HQ PROCUREMENT381 Elden Street Herndon VA 20170
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3722

ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (ESTCP) - INSTALLATION ENERGY TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS (PRESOL)
SOL: BAA-12-0004
DUE: 032912
POC: Susan Hill, 703-428-6420, USACE HEC, Ft. Belvoir, susan.m.hill@usace.army.mil.
POP: USACE, Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity ATTN: CECT-HC, 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria VA 22315-3860.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA72/BAA-12-0004/listing.html
NAICS: 541712. Additional Classification and NAICS Codes: Classification Code: C -- Architect & Engineering Services NAICS Code: 541330 -- Engineering Services The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense (DoD) demonstration and validation program for environmental and energy technologies. The ESTCP Office is interested in receiving pre-proposals for innovative energy technology demonstrations that address DoD requirements as candidates for funding. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ESTCP's intent to competitively fund demonstration projects as described in the Program Announcement on the ESTCP web site. The Program Announcement which includes specific topics and complete submittal instructions is found at; www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/ESTCP-Solicitations/Energy-So licitation No request for proposals (RFP), solicitation, or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. Awards will take the form of contracts. Submission of proposals is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. The government will not pay for any costs associated with the preparation of proposals, travel to present oral presentations in support of the proposals, nor initial preparation and submission of a project plan. To be eligible for consideration, readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a pre-proposal in accordance with the instructions on the web site, no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 29, 2012. No electronic mail or faxed proposals will be accepted. Awardees under this BAA will be selected through a multi-stage review process. The pre-proposal review step allows interested organizations to submit technology demonstrations for Government consideration without incurring the expense of a full proposal. Based upon the pre-proposal evaluation by ESTCP, each of the pre-proposal submitters will be notified as to whether ESTCP requests or does not request the submission of a full proposal. Due to the anticipated volume of pre-proposals, ESTCP will not provide debriefs on those that are not requested to submit a full proposal. Instructions for preparing a full proposal will be provided at the time of notification. A request for submission of a full proposal does not indicate a decision has been made to make an award. There is no commitment by ESTCP to make any contract awards, nor to be responsible for any money expended by the offeror before contract award is made. It is expected that multiple awards will be made to address a particular topic area. It is expected that awards totaling approximately $20.0 million will result, depending on availability of funds. Small business participation is strongly encouraged as the government goal is that small business, historically black colleges, universities and minority institutions participation represent 5 percent of the total contract award value. If a full proposal is requested and the proposed budget is $650,000 or more, a Small Business Participation Plan (SBPP) must accompany the full proposal, whether it is submitted by a large or small business vendor. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are 541712 and 541330 with the small business size standard of 500 employees and $4.5M respectively. Prior to award, selected contract proposals that exceed $650,000 submitted by all but small business concerns must be accompanied by a Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned, Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA) Small Business Office web site at www.hecsa.usace.army.mil/hxsb provides information on how to prepare a subcontracting plan, along with links to find small businesses to participate. The point of contact for procedural questions in the ESTCP Office is Ms. Jina Banks-Saunders, 703-696-2127. The HECSA point of contact for non-technical contracting issues is Ms. Susan Hill, Susan.M.Hill@usace.army.mil or telephone at 703-428-6420 and for the small business participation plan or subcontracting plan is Jackie Robinson-Burnette, Jackie.L.Robinson-Burnette@usace.army.mil or telephone at 202-761-8789. For technical information regarding this announcement, contact the individual listed within the topic area description.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=267486dac9cd66ae0dcff8cfc254ba1b&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/02/12
SPONSOR: USACE HEC, Ft. Belvoir, ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860
PUBLICATION DATE: February 4, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3724

99--MEGA ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES (ERS)/LONG TERM RESPONSE ACTION (LTRA) MATOC (PRESOL)
SOL: W912DQ12R3003
DUE: 041712
POC: Kris Ann Huber, 816-389-3766, kris.a.huber@usace.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA41/W912DQ12R3003/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. As part of the Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA) Strategy the Northwestern Division (NWD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Kansas City District (NWK), proposes to contract for Environmental Remediation Services(ERS)/Long Term Remediation Action (LTRA) in support of work assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), including but not limited to, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP); Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS); DoD Environmental Compliance Program, Environmental Support for Others (ESFO) Program; support to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) including Superfund and Brownfield Programs; Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP); environmental cleanup for various military and Interagency and International Support (IIS) customers; environmental stewardship, and other environmental related regulatory programs. This will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Environmental Remediation Services under NAICS Code 562910, in support of the Northwestern Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and Environmental Protection Agency Region 2. Firm fixed price and cost reimbursement task orders may be written against the IDIQ contracts. The intent is to award up to five (5) contracts under this solicitation with a shared capacity of $120 million for ERS/LTRA; however, if the Contracting Officer determines during the source selection process that fewer or more than five (5) contracts should be awarded, based upon the selection criteria, the Contracting Officer has the discretion of adjusting that number, or awarding none at all. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN TO ALL BUSINESSES. The period of performance for each contract will include a base period of three (3) years and one option period of two (2) years. It is anticipated that the contracts will be awarded not earlier than April 2012. Option periods shall be exercised at the discretion of the Government before expiration of the previous periods. Task orders will be issued as the need arises during the contract period. Task order assignments will be determined with consideration of each contractor's experience, qualifications, past performance, capability, and capacity. There is no limit on the value of individual task orders and the period of performance on individual task orders shall not exceed five (5) years. Contractors receiving award will share an ordering amount of $60 million over the life of the contracts. Task orders under this contract will be in support of existing and future USACE customers of the Districts within the Northwestern Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, including the Environmental Protection Agency, Region 2. Task orders will be issued as firm-fixed price (FFP) or cost-reimbursable (CR) based on the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) at various known or suspected Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) sites. Services may include, but are not limited to, the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances, radioactive materials, and hazardous materials. The primary focus of this contract will be for Long-term Response Action (LTRA). The majority of the task orders that will be issued under this contract will be to provide services related to requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and other related Federal Programs in addition to State/Local specific regulations/requirements dealing with hazardous waste management/disposal, radioactive waste/mixed waste management/disposal, and with Underground Storage Tanks (USTs), and other fuels related issues. Remedial actions may address both regulated and non-regulated toxic substances. Incidental construction will also be included in the ERS/LTRA contracts. Services that may be required in an ERS/LTRA task order include, but are not limited to: preparation of work plans; studies with associated reports; multiple phases of field investigations; preliminary assessments (PA); site investigations (SI) and remedial site inspections; remedial investigations (RI); feasibility studies (FS); Engineering Evaluation Cost Analysis (EECA); monitoring well installation and sampling; short and long term monitoring/long term operations (LTM/LTO) or Long Term Response Action (LTRA); data management; data interpretation; engineering evaluation and corrective actions; optimization studies; groundwater modeling; geophysical surveys; remediation cost estimates; management of non-hazardous and hazardous investigative derived waste (IDW); environmental and human health risk assessments; risk based remediation; air emission issues including vapor intrusion; surface water discharge, applying for environmental permits, remedial design; well abandonment; meetings; public meeting participation; preparation of presentation material both written and visual; hydrological, sediment and soil studies; project reports; engineering support and/or design; value engineering studies; operations and maintenance (O&M) for HTRW sites; energy evaluations for remediation systems; remedial action plans; remedial actions; removal action plans; removal actions; construction support; site closeout/decision documents and, future project programming and scheduling support. Remedial action activities could include, but are not limited to the following: air sparging; soil vapor extraction; bioremediation; asbestos and lead-based paint remediation; radon abatement; landfill capping and collection systems; building remediation and demolition; sediment remediation; air discharge systems; groundwater extraction and injection systems; air stripping; carbon adsorption; groundwater treatment systems; incineration of soils; low-temperature thermal desorption; mixed water disposal; solidification of contaminated matter; soil washing; or any in-situ or on-site treatment methods. To be eligible for contract award, a contractor must have a D-U-N-S number from Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) and be registered in the Department of Defense (DoD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by calling 1-866-606-8220. D&B can be reached by calling 1-866-705-5711. Contractors are also required to use the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). ORCA is a web-based system that centralizes and standardizes the collection, storage, and viewing of many of the representations and certifications required by the FAR and previously found in solicitations. Detailed information can be found in the Help section of the ORCA website at http://orca.bpn.gov. The help section includes ORCA background information, frequently asked questions (FAQ), the ORCA Handbook, and whom to call for assistance. Additionally, in accordance with FAR Part 22.1303, all contractors must complete their VETS-100 report. Information can be found at the Department of Labor website http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/fcp/main.htm, or call the service center at 1-866-237-0275; you will be asked to provide your company name, employer identification number (EIN), and DUNs number.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=32f29eff6bc18433c78c01442148df98&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/03/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Kansas City, ATTN: CENWK-CT, 700 Federal Building 60l East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64106-2896
PUBLICATION DATE: February 5, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3725

REMOVAL, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF ELECTROPLATING RELATED WASTE (SLUDGE) AT DLA DISPOSITION SERVICES OFFICE WARNER ROBINS (PRESOL)
SOL: 12-BE-024
POC: Daniel Schuemann, Contracting Officer, daniel.schuemann@dla.mil, 269-961-5238, Fax: 269-961-4417.
NAICS: 562211. This solicitation is for removal, transportation and disposal of electroplating related waste (sludge) at DLA Disposition Services Office Warner Robins. An Idefinite-Delivery-Indefinite Contract with an 18-month base period and two 18-month option periods is anticipated. Option pricing will be evaluated prior to award. This solicitation is unrestricted and is being solicited under commercial services procedures.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=db73795a4fd39007e3253cfdf72f89e8&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/31/12
SPONSOR: Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, DLA Disposition Services,
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3722

INDUSTRY FORUM; REQUEST FOR INFORMATION #1; 722 ESS/AFCEE; 4PAE13 (MOD)
SOL: FA8903-12--R-8007_RFI-4PAE13
POC: Charles T Wilcox Jr., Contracting Officer, charles.wilcox@us.af.mil, 210-395-8763; Priscilla M. Cruz, Contract Specialist, priscilla.cruz@us.af.mil, 210-395-8699.
NAICS: 541330. The Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFCEE) in conjunction with the 772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron (ESS) will host an Industry Forum for market research purposes. We are currently planning to schedule the forum in either late February or the 1st week in March 2012. Final details solidifying the date, venue, and registration instructions will be forthcoming in the next few weeks.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=838547b72c6d79611634f219e5b00f39&_cview=0
Posted: 02/02/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, 772 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron, 2261 Hughes Ave Ste 163, Lackland AFB, Texas 78236-9861
PUBLICATION DATE: February 4, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3724

ASBESTOS REMOVAL (PRESOL)
SOL: FA5575-12-R-0001
POC: Willie Davis, 34-95-584-8273, willie.davis@moron.af.mil; Roberto Saenz, 34-95-584-8019, roberto.saenz@moron.af.mil.
POP: Moron Air Base, Spain.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/USAFE/496ABSLGC/FA5575-12-R-0001/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. This is a pre-solicitation notice to notify contractors that the Government is contemplating advertising a solicitation in the near future for the Removal of Asbestos in Multiple Facilities on Moron AB, Spain. This is not a request for proposal, and there is no solicitation package available at this time. The solicitation shall include but shall not be limited to the following: removal, maintenance and repair of asbestos-containing materials (ACM), repair and maintenance of structures, substrates, or portions thereof, that contain ACM and presumed asbestos containing materials (PACM) and lead based paint at Moron Air Base, Spain. It also covers requirements for storage, transportation, disposal and housekeeping activities on the site or location at which these activities are performed. This description of work is for general information only. It is not our intention to describe every feature of items of work or to define the scope of work. The solicitation will be a Request for Proposal (RFP), Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) solicitation. The Contractor's proposal must include an updated Certificate of Classification issued by the Spanish "Registro Oficial de Licitadores y Empresas Clasificadas del Estado" of the "Ministerio de Economia y Hacienda" covering Group C, Subgroup 1, and Category b held by the Contractor or his subcontractor. Award will be made to the offer representing the best value to the Government in accordance with FAR Part 15. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the lowest priced offer. There will be no public opening. The NAICS Code for this project is 562910. The magnitude of this project is between $100,000 and $250,000. The total contract performance period is anticipated to be 240 calendar days upon issuance of a notice to proceed. In order to be awarded a contract by the U.S. Government, the offeror must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). Registration can be made on line at www.ccr.gov. NOTE: You must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a NATO Commercial and Government Entity (NCAGE) Code to register. The closing date and time for submission of offerors will be on or about March 19, 2012; the actual date will be in the solicitation package which will be posted to www.fbo.gov. THE SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT WWW.FBO.GOV ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 16, 2012. The government will not provide paper copies of the solicitation. Interested vendors are responsible for monitoring the www.fbo.gov for the release of the solicitation package, for any other pertinent information, including information about the site visit, and for downloading their own copy of the solicitation package. NOTE: The response date cited above is an estimate, not an actual. This notice does not obligate the government to award a contract nor does it obligate the government to pay for any proposal preparation costs. The primary Point of Contact is SSgt Willie Davis, Contract Specialist, Phone 34-95-584-8273 and email willie.davis@moron.af.mil. The secondary point of contact is MSgt Roberto Saenz, Contracting Officer, at roberto.saenz@moron.af.mil. ALL information concerning this project can be found at www.fbo.gov.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=af5e87aadba7509b4bd10274801efb72&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 02/01/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Air Force, United States Air Force Europe, 496 ABS/LGC - Moron, Moron AB, Unit 6585, Moron AB, Spain, 09643-6585
PUBLICATION DATE: February 3, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3723

CORAL TOXICOLOGICAL STUDIES (PRESOL)
SOL: EA133C-12-RP-0015
POC: Lynne B Phipps, Contract Specialist, lynne.b.phipps@noaa.gov, (757) 441-6881, Fax: (757) 441-3786; Melissa R. Sampson, Contracting Officer, melissa.r.sampson@noaa.gov, (757) 441-6561.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NOAA/EASC/EA133C-12-RP-0015/listing.html
NAICS: 541712. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Acquisition & Grants Office, Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk, VA is seeking qualified sources to provide services that will assist NOAA in conducting coral toxicological studies, including, but not limited to a project entitled "Ecological Risk Assessment of Munitions Compounds on Coral and Coral Reef Health". The overall goal of the studies is to determine whether pollutants such as munitions compounds (i.e., TNT, RDX, PETN, HMX) or their breakdown products, personal care products, anti-foulant paint components, agricultural or industrial pollutants, pose a threat to coral health and coral reef ecological integrity and evaluate the ecological risk that adverse ecological effects may occur or are occurring to coral or coral reef health as a result of exposure to specified environmental pollutants. The contractor shall provide training, research, and services for projects related to coral laboratory toxicity testing of environmental pollutants, in situ field studies on coral health assessment, coral and coral reef ecological risk assessments and determining effects of land-based sources of pollution on coral and coral reefs. Areas of support include: (1) training in methods for laboratory coral toxicity testing and cellular diagnostic assays; (2) coral culture system for toxicity testing; (3) ELISA (Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay) assay; (4) laboratory-based toxicity testing of environmental pollutant compounds; (5) porewater toxicity testing to determine if field sites contain substances toxic to coral; (6) toxicity identification evaluation (TIE); (7) developing risk characterization model. The NAICS code is 541712 for this acquisition with a small business size standard of 500 employees. This solicitation is being issued on an unrestricted basis. The Government anticipates awarding a single indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a five year ordering period. The orders will be based upon the fixed unit prices, provided on a per laboratory training topic; a per sample basis for the various types of analysis; and, per project or per field trip to acquire coral or conduct in situ field studies, from the schedule with firm-fixed price orders awarded. The contract award date is anticipated to be June 1, 2012 with an ordering period of five (5) years thereafter. RFP SOLICITATION NUMBER EA133C-12-RP-0015 WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 18, 2012 THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV/. The due date for proposals will be 30 days following the date of issue of the solicitation. This solicitation requires separate technical and cost proposals to be evaluated for award. The basis for proposal evaluation will include, in descending order of importance: Technical Knowledge; Past Performance; Corporate Experience; and Price. The technical evaluation factors are significantly more important than price. This acquisition is being conducted using FAR Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation. Interested parties should use the FedBizOpps register to initiate the notification feature which provides notification when the RFP becomes available for download and all postings associated with the solicitation. Each potential offeror is responsible for checking this website to gain all the updates and amendments to any and all documents. No paper copies of the solicitation will be issued. No telephone, facsimile, or written requests will be accepted. All contractors doing business with this office must be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) in order to receive an award from this office. Contractors may access the site at http://www.ccr.gov to register and obtain information about the registration process. In addition, solicitation Representations and Certifications are no longer provided within the solicitation and must be submitted online through the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). All responsible, responsive sources may submit an offer which will be considered by the Agency. Questions regarding this solicitation should be addressed to Lynne.B.Phipps@noaa.gov.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7686f1c2d6ff288afd42738f2a218086&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/31/12
SPONSOR: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Eastern Region Acquisition Division, Norfolk Federal Building, 200 Granby Street, Norfolk, Virginia 23510
PUBLICATION DATE: February 2, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3722

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REPLACING INTERNAL BERM RUBBER, AT NORFOLK NAVAL SHIPYARD, SMALL ARMS TRAINING CENTER, PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA. (PRESOL)
SOL: N0018912T0065
DUE: 020312
POC: Ava Rockett, 757-443-1400,
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DON/NAVSUP/N00189/N0018912T0065/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. The Contracting Department, Fleet Logistic Center (FLC), Norfolk, VA, 23511-3392 intends to negotiate a Firm Fixed Price contract, utilizing procedures under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, for Replacing Internal Berm Rubber at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Small Arms Training Center, Portsmouth, Virginia. THIS PROCUREMENT IS 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. A complete RFQ package will be available on or about 20 JAN 12 by downloading the documents at the Navy Electronic Commerce Online Website as follows: https://www.neco.navy.mil. DO NOT use the "submit bid" button on NECO to submit your quote. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 562910. Potential contractors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will ONLY be available for download at the above site; this office will no longer issue hard copy solicitations. By submitting an offer, the vendor is self-certifying that neither the requestor nor the principal corporate officials and owners are currently suspended, debarred, or otherwise ineligible to receive contracts from any federal agency. Failure to do so may represent grounds for refusing to accept the offer. By submission of an offer, the contractor acknowledges the requirement that a prospective awardee must be registered in the CCR database prior to award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract resulting from this solicitation, except for awards to foreign vendors for work to be performed outside the United States. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make a contractor ineligible for award. Contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 866-606-8220, or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. QUOTES ARE TO BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2012.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7da487ba4cba4b5a023093ea2e2d7bf8&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/20/12
SPONSOR: N00189 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk 1968 Gilbert Street, Suite 600 NORFOLK, VA
PUBLICATION DATE: January 22, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3711

B--CHESTER RIVER SEDIMENT SAMPLING, QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY, MD. (PRESOL)
SOL: W912DR-12-T-0018
DUE: 020612
POC: Patricia Morrow, 410-962-3463, patricia.morrow@usace.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA31/W912DR-12-T-0018/listing.html
NAICS: 541380. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. SYNOPSIS: This proposed procurement is SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, NAICS 541380, size standard of $12 Million. Estimated cost of services is less than $25,000. The Contractor will be responsible for providing all services, material, equipment, plant, labor, and supervision required to collect, perform QA/QC, analyze, and report the findings for sediment samples taken from the Chester River Federal navigation channel in Queen Anne's County, MD. Attached are copies of the project map that show the locations for sampling (Map 1 and 2). The contractor is also responsible for providing additional information in accordance with the scope of work, included in the request for quotations bid package. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to patricia.morrow@usace.army.mil. Bids must be submitted via email patricia.morrow@usace.army.mil no later than 11:00AM February 6, 2012. Available thru Federal Business Opportunities System. The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge on or about 24 January 2012, to all authenticated account holders of Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System to familiarize vendors with the newly released FBO system, please download the Vendor Guide found here. Please note that all Corps of Engineers acquisitions are considered Sensitive, But Unclassified Documents, and require users to have a valid MPIN entered in the FBO system to access package. The medium through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be the Internet only. This solicitation will not be issued in paper. No phone or fax request for copy of solicitation will be accepted.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8dada77e9db288da262d4515244c264b&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/25/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Baltimore, 10 South Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21203
PUBLICATION DATE: January 27, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3716

EPA REGION 1 ZERO WASTE E-GUIDE (PRESOL)
SOL: EPA-R1-FY12-JM5
DUE: 020612
POC: Justin Mierzejewski, Contract Specialist, mierzejewski.justin@epa.gov, (617) 918-1128, Fax: (617) 918-1909; Patrice Denault, Contracting Officer, denault.patrice@epa.gov, (617) 918-1139, Fax: (617) 918-1909.
NAICS: 541620. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1, New England, is issuing this Request for Quote (RFQ) for the development of an online resource E-Guide for communities in New England interested in learning more about zero waste goals or adopting a zero waste program. Requirements for the E-Guide are described in the Statement of Work (SOW). This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. In accordance with FAR 19.502-2, this acquisition is set aside for small businesses under NAICS Code 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. The small business size standard for this NAICS Code is $7.0 mil. Offers from businesses that are not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) under this NAICS code as a small business will not be considered for award. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-55.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=95e4c61749d83550b28044db09bd11ed&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/23/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912
PUBLICATION DATE: January 25, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3714

PORTSMOUTH ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL SERVICES RECOMPETE (SRCSGT)
SOL: DE-SOL-0003603
DUE: 020912
POC: Tamara L. Miles, tamara.miles@emcbc.doe.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-SOL-0003603/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently in the acquisition planning stage for the potential award of a contract for the continuation of Environmental and Technical Services (ETS) at the Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PPPO). More specifically, the services are to take place at the DOE reservation, known as the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) site located near Piketon, Ohio.The ETS Contractor will provide a full range of environmental and technical support, program management services, and administrative services in support of the environmental remediation and D&D projects under the management purview of the PPPO. The range of technical oversight and management services will include, but will not be limited to, the following: Program Management, Planning and Integration, Environmental Safety and Health (ES&H) and Quality Assurance (QA), Waste Management, Regulatory Support, Investment Recovery, Nuclear Material Disposition and Nuclear Safety, Environmental Restoration and Regulatory Compliance, D&D Oversight and Infrastructure Support, and Technical and Administrative Services. DOE is seeking interested parties with specialized capabilities to meet all, or part of, the requirements defined in Attachment 1, draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 562910, Environmental Remediation Services, and the small business size standard is 500 Employees. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. This is only a brief description of the Sources Sought/ Expression of Interest, please go to FEDCONNECT.NET to find the complete Sources Sought/Expression of Interest Document.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b113e45a1d5bd421853ee21e747796ec&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/26/12
SPONSOR: EMCBC U.S. Department of Energy EM Consolidated Business Center 250 E. 5th Street, Suite 500 Cincinnati OH 45202
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3717

68--RADIOACTIVE SEALED SOURCE REMOVAL 648 PORTLAND, OR (PRESOL)
SOL: VA26012Q0361
DUE: 021012
POC: Suzanne Angelo, suzanne.angelo2@va.gov.
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NAICS: 562211. COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION: The Portland VA Medical Center located at 3710 SW Veterans Road, Portland, Oregon 97239-2964 has a requirement for an experienced licensed provider to provide services for Sealed Source Removal. The VA's National Health Physics Program (NHPP) requires that radioactive sealed sources (not waste) not used for over 24 months, without future plans for use be disposed of through an appropriate vendor who has the appropriate radioactive materials license for sealed source removal that can take immediate custody of the product. This requirement for sealed source removal is being procured IAW FAR 12.6, entitiled "Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Items" as supplemented with additional information in this notice, and FAR 19.501 Set-Asides for Small Business. This is a 100% small business set-aside. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The associated NAICS code is 562910, small business size is $14.0M. Any offer which requires the Government to execute a separate agreement with a third party (broker) shall be deemed technically unacceptable. The Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order to a small business whose offer is evaluated as the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) quote and is most advantageous to the Government. The contracting officer will review quotations based on the factors listed in this solicitation and the information furnished by the offeror. Before price is considered, the proposal must meet the technical capabilities. The lowest price of the technically acceptable offer will be awarded the contract. The contracting officer is not responsible for locating or obtaining any information not identified in the quote. The Government intends to evaluate offers and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, the offeror's initial proposal should contain the offerors best terms from a price and technical standpoint. To be rated technically acceptable the offeror must send a copy of current license proving the appropriate radioactive materials license to remove and obtain the types and quantities of sealed sources the hospital posses.(See Statement of Work) Licensing must include the capability to immediately transfer custody from the Portland VA Medical Center licensing to the contractor. Licensing must meet all applicable NRC, Federal and State requirements. Proposals must contain the following: Price Quote; Licensing Documentation as previously defined; Evidence of completed Representations and Certifications (if you are registered online, please state in proposal, no need to send full paper document. Past Performance (Provide a list of at least three references current within the last three years with similar services of the same scope and magnitude as this acquisition. Using the references supplied by each of the interested contractors and the data independently obtained from other Government and commercial sources, the contracting officer shall seek performance information on the lowest priced proposal. The purpose of the past performance evaluation is to allow the Government to assess the offeror's ability to perform the effort described in this Request for Quote (RFQ), based on the offeror's demonstrated present and past performance. Past performance will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis - the government will award to the lowest bidder who provides a history of successful past performance by providing at least 3, recent and relevant examples of providing the same services as requested in the attached Statement of Work. In evaluating past performance, the Government reserves the right to give greater consideration to information on those contracts deemed most relevant to the effort described in this RFQ. If the lowest priced evaluated technically acceptable offer is judged to have passed the past performance evaluation, that offer represents the best price for the Government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award shall be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the lowest priced offer if that offeror is judged to have failed the past performance review. In that event, the contracting officer shall make award to the next lowest offer with a passing past performance rating. QUOTES ARE DUE NOT LATER THAN 2:30PM PST, FEBRUARY 10, 2012. A complete proposal will consist of the following documents: Complete Schedule of Services/Pricing; Completed Online Representations and Certifications found at http://orca.bpn.gov in accordance with FAR 52.212.3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; Signed Offerors Letter providing Contractor's name, address, name of point of contact, phone numbers, email addresses, FAX number, DUNS number and Tax ID number. Insure the proposal number VA260-12-Q-0361 appears on all pages and documents in the proposal. Identify acceptable forms for payment, i.e. purchase card, electronic funds transfer, etc. It is the responsibility of the contractor to be familiar with the applicable clauses and provisions. All line items as listed in this RFQ will be required to be provided in accordance with the Statement of Work and is attached to this solicitation. Primary work location for the RFQ is Portland, Oregon. The following provisions and/or clauses apply to this acquisition. FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. An offeror shall complete only paragraph (j) of this provision if the offeror has completed the annual representations and certificates electronically at http://orca.bpn.gov If an offeror has not completed the annual representations and certifications electronically at the ORCA website, the offeror shall complete only paragraphs (b) through (i) of this provision. FAR 52.212-3 shall be completed as noted above and submitted with the quote. Offerors must comply with all instructions contained in FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial. FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation - Commercial Items; paragraph (a) to this provision is completed as follows: price, licensure and past performance (Provide a list of at least 3, (relevant is defined in this RFQ as within the last 3 years) references in which similar services of the same scope and magnitude as this acquisition). Addenda to FAR 52.212-2: Initially, offers shall be ranked according to price. Then, using the references supplied by each of the interested contractors and the data independently obtained from other Government and commercial sources, the contracting officer shall seek performance information on the lowest priced proposal. The purpose of the past performance evaluation is to allow the Government to assess the offeror's ability to perform the effort described in this Request for Quote (RFQ), based on the offeror's demonstrated present and past performance. Past performance will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis - the government will award to the lowest bidder who provides a history of successful past performance by providing at least 3, recent and relevant examples of providing the same services as requested in the attached Statement of Work. In evaluating past performance, the Government reserves the right to give greater consideration to information on those contracts deemed most relevant to the effort described in this RFQ. If the lowest priced evaluated technically acceptable offer is judged to have passed the past performance evaluation, that offer represents the best price for the Government and the evaluation process stops at this point. Award shall be made to that offeror without further consideration of any other offers. The Government reserves the right to award a contract to other than the lowest priced offer if that offeror is judged to have failed the past performance review. In that event, the contracting officer shall make award to the next lowest offer with a passing past performance rating. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items will be incorporated into any resultant Purchase Order by full text. FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Condition Required to Implement Statues or Executive Orders - Commercial Items (DEVIATION) by full text. FAR 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for Hubzone SB Concerns, by full text. FAR 52.203-3, Gratuities. FAR 52.203-6 Alt. 1, Restrictions On Subcontractor Sales To The Government - Alt. 1. FAR 52.204-4, Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Recycled Paper. FAR 52.204-7 Central Contractor Registration. FAR 52.209-6, Protecting the Government's Interest. FAR 52.217-8 Option to Extend Services (Nov 1999) and 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (MAR 2000). FAR 52.222-19, Child Labor- Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies. FAR 52.222-3 Convict Labor. FAR 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities. FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity. FAR 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans. FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities. FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans, Veterans of the Vietnam Era, and Other Eligible Veterans. FAR 52.227-2, Notice And Assistance Regarding Patent And Copyright Infringement. FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds- Central Contractor Registration. FAR 52.233-3, Protest After Award. FAR 52.233-4, Applicable Law for Breach of Contracts. FAR 52.242-13, Bankruptcy. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference, with the following Internet addresses filled-in: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFFAR1.HTM ; clauses may be accessed electronically in full text by going to the aforementioned Internet addresses. FAR 52.252-6, Authorized Deviation in Clauses, in full text, with the following fill-in: Veterans Affairs Acquisition Regulation 48 CFR Chapter 8. Vendors must be actively registered with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) and in VETS-100. The CCR website is http://www.ccr.gov; the VETS-100 website is https://vets100.vets.dol.gov/registerhome.aspx. The Contractors are required to submit their TAX ID number with their quote. Quotes must be received at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Vancouver VA Medical Center no later than 2:30PM PST on February 10, 2012. Quotes may be transmitted by e-mail or to FAX number 360.256.0936 to the attention of Suzanne Angelo. suzanne.angelo2@va.gov.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6e209e301c07d998a0dfc94b384a564c&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/23/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, Portland VAMC, 5115 NE 82nd Ave, Suite 203; VANCOUVER WA 98662
PUBLICATION DATE: January 25, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3714

EMERGENCY RESPONSE SUPPORT SERVICES (SRCSGT)
SOL: NCNR0000-12-00031
DUE: 021012
POC: Sharon Kent, Contract Specialist, Sharon.S.Kent@noaa.gov, 206-526-4516, Fax: 206-526-6025.
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NAICS: 541620. NOTICE: THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. The information provided in response to this notice will assist the Government in determining the extent of all firms, large, small, and the socio-economic market for the type of work described herein. The intent of the announcement is to identify sources that are qualified business concerns with the capabilities of providing the National Ocean Service (NOS), Office of Response and Restoration (OR&R) with the services described below. The purpose of this contract will be to provide environmental assessments, on short notice, during oil and hazardous material releases, marine debris pollution incidents and respond to spills; to conduct training, drills, and other preparedness activities for both NOAA and external partners, identify and develop information sources that can be used to advance the state-of-the-art in response operations; and to conduct environmental sensitivity index mapping. The work primarily occurs in coastal areas of the United States, but occasionally may occur in inland regions as well as areas outside the United States. There are 3 major tasks under the proposed contract: 1) Incident Response and Incident Response Exercises – NOAA responds to approximately 120 incidents annually, including oil and hazardous material responses and major response exercises. Approximately half of these events (60) would require the contractor to provide information on environmental effects, resources at risk, and the suitability of mitigation measures. Typically this information will be provided remotely, but for larger incidents and drills, the contractor may be required to respond on-scene. Regardless of whether the contractor is working remotely or on-scene, the incidents routinely involve complex decisions associated with resource impacts, natural resource protection priorities and shoreline cleanup strategies. The contractor must have fundamental knowledge of the physical (especially geomorphological), chemical, and biological processes that affect these activities and the environmental consequences resulting from response actions. The contractor must also have appropriate training and experience working within the National Incident Management System and Incident Command System (NIMS ICS). The contractor must maintain this capability in an on-call status 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Additionally the contractor should possess the ability to rapidly augment staff through subcontracting during large incidents; accordingly expanding capacity to adequately support additional and/or evolving OR&R response requirements within the scope of this contract. The contractor shall perform the work at one or more of these locations: the scene of or command post(s) for an incident: NOAA facilities in Seattle, WA or Silver Spring, MD; U.S. Coast Guard Sector or District offices (in support of Scientific Support Coordinators) or at the contractor’s location. The contractor work includes, but is not limited to: 1) provide detailed reports, on short notice, of environmental effects, resources at risk, and mitigation strategies associated with oil and hazardous chemical incidents in support of OR&R's response, assessment, restoration and marine debris actions associated with an incident; 2) review and report on the suitability of specific mechanical, chemical, and biological treatment methods appropriate to oil or other hazardous material releases in support of OR&R's role in assessing treatment requirements during spill response activities; 3) design and carry out field studies and shoreline surveys in support of both immediate response operations and long term follow-up investigations. Sampling plans will include types, locations, and numbers of samples required, and sites for collection of control samples. Methods will be described or referenced, including those for quality assurance and control as well as data management strategies; 4) provide emergency consultation and analytical support for environmental and industrial chemistry. This may include quick response evaluation of potential health and safety issues associated with vessel cargo or facility contents, consultation on fate and behavior of oil or hazardous material released into the environment, and rapid analytical and interpretive services for samples collected during an incident, and 5) complete post-incident summary reports and publications on response, assessment, restoration and marine debris strategies used during the incidents or any additional government-sponsored programs. 2) Spill Response Training - The contractor shall assist in developing training for NOAA and other personnel in responding to oil and hazardous chemical releases. Training evolutions will occur typically in conjunction with response simulations, training programs, seminars, and conferences. Activities include development of training courses that address coastal physical processes, field methods, environmental sensitivity, spill protection and cleanup strategies, and case histories. As a part of this training, the contractor may prepare segments of simulation exercises related to environmental assessment and provide resultant critiques of response team performance. 3) Spill Preparedness and Planning - The contractor shall develop and prepare information to support local, regional, and national contingency planning efforts for oil and hazardous material spill responses and other emergencies in coastal areas. Plans will include information on environmental effects, resources at risk, identification of sensitive sites, and the evaluation of mitigation measures. This might involve complex tradeoffs associated with natural resource protection priorities and shoreline cleanup strategies. The contractor shall evaluate the most effective combination of response technologies for protecting sensitive resources including mechanical countermeasures, chemical countermeasures, bioremediation, in-situ burning, and natural recovery. Examples of products include shoreline protection and cleanup manuals, environmental risk assessments for port or area contingency plans, and Environmental Sensitivity Index (ESI) maps. ESI mapping represents a significant component of this task. The method used for ESI mapping shall conform to the Environmental Sensitivity Index Guidelines - Version 3.0 (including all updates) published by NOAA in March 2002. Should the Government modify these guidelines in the future, the contractor shall comply with the most current version for ESI mapping activities. Minimum Qualifications: Each person designated for a labor category is required to have the minimum education/background/experience as required below. 1. Program Manager – responsible for administrative supervision of contract provisions including task orders from the Contracting Officer’s Representative, cost accounting, project scheduling, and completion of deliverables. Qualifications: the Program Manager shall have demonstrated managerial capacity; specifically fiscal management of activities similar to those specified in this Statement of Work. 2. Principal Investigator – primarily responsible for scientific and technical aspects of project design and implementation. Experience will include planning, conducting, and supervising projects of major significance related to environmental hazard assessment. Additionally the individual shall demonstrate the ability to provide technical advice and direction to other professionals. Qualifications: at a minimum the Principal Investigator shall hold either a M.S. degree (or equivalent) plus 12 years of related experience, or a Ph.D. plus 4 years of related experience. The individual shall have technical experience or training in coastal biology, coastal geology, aquatic toxicology, environmental chemistry, oceanography, or other disciplines directly related to the requirements of this contract. The Principal Investigator may also be designated as the Program Manager. 3. Senior Scientist (Level 3) – responsible for scientific and technical aspects of project design and implementation. Experience should include planning, conducting, and supervising projects of major significance related to environmental hazard assessment. An ability to provide technical advice and direction to other professionals should be demonstrated. Qualifications: at a minimum Senior Scientists shall hold a M.S. degree (or equivalent) plus 8 years of related experience or a Ph.D. plus 3 years of related experience. The individual shall have technical experience or training in coastal biology, coastal geology, aquatic toxicology, environmental chemistry, oceanography, or other disciplines directly related to and commensurate with the requirements of this contract. 4. Investigators (Levels 1or 2) – conduct work specified or directed by the Principal Investigator or Senior Scientists. Personnel shall have demonstrated experience in the following tasks: translating technical guidance received from supervisors into usable data applicable to the assignment; coordinating the activities of other technical personnel; and performing varied assignments that require originality and ingenuity. Qualifications: Investigators (Level 2) shall have a M.S degree, or a B.S. degree (or equivalent) plus 3 to 8 years of experience directly related to the requirements of this contract. Investigators (Level 1) shall hold a B.S. degree (or equivalent) plus 0 to 3 years related experience. It is anticipated that an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract may be awarded as a result of any solicitation issued for this project. The period of performance will be one base period (beginning approximately August 1, 2012) with four one-year option periods. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541620 with a size standard of $7M. All contractors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). In addition, completion of the online representation and certifications application (ORCA) is required. NOTE: THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BUT A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. No solicitation document is available. No contract will be awarded on the basis of responses received to this notice. Firms with the capabilities to perform the work shall provide a response that includes, but is not be limited to: (1) the contractor's name, address, point of contact, telephone number, DUNS Number, CCR Cage Number, business type, socio-economic status and size, i.e., small, large, non-profit, educational, contractor's General Services Administration, Federal Supply Schedule (GSA, FSS) contract number (if applicable), etc., (2) a brief narrative and documentation to support the contractor's personnel capability, experience, expertise and the personnel qualifications that meet or exceed the minimum qualifications listed above in addition to the organizational capabilities to meet the requirements herein, (3) a brief description of previous and current contracts performed within the past three years which are similar in scope to the requirements listed herein, including a reference name of Government or commercial organization, contract number, point of contact name and phone number or email address, and short description of the services provided and software used, and (4) provide the names and business size of any potential teaming arrangement and/or subcontractors. The response should be in sufficient detail to permit evaluation and consideration by the Government. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of contractor's information. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement, to restrict the project to small businesses, a socio-economic group, or to GSA, FSS contractors. Any response that does not include this information will not be considered. The Government will review each response to determine if the contractor has the experience, knowledge, and capability to perform the services as specified above. DETAILED INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED BY EMAIL TO THE ADDRESS NOTED BELOW BY 2:00 PM LOCAL SEATTLE TIME (PST), FEBRUARY 10, 2012. Email Address: Sharon.S.Kent@noaa.gov. Questions of any nature must be addressed in writing to the email address noted above as NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE HONORED.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f77fdd1f05512bfc595f18252e1ef709&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/27/12
SPONSOR: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Region Acquisition Division, 7600 Sand Point Way, Northeast, Seattle, Washington 98115-6349
PUBLICATION DATE: January 29, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3718

S--HAZARDOUS / CHEMO WASTE (PRESOL)
SOL: VA26312R0179
DUE: 022112
POC: Justin Rose, justin.rose@va.gov.
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NAICS: 562211. 1. DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The contractor shall provide hazardous, dual, and universal waste disposal services, emergency spill response services, lab pack services and removal of non-hazardous chemical waste from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Systems in Minneapolis, St. Cloud, and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) located within Minnesota and Wisconsin. Services shall be provided during 1 April 2012 through 31 March 2013, with two (2) optional year renewals for the periods 1 April 2013 through 31 March 2014, and from 1 April 2014 through 31 March 2015. Renewal of Option Years is subject to availability of the next fiscal year funding-FAR 52.232-19. A. Requirements and Scope: The VA intends to award a Firm Fixed Price contract to a qualified firm with the capability and capacity to provide hazardous, dual, and universal waste disposal services, lab packs and removal of non-hazardous chemical waste from Minneapolis, St. Cloud, and CBOCs located within Minnesota and Wisconsin in accordance with current federal, state and local regulations. Services shall include all labor, materials, tools, equipment, analysis, travel, transportation, documentation, waste treatment, disposal and support services required to categorize, package, transport, document and dispose of hazardous, dual, and universal wastes from all above mentioned facilities. The Contractor and the Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR) from the from Minneapolis HCS, St. Cloud HCS, and CBOCs located within Minnesota and Wisconsin will arrange for a routine (non-emergency) service for each facility based upon volume. This will occur on a weekly, bi-weekly, quarterly or other periodic basis depending on rate of generation. The successful offeror must possess the necessary technical expertise and resources required by this solicitation in order to be considered for contract award. The minimal needs that the government will accept for performance of these services are outlined the Licenses and Permits and Section 5.2, FAR Clause 52.212-2 entitled, EVALUATION-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (Jan 1999). B. RECORDKEEPING / REPORTS: Contractor shall have a centralized waste tracking system that is exportable to the VA system via a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The centralized tracking system will include a centralized database for all waste characterizations and determinations, hazardous waste manifests, universal bill of lading for universal wastes, methods of final (end) disposal, final (end) disposal sites, monthly, quarterly and annual waste generation reports by facility, training records, and a tracking system for hazardous materials spills. The contractor will be responsible for providing a database that will be able to generate reports on hazardous waste activities, waste characterization profiles, annual generation by facility and other information necessary for the successful operation and management of a hazardous waste management program. This will be readily exported to a format such as Microsoft Excel. C. INSPECTIONS: The contract will include twice weekly inspections and movement of wastes from all satellite accumulation areas at the Minneapolis HCS. The accumulation areas will be inspected according to the guidelines provided by the County/State in which the facility resides. The inspection checklist will be made available electronically to the facility and reports generated to identify problem areas by facility, satellite accumulation area, by date or other fields deemed appropriate. The inspection at the Minneapolis HCS shall be performed every Tuesday afternoon and Friday morning utilizing a checklist designed by the COTR. The contractor will be responsible for maintaining the checklist, setting up new containers, changing out full/close to expiration containers, cleaning of the containers and providing a copy of the checklist prior to leaving. This contract will not include the disposal of infectious, bio-hazardous, radiological, or pathological waste with the exception of dual (chemical and infectious combined) waste. This will be an Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery Contract. SEE THE NOTICE POSTED AT FBO.GOV FOR THE DETAILS OF THIS SOLICITATION.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=aaee3f3125837146e0b8995ee28f5ccb&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/27/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, Minneapolis VAMC, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, VA Midwest Health Care System
PUBLICATION DATE: January 29, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3718

START IV (SRCSGT)
SOL: SSS-R5-12-START4
DUE: 022312
POC: Sara Losos, (312) 886-6565, losos.sara@epa.gov; Thomas Harrison, 312-353-2030, Harrison.Thomas@epa.gov.
POP: 77 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, Illinois 60604.
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NAICS: 562910. Green Cleanup requirements and evaluation information -- Draft SOW for new START IV based upon START III SOW. This is only a sources sought announcement published for market research purposes. Submitted information will assist Region 5, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with internal acquisition planning relative to set-aside decisions, and or an appropriate level of completion and/or small business subcontracting goals. THIS IS NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP REQUESTS. No telephone calls requesting a solicitation will be accepted or acknowledged. Standard company brochures will not be reviewed. The purpose of this Sources Sought Synopsis is to determine the availability of small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, HUBZone small businesses, woman-owned small businesses, veteran owned small businesses, 8(a) small businesses, etc., capable of meeting the requirements of the attached performance work statement (PWS), as applicable for nationally consistent advisory and assistance to EPA On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs) and other federal officials implementing EPA responsibilities under the national response system for the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) class of contracts. These services primarily support the Emergency Response Branches in the Superfund Division at the Region 5, EPA. The contractor shall be prepared to provide scientific/technical support and align its activities with EPA activities to protect human health and the environment. The primary performance of work will be conducted within Region 5 (IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI); however, contractors may need to respond to unforeseen national responses and be able to perform outside the region. In times of national response, the additional areas of response may include any of the 44 U.S. states, District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam. The contractor shall be able to maintain a 24 hour, seven day a week, and year-round response capability to EPA needs within the region as well as outside the region on a backup regional, cross regional, national, and international response. The successful contractor shall provide all necessary personnel, materials, equipment, and services in support of the responsibilities and efforts delineated by the PWS. A draft PWS is attached for your information; this document is not in final form and is subject to change. Contractors shall have extensive experience in investigating, restoring and directly supporting the restoration of a contaminated environment. Activities are described in the PWS and include, but are not limited to: preliminary assessments, site inspections, testing, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, engineering evaluation and costs analysis, enforcement support, human health/health ecological risk assessments, and cost recovery. A business does not need to have all the capabilities to perform the entire tasks listed within the SOW but would need to demonstrate how they would cover all the tasks. A business may submit its qualifications based on a teaming arrangement with other business(es). In Region 5, approximately 90% of the projected work will be Response Activities under the Technical Requirements of the PWS. For more information, please visit the following link: http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/ersc/start/index.htm. It is anticipated that the ONE contract will be an Advisory and Assistance, Indefinite Quantity/Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) type contract starting around February 2013 with a 48-month base period, and three (3), 24-month award term options. Work will be ordered through the issuance of task orders. The estimated maximum potential value is $130 million over the life of the contract. The applicable primary NAICS code is 562910, Environmental Remediation Services, with a small business size standard of 500 employees; smaller sub-component NAICS codes include 541620 Environmental Consulting Services with a small business size standard of $7 Million; and 541330 Engineering Services with a small business size standard of $4.5 Million. For more information on size standards under this NAICS code and the Small Business Administration (SBA) small business standards visit: http://www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/contracting/contracting-of ficials/eligibility-size-standards ANY INTERESTED FIRM shall give a brief description of their ability to satisfy all the requirements of the PWS, and shall provide five references of relevance (within the past five (5) years) or currently being performed, which specifically demonstrates the contractor's ability to successfully satisfy the requirements. Firms shall also provide point of contact information (name, title, telephone number, and email address) where available for the efforts cited above. Limit responses to 4 pages = 2 physically double-sided papers. Firms shall also provide specific details about personnel capabilities, current equipment, or methods of obtaining the necessary equipment, office locations (indicate how your company can respond to the various locations within the required timeframes as listed in the PWS), and quality assurance procedures currently in place. Specific details shall also describe simultaneous responses to a site assessment in Minnesota and Ohio (including how you would staff), and emergency response in the upper peninsula of Michigan, a removal in Indiana, and a PRP oversight in Wisconsin. Responses to this sources sought shall include a list of key personnel who would perform key tasks; such as responses requiring the appropriate levels of personal protection equipment; a list of necessary equipment in good working condition and trained staff to operation equipment; and the ability to support the Regional Response Centers and Emergency Response Notification System (NRNS) during spills/releases, and periods of multiple emergencies disasters, and terrorist acts. This includes support for Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) and Disaster Field Offices under the Federal Response Plan (FRP) and National Contingency Plan (NCP). Limit responses to 12 pages = 6 physically double-sided pages. Social and Environmental submission requirements: potential contractors shall provide their size status for the above referenced NAICS, (i.e. large, small) and whether or not they are a certified HUB Zone, small disadvantaged, woman-owned, veteran, service-disabled veteran-owned, or 8(a) small businesses concern. The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses. If a business submits a response based upon teaming arrangements, it must be in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 9.601. If a response to this sources sought intends on forming a teaming arrangement, then this shall be clearly identified with details listing each firm's capability. Contractors shall describe their ability to meet the Sustainable/Green requirements in the attachment of the PWS entitled, START IV Greening Clean-Ups. Submissions of additional sustainable practices are encouraged. Limit responses to 4 pages = 2 physically double-sided papers. Responses should be submitted either as a hard copy or electronically with font sizes no smaller than 12 point and on standard 8-1/2" x 11" size paper. Maximum page submission should not exceed 20 double sided pages. The maximum page limit is 20 pages. Electronic submissions shall be in a PDF format and less than 10MB as email boxes in our office have limited capabilities; therefore, it is advised to submit electronic responses 24 hours in advance and verifying electronic submissions were received. Submit responses to both Thomas Harrison and Sara Losos, either to the address below or via the following email addresses: Harrison.Thomas@epa.gov and losos.sara@epa.gov. RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN COB ON FEBRUARY 23, 2012.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b69d900dfd847f16a192ef67bb18bfad&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/26/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Region V, Acquisition and Assistance Section (MMC-10J), 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago Illinois, 60604
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3717

DILLON SITE ASSESSMENT (PRESOL)
SOL: AG-82X9-S-12-0023
DUE: 022712
POC: Malinda Jiminez, Contract Specialist, mrjiminez@fs.fed.us, 970-295-6683, Fax: 970-295-6699; John Acha, Contracting Officer, jacha@fs.fed.us, 970-945-3269.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/82X9/AG-82X9-S-12-0023/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. This is a new project for environmental site assessment for administrative site (1 parcels) located on Dillon Ranger District for the USDA Forest Service, White River National Forest located in Region Two. This project will consist of one (1) firm fixed price award. A pre-proposal site visit is scheduled for February 15 at 10:00 a.m. at the Dillon Ranger District Office, 680 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne Colorado. Details of this meeting will be included in the solicitation. The pre-proposal is NOT mandatory. All participants must RSVP by February 10, 2012, by contacting John Acha at 970-945-3269. This will be the only site visit allowed. If you plan on attending please contact Mr. Acha with your telephone number and email in the event the date has to be changed do to poor weather conditions. THIS IS A TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. The anticipated date for issuance of the solicitation is on or around January 26, 2012. The due date will be identified on the solicitation. The solicitation will be available for free download at www.fbo.gov. All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted, in writing, to John Acha at jacha@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 970-945-3286 no later than February 16, 2012. All Offerors shall be registered to the Central Contractor's Registry (CCR) in accordance to FAR 52.204-7 to be considered responsive to this solicitation. All Offerors must be registered in ORCA in accordance to FAR 52.204-8 to be considered responsive to this solicitation. All Offerors must respond to all evaluation criteria in Section M of the solicitation to be considered responsive to this solicitation. Offerors to fail to meet these three criteria will not be considered in the Technical Evaluation of offers.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d3455d25f0f2896b6aa927efba65c901&tab=core&_cview=1
Posted: 01/26/12
SPONSOR: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-2 Rocky Mountain Region, 740 Simms Street, Regional Office, Golden, Colorado 80401
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3717

Y--ASBESTOS ABATEMENT IN CRAWLSPACE AT NORTHAMPTON VAMC (PRESOL)
SOL: VA24112R0290
DUE: 022712
POC: Karla Rotondo, Contract Specialist, (401)459-4760x1558, Karla.Rotondo@va.gov.
NAICS: 562910. Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, supervision and disposal necessary for the demolition and removal of existing asbestos for crawlspace abatement and sealing membrane installation at the Northampton VAMC. The construction cost range for this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. The applicable NAICS code is 562910 and the size standard is $14.0 million. Award will be based on the best value to the Government. Evaluation factors will include price related factors as well as technical factor of management approach and past performance. The solicitation package will be available issued on February 06, 2012. THE DATE FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2012 AT 12:00. All relevant solicitation documents, including specifications and drawings, may be accessed for download on the date of issue at the following website: http://www.fbo.gov. Any amendments to the solicitation will be posted solely to this web site. It is the responsibility of the offeror to verify the number of amendments issued. This solicitation will be set aside for Small Businesses. All SDVOSBs and VOSBs must be certified in Vet Biz as an SDVOSB or VOSB. All offerors must ensure registration in CCR is current and accurate.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=91aace3811e6ec959dad3abb14f75399&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/24/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, Providence VAMC, 830 Chalkstone Avenue; Providence RI 02908
PUBLICATION DATE: January 26, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3715

HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES DLA DISP SVCS LEWIS-MCCHORD (PRESOL)
SOL: SP450012R0011
DUE: 030212
POC: Cathy Keith, cathy.keith@dla.mil, 269-961-7008, Fax: 269-961-4417.
NAICS: 562211. This solicitation is for removal, transportation, and disposal/recycling services for RCRA/State-Regulated, Non-Regulated Hazardous Waste, PCBs, and Compressed Gas Cylinders, and associated management services for military and US Coast Guard installations in Washington and Oregon, served by DLA Disposition Services Joint Base Lewis-McChord. An Indefinite-Delivery-Indefinite Quantity Contract with an 18-month base period and two 18-month option periods is anticipated. Option pricing will be evaluated prior to award. This solicitation is unrestricted and is being solicited under commercial services procedures.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2490dcdee4c0229a8a0cab0175fb6294&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/25/12
SPONSOR: Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, DLA Disposition Services, Federal Center, 74 Washington Avenue North, Battle Creek, Michigan 49037-3092
PUBLICATION DATE: January 27, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3716

PUMPING, CONTAINERIZATION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF BULK LIQUIDS (PRESOL)
SOL: SP450012R0005
DUE: 030612
POC: Cathy Keith, Contracting Officer, cathy.keith@dla.mil, 269-961-7008, Fax: 269-961-4417.
POP: San Diego and Imperial Counties, San Diego, California.
NAICS: 562211 -- Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal. Pumping, containerization, transportation and disposal of bulk liquids for various Naval activities in San Diego, CA area. Contractor will be required to dispose of bulk liquids on-site but may be required to transport and dispose at other local bases or a facility on the DLA Disposition Services Qualified TSDF Listing.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=bad5af75a229eb39896c1c24a011c59f&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/27/12
SPONSOR: Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, DLA Disposition Services, Federal Center 74 Washington Avenue North, Battle Creek, Michigan 49037-3092
PUBLICATION DATE: January 29, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3718

Y--ASBESTOS/ MOLD/ LEAD ABATEMENT IDIQ (PRESOL)
SOL: VA24512R0095
DUE: 031612
POC: Angela L. Burger, Contract Specialist, angela.burger@va.gov.
NAICS: 562910. The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), is seeking prime contractor construction services to provide all labor, tools, materials, equipment, travel and supervision for an asbestos Indefinite Delivery - Indefinite Quantity contract at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 510 Butler Avenue, Martinsburg, WV. This procurement is 100% Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside. Task orders may include, but are not limited to, asbestos, mold, and lead abatement, preparing work areas for building operations, demolition and abatement of asbestos containing building materials, performing work for the restoration of those areas with new non-asbestos containing materials. The maximum cumulative cost under any resultant contract shall not exceed $1.4 million dollars, which is for one year after receipt of award. Minimum for each task order is $3,000.00. Maximum for each task order shall not exceed $250,000.00. Estimated construction cost range is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. The firm must be a General Construction firm approved under
NAICS: 562910, size standard: $14 million. Prospective contractors must be registered and current in the following websites: http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov, http://www.ccr.gov, and https://orca.bpn.gov to be eligible for award. Only SDVOSB Firms currently verified in the Veterans Information Pages (VIP) at www.vetbiz.gov are eligible to submit bids. SDVOSB firms that submit proposals on SDVOSB set-asides that are not listed on VIP will be deemed nonresponsive. Solicitation documents will be available on or about February 13, 2012. All proposals are due by 1:00 p.m. local time March 13, 2012 at the VA Medical Center, Facilities Management Services VISN 5 Contract Satellite Office 510 Butler Ave., Building 308B (Conference Room) Martinsburg, WV. The procurement is subject to availability of funds.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d420ee10fe269bce5156145a39640f75&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/26/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, Martinsburg VAMC, VISN 5 Contract Satellite Office; 510 Butler Avenue, Building 308B; Martinsburg WV 25405
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3717

DOD STTR PROGRAM 12012.A (PRESOL)
SOL: DoDSTTR2012-A
DUE: 032812
POC: Ayla-Rebeka Brooks, ayla-rebeka.brooks@whs.mil, 703-545-1701; Michael Murtha, Contracting Officer, michael.murtha@whs.mil, 703-545-1253.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/WHS/REF/DoDSTTR2012-A/listing.html
NAICS: 541712. Small high-technology firms and research institutions are encouraged to jointly submit proposals to DoD for high quality cooperative research and development to solve the defense-related scientific or engineering problems set forth in the solicitation, especially those concepts that also have high potential for commercialization in the private sector. The 2012.A STTR Solicitation will be publicly released on the DoD SBIR/STTR Web site (http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sttr2012A/index.shtml) on January 26, 2012. The 2012.A STTR Solicitation will open for receipt of proposals on February 28, 2012 and will close at 6:00 A.M. EASTERN TIME, March 28, 2012. Three DoD components will participate in the 2012.A STTR Solicitation - Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The solicitation lists all the R&D topics under which DoD is seeking proposals, and also contains detailed information on the parameters of the STTR program and how to submit a proposal. Small firms and research institutions apply first for a phase I award not to exceed $100,000 and 12 months, to test the scientific, technical, and commercial merit of a particular concept. If phase I proves successful, the firm may be invited to apply for a phase II award not to exceed $750,000 for up to 24 months, to further develop the concept. Proposals must be submitted via the DoD SBIR/STTR Web site at(http://www.dodsbir.net/submission) following the instructions contained in the solicitation, including the instructions specified in the solicitation for the DoD component to which you are applying. Among the dozens of topics listed are several that potentially are applicable to environmental technology uses: **A12a-T005: On-Demand Energy Activated Liquid Decontaminants and Cleaning Solutions--A liquid system for immediate decontamination of equipment contaminated with chemical and biological warfare agents using energy activated processes. **A12a-T014: High-Performance Planar Semiconductor Gas Sensors--A new class of ambient-temperature, high-sensitivity, semiconductor gas-phase sensors for chemical and biological sensing based on the electronic transduction of surface-based probe-target affinity reactions. **A12a-T016: Non-linear laser wave mixing for trace detection of explosive vapors. **A12a-T021: Sub-wavelength THz-frequency spectrometer at room temperature for analysis of trace quantities of biological, chemical and explosive agents. **MDA12-T003: Innovative technologies for high-performance infrared detectors. See the notice at FBO.gov for additional information.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=716a7bfe3ee71c7abc4f79516e284ca7&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/26/12
SPONSOR: Other Defense Agencies, Washington Headquarters Services, WHS, Acquisition Directorate, 2521 S. Clark St, Ste 2000 Arlington, VA; 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3717

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY - REAL-TIME INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER OPTIC BRAGG GRATING SENSORS (SNOTE)
SOL: TTO0951
DUE: 060112
POC: Sean Sullivan, Media Specialist, 757-864-5055, Fax 757-864-8101, sean.d.sullivan@nasa.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink https://www.fbo.gov/spg/NASA/LaRC/OPDC20220/TTO0951/listing.html
NAICS: 927110. NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, solicits interest from companies interested in obtaining license rights to commercialize, manufacture and market the following technology. License rights may be issued on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis and may include specific fields of use. THE TECHNOLOGY: NASA Langley has demonstrated a powerful technique for real-time fiber optic sensing.This patent pending technology combines a compact in-fiber interferometric network with distributed fiber optic Bragg grating sensors to enable real-time physical monitoring with high accuracy and resolution. The technology offers the ability to simultaneously measure hundreds of discreet fiber sensors without the need for slow and complex data processing. NASA developed the technology to enable real-time monitoring of structural and environmental conditions for vehicle health monitoring. The versatility of this technique offers broad utility in applications where high sensor counts and real-time monitoring of physical parameters are required. The use of fiber optic-based sensors has enabled robust, low-cost, intrinsically safe measurement of physical parameters like stress, temperature, pressure, and the presence of certain chemicals. Fiber optic sensors can be used for single point detection or, in the case of Bragg grating sensors that are written along the length of a fiber, distributed sensing for large area monitoring. However, the use of distributed Bragg grating sensors usually involves a compromise between the highly desirable characteristics of fast data acquisition, high sensor counts, and high resolution. The new NASA Real-Time Interferometric Fiber Optic Bragg Grating Sensor technology eliminates that compromise. The new NASA system modifies existing NASA Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry technology (NASA patents US#5,798,521 and US#6,566,648) to eliminate the need for massive data storage, complex algorithm manipulation, and the inherent limitations tied to processor speeds. By constructing a location-matched oscillator to each discrete sensor grating, each Bragg grating spectra can be demodulated and peak-detected without the need for complex digital processing. The resulting system allows hundreds of distributed sensors to be interrogated in real time, which is essential for immediate event detection in safety-critical systems. To express interest in this opportunity, please respond to Sean Sullivan, ResearchTriangle International (RTI), at NASA Langley Research Center, Strategic Relationships Office (SRSO), 17 West Taylor St., Mail Stop 218, Building 1212, Room 110 Hampton, Virginia, E-mail: Sean.D.Sullivan@NASA.gov or phone: 757-864-5055. Responses should be submitted by June 1, 2012. Please indicate the date and title of the FBO notice and include your company and contact information. RTI is responsible for aggregating and acknowledging all responses. These responses are provided to members of NASA Langleys Innovative Partnerships Office within the SRO for the purpose of promoting public awareness of our technology products, and conducting preliminary market research to determine public interest in and potential for future licensing opportunities. If direct licensing interest results from this posting, SRO will follow the formal licensing process of posting in the Federal Register as required. No follow-on procurement is expected to result from responses to this Notice.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=699518f99101a4c58cd2fe40ba076ca5&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/20/12
SPONSOR: NASA/Langley Research Center, Mail Stop 12, Industry Assistance Office, Hampton,VA 23681-0001
PUBLICATION DATE: January 22, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3711

2012 DHS S&T LRBAA (PRESOL)
SOL: DHSS-TLRBAA12-07
DUE: 123112
POC: Jenista Featherstone, Contracting Officer, Jenista.Featherstone@dhs.gov, (202) 254-6852, Fax: (202) 254-6911.
NAICS: 541712. This is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2) and 35.016. A separate Request for Proposals (RFP) or other Solicitation document will not be issued. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate will not issue paper copies of this Announcement. DHS S&T reserves the right to select for award and fund all, some, or none of the Full Proposals submitted under this Announcement. Multiple awards are anticipated to be issued under this Announcement. No funding for direct reimbursement of proposal development costs will be allowed. Proposal materials submitted under this Announcement will not be returned. Depending on proposal Markings, DHS S&T will adhere to FAR policy on handling proprietary information. It is the policy of DHS S&T to treat all submissions as "Source Selection Information" and "For Official Use Only." The Chemical and Biological Division is seeking new methods for analyses and countermeasures, including improved characterization and prioritization of threats, innovative or revolutionary methods for surveillance and detection for early attack warning that minimize exposure and speed treatment of victims, new forensic methods to support attribution, and novel concepts for decontamination and restoration, agro-defense, and food defense. Explosives Countermeasures needed include the detection, mitigation, and response to explosive threats, particularly trace, standoff, and advanced detection of explosives.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=fd7681bfcc57bae4d443fce6710279b7&tab=core&_cview=1
Posted: 01/26/12
SPONSOR: Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Procurement Operations, Washington, DC 20528
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3717

DILLON SITE ASSESSMENT (PRESOL)
SOL: AG-82X9-S-12-0023
POC: Malinda Jiminez, 970-295-6683, mrjiminez@fs.fed.us; John Acha, 970-945-3269, jacha@fs.fed.us.
POP: Dillon Ranger District Office, 680 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne, Colorado 80498.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USDA/FS/82X9/AG-82X9-S-12-0023/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. This is a new project for environmental site assessment for administrative site (1 parcels) located on Dillon Ranger District for the USDA Forest Service, White River National Forest located in Region Two. This project will consist of one (1) firm fixed price award. A pre-proposal site visit is scheduled for February 15 at 10:00 a.m. at the Dillon Ranger District Office, 680 Blue River Parkway, Silverthorne, Colorado. Details of this meeting will be included in the solicitation. The pre-proposal is NOT mandatory. All participants must RSVP by February 10, 2012, by contacting John Acha at 970-945-3269. This will be the only site visit allowed. If you plan on attending please contact Mr. Acha with your telephone number and email in the event the date has to be changed due to poor weather conditions. This is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET ASIDE. The anticipated date for issuance of the solicitation is on or around January 26, 2012. The due date will be identified on the solicitation. The solicitation will be available for free download at www.fbo.gov. All questions pertaining to this solicitation must be submitted, in writing, to John Acha at jacha@fs.fed.us or via facsimile to 970-945-3286 no later than February 16, 2012. All Offerors shall be registered to the Central Contractor's Registry (CCR) in accordance to FAR 52.204-7 to be considered responsive to this solicitation. All Offerors must be registered in ORCA in accordance to FAR 52.204-8 to be considered responsive to this solicitation. All Offerors must respond to all evaluation criteria in Section M of the solicitation to be considered responsive to this solicitation. Offerors to fail to meet these three criteria will not be considered in the Technical Evaluation of offers.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=5c46d2a91ffec46bdca984b1e562957f&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/26/12
SPONSOR: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-2 Rocky Mountain Region, 740 Simms Street, Regional Office, Golden, Colorado 80401
PUBLICATION DATE: January 28, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3717

REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS AT UNITED STATES PENITENTIARY (USP) MARION, IL. (PRESOL)
SOL: IFBP04091200001
POC: Gregory M. Formella, Contracting Officer, gformella@bop.gov, 972-352-4307.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/BPR/70032/IFBP04091200001/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT BIDS. THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED FOR A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS PRIOR TO POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation IFBP04091200001 for the award of a firm fixed-price contract for removal of asbestos at United States Penitentiary (USP) Marion, IL. USP Marion is a federal correctional facility located at 4500 Prison Road, Marion, IL 62959. The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials, and labor for the complete work. The work is required within the confines of the secure perimeter specifically within building #13, Food Service crawl space, and building #22, Facilities crawl space. This work will require the removal of approximately 5400 linear feet of asbestos insulated covered pipe and elbows. All work will be located in the tunnels and crawl spaces under each of the buildings. The performance period for the project will be 119 calendar days from issuance of notice to proceed. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 36.204, the magnitude of the project is between $100,000 and $250,000. THE SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 13, 2012. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fedbizopps.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. All future information about this solicitation, including any amendments, will also be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this website to ensure that they have the most recent information about this proposed contract action. The NAICS code for this requirement is 562910 with a small business size standard of $14 million. Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered at www.ccr.gov and http://orca.bpn.gov. Any prospective bidder's ORCA registration must include the applicable NAICS code (562910) for this acquisition. Faith-based and Community-based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. THIS IS A 100 PERCENT SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=bd1905c0a323cfeb3be11505c8a62224&_cview=0
Posted: 01/27/12
SPONSOR: Department of Justice, Bureau of Prisons, Field Acquisition Office (FAO), U. S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex, 346 Marine Forces Drive, Grand Prairie, Texas 75051
PUBLICATION DATE: January 29, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3718

Notices for January 16-20, 2012

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CATASTROPHE MITIGATION AND RESTORATION (SRCSGT)
SOL: SCB120220111024
DUE: 012712
POC: Samia C. Brandford, Contract Specialist, samia.brandford@whs.mil, 703-545-1578.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/WHS/REF/SCB120220111024/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. The Washington Headquarters Services/Acquisition Directorate is conducting market research to assess industry capabilities for providing Catastrophe Mitigation and Restoration and : (1) the availability and capability of qualified business sources; (2) the type of businesses, e.g., large businesses. HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; and/or small disadvantaged businesses, etc for the proposed acquisition; and (3) the availability of procurement options using various acquisition vehicles and (4) Pricing structures for this type of service. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A UNDER THE APPLICABLE 562910-Remediation Services NAICS CODE SHOULD NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. A summary of the Government's requirement is attached to the announcement at FBO.gov. All interested parties with capabilties to successfully perform the Government's requirement are encouraged to complete and submit the response form. The announcement includes the following attachments: (1) Sources Sought Description Notice; (2) Sources Sought Announcement Response Form. Please E-Mail the completed attachment (2) Sources Sought Announcement Response Form, NO LATER THAN 27 JANUARY 2012 at or before 12pm Eastern Standard Time to Samia Brandford: samia.brandford@whs.mil. The subject line of the E-Mail should read: SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT SCB120220111024 RESPONSE FORM. Questions pertaining to this announcement may be submitted via email only. The subject line in the E-Mail should read: SCB120220111024 Question. SPECIAL NOTE: This announcement is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP). The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to conduct market research only. IF A SOLICITATION IS ISSUED IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Additional information, as it becomes available, will be posted as amendments to this announcement. All amendments will be available for viewing at the FBO.gov website. It is incumbent upon the interested parties to review the site frequently for any updates and amendments to any and all documents. All potential offerors are reminded, in accordance with FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) will make an offeror ineligible for contract award. Additionally, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications, offerors are also reminded to register with Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at https://orca.bpn.gov. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this notice or any follow-up information requests is voluntary and shall be treated as confidential. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with this or future requests.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9ae4cb64af35d223acf97dd61b993f5b&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/13/12
SPONSOR: Other Defense Agencies, Washington Headquarters Services, 2521 S. Clark St, Ste 2000 Arlington, VA; 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155
PUBLICATION DATE: January 15, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3704

56--HAZMAT DISPOSAL (PRESOL)
SOL: VA25112Q0071
DUE: 012712
POC: Timothy Daly, Contract Specialist, 765-674-3321, TIMOTHY.DALY2@VA.GOV.
NAICS: 562112. THIS PROCUREMENT WILL BE FOR A BASE PLUS FOUR OPTION YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE PICKUP AND DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND BIO-HAZARDOUS MEDICAL WASTE
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b8df829a271fbf3cf2ad223254378ad7&tab=core&_cview=1
Posted: 01/17/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Northern Indiana Health Care System, 1700 E 38TH STREET 2121 LAKE AVENUE, MARION,IN 46953 FORT WAYNE, IN 46805
PUBLICATION DATE: January 19, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3708

99--CERTIFIED ASBESTOS BUILDING INSPECTORS (PRESOL)
SOL: VA10112Q0047
DUE: 012712
POC: Thaddeus Willoughby, thaddeus.willoughby@va.gov, 202-359-3906.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/vacoofmae/vacoofmae/VA10112Q0047/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. Combined Synopsis/Solicitation For Certified Asbestos Building Inspectors. 1. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items and services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation (VA101RQ120047) is being issued as a Request for Quotation. This notice and the incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through the Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) FAC 2005-55 and Veteran Affairs Acquisition Regulation (VAAR). All responsible sources may submit a proposal. 2. This acquisition is set aside for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services. Offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov and VetBiz at https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov in order to be considered for award. 3. FAR Clauses 52.212-1 through 52.212-5 (1) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (Nov 2011), (2) 52.219-27, Notice of Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside, (3) 52.222-3, Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O. 11755), (4) 52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jul 2010) (E.O. 13126), (5) 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Feb 1999), (6) 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (Mar 2007) (E.O. 11246), (7) 52.222-35, Equal Opportunity for Veterans (Sep 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212), (8) 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities (Oct 2010) (29 U.S.C. 793), (9) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Veterans (Sep 2010) (38 U.S.C. 4212), (10) 52.222-40, Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (Dec 2010) (E.O. 13496), (11) 52.222-54, Employment Eligibility Verification (Jan 2009), (Not applicable to the acquisition of commercially available off-the-shelf items or certain other types of commercial items as prescribed in 22.1803.), (12) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration (Oct. 2003), 52.222-41, and Service Contract Act of 1965 (Nov 2007) apply to this procurement. The following VAAR clauses apply: (1) 852.203-70, Commercial advertising, (2) 852.203-71, Display of Department of Veterans Affairs Hotline poster, (3) 852.207-70, Report of employment under commercial activities, (4) 852.209-70, Organizational conflicts of interest, (5) 852.216-70, Estimated quantities, (6) 852.219-10, VA Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside, (7) 852.228-71, Indemnification and insurance, (8) 852.233-70, Protest content/alternative dispute resolution, (9) 852.233-71, Alternate protest procedure, (10) 852.237-70, Contractor responsibilities, (11) 852.246-71, Inspection, (12) 852.252-70, Solicitation provisions or clauses incorporated by reference, (13) 852.270-1, Representatives of contracting officers, and (14) 852.271-75, Extension of contract period. For the exact text and wording of clauses and provisions please see http://farsite.hill.af.mil. 5. The Government contemplates an award of a Firm Fixed Priced purchase order contract resulting from this solicitation. 6. Description of services: This is a non-personal service contract therefore the offeror must provide project management and supervision of its personnel and liaison to government personnel. This requirement is for Certified Asbestos Building Inspectors who will be responsible for continuous onsite observation and monitoring of soil and debris removal to ensure no visible emissions will be conducted by both the asbestos abatement contractor and excavating contractor. Also the offeror will provide air monitoring specialist when needed in accordance with the attached soil characterization and management plan (SCMP, attachment A). The unit cost shall include all transportation, equipment, and supplies needed to perform the work required, except those items listed in Attachment B. The estimated completion date is May 30, 2012. This combined synopsis & solicitation notice is a request for competitive quotations. 7. The Government will award a single purchase order contract resulting from this RFQ to the responsible offeror whose offer represents the best value in terms of past performance and price. Past performance and price are equal. Past Performance Information (PPI) will be based on similar contract, and complexity. The RFQ defines relevant past performance as that which demonstrates the knowledge and experience with observation and monitoring of soil and debris removal. The size and complexity of the project is described on page 2 thru 4 of the SCMP. The Government reserves the right to give greater consideration to information on those contracts deemed most relevant in size and scope to the effort described in the RFQ. Experience with projects of this size, type and complexity is considered vitally important. More recent PPI will be given greater consideration. A questionnaire will be sent to the point of contact on the "General Contractor Reference Form". General Contractor Reference Forms are required at offer submittal. The point of contact on the "General Contractor Reference Form" is required to return the questionnaire directly to the contracting officer. Any questionnaire returned by an offeror will not be considered for evaluation. In the event an offeror has no questionnaire(s) that offerors shall receive a rating that is neither favorable nor unfavorable. In addition, other sources, such as the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS), and commercial sources may be used for further information. The evaluation of past performance information will take into account past performance information regarding predecessor companies, key personnel who have relevant experience or subcontractors that will perform major or critical aspects of the requirement when such information is relevant to the acquisition. Price: The following items will be considered the price evaluation: 1. Completeness. All price information required by the RFQ has been submitted. 2. Reasonableness. The Government will review the prices for accuracy and reasonableness. 3. Price Information: The Contracting Officer will utilize the past performance ratings and price evaluations in preparing its overall rating of the proposals and as to the Best Value determination for selection of successful offeror. In the event the Government has reason to question the reasonableness of a price proposal the Government may conduct such additional reasonable analysis as it requires in order to complete a thorough price analysis. Because the evaluation of the price proposal will represent a portion of the total evaluation, it is possible that an offeror may not be selected because of an unbalanced, unreasonable price proposal. 8. Offerors must submit representations and certifications in accordance with the provision at FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Item. (Accessible at the FAR Site, http://farsite.hill.af.mil). 9. Submit the following documents in response to this RFQ: a. Price Quotation (Attachment B); b. Past Performance (Attachment C). 10. OFFERS ARE DUE ON JANUARY 27, 2012 1:00 PM MST. All questions/inquiries must be submitted to the contract officer via electronic mail (e-mail) not later than 11:00 AM MST on January 25, 2012. Inquiries submitted via telephone calls will be re-directed to an e-mail submission. Submit offers or any questions to the attention of Thaddeus Willoughby via email to Thaddeus.willoughby@va.gov . Offerors who fail to complete and submit the requirements above may be considered non-responsive. NOTE: Both the Past performance (5 page maximum) and Pricing Proposal should be submitted as separate documents.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1e76da93d2ae82346ba73ff11498533d&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/19/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Office of Construction & Facilities Management, Office of Construction and;Facilities Management (00CFM3B);811 Vermont AVE, NW;Washington DC 20420
PUBLICATION DATE: January 21, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3710

CLEANING AND REPAIR OF SMALL ARMS FIRING RANGE (PRESOL)
SOL: N0018912TG033
DUE: 020212
POC: Robert E Russell, 860-694-4272, robert.russell1@navy.mil.
NAICS: 562910 Cleaning and repair of small arms firing range at Naval Station Newport RI. Please submit any questions by e-mail, no phone call please.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6ae661b614ae455c81ebc499fb78c6a2&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/19/12
SPONSOR: N00189 NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk Groton Office Box 500 Bldg. 84/2 Subase NLON Groton, CT
PUBLICATION DATE: January 21, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3710

R--SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO TRIBES (SRCSGT)
SOL: RFQ-DC-12-00021
DUE: 020212
POC: Stefan Martiyan, Contract Specialist, martiyan.stefan@epa.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/HQ/RFQ-DC-12-00021/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management is conducting market research for informational purposes only. This is a sources sought notice for written information, and is not a formal solicitation announcement. No contract will be awarded as a result of this announcement, and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. The intent of this notice is to identify all potential sources, including small business and/or disadvantaged business sources, with the capacity and technical capability necessary to successfully perform the requirement stated herein, and detailed in the draft Statement of Work (SOW) embedded below in this posting. The requirement for "Sustainable Communities Technical Assistance to Tribes" is in support of the Office of the Administrator, Office of Policy, Office of Sustainable Communities (OSC). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. The result of this notice will help the EPA in determining its acquisition strategy in how best to satisfy this requirement. Interested parties shall provide a capability statement of no more than five (5) single-sided pages. Standard brochures and/or paraphrasing of the SOW will not be considered a sufficient response to this notice. In addition, feedback and/or evaluation information pertaining to individual capability statements will not be provided. Capability statements shall include the following information: (1) name of business; (2) contact information (i.e., address, telephone, facsimile, e-mail, website address); (3) Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number, business size and classification; (4) general Services Administration (GSA) schedule contract number and period of performance (if applicable); (5) description of technical competencies and organizational experience relative to the key task areas in the draft SOW; (6) discussion of any potentially significant organizational conflicts of interest; and (7) any comments and/or concerns regarding the draft SOW or subject procureme nt. Interested businesses shall submit electronic copies of their respective capability statements to the point of contact for this requirement, Stefan Martiyan, Contract Specialist, at the email address, martiyan.stefan@epa.gov no later than 2 February 2012. DRAFT STATEMENT OF WORK: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: EPA's OSC works with States, Tribes and communities to help them grow in ways that protect the environment, support economic vitality, and create healthy communities. OSC promotes development approaches that have clear environmental benefits, including improved air and water quality, increased wetlands preservation, more clean up and re-use of Brownfield sites, and increased preservation of natural areas. OSC achieves these goals by providing tools and technical assistance that helps States, Tribes and communities make more informed decisions about how and where they want to grow. Smart growth approaches cover a range of development and conservation strategies that help protect the natural environment, and contribute to community resiliency, economic growth, public health and equitable development. As communities look to create jobs, protect the environment, and improve quality of life, they are increasingly adopting land use and development approaches such as directing development to existing communities, supporting more compact and walkable neighborhoods and communities, investing in transportation choices, and cleaning up and reusing brownfields, historic and other vacant properties. These strategies and approaches are often referred to as smart growth approaches. Through technical assistance, OSC seeks to build the capacity of interested Tribal Nations to apply these smart growth approaches to meet community development goals; and to develop models, tools and training materials that helps Tribal communities nationwide utilize smart growth approaches. Technical assistance will support application of smart growth approaches to a range of planning and community design activities and help Tribes respond to community concerns such as long term community recovery from disasters and specifically water-related issues including floods, rising groundwater, drought, and water supply; economic development, water infrastructure planning, transportation, and affordable housing. Anticipated activities include: + Training: education sessions designed to introduce concepts of planning and smart growth to audiences that are unfamiliar with these concepts and their application to the Tribal context. + Charrette and design workshops: multi-day activities open to the public that help translate the development goals of a community into community design concepts. May focus on one site, neighborhood or community scale, but should result in visual design sketches and concepts. Design sketches could support near term redevelopment of specific buildings or sites, and provide illustrations of desired design that could form the basis of design guidelines, zoning or building codes if desired by the community. + Policy analysis and development: evaluation and formulation of land use and development policies including but not limited to zoning and building codes; capital investment/facilities planning; stormwater management and water facilities planning; transportation, tax and fiscal policies; and economic development. + Land Suitability Analysis: evaluation of land use suitability of Tribal land for development and/or conservation uses. Suitability analysis should take into account community goals alongside risk and vulnerability assessments for parcels or neighborhoods based on both historic data and future conditions if available and appropriate. This type of suitability analysis can help tribal communities determine areas that are safe and appropriate for growth and direct new development there. Activities including map making and data gathering may be required to support suitability analysis. PERSONNEL: Team members will be experts in tribal and community planning, urban design, public participation, disaster recovery, and water facilities planning. Upon completion, the team will provide to interested Tribes land use and policy guidance reports that present options to Tribal communities on land use and development strategies (including capital infrastructure) that support the Tribal goals and values. Where appropriate and desired by the Tribe the final reports may include community designs, site plans, and land use maps. It is expected that the following skills will be required to carry out this technical assistance:+ Experience in coordinating and leading a community based Tribal planning effort that results in the development of a land use or master plan or similar document that provides policy guidance on land use and development issues. + Experience developing sustainable approaches to post disaster community recovery.+ Knowledge of smart growth and sustainable community design practices and policies and their application to Tribal communities. + Knowledge of sustainable and green infrastructure solutions to water and wastewater infrastructure issues. + Experience evaluating and developing local development regulations such as zoning and building codes, design guidelines, subdivision ordinances. + Experience developing and implementing land use planning information systems for Tribal and/or local governments. + Experience engaging Tribal governments and residents in the development and implementation of land use planning and sustainable community designs and policies. + Knowledge of and experience with federal housing, health, rural development, transportation and environmental policies and programs and their impact on Tribal development efforts. ANTICIPATED TASKS AND DELIVERABLES: Task 1 -- Site Visit and Smart Growth Training 1a. Develop education and training sessions that introduce, discuss, and explore application of smart growth ideas approaches in long term community recovery from disaster. Training and education sessions shall meet the specific needs of the Tribe, and may include participation of federal agencies involved in supporting Tribe's long term recovery effort or that could provide further planning assistance following this technical assistance. Representatives from other Tribes that have successfully initiated smart growth and sustainable community efforts may also participate in the training. 1b. Participate in a multi day site visit to Tribe to tour reservation or tribal lands, gather data and planning and policy documents, meet with community stakeholders and Tribal project team. 1c. Deliver training developed in Task 1a to Tribal stakeholders and residents. Task 2 -- Community Planning Workshop 2a. Develop, organize, and deliver community planning workshop (3-4 days) to identify and translate development goals and visions into community design concepts, and begin dialogue about policy options and strategies that could help implement the Tribe's development vision. Task 3 -- Land Use and Planning Strategy 3a. Conduct land use suitability analysis to identify areas that are appropriate or suitable for development activity based on the input and guidance of the Tribe. 3b. Develop land use and planning strategy for Tribe. Components of the strategy could include a discussion of the Tribe's development vision, development principles and priorities to guide development location, and policy options, strategies, and programming that the Tribe could adopt as public policy to guide future growth and development, including options for development regulations (building code, capital improvements plan, and zoning ordinance). Such a strategy could help form the basis of a Tribal comprehensive plan. This land use and planning strategy would be developed collaboratively with the Tribe, incorporate data, plans and policy documents gathered during the site visit and analyzed thereafter and shall require communication and coordination with Tribal planning team and multiple and regular visits to Tribe to facilitate Tribal involvement in development of the land use and planning strategy. Task 4 -- Water Plan Develop comprehensive water plan for Tribe to evaluate current system and future investments, in water infrastructure for the Tribe, including interactions between natural water systems (including ground and source water), wastewater, stormwater, and drinking water systems. Water plan shall identify and discuss existing system conditions and issues, and identify policy and planning options that would support the development of an sustainable water infrastructure system that supports the long term growth of the Tribe and links to long-term land use plans. The water infrastructure plan should additionally consider climate change and its potential impacts on the system.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6723b74486aecceff76876e3f0d3298b&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/19/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Ariel Rios Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Mail Code: 3803R Washington DC 20460
PUBLICATION DATE: January 21, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3710

SOURCES SOUGHT U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION ECAST (SRCSGT)
SOL: W912HN-12-Z-0041
DUE: 020712
POC: Kosha K. Jones, 912-652-5108, kosha.k.jones@usace.army.mil.
POP: USACE District, Savannah P.O. Box 889, Savannah GA 31402-0889.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA21/W912HN-12-Z-0041/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. This is a Sources Sought/Request for INFORMATION ONLY. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the government in any contract award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is conducting preliminary research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to support projects in a wide range of environmental services within the South Atlantic Division boundaries to include Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. A potential Service Provider will be required to demonstrate ability and capability in furnishing environmental services to include a full range of environmental, base support, sustainability, restoration, and modernization support to customers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The environmental and base support services consist of environmental compliance, environmental restoration/remediation, environmental conservation, ecosystem restoration, pollution prevention, military munitions response, erosion and sediment control, storm water and water reuse, safety and industrial hygiene, quality assurance, facilities maintenance, inspection, energy management and base support. The Munitions, Range and UXO services consist of preliminary assessments, site inspections, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and site removal actions. Requirements may involve Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) regulations in addition to specific regulations from State regulatory agencies. The result of the market research may support the continuation of environmental restoration, compliance and conservation services that is currently being provided through numerous indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (IDIQ) type contracts for the Mobile, Jacksonville, Charleston, Wilmington, and Savannah Districts. This announcement is the narrative to a market research, and your responses are sought to identify members of the Business Community that have the knowledge, skills, and capability to provide the above mentioned requirements. Interested Service-Providers under NAICS Code 562910 or cross references for establishments primarily engaged in providing environmental design services, or developing environmental studies and remedial action plans (NAICS Codes 541330 and 541620) are hereby invited to submit a response to the market survey to demonstrate their technical, managerial and business capability to provide the requested services. As a result of the market research, the Government may issue a variety of firmed fixed price and cost reimbursable IDIQ type contracts as indicated below. This notice is provided as information to the marketplace and is an invitation for an expression of interest and demonstration of small business as well as large business capability to perform the environmental services requirements. The Government will not pay for the provision of any information, nor will it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Response to this Sources Sought is strictly voluntary and will not affect any firm's ability to submit an offer if and when a solicitation is issued. This Sources Sought coupled with the market survey constitutes a market research tool for the collection and analysis of information to determine the capabilities and capacity of Service Providers (specially members of the Small Business Community) to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Environmental Program and its customers. It is anticipated that the strategy developed from information collected from this Sources Sought will include Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC), site specific contracts, etc. The Government currently anticipates sharing contract capacity from future contract actions between USACE Districts. All members of the Small Business Community (Small Business, HubZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Section 8(a) participants, Small Disadvantage Business (SDB), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) are strongly encouraged to complete the market survey in response of this notice. All interested firms are requested to complete the market survey at the following website: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YD2K325. SURVEYS MUST BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM EST ON FEBRUARY 07, 2012. (Note: Hold Ctrl + Click or Copy and paste website address to web browser to access survey). The Government is only requesting answers to the market survey at this time. No other type of submission will be accepted. Point of Contact for this Sources Sought Notice is Ms. Kosha K. Jones, 912-652-5108 or Kosha.K.Jones@usace.army.mil.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ba32f0e211ee006121f0ffbaa88c715e&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/17/12
SPONSOR: USACE District, Savannah, P.O. Box 889, Savannah, GA 31402-0889
PUBLICATION DATE: January 19, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3708

H--GROUND WATER MONITORING (MOD)
SOL: W911KF-12-R-0002
DUE: 022312
POC: Heather Glover, Contract Specialist, (256) 235-6449, heather.n.glover@us.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/notices/5ef4a96f860778f4db8d31aa1eaafdd7
NAICS: 541380. THIS IS A REVISED SYNOPSIS TO CHANGE THE PROCUREMENT STRATEGY FROM UNRESTRICTED TO A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The scope of work establishes requirements for services pertaining to the monitoring, sampling, data analysis, and data collaboration of groundwater wells at the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) Open Burning (OB) and Open Detonation (OD) areas. Waste Military Munitions are destroyed by burning and underground detonation at the OB and OD areas. There are currently eight groundwater wells to be monitored on a semiannual basis, all of which are currently in ANAD's Hazardous Waste Facility Permit. Additional wells may also be monitored for groundwater water elevations based on the requirements of state environmental regulators. A statistical evaluation will be completed to determine if statistically significant evidence of contamination above background levels at each monitoring well exist within 45 calendar days after completion of each sampling event. If statistically significant evidence of contamination exist above background levels sampling of Appendix IX to part 264 of 40 CFR compounds will be required in addition. Annual groundwater reports are also required within this scope. This scope includes the above monitoring activities and any other groundwater activities that may result from the site's continued operation based on ANAD's Hazardous Waste Facility Permit and state/federal environmental regulations. This solicitation is for a base and four one year options. This procurement set-aside 100% for Small Business. North American Industry Classification System Code is 541380. This solicitation will be issued electronically in accordance with FAR 4.501, 5.102(a)(7) and 14.205-1(c); therefore hard copies will not be provided. Proposals submitted must be in electronic format as stated in the solicitation. Vendors wishing an electronic copy may download it on or after the issue date by accessing the following address via the internet: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ (Army Single Face to Industry). Estimated issue date is 1 February 2012. CAUTION: This solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Because of this, the Government is under no obligation and is, in fact, unable to maintain a bidder's mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for receipt of proposals may render your proposal non-responsive and result in the rejection of your proposal. POINT OF CONTACT: Heather Glover, Contract Specialist, (256) 235-6449; email: heather.n.glover@us.army.mil.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=c806365198bce52d36271d18ce4d30bd&_cview=0
Posted: 01/19/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(ANAD), ATTN: AMSTA-AN-CT, Building 221, 7 Frankford Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201-4199
PUBLICATION DATE: January 21, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3710

REMEDIATION WORK AT FCI ELKTON, OH (PRESOL)
SOL: RC0008-12
DUE: 022512
POC: Clara A. Roberts, 850-878-2173 ext 1381, Clara.Roberts2@usdoj.gov; Darin Smith, 850-878-2173, ext 1379, Darin.Smith2@usdoj.gov.
POP: 8730 Scoggs Road, Elkton, Ohio 44415.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOJ/FPI-UNICOR/MMB/RC0008-12/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. ACH Form Wage Rates Business Management Questionnaire Solicitation This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation number RC0008-12. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-55. The North American Industry Classification System code is 562910. This requirement is unrestricted. UNICOR, Federal Prison Industries, Inc., intends to enter into a firm-fixed price, definite delivery-definite quantity contract for the services noted within this solicitation.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=90659a8b7801598d3558b802a7538392&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/19/12
SPONSOR: Department of Justice, Federal Prison Industries/UNICOR, Procurement Branch, 320 First Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20534
PUBLICATION DATE: January 21, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3710

RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF NEW FORMULATIONS TO ENABLE COUNTER-HME OPERATIONS (PRESOL)
SOL: JIEDDO-BAA-12-01-HME
DUE: 030212
POC: Mark Keller, mark.keller@jieddo.dod.mil, 703-604-3039; Dick Chladek, BIDS Cell Lead, richard.chladek@jieddo.dod.mil, 703-602-5476.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/JIEDDO/JIEDDO/JIEDDO-BAA-12-01-HME/listing.html
NAICS: 541712. Description of Opportunity: Buried improvised explosive devices (IED), person-borne IEDs and vehicle-borne IEDs are employed against U.S. or coalition forces anywhere in the world, but especially in Afghanistan. The manufacture and transport of homemade explosives (HME) and their precursor chemicals enables these IEDs. JIEDDO is seeking focused, short-term (i.e. 3-6 months) studies that will define the signatures and available observables for these various IEDs and HMEs, as well as aid in the development of capabilities to counter these threats. Proposals must address one of the following requirements: A. New formulations of ammonium nitrate (AN) based fertilizer that decrease detonability and explosive output. (See Section II); B. Additives and methods to disrupt or discourage HME manufacturing from fertilizer precursors. (See Section III); C. Additives and methods for increased detection and identification of HMEs and precursors during transport, manufacture and IED emplacement. (See Section IV); D. Enabling ground truth studies. (See Section V). See the BAA document for full description of requirements. All proposals must be submitted to the JIEDDO BAA Information Delivery System (BIDS) website at https://bids.acqcenter.com/JIEDDO.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d35db35780996a0cb73843641922cef9&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/17/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, Joint Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Organization,
PUBLICATION DATE: January 19, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3708

INDEFINITE DELIVERY TYPE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY DESIGN FOR WATER RESOURCE PROJECTS (SRCSGT)
SOL: W9127N-12-R-0012
DUE: 030512
POC: David Boone, (503) 808-4614, USACE District, Portland david.c.boone@usace.army.mil.
POP: USACE District, Portland Contracting Division (CECT-NWP), P.O. Box 2946 Portland OR 97208-2946.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA57/W9127N-12-R-0012/listing.html
NAICS: 541690. Sources Sought Notice: Indefinite Delivery Type Professional Services Contract for Integrated Professional Planning and Feasibility Design for Water Resource Projects. 1. General. This is a Small Business Sources Sought (SBSS) Notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified small businesses under the size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. An organization that is not considered a small business under the applicable NAICS code should not submit a response to this notice. This Small Business Sources Sought notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Government. The NAICS code for the project is 541690. The small business size standard is $7.0 million. 2. Contract Information. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District, proposes to contract for integrated professional planning and architect-engineer services encompassing all interdisciplinary services required for planning and concept and feasibility design phases of specific water resource projects. This Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract is being procured in accordance with the Brooks Act as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. This solicitation will facilitate award of a contract with a maximum capability of $10 million. The contract will have a base period of one year and four option periods of one year each. Option periods may be exercised at the discretion of the Government before expiration of the previous periods. The maximum for each task order will not exceed the annual contract amount. The anticipated contract award is April 2012. 3. Typical Services. This contract will provide integrated planning and engineering services required in support of Civil Works water resources studies and projects. Services are anticipated to accomplish the breadth of Planning Studies included, but not limited to, studies for the Planning Authorities for Ecosystem Restoration, Flood Risk Management, Water Supply, Navigation, and other authorities of the USACE. These include, but are not limited to, General Investigation Authorities, the Continuing Authorities Program, Planning Assistance to States, Planning Assistance to Tribes, Reallocation Studies, Major Rehabilitation Studies, Major Maintenance Reports, Biological Assessments, Environmental Impact Statements, and other NEPA requirements. Services to be performed under this contract will consist of, but is not limited to, the following: a. Preparation of planning studies and reports for USACE water resources projects involved with ecosystem restoration, flood damage reduction (structural and non-structural solutions), navigation, shoreline protection, and watershed planning in accordance with ER 1105-2-100 and other pertinent guidance, laws and regulations applicable to USACE 6 Step Planning Process and ER EC 1165-2-209 review requirements. Planning studies and reports include the following efforts and activities: (1) Identifying problems, opportunities, constraints and objectives; (2) Inventorying, forecasting, and analyzing future without- and with-project conditions; (3) Formulating measures and alternative plans; (4) Establishing qualitative and quantitative project outputs (monetary and non-monetary benefits) and cost estimates to implement alternative plans; (5) Evaluating and comparing alternative plans; (6) Recommending plans for implementation; (7) Preparing draft and final reports and related engineering and technical appendices. b. Conducting ecosystem restoration analysis including benefit cost analyses, cost effectiveness and incremental cost analyses using habitat evaluation procedure (HEP), Institute for Water Resources (IWR) Plan program and/or other USACE accepted analysis tools. c. Preparing draft and final environmental documents in compliance with federal and state agency policies and regulations where studies and projects are located. This includes preparation of NEPA and ESA compliance documents including Environmental Impact Statements, Environmental Assessments, and endangered species assessment/evaluations, Department of State Lands permits, Biological Assessments, Section 404 and 401 permit documents, and Coastal Zone Management Act certification. d. Conduct socioeconomic and natural resource economic analyses including Hydrologic Engineering Center Flood Damage Analysis (HEC-FDA) Model, Flood Impact Assessment (FIA) and/or other professional accepted computational economic analysis tools. Socioeconomic analyses shall include assessments of economic impacts, projection of socioeconomic needs, economic and social risk-based analyses, and regional economic evaluations. e. Performing hydrologic and hydraulic analyses to include: (1) hydrologic analyses and design activities including rainfall runoff analysis using programs developed by the HEC and other industry standard software; (2) hydraulic analyses and design activities in tidal and non-tidal environments, including steady and unsteady state analysis, using HEC and other industry standard software; and (3) evaluation of sediment transport impacts on project features. f. Conduct threatened and endangered species surveys and habitat restoration analyses, fish and wildlife habitat, water and air quality, and terrestrial ecology surveys, studies and analysis, and wetland delineation. g. Perform geological, geomorphologic, and geotechnical analyses. h. Employment of geographic information systems (GIS) using ESRI or other industry standard GIS software to store, access, and display and evaluate data information. i. Preparation of cost estimate from design start through project completion by a certified cost engineer using the latest approved MCACES software and industry accepted scheduling software. Receiving and adhering to Government approval of the Civil Works Breakdown Structure in the early state of estimate development; and maintaining and conducting an internal quality control/quality assurance program addressing cost, schedule, and cost schedule risk analysis as contractually applicable. A sample cost estimate prepared by the proposed cost estimator shall be submitted for evaluation. The sample estimate provided should include crew designations; output; backup for crews, labor and equipment; materials and subcontractor quotes; and details on mobilization/demobilization and job office overhead. A matrix of bid opening results versus owner estimates (prepared by the proposed cost estimator) shall be submitted for evaluation. j. Coordinating and leading an interdisciplinary team, developing public and stakeholder involvement consensus building activities; interagency scoping, mediation, and facilitation services. k. Risk management analysis including application of risk and uncertainty methods and statistical analysis for evaluating feasibility, reliability, and performance of projects. l. Design structural measures (e.g., levees, channel modifications, detention basins, pump stations, etc.). m. Evaluate hazardous, toxic and radiological waste (HTRW) site clearance Phase I analyses for civil works projects. n. Performing cultural resources and archaeological surveys and evaluation reports 4. Capability Statement/Information Sought. Small businesses that believe they have the ability to provide the above stated services through demonstrated specialized experience occurring within the last five years, and who meet the stated size standards, are encouraged to submit a capability statement. The capability statements should consist of the following: a. Staff availability, experience and training; b. Prior completed projects of a similar nature; c. Corporate experience and management capabilities; d. Examples of prior completed Federal, State or Local municipal contracts, dollar value of the contracts, references, and other related information. On the first page of the capability statement, clearly state the small business concern's size status and type(s), name, address, point of contact, and DUNS number. The remainder of the capability statement should be tailored to the project requirements stated above and must demonstrate that similar work has been performed by proposed team, utilizing current staff, including dollar value of that work. 5. Information Submission Instructions. ALL CAPABILITY STATEMENTS SENT IN RESPONSE TO THIS SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE MUST BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY (VIA EMAIL) TO DAVID BOONE, CONTRACT SPECIALIST, AT DAVID.C.BOONE@USACE.ARMY.MIL IN EITHER MICROSOFT WORD OR ADOBE PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT BY 4:00 PM PACIFIC TIME MONDAY, 5 MARCH 2012. All responses must be received by the specified due date and time to be considered. ANY RESPONSES RECEIVED AFTER THAT DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 6. Disclaimer and Important Notes. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses a solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ca795eb7ad47eb75ee952a2884ee51e7&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/19/12
SPONSOR: USACE District, Portland, Contracting Division (CECT-NWP), P.O. Box 2946, Portland, OR 97208-2946
PUBLICATION DATE: January 21, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3710

F--USACE MEGA - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES IDIQ MATOC, IN SUPPORT OF USACE NORTHWESTERN DIVISION AND EXISTING CUSTOMERS. SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE (PRESOL)
SOL: W9128F12R0009
DUE: 040912
POC: Loreen K. Blume, Loreen.K.Blume@usace.army.mil, 402-995-2092.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA45/W9128F12R0009/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. W9128F-12-R-0009 - As a part of the Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District intends to issue an RFP for Environmental Consulting Services ID/IQ MATOC Regional Northwestern Division (NWD) and existing NWD Customers. Small Business set-aside. On or about 13 February 2012, this office will issue a solicitation as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern, Southwestern, and South Pacific Divisions' Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA) plan. A firm, fixed-price and cost reimbursement Request for Proposal for a 100% Small Business Set-Aside, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Environmental Consulting Services, Regional Northwestern Division (NWD) and existing NWD Customers. Proposals will be received on or about 9 April 2012. This solicitation will facilitate award of up to three (3) contracts (potentially fewer or more), with a maximum shared capacity of $60 million. Evaluation of proposals will be performed on a "trade-off best value" basis. The work will include the following: The contracts awarded under this solicitation will be an IDIQ MATOC for Environmental Consulting Services, Regional Northwestern Division (NWD) and existing NWD Customers. NAICS Code is 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services; the small business size standard is $7 million. The contracts awarded will include firm-fixed price and cost reimbursement features for a wide range of environmental consulting services in the following areas including, but not limited to, air emissions management; air quality; cultural and historic resources management; facility response plans; fire management plans for ranges; hazardous materials management; hazardous waste management; natural resources management; pesticide management; petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) management; solid waste management; special pollutants (e.g. polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), asbestos, lead based paint, radon gas, etc.) management; natural resources inventories; noise management; underground storage tank management; water quality management; wetlands management; radioactive materials management; and storm water management; air emissions inventories; air permit applications; compliance monitoring and reporting; asbestos sampling; environmental electronic data management; water quality evaluations; mitigation planning; National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit applications & monitoring; spill prevention and response plans; Environmental Compliance Assessment System (ECAS) audits; Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) support; Tier I (installation), Tier II (state), and Tier III (regional) reporting; partnering support to include facilitation, public meeting support, and preparation/presentation of reports and management support; consumer confidence report (Safe Drinking Water Act); environmental compliance training; National Environmental Policy Act; environmental assessments; Environmental Baseline Surveys (EBS); preliminary assessment/site inspection; solid waste management plans; hazardous waste management plans; Subtitle C and Subtitle D (40 CFR 264/265 and 40 CFR 258) landfill operations plans; hazardous waste reporting; landfill closure plans; biological assessments; endangered species management plans (ESMP); National Historic Preservation Act studies; historic building surveys; historic building guides; data recovery plans and mitigation; coordination with the State Historic Preservation Office and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Integrated Cultural Resources Management plans; Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments; Pollution Preventions Plans Life Cycle Cost Analysis; ecological risk assessments; and, environmental fate studies. This will not be an Architect-Engineer (A-E) contract. Task orders may use performance-based Performance Work Statements. Contracts will have a base period of three years and an option to extend the contract for an additional two-year period. Proposal Evaluation: Technical proposals will be evaluated on a Best Value, Trade-off, adjectival basis. Major evaluation areas of each offeror's proposal, in descending order of importance, include: Technical Requirements (Previous Experience, Resumes of Key Personnel, Organizational Structure); Performance Risk/Past Performance; and Corporate Plans, Practices, and Procedures; and Cost/Pricing which will be subjectively evaluated. Offerors: Please be advised of on-line registration requirement in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database http://www.ccr.gov/ and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual On-line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov . Representations and certifications are required to be updated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete. The electronic annual representations and certifications are effective for one year from date of submission or update to ORCA. There are no drawings associated with this Request for Proposal. Copies of this solicitation are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All solicitation documents will be posted to the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) website (https://acquisition.army.mil) and made available for viewing in FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov). The plans and specifications will be available for download on the FedBizOpps website ONLY. Compact Disks will not be sent out and a Plan Holders (Interested Parties) List is available on the FedBizOpps website. Instructions to access technical data, Instructions to access a Plan Holders List on FedBizOpps, step by step instructions and the associate software required (viewers) to view the project plans and specifications can be accessed on the Omaha District Contracting Division web page (https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/ct-m/webpage.htm). All amendments will be posted in FedBizOpps. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to check the website for any amendments. The Contract Specialist point of contact for this project is Loreen K. Blume who can be reached by email: Loreen.K.Blume@usace.army.mil or phone at 402-995-2092. The technical point of contact for this project is Dezso J. Linbrunner, who can be reached by email at: Dezso.J.Linbrunner@usace.army.mil or phone at 402-995-2763. The Small Business Coordinator is Mr. Hubert J. Carter, Jr. who can be reached by email at: Hubert.J.Carter.Jr@usace.army.mil or by phone at 402-995-2910. Interested parties are reminded that they are responsible for checking on new information posted to FedBizOpps.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=eac31845a20a61d99440a7e338c5c80a&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/18/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Omaha, 1616 Capital Ave, Omaha, NE 68102-4901
PUBLICATION DATE: January 20, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3709

F--USACE MEGA - ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES IDIQ MATOC, IN SUPPORT OF USACE NORTHWESTERN DIVISION AND EXISTING CUSTOMERS. SECTION 8(A) SET-ASIDE. (PRESOL)
SOL: W9128F12R0010
DUE: 041012
POC: Loreen K. Blume, Loreen.K.Blume@usace.army.mil, 402-995-2092.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA45/W9128F12R0010/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. W9128F-12-R-0010 - As a part of the Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District intends to issue an RFP for Environmental Consulting Services ID/IQ MATOC Regional Northwestern Division (NWD) and existing NWD Customers. Section 8(a) set-aside. On or about 14 February 2012, this office will issue a solicitation as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern, Southwestern, and South Pacific Divisions' Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA) plan. A firm, fixed-price and cost reimbursement Request for Proposal for a 100% Section 8(a) Set-Aside, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Environmental Consulting Services, Regional Northwestern Division (NWD) and existing NWD Customers. Proposals will be received on or about 10 April 2012. This solicitation will facilitate award of up to three (3) contracts (potentially fewer or more), with a maximum shared capacity of $60 million. Evaluation of proposals will be performed on a "trade-off best value" basis. The work will include the following: The contracts awarded under this solicitation will be an IDIQ MATOC for Environmental Consulting Services, Regional Northwestern Division (NWD) and existing NWD Customers. NAICS Code is 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services; the small business size standard is $7 million. The contracts awarded will include firm-fixed price and cost reimbursement features for a wide range of environmental consulting services in the following areas including, but not limited to, air emissions management; air quality; cultural and historic resources management; facility response plans; fire management plans for ranges; hazardous materials management; hazardous waste management; natural resources management; pesticide management; petroleum, oil and lubricant (POL) management; solid waste management; special pollutants (e.g. polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), asbestos, lead based paint, radon gas, etc.) management; natural resources inventories; noise management; underground storage tank management; water quality management; wetlands management; radioactive materials management; and storm water management; air emissions inventories; air permit applications; compliance monitoring and reporting; asbestos sampling; environmental electronic data management; water quality evaluations; mitigation planning; National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and State Pollution Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit applications & monitoring; spill prevention and response plans; Environmental Compliance Assessment System (ECAS) audits; Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) support; Tier I (installation), Tier II (state), and Tier III (regional) reporting; partnering support to include facilitation, public meeting support, and preparation/presentation of reports and management support; consumer confidence report (Safe Drinking Water Act); environmental compliance training; National Environmental Policy Act; environmental assessments; Environmental Baseline Surveys (EBS); preliminary assessment/site inspection; solid waste management plans; hazardous waste management plans; Subtitle C and Subtitle D (40 CFR 264/265 and 40 CFR 258) landfill operations plans; hazardous waste reporting; landfill closure plans; biological assessments; endangered species management plans (ESMP); National Historic Preservation Act studies; historic building surveys; historic building guides; data recovery plans and mitigation; coordination with the State Historic Preservation Office and Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Integrated Cultural Resources Management plans; Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments; Pollution Preventions Plans Life Cycle Cost Analysis; ecological risk assessments; and, environmental fate studies. This will not be an Architect-Engineer (A-E) contract. Task orders may use performance-based Performance Work Statements. Contracts will have a base period of three years and an option to extend the contract for an additional two-year period. Proposal Evaluation: Technical proposals will be evaluated on a Best Value, Trade-off, adjectival basis. Major evaluation areas of each offeror's proposal, in descending order of importance, include: Technical Requirements (Previous Experience, Resumes of Key Personnel, Organizational Structure); Performance Risk/Past Performance; and Corporate Plans, Practices, and Procedures; and Cost/Pricing which will be subjectively evaluated. Offerors: Please be advised of on-line registration requirement in Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database http://www.ccr.gov/ and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual On-line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov. Representations and certifications are required to be updated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete. The electronic annual representations and certifications are effective for one year from date of submission or update to ORCA. There are no drawings associated with this Request for Proposal. Copies of this solicitation are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. All solicitation documents will be posted to the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) website (https://acquisition.army.mil) and made available for viewing in FedBizOpps (http://www.fbo.gov). The plans and specifications will be available for download on the FedBizOpps website ONLY. Compact Disks will not be sent out and a Plan Holders (Interested Parties) List is available on the FedBizOpps website. Instructions to access technical data, Instructions to access a Plan Holders List on FedBizOpps, step by step instructions and the associate software required (viewers) to view the project plans and specifications can be accessed on the Omaha District Contracting Division web page (https://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/ct-m/webpage.htm). All amendments will be posted in FedBizOpps. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to check the website for any amendments. The Contract Specialist point of contact for this project is Loreen K. Blume who can be reached by email: Loreen.K.Blume@usace.army.mil or phone at 402-995-2092. The technical point of contact for this project is Terri L. Thomas, who can be reached by email at: Terri.L.Thomas@usace.army.mil or phone at 402-995-2749. The Small Business Coordinator is Mr. Hubert J. Carter, Jr. who can be reached by email at: Hubert.J.Carter.Jr@usace.army.mil or by phone at 402-995-2910. Interested parties are reminded that they are responsible for checking on new information posted to FedBizOpps.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b8edb349e802ffa787420c18d6752538&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/18/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Omaha, 1616 Capital Ave, Omaha, NE 68102-4901
PUBLICATION DATE: January 20, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3709

SAMPLING, TESTING, AND REMOVAL OF ASBESTOS & LEAD-BASED PAINT (PRESOL)
SOL: FA5270-12-R-0011
POC: A1C Brian A. Austin, 315-634-4741, brian.austin@kadena.af.mil; Kevin Shilley, Phone: 011-81-98-961-5830, kevin.shilley@kadena.af.mil.
POP: Various Military Installations, Okinawa, Japan.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/PAF/18CONS/FA5270-12-R-0011/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. This acquisition is proceeding as a Firm Fixed-Price, UNRESTRICTED FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, Request for Proposal (RFP). Estimated Cost Range is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Period of Performance for Construction: TBD per Task Order. Job Descriptions: The work includes but is not limited to ACM & LBP sampling & testing, removal of friable and non-friable asbestos materials, removal of lead-based paint, placement of carpet, vinyl cover base and vinyl composition floor tiles, and demolition and salvage of non-asbestos and lead-based paint materials. Work will be conducted for the military facilities of USAF and its partner units on Okinawa Japan. The anticipated award will be for a base year with four 1-year options. A minimum of $2,500.00 is guaranteed over the life of the contract. The aggregate maximum amount of this program including the base and all option years shall not exceed $5,000,000.00. The award will be made to offerors providing the best value to the Government. The Government anticipates using the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurement method for this RFP. The anticipated solicitation release date is 3 February 2012. The closing date, time for submission of offers, as well as the date and time for pre-proposal conference will be contained in the solicitation package. Solicitation documents will be posted on the FedBizOpps website, www.fbo.gov. No paper copies will be issued. Plans and specifications will NOT be provided in hard paper copy or on CD-ROM format. The solicitation and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on a Government website known as FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) once the RFP is issued. THIS INFORMATION IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY. The contemplated contract is to be performed in Okinawa, Japan. In accordance with FAR 52.236-7, Permits and Responsibilities - The Offeror shall, without additional expense to the Government, be responsible for obtaining any necessary licenses and permits, and for complying with any host government and political subdivisions laws, codes, and regulations applicable to the performance of the work. Also, in accordance with DFARS 252.225-7042, "Authorization to Perform" - The Offeror has been duly authorized to operate and to do business in the country or countries in which the contract is to be performed. The specific date and time will be identified in the solicitation. OFFERORS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS PROJECT MAY BE DELAYED, CANCELED, OR REVISED AT ANY TIME DURING THE SOLICITATION, SELECTION, EVALUATION, NEGOTIATION AND/OR FINAL AWARD PROCESS. MOREOVER, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONTRACTOR TO CHECK FEDBIZOPPS FREQUENTLY FOR ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THE SOLICITATION.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ed0dcd17c24d07cb6abe73f80118f538&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/19/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, 18 CONS - Kadena, Unit 5199, Kadena AB, APO Japan, 96368-5199
PUBLICATION DATE: January 21, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3710

F--WATER QUALITY MONITORING, RED ROCK, SAYLORVILLE, CORALVILLE (PRESOL)
SOL: W912EK-12-R-0023
POC: Erica L. Mallie, 309-794-5661, erica.l.mallie@usace.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA25/W912EK-12-R-0023/listing.html
NAICS: 541380. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to solicit for services to be performed under a fixed-price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. Services may include, but not be limited to, utilizing the contractor's equipment and personnel to operate and maintain a surface water quality monitoring program in the State of Iowa on the Des Moines River in the vicinity of Saylorville and Red Rock Reservoirs, which includes water and fish sample collection, field measurements, laboratory analysis, data input (Excel spreadsheet and Paradox database), reporting of the data and web page update/maintenance. In addition, the contractor will be responsible for analyzing water samples collected by Corps of Engineers' personnel from the Iowa River/Coralville Reservoir and for collecting and analyzing fish samples from these waters. Work and services under this contract shall be assigned by task orders duly issued by the Contracting Officer. Final products will be high quality technical reports on the results of the work delivered to the Rock Island District, Corps of Engineers. The contract period will be for one (1) base period with the Government having the option to renew for four (4) additional option periods. The Offerors must demonstrate expertise in monitoring the chemical, physical and biological components of waterways, including sample collection and preservation, field and laboratory analyses, data compilation (Excel spreadsheet and Paradox database), data interpretation and dissemination (including report preparation and developing and maintaining a web page). Proposals will be evaluated using three major factors or categories as follows: Price, Technical Qualifications, and Past Performance. All evaluation factors other than cost or price, when combined, are significantly less important than cost or price. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and award a contract without discussions with offerors. Therefore, each initial offer should contain the offeror's best terms from a cost or price and technical standpoint. However, the Government reserves the right to conduct discussions if later determined by the Contracting Officer to be necessary. The total cost of all work orders per contract period shall not exceed $400,000. Minimum guaranteed annual amount shall be $6,000 for the initial period; $3,000 in any option period should options be exercised by the government. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS FOR THIS PROCUREMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE ON WWW.FBO.GOV ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 3, 2012. Anyone wanting the solicitation document must download them from this website.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e42355d589cd69499d78d676a704f195&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/20/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Rock Island, P.O. Box 2004, Clock Tower Building, Attn: CEMVR-CT, Rock Island, IL 61204-2004
PUBLICATION DATE: January 22, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3711

Notices for January 9-13, 2012

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REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) FOR EPA BUSINESS OPPORTUNTIES FY-11-411 AND FY-11-412 (SNOTE)
SOL: RFI-FY-11-411and412
DUE: 012412
POC: Wendy Rizzo, rizzo.wendy@epa.gov.
POP: Contractor's location, United States.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/HQ/RFI-FY-11-411and412/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. THIS SYNOPSIS IS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended to collect market information relevant to future U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements. Respondents are invited to provide input requested in this announcement including suggestions for improving the draft statements of work. Responses to this request may be used to support development of, and subsequently be incorporated into, a future EPA solicitation. As a result, the information submitted must be available for unrestricted public distribution. No proprietary or classified concepts or information should be included in the responses. Background & Scope EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) currently maintains two Mission Support Contracts: 1) Technology Transfer and Training Contract, and 2) Management and Analytical Support Contract. The Technology Transfer and Training Contract provides support services that facilitate the Agency's national and international technology information transfer activities. These activities include issuing analytical reports covering technologies and technology-based information related to hazardous waste response or clean-up actions; design, development and delivery of technical and programmatic training; facilitation of technology demonstrations; and the delivery of other technology transfer activities (e.g., seminars, formal meetings, electronic bulletin boards, information bulletins, and the OSWER Exhibits program). The Management and Analytical Support Contract provides support to EPA in the planning, management, implementation, and evaluation of the Superfund program. The scope of work includes a range of technical, economic, regulatory development, and implementation tasks and deliverables. Its Statements of Work encompasses the following areas: *Strategic Planning and Government Performance and Results Act, *Resource Management, *Community Outreach and Environmental Justice, *Guidance and Regional Support, *Regulation and Legislative Analysis, *Training, *Facilitator and Conference Support, *Technical Research, *Analysis and Evaluation of Technical Data, *Technical Coordination and Integrated Methodologies, *Design and Construction Technical and Analytical Support Responses. The purpose of this RFI is to determine if the tasks in the two attached Statements of Work (SOWs) may be better allocated in order to encourage more small business participation. Responses to this RFI will be used to help EPA focus and organize possible procurement activities. Responses should be succinct and address the following questions with specific information. EPA is considering re-competing these two requirements as multiple contracts, each with smaller scopes of work, in order to achieve maximum small business participation. EPA is open to the concept of multiple contracts for finite portions of the two current scopes of work, provided a strong technical rationale for doing so is realized. The purpose of this RFI is to solicit feedback on potentially achieving small business utilization to the maximum extent practicable, from interested parties of a small business standard that can potentially support these requirements. How would you suggest re-structuring these two scopes of work, giving close consideration to the technical demands of each task, in order to result in contracts set-aside for small businesses? How would each task's estimated annual Level of Effort also affect any re-structuring, in order for EPA to address its goal of total small business set-aside contracts? What is your rationale for your recommendations? Submission Instructions to Respondents Responses to this RFI are due no later than 4:00 pm Eastern Standard Time on January 24, 2012. Please limit responses to ten (10) pages. All submissions must be electronically submitted to Wendy Rizzo, Contracting Officer, at rizzo.wendy@epa.gov as a PDF document. Inquiries to this RFI must be submitted to rizzo.wendy@epa.gov. Do not send questions with proprietary content. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. DISCLAIMERS AND IMPORTANT NOTES This is an RFI issued solely for information and new investment planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Respondents are advised that EPA is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received, or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted under this RFI. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. It is the respondents' responsibility to ensure that the submitted material has been approved for public release. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this RFI or to otherwise pay for the information solicited, nor is the Government obligated to issue a solicitation based on responses received. No proprietary or classified concepts or information should be included in the submittal.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=811b610768cb79b5e439e3c3d86fedcf&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/10/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 3801R, Washington, DC 20460
PUBLICATION DATE: January 12, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3701

R--ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT (SNOTE)
SOL: DE-SOL-0003612
DUE: 012412
POC: John M. Blecher, john.blecher@emcbc.doe.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-SOL-0003612/listing.html
NAICS: 541690. This special notice is to inform vendors to follow the original link from FedBizOps to FedConnect. In FedConnect vendors will find the amended sources sought. [Editorial note: The original posting at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-SOL-0003612/listing.html does not contain a link to FedConnect. Try searching https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/ using Reference Number DE-SOL-0003612.] This is an amendment to the original sources sought that was posted on 1/04/2012. The purpose of this amendment is to include additional NAICS codes. See the sources sought for those additional NAICS codes. The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is currently in the acquisition planning stage for the procurement of environmental technical expertise and support in the following areas: 1.) Deactivation and Decommissioning Policy, Procedures, and Technologies; 2.) Waste Analysis and Disposal; 3.) Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposition Planning and Integration; 4.) Transportation and Packaging Management and Operations; 5.) Groundwater and Soil Remediation; 6.) Waste Processing; and 7.) Value Engineering. This announcement is not a request for proposals (RFP) and shall not be construed as a commitment by the government to award a contract at this time. All interested 8(a) companies are hereby invited to submit a capability statement of no more than ten pages to demonstrate their ability to provide expertise in some or all of the seven functional areas listed above. An 8(a) company may submit a capability statement that includes the expertise of partner companies under a teaming arrangement; however, at least 50% of the total cost of all services provided must be incurred by or for personnel of the 8(a) company. Capability statements shall be submitted via e-mail to Barry Page at barry.page@emcbc.doe.gov and to John Blecher at john.blecher@emcbc.doe.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, January 24, 2012.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ecf7266ae88c45b6aef23b7cc8299e8d&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/11/12
SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Federal Locations, EM Consolidated Business Center, 250 E. 5th Street, Suite 500, Cincinnati OH 45202
PUBLICATION DATE: January 13, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3702

R--PROCUREMENT INITIATION NOTICE FOR NCEA'S ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SRCSGT/MOD)
SOL: SOL-CI-12-00024
DUE: 012512
POC: Matthew Growney, growney.matthew@epa.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/OH/SOL-CI-12-00024/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. Technical Support for Conducting Ecological RiskAssessment (SOL-CI-12-00024)THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT ASOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDEDFROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a "market search" for large and small businesses in preparation for a future procurement. The EPA has a need for a contractor to provide the Office of Research and Development (ORD); National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) technical support for conducting ecological risk assessment, which provides a formal approach for estimating the likelihood of an adverse ecological effect from a stressor and causal assessments, which provide formal approaches for assigning probable causes to observed ecological effects. Information submitted in response to this notice is merely used for internal market research purposes and no feedback will be offered to the interested parties that submit capability statements.Specific areas to be addressed in capability packages are as follows: (1) Experience in developing,evaluating, and refining methods, analyses, and quantitative models in support of ecological causal and risk assessments; (2) Experience in developing and enhancing web- and PC-based assessment and visualization tools; (3) Experience in managing data and information to support all NCEA assessment activities and accessibility; (4) Experience in reviewing, extracting, pre-processing and summarizing relevant literature and data and support case study assessments; (5) Experience in supporting/conducting outreach and technology transfer activities.The successful contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials, facilities, and services in support of the efforts delineated by the Performance Work Statement (PWS). A draft PWS can beobtained from the OAM website, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/. It is anticipated that the contract will be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Level of Effort (LOE) starting in September 2012 with a one year Base Period and four Optional Periods of 12 months each. Approximately 14,200 LOE hours are anticipated for each contract period for a total of 71,000 hours.The applicable NAICS code is 541620 with a size standard of $7,000,000. Any interested firms should submit a capability statement that demonstrates the firm's ability to perform the key requirements described above. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. In the capabilities statements, contractors should provide their size status for the above referenced NAICS code, (i.e. large, small) and whether or not they are a certified hubzone, 8(a), women owned, small disadvantaged and/or disabled veteran owned concern. As a reminder, small businesses are required to perform at least 50 percent of the costs of the contract performance with their own personnel (FAR 52.219-14). The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses. Responses to the above should be submitted to (Mark Cranley, USEPA, 26 West Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268, or cranley.mark@epa.gov) no later than 15 calendar days from date of posting. A separate synopsis will be issued for the Request for Proposal (RFP) resulting from this sources source synopsis.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=ce4ce7387ab87a459196bc949df8f778&_cview=0
Posted: 01/10/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Ohio, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive Mail Code: NWD Cincinnati OH 45268
PUBLICATION DATE: January 12, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3701

Y--ASBESTOS AND LEAD ABATEMENT FOR VAMC RI, MA, NH, CT, ME, AND VT (SRCSGT)
SOL: VA24112R0290
DUE: 012512
POC: Karla Rotondo, Contact Specialist, (401)459-4760x1558, Karla.Rotondo@va.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/PrVMAC650/PrVAMC650/VA24112R0290/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. IDIQ Multiple Award Asbestos and Lead Abatement for VISN 1 (New England). THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This announcement is seeking information from industry, which will be used for preliminary planning purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, namely Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) and/or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) in accordance with the requirements of Public Law 109-461. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 1 has a requirement for on-going facilities asbestos and lead abatement, for the following VISN 1 VA Facilities: VAMC Providence, RI; VA Connecticut Health Care System facilities located in West Haven and Newington, CT; VAMC White River Junction, VA; VAMC Manchester, NH; VAMC Togus, ME; VAMC Bedford, MA; VA Boston Healthcare System facilities located in Brockton, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury, MA. Interested parties meeting the requirements of this notice should submit the attached area of consideration with their response. Limitations on Subcontracting, the prime contractor must perform at least 25% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees for general construction-type procurements. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. The intent of the project is to award Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) asbestos and lead abatement contracts to include the areas identified above. The types of work to be performed will be Asbestos and Lead Abatement. Remediation construction contractors have a size standard of $14.0 million in average annual receipts; the applicable NAICS code is 562910. The resulting contracts will not have fixed unit costs. All contract work will be completed through individual Firm Fixed Price (FFP) task orders awarded for individual projects. Each task order will be priced individually and will include its own wage determination. These task orders will be competed amongst the IDIQ awardees. The term of the IDIQ Multi-Award Contract may be a one-year Base Period from date of award, with four (4) one (1) year options to extend. Each task order will have its own completion date established. This notice is published to conduct market research to determine if there is a sufficient number of verified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB) capable of performing the requirements to warrant a solicitation set-aside. In order to be eligible as an SDVOSB or VOSB, a firm must be registered in VetBiz. Registration may be accomplished at http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/. Additionally, all interested firms must be verified by the Center for Veteran Enterprises upon submission of a proposal in accordance with VAAR 804.1102 in order to be eligible. An active registration in CCR is also required. Registration is available at www.ccr.gov. For planning purposes, the Government intends to publish a solicitation for this requirement on or about February 15, 2012. Interested parties responding to this sources sought request shall submit the following information at a minimum: (1) company name and address, point of contact with phone number, and DUNS number; (2) documentation relating to capability of performance of asbestos and lead abatement (including references with current point of contact and phone number); (3) proof of registration in the VA Vet Biz website and verification by VA Center for Veterans Enterprise (CVE) or status of verification application; (4) Company's Bonding Capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars) via letter from bonding company documentation; (5) completed area of consideration form with copies of licenses in the states identified as interest for consideration; and (6) any other pertinent company documentation. THE RESPONSE DATE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS JANUARY 25, 2012, AT 4:00 PM. This market research is for informational and planning purposes only to determine if a SDVOSB or VOSB set-aside is appropriate. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted. Electronic submissions are required via Karla.Rotondo@va.gov. Subject line relating to this sources sought must read "VA241-12-R-0290 - ASBESTOS IDIQ SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE." Should any firms interested in responding to this solicitation not be able to open the attachment for the area of consideration, please send an email to Karla.Rotondo@va.gov - subject title must read "Send area of consideration - Asbestos IDIQ." RESULTS INFORMATION: Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to help the Government make the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought announcement. The official Synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov and inviting firms to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=743d359f67e73ef9b2db5bb8ab997f68&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/10/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, Providence VAMC, 830 Chalkstone Avenue; Providence RI 02908
PUBLICATION DATE: January 12, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3701

R--PEER REVIEW OF A STATED PREFERENCE SURVEY CONDUCTED TO SUPPORT BENEFITS ESTIMATE (PRESOL)
SOL: RFQ-DC-12-00020
DUE: 012612
POC: Dennis James Bushta, bustha.dennisjames@epa.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/HQ/RFQ-DC-12-00020/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. Peer Review of a Stated Preference Survey Conducted to Support Benefits Estimates for the 316(b) Existing Facilities Rule. Estimated Period of Performance: The period of performance shall be for approximately 2 months from the Effective date of the Purchase Order. Purchase Order Project Officer: TBD. U.S. EPA Office of Water. BACKGROUND INFORMATIONIn January 1993, responding to recommendations in the report, "Safeguarding the Future: Credible Science, Credible Decisions," Administrator William Reilly issued an Agency-wide policy for peer review. Administrator Carol Browner confirmed and reissued the policy on June 7, 1994, and instituted an Agency-wide implementation program. The principle underlying the Peer Review Policy is that all major scientific and technical work products should be peer reviewed. Peer review is a process for enhancing a scientific or technical work document so that the decision or position taken by the Agency, based on the technical document, has a sound, credible basis. The goal of the Agency's Peer Review Policy is to ensure that scientific and technical work products receive appropriate levels of critical scrutiny from independent scientific and technical experts as part of the overall decision making process. In 2006, the Agency reaffirmed its commitment to quality decision-making by updating the Agency Peer Review Policy and issuing the third edition of the Peer Review Handbook (http://www.epa.gov/peerreview/pdfs/peer_review_handbook_2006.pdf), which amplifies and clarifies key Agency peer review issues. The Handbook states that, in general, all influential scientific and technical work products related to Agency decisions should normally be peer reviewed. Peer review is a documented, critical review of a work product performed by experts who are independent of those who developed the product. Work products that are developed to support regulations, such as risk assessments, should be evaluated to determine whether they meet the criteria for "influential scientific and/or technical work products" and thus should be subject to peer review. Regulations themselves are not peer reviewed. The straight-forward application of accepted, previously peer-reviewed economic methods or analyses in Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs), are not typically subject to formal peer review. If, however, the particular facts and circumstances of any piece of economic analysis in an RIA warrant peer review, the Agency should accommodate those needs on a case-by-case basis. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing regulations under section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act. Section 316(b) requires that the location, design, construction, and capacity of cooling water intake structures reflect the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact. The EPA estimates that more than 1,500 industrial facilities use large volumes of water from lakes, rivers, estuaries, oceans, or other waters of the U.S. for cooling, including steam electric power generators, pulp and paper makers, chemical manufacturers, petroleum refiners, and manufacturers of primary metals like iron, steel, and aluminum. Cooling water intake structures cause adverse environmental impact by pulling large numbers of fish and shellfish, or their eggs, into cooling systems (entrainment). There, the organisms may be killed or injured by heat, physical stress, or by chemicals used to clean the cooling system. Larger organisms may be killed or injured when trapped against screens of an intake structure (impingement). EPA is developing Section 316(b) regulations. In December 2001, EPA published final regulations addressing all new power plants and facilities that withdraw more than two million gallons of water daily from waters of the U.S. (Phase I). On February 16, 2004, EPA took final action on the Phase II rule governing cooling water intake structures at existing facilities that are point sources; that, as their primary activity, both generate and transmit electric power or generate electric power for sale to another entity for transmission; that use or propose to use cooling water intake structures with a total design intake flow of 50 MGD or more to withdraw cooling water from waters of the United States; and that use at least 25 percent of the withdrawn water exclusively for cooling purposes. See 69 FR 41576 (July 9, 2004). Industry and environmental stakeholders challenged the Phase II regulations. On judicial review, the Second Circuit (Riverkeeper, Inc. v. EPA, 475 F.3d 83, (2d Cir., 2007)) remanded several provisions of the Phase II rule. Some key provisions remanded include: EPA improperly used a cost-benefit analysis as a criteria for determining BTA, and EPA inappropriately used ranges in setting performan ce expectations. In addition, the Second Circuit further ruled restoration was not permissible as BTA, and that EPA?s cost-benefit site-specific compliance alternative was also not in accord with the Clean Water Act. In response, EPA suspended the Phase II regulation in July, 2007 pending further rulemaking. The US Supreme Court granted certiorari to Entergy Corportation on cost/benefit decision made by the Second Circuit and on April 1, 2009 the Court, in Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper Inc., decided that "EPA permissibly relied on cost-benefit analysis in setting the national performance standards" as part of the Phase II regulations. EPA is now taking a voluntary remand of the rule, thus ending Second Circuit review. In June of 2006, EPA promulgated the 316(b) Phase III Rule for existing manufacturers, small flow power plants (facilities that use cooling water intake structures with a total design intake flow of less than 50 MGD to withdraw cooling water from waters of the United States; and that use at least 25 percent of the withdrawn water exclusively for cooling purposes), and new offshore oil and gas facilities. Offshore oil and gas firms, and environmental groups petitioned for judicial review, which was to occur in the Fifth Circuit. On July 23, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a favorable decision upholding EPA's CWA section 316(b) rule for new oil and gas facilities and accepted EPA's request to remand the existing facility portion of the rule back to the Agency for further rulemaking. EPA has now voluntarily remanded the existing facilities portion of the Phase III rulemaking, and combined the two phases into one rulemaking covering all exis ting facilities. EPA is develop revised regulations to provide national performance standards for controlling impacts from all existing facilities with cooling water intake structures under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA has published a proposed Existing Facilities Rule in April of 2011, which is available at http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/316b/index.cfm. The Final 316b Existing Facilities Rule is expected to be signed in July of 2012. SCOPE OF WORKThe purpose of this Purchase Order is to conduct external, independent peer reviews that will evaluate the stated preference survey materials and implementation process, and the willingness-to-pay estimation methodology that are to be used in partial support of the Section 316(b) rulemaking. This stated preference survey is designed to elicit survey respondents' willingness to pay for reducing I&E at cooling water intakes. Under the guise of this Purchase Order, peer reviewers will evaluate the stated preference survey materials and implementation process, and the willingness-to-pay estimation methodology. The reviewers will comment on the appropriateness of the survey for the Section 316(b) valuation of fish, eggs, and larvae, fish population impacts, and ecosystem health, the use of the choice experiment framework, the appropriateness of the survey implementation process, the statistical method for correcting for non-response bias, and the willingness-to-pay estimation meth odology. STATEMENT OF WORK: The Contractor shall support US EPA to identify and select peer reviewers, conduct peer reviews, and prepare a peer review report as specified in this statement of work. The Contractor shall perform all activities under this Purchase Order in accordance with EPA Agency Peer Review Policy procedures outlined in the following publication, Science Policy Council Handbook - Peer Review 3rd Edition (EPA 100/B-06/002, January 2006, http://www.epa.gov/peerreview/pdfs/peer_review_handbook_2006.pdf). For this Task, the Contractor shall perform the following subtasks to complete peer review of the stated preference survey materials and implementation process, and the willingness-to-pay estimation methodology. Task 1 : Identify Peer Reviewer Pool The Contractor shall identify a group of candidate peer reviewers to prepare and submit to the EPA PO the credentials of ten nationally-recognized technical experts who are qualified to independently peer review the stated preference survey materials and implementation process, and the willingness-to-pay estimation methodology according to EPA peer review guidelines. The potential pool of peer reviewers shall include experts in environmental and natural resource economics, and econometric analysis, with specific experience in the estimation of non-use, fisheries, and/or recreation benefits. The peer review panel shall not include any experts that directly or indirectly (by consultation) contributed to EPA's rulemaking for section 316(b), nor those experts advising other parties in this matter or associated with any of the data used for various case studies. EPA will review and approve the potential pool of peer reviewers based on credentials and expertise to fulfill the role of peer reviewers of EPA technical documents. The EPA may reject the use of any particular candidate based on qualifications, conflicts of interest, or past direct involvement with the work under review. Task 2 : Conduct Peer ReviewFollowing review and approval by the PO of the peer reviewer pool, the Contractor shall choose five peer reviewers from the peer review panel of the ten candidates approved by the EPA PO, determine their availability to perform the review, and initiate the peer review effort. The Contractor shall distribute the stated preference survey materials, implementation documentation, the willingness-to-pay estimation methodology, background information on the 316(b) rule, and the Charge to Peer Reviewers (provided to the Contractor by EPA, see Government Responsibilities below) to each selected peer reviewer. The Contractor also shall provide the peer reviewers any supplemental information requested by the reviewers and deemed necessary by the EPA PO to complete a thorough review. The Contractor shall coordinate with the peer reviewers and monitor their progress to complete the review within the required time and LOE constraints described in this Purchase Order. Peer reviewers shall conduct their review according to the guidelines detailed in the charge to peer reviewers. Peer reviewers shall respond to the specific question asked in the charge or briefly indicate why the question cannot or should not be addressed. It is not necessary that the peer reviewers jointly reach consensus on their findings and recommendations. It is expected that no single peer reviewer would expend more than 40 hours performing the peer review; expending less than 20 hours is not acceptable. Task 3: Prepare Peer Review Report Upon obtaining comments from the peer reviewers, the Contractor shall assemble and provide to the EPA all unedited peer review comments and any additional materials submitted by peer reviewers. A summary of peer review comments is required. If the EPA PO makes a request for clarification of any peer review comment upon receipt, the Contractor shall contact the peer reviewer and obtain the needed clarification. Upon the written request by the EPA PO, the Contractor may be required to present the peer review findings to any of the following: EPA technical expert panel, EPA managers, non-EPA or other interested stakeholders identified by EPA PO (e.g., EPA sponsored meeting). DELIVERABLE SCHEDULE: The Contractor shall provide the following deliverables to the EPA PO. All text deliverables shall be compatible with Word 2007 and provided in electronic format (i.e., e-mail) to the PO. Two hard copies and one electronic copy on CD or DVD of all deliverables shall be submitted to EPA. Two hard copies of any handwritten comments, corrections, or edits provided by the individual peer reviewers on the original materials provided by EPA should be provided to the EPA PO. Note that EPA anticipates that subtask 1 of this Purchase Order can be initiated immediately. Subtask 2 will be initiated once EPA provides the peer review charge information and example peer reviewer list. Task 1 Identify peer reviewer pool: The Contractor shall submit a list and credentials for ten potential peer reviewers within one week after Contractor receipt of the survey and supporting material and charge peer review documents. Task 2 Conduct peer review: The Contractor shall choose five peer reviewers and begin peer review within one week after EPA approval of the peer review pool. The Contractor shall complete peer review within one month of the peer reviewers' receipt of the documents. Task 3 Prepare DRAFT peer review report: The Contractor shall complete and submit to the EPA PO the peer review report within one week after receiving comments from peer reviewers. Prepare FINAL peer review report: The Contractor shall complete and submit to the EPA PO the peer review report within one week after receiving comments from peer reviewers. See the notice at FBO.gov for additional information, including a Conflict of Interest statement.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=fc5376b574985c8627c1a89b33329e41&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/13/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Ariel Rios Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. Mail Code: 3803R Washington DC 20460
PUBLICATION DATE: January 15, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3704

CATASTROPHE MITIGATION AND RESTORATION (SRCSGT)
SOL: SCB120220111024
DUE: 012712
POC: Samia C. Brandford, Contract Specialist, samia.brandford@whs.mil, 703-545-1578.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/ODA/WHS/REF/SCB120220111024/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. The Washington Headquarters Services/Acquisition Directorate is conducting market research to assess industry capabilities for providing Catastrophe Mitigation and Restoration and : (1) the availability and capability of qualified business sources; (2) the type of businesses, e.g., large businesses. HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; and/or small disadvantaged businesses, etc for the proposed acquisition; and (3) the availability of procurement options using various acquisition vehicles and (4) Pricing structures for this type of service. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A UNDER THE APPLICABLE 562910-Remediation Services NAICS CODE SHOULD NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE. A summary of the Government's requirement is attached to the announcement at FBO.gov. All interested parties with capabilties to successfully perform the Government's requirement are encouraged to complete and submit the response form. The announcement includes the following attachments: (1) Sources Sought Description Notice; (2) Sources Sought Announcement Response Form. Please E-Mail the completed attachment (2) Sources Sought Announcement Response Form, no later than 27January 2012 at or before 12pm Eastern Standard Time to Samia Brandford: samia.brandford@whs.mil. The subject line of the E-Mail should read: SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT SCB120220111024 RESPONSE FORM. Questions pertaining to this announcement may be submitted via email only. The subject line in the E-Mail should read: SCB120220111024 Question. SPECIAL NOTE: This announcement is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP). The purpose of this sources sought announcement is to conduct market research only. IF A SOLICITATION IS ISSUED IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Additional information, as it becomes available, will be posted as amendments to this announcement. All amendments will be available for viewing at the FBO.gov website. It is incumbent upon the interested parties to review the site frequently for any updates and amendments to any and all documents. All potential offerors are reminded, in accordance with FAR 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration; lack of registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) will make an offeror ineligible for contract award. Additionally, in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 52.204-8, Annual Representations and Certifications, offerors are also reminded to register with Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) at https://orca.bpn.gov. This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately award a contract, nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. Any information provided by industry to the Government as a result of this notice or any follow-up information requests is voluntary and shall be treated as confidential. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with this or future requests.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9ae4cb64af35d223acf97dd61b993f5b&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/13/12
SPONSOR: Other Defense Agencies, Washington Headquarters Services, 2521 S. Clark St, Ste 2000 Arlington, VA; 1155 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC 20301-1155
PUBLICATION DATE: January 15, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3704

A--BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT 2012 (PRESOL)
SOL: W912HZ12BAA01
DUE: 013112
POC: Allison Hudson, 601-634-5233, allison.b.hudson@usace.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/329/W912HZ12BAA01/listing.html
NAICS: 541712. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has issued a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for various research and development topic areas. The ERDC consists of the Coastal and Hydraulics Lab (CHL), the Geotechnical and Structures Lab (GSL), the Environmental Lab (EL) and the Information Technology Lab (ITL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire; the Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois; and the Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) in Alexandria, Virginia. The ERDC is responsible for conducting research in the broad fields of hydraulics, dredging, coastal engineering, instrumentation, oceanography, remote sensing, geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering, soil effects, vehicle mobility, self-contained munitions, military engineering, geophysics, pavements, protective structures, aquatic plants, water quality, dredged material, treatment of hazardous waste, wetlands, physical/mechanical/ chemical properties of snow and other frozen precipitation, infrastructure and environmental issues for installations, computer science, telecommunications management, energy, facilities maintenance, materials and structures, engineering processes, environmental processes, land and heritage conservation, and ecological processes. The BAA is available at http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/pls/erdcpub/WWW_WELCOME.Navigation_PAGE?tmp_Next_Page=45 and is open until superseded. Proposals may be accepted at any time. For questions regarding proposals to CHL, EL, GSL, TEC & ITL, contact Lisa Luckett at 601-634-2633 or via email at Lisa.K.Luckett@usace.army.mil. For questions concerning proposals to CERL, contact Vickie Swan at 217-373-4480 or via email at Vickie.l.swan@usace.army.mil or Andrea Krouse at 217-373-6746 or via email at andrea.j.krouse@usace.army.mil. For questions concerning proposals to CRREL, contact Wendy Adams at 603-646-4323 or via email at Wendy.A.Adams@usace.army.mil. Contact the technical personnel listed at the end of each topic area for questions concerning the topic areas themselves.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=3265cf004932419da5cd422905395421&tab=core&_cview=1
Posted: 01/12/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE ITL, GSL, EL, CHL, Vicksburg, 3909 HALLS FERRY ROAD , VICKSBURG, MS 39180-6199
PUBLICATION DATE: January 14, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3703

F--IDIQ CONTRACT FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE AND LONG-TERM MONITORING AT MMR, CAMP EDWARDS, MA (MOD)
SOL: W912WJ-12-R-0001
DUE: 021312
POC: Raushanah Muhammad, 978-318-8478, raushanah.m.muhammad@usace.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA33/W912WJ-12-R-0001/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. The New England District is acquiring an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Environmental Remediation Services Contract to support the operation and maintenance (O&M) and long-term monitoring (LTM) at the Massachusetts Military Reservation (MMR), Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, MA. It will be competed among SBA Certified 8(a) Program participants. The Total Acquisition Value (TAV) of the contract awarded under this solicitation will not exceed $24M and will have a 5-year ordering period with a 1-year base period and four 1-year option periods. The work will be performed primarily at the MMR although the contract will allow for work at other sites requiring these services within the mission areas of the North Atlantic Division. The awarded contract will include firm-fixed price task orders for consulting services for environmental related issues. These services may include, but are not limited to, long-term groundwater monitoring (as well as other environmental media) and associated chemical analyses, data validation, reporting (i.e., periodic data reports; five-year reviews), optimization of groundwater monitoring networks and procedures, operation and maintenance of groundwater treatment facilities and systems, and optimization of these systems. Other incidental services may include running groundwater flow and transport models provided by the Government. This will be a performance-based procurement. Specific outcomes will be defined in each competitive task order. Task orders will be awarded up to the maximum capacity of $24,000,000.00. There is no limit of the number of Task Order(s) that may be executed, but in no case shall the sum of all Task Order(s) executed exceed $24,000,000.00. The Government is obligated to satisfy a minimum guaranteed amount of not less than $50,000.00 over the life of the contract. Please note this solicitation is set aside for certified small businesses under the 8(a) program, applicable NAICS code is 562910, size standard of 500 employees. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at raushanah.m.muhammad@usace.army.mil.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=62b0f395bf7a515e986e69ae2dab619d&tab=core&_cview=1
Posted: 01/13/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, New England, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, MA 01742-2751
PUBLICATION DATE: January 15, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3704

CHEROKEE COUNTY - TREECE OU4 (PRESOL)
SOL: SOL-R7-12-00002
DUE: 021612
POC: Amber Krueger, krueger.amber@epa.gov.
POP: Treece, Kansas.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/RegVII/SOL-R7-12-00002/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. The Treece OU4 Subsite is located in Cherokee County, Kansas. This remedial action is for a portion of the mine waste located at this sub-site. The selected remedy consists of excavation, consolidation, landfill construction, and disposal of mine waste and associated soils contaminated with heavy metals. The remedial action shall be conducted in accordance with the specifications developed during the remedial design. The contractor shall be required to comply with all applicable federal, state, and the local laws and regulations. Remediation will be conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensations, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), and National Contingency Plan (NCP) requirements. EPA anticipates issuing performance-based firm fixed-price lump sum contract consisting of two year period of performance. Estimated dollar value for this procurement is between $3 - $7 million. This procurement will be a Hubzone set-aside. The solicitation was issued January 9, 2012 and is posted at www.epa.gov/oam/regions/index.htm. RESPONSES ARE DUE BY FEBRUARY 16, 2012.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8821b2cd999a06e7422606ce672ce674&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/10/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Region VII, 901 North 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, 66101
PUBLICATION DATE: January 12, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3701

INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR HAZARDOUS TOXIC RADIOACTIVE WASTE (HTRW) INVESTIGATIONS AND REMEDIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS MANAGED BY THE ST. LOUIS DISTRICT CORPS OF ENTINEERS. (PRESOL)
SOL: W912P912R0710
DUE: 022412
POC: Judy Kibler, 314-331-8521, judith.a.kibler@usace.army.mil.
POP: USACE District St. Louis ATTN: CEMVS-CT, 1222 Spruce Street St. Louis MO 63103-2833.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/notices/45667d2c0589b708ae1c0f3a4bb1ab51
NAICS: 562910. Services of a qualified firm are sought in support of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste (HTRW) investigations and remediation of environmental programs and projects managed by the St. Louis District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under NAICS Code 562910. This contract is being procured in accordance with the FAR Part 15, any corresponding agency regulations, and as outlined in the current version of the Army Source Selection Manual. Firm will be selected based on demonstrated competence and qualifications to accomplish the required work and, to a lesser extent, cost. One contract will be awarded as cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF) for a five year duration unless the maximum accumulative amount of $37,500,000 is reached sooner. Work will be issued by individual task orders not to exceed the contract amount. The contract is anticipated to be awarded in the March to April timeframe. This announcement is open to all businesses regardless of size. If a large business is selected for this contract, it must comply with FAR 52.219-9 regarding the requirement for a subcontracting plan on that part of the work it intends to subcontract. The wages and benefits of service employees (see FAR 22.10) performing under these contracts must be at least equal to those determined by the Department of Labor under the Service Contract Act, relative to the employee's home office location. Prior to contract award, a firm must be registered in the DoD Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Register via the CCR Internet site at http://www.ccr.gov or by contacting the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-(800)-334-3414. PROJECT INFORMATION: The contract will include services supporting the execution of the St. Louis District's HTRW program, a major part of which is the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP). The FUSRAP sites contain low-level radioactive contaminated materials and may contain chemically contaminated materials from the processing of uranium for the Manhattan Engineer District and the Atomic Energy Commission. FUSRAP sites managed by the St. Louis District are located in and around the metropolitan St. Louis area and also include the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Burlington, Iowa. Additionally, the Government may, at its discretion and concurrence of the Contractor, request the Contractor to perform work in other geographical regions within the boundaries of the Mississippi Division and/or at sites assigned to the District. Additional HTRW and FUSRAP information is available on the District's website: www.mvs.usace.mil. The services to be provided generally include the following: extent of contamination survey; multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site investigation Manual (MARSSIM) based site characterization and verification involving low-level radioactive and chemical constituents; MARSSIM-based final status survey evaluations; management and operation of on-site radiological and wet chemistry laboratories and testing facilities (must pass DOD QSM audit upon selection); confirmation of remedial actions; technical/regulatory integration; environmental monitoring and radiological support; overall program support activities such as administrative record/document management, data management, and quality assurance. SOURCE SELECTION: A formal Source Selection process will be followed during this procurement; all responses received to the impending solicitation will be evaluated in accordance with the requirements of Sections "L" and "M", and the Source Selection Evaluation Plan. The principle objective of the evaluation process is to make an award to the responsible offeror whose proposal is determined to be the "Best Value" to the Government, price and other factors considered. The solicitation will be available on Fed Biz Ops and our St. Louis District Contracting Home Page on or about 24 January 2012. Please e-mail any questions to Judith.A.Kibler@usace.army.mil.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=45667d2c0589b708ae1c0f3a4bb1ab51&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/10/12
SPONSOR: USACE District St. Louis, ATTN: CEMVS-CT, 1222 Spruce Street, St. Louis, MO 63103-2833
PUBLICATION DATE: January 12, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3701

A--ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (ESTCP) (PRESOL)
SOL: BAA-12-0003
DUE: 031512
POC: Susan Hill, 703-428-6420, susan.m.hill@usace.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA72/BAA-12-0003/listing.html
NAICS: 541712; 541330. The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense's (DoD) demonstration and validation program for environmental technologies. The ESTCP Office is interested in receiving pre-proposals for innovative environmental technology demonstrations that address DoD requirements as candidates for funding. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ESTCP's intent to competitively fund demonstration projects as described in the Program Announcement on the ESTCP web site. The Program Announcement which includes specific topics and complete submittal instructions is found at www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/ESTCP-Solicitations. No request for proposals (RFP), solicitation, or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. Awards will take the form of contracts. Submission of proposals is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. The Government will not pay for any costs associated with the preparation of proposals, travel to present oral presentations in support of the proposals, nor initial preparation and submission of a project plan. To be eligible for consideration, readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a pre-proposal in accordance with the Instructions on the web site, no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 15, 2012. No electronic mail or faxed proposals will be accepted. Awardees under this BAA will be selected through a multi-stage review process. The pre-proposal review step allows interested organizations to submit technology demonstrations for Government consideration without incurring the expense of a full proposal. Based upon the pre-proposal evaluation by ESTCP, each of the pre-proposal submitters will be notified as to whether ESTCP requests or does not request the submission of a full proposal. Due to the anticipated volume of pre-proposals that will be received, ESTCP will not provide debriefs on those that are not requested to submit a full proposal. Instructions for preparing a full proposal will be provided at the time of notification. A request for submission of a full proposal does not indicate a decision has been made to make an award. There is no commitment by ESTCP to make any contract awards, nor to be responsible for any money expended by the offeror before contract award is made for a demonstration. Multiple awards may be made to address a particular topic area. It is expected that multiple awards totaling approximately $10.0 million will result depending on availability of funds. Small business participation is strongly encouraged as the government goal is that small business, historically black colleges, universities and minority institutions' participation represent 5 percent of the total contract award value. If a full proposal is requested and the proposed budget is $650,000 or more, a Small Business Participation Plan (SBPP) must accompany the full proposal, whether it is submitted by a large or small business vendor. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541712 with the small business size standard of 500 employees. Prior to award, selected contract proposals that exceed $650,000 submitted by all but small business concerns must be accompanied by a Small, Small Disadvantaged and Woman-Owned, Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA) Small Business Office web site at http://www.hecsa.usace.army.mil/hxsb provides information on how to prepare a subcontracting plan, along with links to find small businesses to participate. The point of contact for procedural questions in the ESTCP Office is Ms. Jina Banks-Saunders, 703-696-2127. The HECSA point of contact for contracting issues is Ms. Susan Hill, 703-428-6420 or by e-mail at Susan.M.Hill@usace.army.mil and for the small business participation plan or subcontracting plan is Ms. Jackie Robinson-Burnette, 202-761-8789 or by e-mail at Jackie.L.Robinson-Burnette@usace.army.mil
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ea8abc29c0f0ae3aebb5620544b35081&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/12/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE HEC, Ft. Belvoir, ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860
PUBLICATION DATE: January 14, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3703

S--WASTE HOLDING BASIN CLEANING. (PRESOL)
SOL: W9124D-12-T-0040
DUE: 032312
POC: Raymond S. Gaddie, 502-624-8430, raymond.gaddie@us.army.mil.
NAICS: 562998. The contractor shall furnish all personnel, management, equipment and transportation required for the cleaning of sanitary waste holding basins located at various locations throughout Fort Knox, Kentucky.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1b18dbe2ed6a68b745242de8cb07b5be&tab=core&_cview=0 AND https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ff37b128391eed26d7701c95e1055c97&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/10/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, MICC, MICC Center - Fort Knox, Directorate of Contracting, Building 1109B Fort Knox KY 40121-5000
PUBLICATION DATE: January 12, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3701

H--GROUND WATER MONITORING (PRESOL)
SOL: W911KF-12-R-0002
POC: Heather Glover, Contract Specialist, (256) 235-6449; email: heather.n.glover@us.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/notices/5ef4a96f860778f4db8d31aa1eaafdd7
NAICS: 541380. This scope of work establishes requirements for services pertaining to the monitoring, sampling, data analysis, and data collaboration of groundwater wells at the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) Open Burning (OB) and Open Detonation (OD) areas. Waste Military Munitions are destroyed by burning and underground detonation at the OB and OD areas. There are currently eight groundwater wells to be monitored on a semiannual basis, all of which are currently in ANAD's Hazardous Waste Facility Permit. Additional wells may also be monitored for groundwater water elevations based on the requirements of state environmental regulators. A statistical evaluation will be completed to determine if statistically significant evidence of contamination above background levels at each monitoring well exist within 45 calendar days after completion of each sampling event. If statistically significant evidence of contamination exist above background levels sampling of Appendix IX to part 264 of 40 CFR compounds will be required in addition. Annual groundwater reports are also required within this scope. This scope includes the above monitoring activities and any other groundwater activities that may result from the site's continued operation based on ANAD's Hazardous Waste Facility Permit and state/federal environmental regulations. This solicitation is for a base and four one year options. This is an unrestricted procurement. North American Industry Classification System Code is 541380. This solicitation will be issued electronically in accordance with FAR 4.501, 5.102(a)(7) and 14.205-1(c); therefore hard copies will not be provided. Proposals submitted must be in electronic format as stated in the solicitation. Vendors wishing an electronic copy may download it on or after the issue date by accessing the following address via the internet: https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/ (Army Single Face to Industry). ESTIMATED ISSUE DATE IS 24 JANUARY 2012. CAUTION: This solicitation will be issued electronically as will any amendments thereto. Because of this, the Government is under no obligation and is, in fact, unable to maintain a bidder's mailing list. It is therefore incumbent upon any interested parties to periodically access the above internet address in order to obtain any amendments which may be issued. Failure to obtain any said amendments and to respond to them prior to the date and time set for receipt of proposals may render your proposal non-responsive and result in the rejection of your proposal. POINT OF CONTACT: Heather Glover, Contract Specialist, (256) 235-6449; email: heather.n.glover@us.army.mil.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=5ef4a96f860778f4db8d31aa1eaafdd7
Posted: 01/09/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - Warren (ACC-WRN)(ANAD), ATTN: AMSTA-AN-CT, Building 221, 7 Frankford Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201-4199
PUBLICATION DATE: January 11, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3700

ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT CONTRACT (ESC III) (PRESOL)
SOL: FA2521-12-R-0001
POC: Candon Haynicz, candon.haynicz@patrick.af.mil, 321-494-6292; Cheryl T. Witt, Contract Specialist, cheryl.witt@patrick.af.mil, 321-494-2563, Fax: 321-494-6193.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFSC/45CONSb423/FA2521-12-R-0001/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE: This is NOT a request for proposal. This is a synopsis for an 8(a) competitive service acquisition as required by FAR Part 5.2 Vendors shall NOT submit proposals until the Final Solicitation (NO DRAFT MARKS) is posted to this website. The 45th Contracting Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL announces the anticipated release of the Environmental Support Contract. (ESC III) solicitation which will result in a 5-year fixed price Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Contract. The purpose of this contract is to provide environmental, technical and regulatory expertise to assist the 45 CES with interfacing with federal, state, local, and AF agencies for various environmental compliance programs. In addition, the contract provides database management of compliance program tracking and the Geographical Information System. This contract is primarily performed at Cape Canaveral, AFS but also provides support at Patrick AFB. *After release of the Solicitation a Pre-Proposal Conference will be held. Further instructions will be added in Section L (Clause 5352.215-9001) of the Solicitation Document. SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE WILL BE LATE JANUARY OR EARLY FEBRUARY. The applicable NAICS Code and size standard for this acquisition are 541620/$7M. The solicitation will be an 8(a) Competitive Set-Aside. Contract award will be based on a best value analysis. Interested parties should register on-line and subscribe to receiving procurement announcements related to this solicitation by entering the website at www.fbo.gov. There will be no paper copies of this solicitation. All solicitation information may be obtained through the above referenced website. Any questions related to this solicitation must be submitted in writing via email to Candon Haynicz, Candon.Haynicz@patrick.af.mil (321-494-6292), or Cheryl Witt at Cheryl.Witt@patrick.af.mil (321-494-2563); or facsimile to 321-494-6193. THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS SOLICITATION, EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER RFP CLOSING, WITH NO OBLIGATION TO THE OFFEROR BY THE GOVERNMENT.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2f39bfc234ac4dc8555ca0c522ea04f4&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/13/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Air Force, Air Force Space Command, 45CONS (Bldg 423), 1201 Edward H White II St MS 7200, Patrick AFB, Florida 32925-3238
PUBLICATION DATE: January 15, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3704

Notices for January 2-6, 2012

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OIL RECOVERY EQUIPMENT FOR OIL-IN-ICE EXERCISE (PRESOL)
SOL: HSCG32-12-Q-SAP006
DUE: 011112
POC: Kristin L. Lems, Contracting Officer, kristin.l.lems@uscg.mil, 860-271-2665.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/USCG/USCGRDC/HSCG32-12-Q-SAP006/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. Oil Recovery Equipment for Oil-in-Ice Exercise -- Closing Date: 11 January 2012; 1:00PM EST. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; firm-fixed-price quotes for the purchase of the following item(s) are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This Request for Quote HSCG32-11-Q-SAP006 incorporates provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-50. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 541620 and the size standard is 500 employees. This is an unrestricted procurement. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), Research & Development Center intends to issue a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order using the procedures of FAR Part 12. The anticipated award date is on or about 13 January 2011. The government intends to award from this solicitation to the responsive vendor whose quote conforming to the solicitation provides the best value. The primary objective of this effort is to test the capabilities of oil recovery equipment deployed off of tugs in the Great Lakes area in an effort to increase the knowledge about the recovery of oil in broken ice conditions. See the notice posted at FBO.gov for additional information concerning this procurement.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=125852bdc48661148341dcadcc152c50&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/06/12
SPONSOR: Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Contracting Office, USCG Research and Development Center, 1 Chelsea Street, New London, Connecticut 06320-5506
PUBLICATION DATE: January 8, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3697

ZERO WASTE E-GUIDE & SUPPORT (PRESOL)
SOL: EPA-R1-FY12-JM4
DUE: 011812
POC: Justin Mierzejewski, Contract Specialist, mierzejewski.justin@epa.gov, (617) 918-1128, Fax: (617) 918-1909; Patrice Denault, Contracting Officer, denault.patrice@epa.gov, (617) 918-1139, Fax: (617) 918-1909.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/RegI/EPA-R1-FY12-JM4/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. The Environmental Protection Agency Region 1, New England, is issuing this Request for Quote (RFQ) for the development of an online resource E-Guide for communities in New England interested in learning more about zero waste goals or adopting a zero waste program. Requirements for the E-Guide are described in the Statement of Work attached to the notice at FBO.gov. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested and a separate written solicitation will not be issued. In accordance with FAR 19.502-2, this acquisition is set aside for small businesses under NAICS Code 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. The small business size standard for this NAICS Code is $7.0 mil. Offers from businesses that are not registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) under this NAICS code as a small business will not be considered for award.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=52928c9608bdbdd3701aabcc2d13393b&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/04/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, Region I, 5 Post Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3912
PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3695

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES ASSISTANCE TEAM (ESAT) (SRCSGT)
SOL: ESATSSA
DUE: 012412
POC: Jared Van Buskirk, vanbuskirk.jared@epa.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/HQ/ESATSSA/listing.html
NAICS: 541380. SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Sources Sought Announcement (SSA) to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classifications relative to NAICS code 541380 -- Testing Laboratories (size standard of $12.0M). EPA requests demonstration of capability by interested small business firms through submittal of a capability statement. In addition to the SSA, EPA requests all interested parties (whether submitting a capability statement or not) to add their company information to the "Interested Vendors List" tab associated with this notice on FedBizOpps. DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a solicitation announcement. This is a sources sought announcement only. Responses to this SSA shall not constitute responses to a solicitation. As stipulated in FAR 15.201, responses to this SSA are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely the Government's discretion. This SSA is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information submitted in response. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any government assessments. The information received will be utilized to assist in formulating a strategy for competitive procurements. DESCRIPTION: The EPA Superfund Program has historically relied on the Regional EPA Laboratories including the Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) to provide non-routine analytical services in support of Agency hazardous waste site projects, and other environmental monitoring. Although primarily a Superfund vehicle, ESAT also supports the Agency's RCRA program and other non-Superfund analytical efforts. These contractors provide multidisciplinary technical teams to each Region within their respective areas. The teams perform chemical and biological analysis, Field Analytical Support Program activities, specialized analytical services support and data validation/data review support, review of site-specific quality assurance, site investigation and sampling plans support for the development of new analytical methods, and logistical and administrative functions. Currently, EPA administers 10 ESAT support contracts (one in each EPA Region). The current ESAT contract structure was developed to expand EPA's existing capabilities for providing hazardous waste sample analysis and related support to Superfund sites. Because of the need for both routine and specialized non-routine analytical services, and the emphasis on environmental data quality assurance under a mandatory EPA Quality System, EPA sought to fully optimize the use of the Government's available resources by having ESAT contractors perform services onsite at EPA Regional Laboratory facilities at the locations listed: Region 1 / North Chelmsford, MA; Region 2 / Edison, NJ Region 3 / Ft. Meade, MD; Region 4 / Athens, GA; Region 5 / Chicago, IL; Region 6 / Houston, TX; Region 7 / Kansas City, KS; Region 8 / Golden, CO; Region 9 / Richmond, CA; Region 10 / Port Orchard, WA. The Government anticipates a single contract award in each Region (i.e., 10 total contract awards) to fulfill this requirement for up to 8 years. The level of effort required on an annual basis under the proposed contracts is anticipated to fluctuate based on many independent factors, including amount of laboratory analytical work required in each EPA region, programmatic budget changes, and changes in agency priorities. The Government anticipates a need for the following broadly estimated levels of effort (LOE) per contract year in terms of direct labor hours per contract year by the ESAT contractor in each of the EPA Regions: Region 1 / 25,000; Region 2 / 36,000; Region 3 / 25,000; Region 4 / 60,000; Region 5 / 17,000; Region 6 / 16,000; Region 7 / 21,000; Region 8 / 50,000; Region 9 / 46,000; Region 10 / 22,000. PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT: A draft ESAT Support contract Performance Work Statement (PWS) is attached to the notice posted at FBO.gov. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: The Government requests demonstration of capability by small business firms interested in performing this requirement as a prime contractor through submittal of a capability statement. All capability statements shall: 1. Include company name, address, DUNS, phone and principal owners including partners, subcontractors and/or joint venture arrangements. 2. Include business classification(s): (Small business, 8(a), HUBZone, small disadvantaged business (SDB), service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), women-owned small business (WOSB), and economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB)) in your submission. 3. State the (a) average number of employees of the concern; (b) average annual receipts based on the last 3 fiscal years; (c) other current business commitments (i.e., contracts, etc.); and (d) a description of the concern's accounting system for estimating and accumulating costs under cost-reimbursement contracts--and whether or not those system(s) have been audited and/or approved by any Government agency. 4. Indicate the EPA Regional ESAT contract(s) for which your company would like to be considered. 5. Include specific examples of work previously performed in all task areas described in the draft PWS within the past three years. Experience as a subcontractor, partner, joint venture, or key personnel is considered in the same manner as primary experience. Include reference(s) for each example. 6. Include detailed, documented proof of your company's past experience and/or capability to perform all task areas described in the draft PWS at the estimated level of effort for this requirement. 7. Demonstrate the management capability, corporate structure, and financial capability to meet the needs of the estimated level of effort and scope of this requirement. (Note that any resulting solicitation under set-aside procedures will include FAR 52.219-14 Limitation on Subcontracting.) 8. Not exceed 10 pages in length, excluding a cover page. 9. Be printed double-sided, each side counting as one page toward the total page limit.10. Avoid use of excessive marketing lexicon, submission of fancy brochures, unnecessary sales literature, and product puffery. SUBMISSION INFORMATION: The Government intends to consider all comments and the responsive qualification packages when developing its final acquisition strategy and resulting RFP(s). The synopsis, amendments and other information related to this SSA, as well as any subsequent acquisition notifications, will be posted via FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) and the EPA website (www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm). All information related to this acquisition will be available at these sites through the date of any award. All interested parties are encouraged to continue to regularly check these sites for updates. Please provide the above information via email no later than 3:00 pm ET, January 24, 2012 to Jared Van Buskirk at vanbuskirk.jared@epa.gov. No faxes, mail, or phone calls will be accepted. INTERESTED VENDORS LIST: In addition to considering this sources sought announcement, EPA requests all interested parties (whether submitting a capability statement or not) to add their company information to the "Interested Vendors List" tab associated with this notice on FedBizOpps. Primarily, the interested vendors list will be a point of reference for prospective offerors to find teaming partners and potential subcontractors for this requirement. Additionally, the interested vendors list will aid the Government in its market research efforts. Interested parties can add their company information to the interested vendors list by viewing the synopsis of this sources sought announcement on FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) and clicking on the "Interested Vendors List" tab, then clicking on the "Add Me to Interested Vendors" button at the bottom of the page, and then following the system instructions.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=70f96d114042c686df025fe556b7b670&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/05/12
SPONSOR: SRRPOD US Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Mail Code 3805R, Washington, DC 20460
PUBLICATION DATE: January 7, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3696

R--ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND SUPPORT (SRCSGT)
SOL: DE-SOL-0003612
DUE: 012412
POC: John M. Blecher, john.blecher@emcbc.doe.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/PAM/HQ/DE-SOL-0003612/listing.html
NAICS: 541690. The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is currently in the acquisition planning stage for the procurement of environmental technical expertise and support in the following areas: 1.) Deactivation and Decommissioning Policy, Procedures, and Technologies; 2.) Waste Analysis and Disposal; 3.) Nuclear Materials and Spent Nuclear Fuel Disposition Planning and Integration; 4.) Transportation and Packaging Management and Operations; 5.) Groundwater and Soil Remediation;6.) Waste Processing; and 7.) Value Engineering. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT AT THIS TIME. All interested 8(a) companies are hereby invited to submit a capability statement of no more than ten pages to demonstrate their ability to provide expertise in some or all of the seven functional areas listed above. An 8(a) company may submit a capability statement that includes the expertise of partner companies under a teaming arrangement; however, at least 50% of the total cost of all services provided must be incurred by or for personnel of the 8(a) company. Capability statements shall be submitted via e-mail to Barry Page at barry.page@emcbc.doe.gov and to John Blecher at john.blecher@emcbc.doe.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. Interested parties are requested to provide the name of a contact person, phone number, address of 8(a) firm, DUNS number, proof of 8(a) status, and detailed information demonstrating their experience performing some or all of the seven functional areas identified above. Please see the attachment for more detailed information regarding each of the seven requirements listed above.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c5c3ad2a585a3f649fc4d470af253e5c&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/04/12
SPONSOR: Department of Energy, Federal Locations, EM Consolidated Business Center, 250 E. 5th Street, Suite 500, Cincinnati OH 45202
PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3695

Y--MARKET RESEARCH AND SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR ELECTRO-DIALYSIS REVERSAL (EDR) WATER TREATMENT EQUIPMENT. (SRCSGT)
SOL: W912PL-12-S-0006
DUE: 012412
POC: lucia.a.carvajal, 213-452-3240, lucia.a.carvajal@usace.army.mil.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA09/W912PL-12-S-0006/listing.html
NAICS: 221310. This proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals; however, all information received within fifteen days after publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, is conducting a market survey to identify sources for EDR equipment that will produce 92% water recovery rate for treatment of groundwater with the below given raw and treated water quality requirements. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, anticipates a future procurement for the Ft. Irwin, CA FY-12 Water Treatment and Distribution System design and construction activities including but not limited to a 6.0 million gallons per day (MGD) or 22,700 cubic meters per day (m3D-1) 3 stage, EDR water treatment plant. The Plant will treat all contaminants found in Fort Irwin's ground water in accordance with (IAW) federal and state and DoD requirements (i.e.: arsenic, fluoride, and total dissolved solids). The Plant will include an Electro-Dialysis Reversal (EDR) system as primary treatment. The project also includes the construction of the EDR facility with pumps, EDR stacks, filters, and an EDR waste equalization tank. The Plant includes treatment of the waste stream from the EDR using lime softening clarifiers, lime solids thickeners, lime sludge lagoons, reverse osmosis (RO) filters, brine treatment facility, concentrate equalization basins and a mechanical evaporator (ME) tower and feed tank, and 3 evaporation ponds. The project includes supporting utilities and infrastructure upgrades to the water plant and water distribution system. As part of the project design, electro-dialysis reversal (EDR) membrane equipment will be required to meet 92% water recovery to meet all federal, state, and DoD water quality requirements. The new EDR equipment is required to not exceed a total of four EDR units to treat 6 MGD water to meet the specified minimum amount of water recovery of 92% for initial primary treatment (with one additional unit for redundancy for a total of five units). Treatment in accordance with outlined goals has been proven with GE Aquamite pilot units and full scale design modeling in which three stages per EDR unit are anticipated to achieve the percent recovery for the initial raw water with each unit containing 24 stacks for a total of 120 stacks in the treatment system. See the notice posted at FBO.gov for the Source Water Quality Constituents and Fort Irwin Drinking Water Quality Goals for the 6 mgd Water Treatment Plant. This request is not a request to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. It is for information only and is not a request for proposal (RFP) or announcement of a solicitation. The purpose of this Sources Sought request is to obtain sources for the EDR equipment, and future upgrades, to meet the above requirements. If no sources exist that can meet these requirements, then it is the Governments intent to specify the GE Brand Name for use in the FY-12 Water Treatment and Distribution System project and/or other facilities. Firms interested in being considered shall provide manufacturer's name, product data and written statement of compliance with stated requirements. The written statement of compliance shall include necessary backup design information and support documentation. A list of projects in which the EDR equipment has met similar recovery rates for similar water quality treatment shall be provided. The list shall include the exact location of project(s) and a point of contact with phone numbers. The Government will not pay for any material provided in response to this synopsis nor return the data provided. The results of this synopsis will be considered to be in effect for a period of one year from the date of publication of this notice. Responses should be addressed to: Lucy Carvajal, Contract Specialist at lucia.a.carvajal@usace.army.mil. You may also mail submittals or send overnight courier to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District, 915 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90017. ATTN: Contract Specialist, CT-C. SUBMITTALS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 24, 2012.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c566bbc64134fd7f5f6a683c31c161c8&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/06/12
SPONSOR: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Los Angeles
PUBLICATION DATE: January 8, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3697

R--ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR CLEAN WATER REGULATIONS (SRCSGT)
SOL: SOL-CI-12-00022
DUE: 012412
POC: Brad Heath, heath.brad@epa.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/OH/SOL-CI-12-00022/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division requires contractor support to provide environmental engineering support for clean water regulations. This environmental engineering support is expected to include professional program managers, engineers, scientists, technicians and administrative services with experience in Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations, industrial wastewater treatment and monitoring and pollution prevention technologies. The Clean Water Act directs the EPA to develop technology based regulations limiting the release of contaminants from industrial processes to the nation's waterways. These national technology based regulations, called effluent limitations guidelines, pretreatment standards and new source performance standards apply to existing and new industrial processes that release water directly to surface waters (direct dischargers) as well as to facilities that release water to municipal waste water treatment plants (indirect dischargers). Effluent limitations guidelines, pretreatment standards and new source performance standards are implemented and are enforceable through National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued to industrial facilities. The purpose of this announcement is to identify potential small businesses with the capability to perform all or a portion of the requirements defined in the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and to further determine whether or not all or aportion of the work can be set-aside for potential small businesses sources. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, with a size standard of $7 Million. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on environmental issues, such as the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances and hazardous materials. These establishments identify problems, measure and evaluate risks and recommend solutions. They employ a multidisciplined staff of scientists, engineers, and other technicians with expertise in areas, such as air and water quality, asbestos contamination, remediation and environmental law. The majority of the technical support that the contractor shall be tasked with for clean water regulations may include the following industries: *conventional and unconventional oil and gas extraction, *energy production, *seafood processing, *centralized wastewater treatment, *municipal wastewater treatment, *ore mining activities, *organic chemicals, plastics and synthetic fibers, *inorganic chemicals manufacturing, *along with reviewing previously regulated and unregulated industries. All interested parties are hereby invited to submit a capability statement of no more than fifteen (15) pages on standard 8.5" by 11" paper. The Government shall evaluate each capability statement based on the interested party's demonstrated qualifications, capabilities, expertise, experience and past performance in each of the areas included in the draft PWS. Interested parties shall describe their ability to provide all necessary labor, materials, services, equipment and facilities in support of the efforts required by the PWS. The proposed contract shall have a five year ordering period. It is anticipated that a single award Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract shall result from the subsequent solicitation. Interested parties shall provide their size status for NAICS code 541620, (i.e. large, small) and whether or not they are a certified hubzone, 8(a), women-owned, small disadvantaged and/or disabled veteran owned concern. Due to the nature of the PWS requirements, it is anticipated that interested parties with the expertise to perform this work could also have relationships (e.g. a parent/subsidiary/sister company affiliation or an existing contractual relationship), which presents the potential for significant organizational conflicts of interest. It is the EPA's contention that a significant organizational conflict of interest would exist if award were to be made to firm within the following groups: *firms within the regulated community that discharge processed water, provide treatment of wastewater or drinking water; *firms that manufacture/sell/import water treatment chemicals and/or equipment (including point-of-use/point-of-entry devices; *firms that provide advisory and/or technical services relating to waste minimization, waste management, and wastewater treatment and control for the regulated industries; *firms that act in consulting, advisory, or legal capacity with, or for, firms trying to overturn or circumvent the regulations which are the intended outcome of this contract; *firms that own or operate community water systems. Firms that are directly included in the entities described above would have clear conflicts which would be difficult for the agency to avoid, mitigate or neutralize. However, some consulting firms that may have affiliates or subsidiaries that are part of those entities could, with proper disclosure and appropriate action, avoid, mitigate, and neutralize the potential conflict of interest. Likewise, firms that have business or financial interests in those entities may also present actual or potential conflicts of interest concerns, which with proper disclosure and appropriate action may be avoided, mitigated, or neutralized. None of these firms are restricted from submitting a capability statement to indicate interest in this upcoming solicitation. EPA reserves the right to use any and all information submitted by, or obtained from, an interested party in any manner EPA determines is appropriate, including, but not limited to, the creation of a competitive solicitation. An interested party shall avoid including any classified, business confidential, and/or proprietary information in its response. However, if an interested party shall submit such information, the information shall be clearly marked accordingly, and the interested party shall provide sufficient justification as to why such information is business confidential and/or proprietary. EPA shall review said information and safeguard it accordingly. The Government shall not pay for any information that is provided in response to this announcement, nor shall it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Responses to the above should be submitted to Brad Heath, USEPA, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268-0001, or via e-mail to heath.brad@epa.gov no later than January 24, 2012. A separate synopsis shall be issued for the Request for Proposal (RFP) resulting from this sources sought synopsis.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=35c313fe0d15f1c89e30300c15d367f5&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/05/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Mail Code: NWD, Cincinnati OH 45268
PUBLICATION DATE: January 7, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3696

SUPERFUND RESEARCH PROGRAM COMMUNICATION INFORMATION TRANSFER INITIATIVE (SRCSGT)
SOL: NIHES2012139
DUE: 012512
POC: James E Bryant, 919-541-7685, bryant5@niehs.nih.gov; Darren J. Gann, 919-316-4625, ganndj@niehs.nih.gov.
POP: 530 Davis Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NIEHS/NIHES2012139/listing.html
NAICS: 541620. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding the availability and capability of qualified small business sources in the following major socio-economic categories; small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) companies, woman-owned small businesses, veteran-owned small businesses, service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses, and companies located in HUBZones. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition is 541620 and the size standard is $7.0 million dollars. Your responses to the information requested will be used by the Government to determine whether the acquisition may be set aside for small business. Organizations, not considered small business under the applicable NAICS code, should not submit a response to this notice. Background The mission of the Superfund Research Program (SRP) is to support research and training that advances society's scientific and engineering knowledge needed to protect human health and the environment from hazardous substances. The knowledge acquired in the SRP integrates environmental health science, related environmental sciences and engineering disciplines with the goal of improving the nation's public health. The SRP is a university-based research program composed of three independent grant programs: (1) the multi-project research centers (Centers); (2) the individual investigator research grants; and (3) the Small Business Innovative Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Research (SBIR/STTR) grants. Additional information about the grant programs can be found at http://tools.niehs.nih.gov/srp/programs/index.cfm. The key activities to achieving the SRP goals are; providing scientific leadership through the development of research and training priorities; assessing research outcomes to maximize the impacts of the research investment; fostering innovation that advance the frontiers of science by challenging current scientific paradigms; partnering with the colleagues of other government agencies to ensure the application of research advances and, in general, ensuring that the science emanating from the SRP is being used to its fullest potential. In support of these activities, the SRP has utilized the contract mechanism which has promoted research translation, training, communication, information dissemination and development and maintenance of the SRP data system. This work is currently being performed by a contract with MDB, Inc., Contract no. 273-07-C-0013/CR700013. Purpose and Objectives The purpose of this contract is to communicate and multi-laterally disseminate the science and technology that is developed by the SRP by establishing mechanisms that ensure research outcomes of the three different SRP grant programs are readily available to the Program's diverse stakeholders. As part of achieving this goal, the contractor will also be responsible for the SRP information management and organization as well as support of communication and information technologies. The contractor will be required to create and maintain data information systems that support ready access to programmatic information, enhance the dissemination and communication of research advances in the format most appropriate for the intended audience, promote the use of the science emanating from the program, and provide meeting support for select conferences and workshops. Project Requirements Major activities required include the following: Activity 1: Data capture and organization The contractor shall be responsible for collecting, maintaining, updating and enhancing the SRP data/information storage systems. The contractor will be required to be proficient in the use, of the current databases that reside on NIEHS servers. Specifically, the contractor will need to be proficient in the use of Oracle database management. Activity 2: Communication The Contractor shall be responsible for developing and implementing a communication strategy for the SRP. This strategy, which will be developed in collaboration with the SRP staff and the NIEHS Office of Communication and Public Liaison, will promote internal and external communication of program activities and accomplishments to a variety of stakeholders. Activity 3: Enhancing the Use of SRP Science The contractor shall proactively seek opportunities to ensure that the research advances emanating from the Program are brought to bear on real world issues or, in other words, the contractor shall promote the SRP's goals of research translation by working with SRP staff and SRP grantees to identify opportunities and implement strategies that will foster the use of the science. Activity 4: Meeting Support The contactor shall promote the SRP by assisting in organizing conferences, workshops and virtual meetings of varying sizes and levels of complexity. Other Important Considerations This work requires the contractor be available to meet with SRP staff, at a minimum, on a weekly basis. Anticipated Period of Performance The anticipated period of performance for this requirement is May 20, 2012 through May 19, 2017. Information Sought Interested organizations are required to submit five (5) hard copies of their capability statement, not to exceed fifteen (15) pages in length; not including a standard product brochure that clearly details the ability to perform the aspects of the notice described above and should be tailored to the "Project Requirements" as concise as possible. Each response should also include the following business information: a. DUNS number b. Organization Name c. Company Address d. Point of Contact (including name, title, addresses, telephone number, fax number and Email address) e. Business size f. Socio-economic status g. Teaming Agreements (if necessary). Standard product brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this sources sought synopsis. All information must be received by NIEHS no later than: January 25, 2012, 3:00 PM, EST. Mail information to: James E. Bryant, Jr., Contract Specialist, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, OM, Office of Acquisitions, P.O. Box 12874, RTP, NC 27709. For express delivery, send to: James E. Bryant, Jr., Contract Specialist, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, OM, Office of Acquisitions, 530 Davis Drive, Morrisville, NC 27560. Telephone number: (919) 541-7685. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. Confidentiality: No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s). Interested offerors may register at http://www.fedbizopps.gov to receive notification when the solicitation and any amendments are issued and available for downloading. Please note that the General Services Administration provides the notification service as a convenience and does not guarantee that notifications will be received by all persons on the mailing list. Therefore, we recommend that you monitor the FedBizOpps site for all information relevant to desired acquisitions. If the Internet option is not available to you, you may receive a hard copy of the solicitation and any amendments (via U.S. Mail) by faxing your request to (919) 541-5117 or by emailing your request to bryant5@niehs.nih.gov.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=eb30a05cf58e8f590ca0a0b0a145ff40&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/04/12
SPONSOR: Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Office of Acquisitions, Office of Management, 530 Davis Drive, Durham, NC 27713
PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3695

J&A TO INCREASE THE LEVEL OF EFFORT FOR SUPERFUND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT OFFICE (SMO) SUPPORT (PRESOL)
SOL: PR-HQ-05-13020
POC: Matt Courtad, courtad.matt@epa.gov; Danny Uhr, uhr.danny@epa.gov. CNT EP-W-06-046 DTD 061506
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/HQ/PR-HQ-05-13020/listing.html
NAICS: 541614. The US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management (EPA/OAM) is increasing the Level of Effort (LOE) on the Superfund Sample Management Office (SMO) contract (EP-W-06-046) during the current and subsequent periods of performance (Award Term 1 & 2, respectively) by a total of 60,800 hours. This requirement is necessary to continue work under the existing contract. The reason for this increase in the LOE is due to new work related to the primary task areas included in the SMO Performance Work Statement (PWS) that was unforeseen and not identified when the services were originally being procured in FY2006. All work included in the increase of LOE falls under the current SMO PWS and involves the development of information technology applications to provide for optimal processing of SMO's work under PWS Task Areas 1, 2, and 3. EPA has the responsibility of maintaining a sufficient level of professional, scientific, technical, and administrative support for specific and evolving programmatic needs, including production processes, to EPA's Analytical Services Branch (ASB). The primary programs for this support are EPA's Contract Laboratory Program for routine analytical services, the Non-Routine Analytical Services Program and analytical services to support evolving Agency needs for non-traditional environmental sample analyses.
Posted: in accordance with FAR 6.305. http://www.epa.gov/oam/j&a.htm.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=b0319dabd1b54a5ba5a01a5ed6c8b64a&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/04/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 3801R, Washington, DC 20460
PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3695

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION - SUPERFUND SAMPLE MANAGEMENT OFFICE (SMO) - FY2013 - SMO PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (SRCSGT)
SOL: OAM-SRRPOD-LASC_SuperfundSampleManagementOffice_FY13
DUE: 020312
POC: Matt Courtad, courtad.matt@epa.gov; Danny Uhr, uhr.danny@epa.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/HQ/OAM-SRRPOD-LASC_SuperfundSampleManagementOffice_FY13/listing.html
NAICS: 541611. SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION, Superfund Sample Management Office Support. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) is conducting market research to identify potential small business sources (including 8(a), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUB Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns) with the capacity and technical capability necessary to successfully perform the requirements described herein. The subject requirement is to provide programmatic support and infrastructure through the application of professional, scientific, technical and administrative expertise and support for specific and evolving programmatic needs, including production processes. These services are currently provided by the incumbent, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) under EPA contract EP-W-06-046. The current contract is scheduled to expire June 19, 2013. This is a combined Sources Sought Notice (SSN) and Request for Information (RFI) only. (Note: Any interested party may respond to the RFI. Only potential small business sources interested in competing in any future solicitation as a prime contractor should respond to the Sources Sought Notice.) This is not a solicitation announcement. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. The Government will use responses to this Sources Sought Notice to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Any resultant contract is anticipated to be Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee Award Term (CPFF/AT) Level of Effort (LOE) type of contract with one (1) twenty-four month base period; one (1) twenty-four month option period; and two (2) twenty-four month award terms, potentially totaling 96 months. The Performance Work Statement (PWS) requirements fall under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541611, "Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services." Interested firms must demonstrate in their qualification statement that they are qualified to perform the complete PWS under this NAICS code. Detailed information on the PWS requirements is provided via the draft PWS and its associated Government Performance Specifications which are posted on this announcement. In brief, the PWS tasks are performed in a production environment and the task areas are related through the information systems, information sharing, and data transfers used by the Sample Management Office (SMO) contractor. Each task area feeds information into systems and extracts required information from the systems. In order to accurately process information, and consistently and efficiently manage the tasks, the SMO contractor must (1) have a thorough understanding of all of the task area activities, as well as their processes, data and supporting automated systems; and (2) be able to quickly and effectively communicate with all other task areas. Note: Tables located at the following web site provides statistics for the total analyses performed http://www.epa.gov/superfund/pr ograms/clp/analyses.htm. Also see PWS Table 2 - SMO Contract Historical Vital Statistics. This volume of activity may increase or decrease in coming years due to changes in EPA policy concerning agency analytical needs. The following information is provided for INFORMATIONAL purposes only: The estimated LOE is 260,000 base quantity hours and 200,000 optional quantity hours for each 24 month period of performance. It is the EPA's intent that offerors propose labor categories, and the distribution of LOE between those labor categories, based on their understanding of the PWS. Exact numbers, levels and skills are not specified by EPA. The offeror shall propose three (3) key personnel at the contract level, a program manager, a quality assurance manager, and an IT manager. The contractor shall also propose a management infrastructure and organization sufficient to meet the requirements of the resultant contract. This shall include a proposed organizational chart and the personnel roles and responsibilities in each functional area. Work assignments under the proposed contract will be issued with government specifications for a work assignment manager (WAM). Proposed contractor WAMs shall be approved by the government and shall be considered key personnel for the length of the work assignment. Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration Level 3 (or equal) is a requirement under the resultant contract. (Note: Any interested party may respond to the RFI. Only potential small business sources interested in competing in any future solicitation as a prime contractor should respond to the Sources Sought Notice.) This RFI is being issued to: 1. Gather industry input on the attached draft PWS 2. Request information on any changes in industry that the Government should consider to achieve direct cost savings 3. Request information on possible contract pricing considerations 4. Request information on other possible contract changes 5. Inform prospective offerors of the general acquisition timeline Firms responding to the RFI are asked to submit comments that address the Government's requirements, assumptions, conditions, or contemplated approaches to this future acquisition. Please submit information or suggestions that may encourage new, different or innovative approaches that would result in direct cost savings to the Government. Firms SHOULD NOT submit: proposals or offers; capability statements, white papers or other company marketing materials; past performance information or general descriptions of corporate experience; requests to be considered for award or to be notified of a future solicitation; requests to be added to a mailing or distribution list; questions or comments not related to this RFI. Firms responding to the Sources Sought Notice are requested to provide the EPA all appropriate documentation (i.e., a detailed capability statement and/or relevant past performance history documenting its ability to perform similar PWS requirements) -- to operate large, complex federal programs that require the management and processing of substantial volumes of complex data; operating high volume, rapid turnaround administrative and technical support programs; implementing project management controls; significant multi-tasking; and ability to control costs to support its ability to carry-out the requirements of the PWS. In addition, your capability statement and/or relevant past performance history should: *Identify appropriate levels and types of expertise in a manner that demonstrates its understanding of the requirements of the PWS; *Identify all property, equipment, and facilities necessary to perform the requirements of the PWS. Note: (1) the contractor shall provide all property, equipment, and facilities necessary to perform under the resultant contract; and (2) the contractor will be responsible for maintenance and operation of the existing Contract Laboratory Program Support System (CLPSS); *Identify its specific experience in administrative and technical review/validation of hardcopy and electronic laboratory analytical data in a production environment to meet performance specifications similar to those identified in the SMO PWS; *Provide a comprehensive contract start-up plan for establishing, organizing, staffing the contract, and clearly identify mobilization status at 15, 30, 45, and 60 calendar day points; *Identify its Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration Level or equal (if any); *Provide relevant samples of a Quality System setting forth its capability for quality assurance (QA) and its general approach for accomplishing QA specifications similar to the SMO PWS. Responses are limited to 30 pages, excluding the last two bullet requirements above. Interested concerns who believe they have the capability of providing the required services as defined in the SMO PWS are invited to submit a Qualification Statement, including the above described documentation. Responses should be emailed to courtad.matt@epa.gov with the words "SMO SSN/RFI Response" in the subject line. Please indicate in your email if you are responding to the Sources Sought Notice or the Request For Information. Due to server limitations, please limit the size of each email to no more than 2MB. Telephonic and mail/courier responses will not be accepted. Small business firms that cannot be considered as prime contractors, but would like to be considered for subcontracting opportunities should add themselves to the list of "Interested Vendors" on FBO. If a solicitation is released, it will be via FedBizOpps (http://www.fedbizopps.gov). It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor the website for any information that may pertain to this SSN/RFI or a future solicitation. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. Feedback and/or evaluation information will not be provided to any firm regarding their individual capability statements in response to the Source Sought Notice or comments submitted in response to the Request For Information. The deadline for submitting questions/comments directly related to this announcement is c.o.b. January 11, 2012. The deadline for submitting capability statements in response to the Sources Sought Notice and comments in response to the Request for Information is February 3, 2012 by 1:00 PM ET.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f6e22c468b707b1f5f2785b6d43850f2&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/04/12
SPONSOR: Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 3801R, Washington, DC 20460
PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3695

LOCAL VENDOR ONLY! DETAILED INFORMATION OF SOLICITATION CAN BE FOUND AT ARMY SINGLE FACE INDUSTRY (ASFI) (HTTPS://ACQUISITION.ARMY.MIL/ASFI/) (PRESOL)
SOL: W91QVN12T0031
DUE: 020612
POC: Kim, Chong-ae, 0118-227-914-5029, 411th CSB (PARC Korea) chongae.kim.ln@mail.mil.
POP: 411th CSB (PARC Korea) Unit #15289, APO AP 96205-5289 76
NAICS: 562211. Removal/Disposal of POL Laden Material at Camp Casey area.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1b5b90a1a4275107e22bac0c05282876&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/04/12
SPONSOR: 411th CSB (PARC Korea), Unit #15289, APO, AP 96205-5289
PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3695

COLOMBIA - CARTAGENA WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM START-UP (PRESOL)
SOL: 2012-51001A
DUE: 021312
POC: Robin Yavuz, ryavuz@ustda.gov, 703-875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/TDA/TDA1/TDA1/2012-51001A/listing.html
NAICS: 541690. THIS SOLICITATION WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ON DECEMBER 29, 2011, UNDER SOLICITATION NUMBER 2012-51002A. 2012-51002A HAS BEEN CANCELLED EFFECTIVE 01/04/12 AND THE SOLICITATION REISSUED UNDER 2012-51001A. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms that are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to conduct technical assistance for the start-up of a comprehensive wastewater treatment system for the city of Cartagena, on Colombia's Caribbean coast. ACUACAR has operated as the water public services provider for the city of Cartagena since 1995. With the support of financing from the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that entailed the backing of the Colombian government, the Grantee and the City of Cartagena have jointly invested more than $300 million in the design and implementation of the Master Plan for Water and Sewerage for Cartagena, of which $85 million have been invested since 2003 in the design and construction of a new wastewater treatment plant in Punta Canoa; a collector system that will bring wastewater to the new plant, including a 19.3 kilometer conveyance pipeline and a pumping station; a 1.6 kilometer terrestrial pipeline connecting the wastewater treatment plant to the marine outfall; and a 4.3 kilometer marine outfall that will discharge treated water into the Caribbean Sea. Many of the primary components of the wastewater system have been completed and the physical installation of the submarine outfall is expected to be completed by the end of calendar year 2011. The remainder of the primary infrastructure was built and installed over two years ago; the overall system can operate once the outfall is in place. The TA has two main objectives: (i) to provide technical assistance during the critical phase of integrating subsystems and the start-up of the new wastewater system and (ii) the creation of the environmental water quality baseline and design of an ongoing water quality monitoring program, including recommendations for environmental remediation in the Cienaga de la Virgen, a sea inlet surrounded by the city and suburbs. This TA ensures that Cartagena's new wastewater system will start operating in the shortest possible time. Moreover, this TA will also be an input for the expansion of the water and wastewater treatment system in the city of Cartagena. Currently the Grantee also has plans for expansion and construction of a new water supply treatment plant to the immediate south of Cartagena. It is expected that the design and construction of the expansion will also benefit from this TA, especially as it relates to automation and control, monitoring and equipment necessary for operations. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $513,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and portions of a background definitional mission report are available from USTDA, at 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, VA 22209-3901. To request the RFP in PDF format, please go to https://www.ustda.gov/businessopps/rfpform.asp. Requests for a mailed hardcopy version of the RFP may also be faxed to the IRC, USTDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want USTDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to USTDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to USTDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, USTDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling USTDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bid on this USTDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under USTDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the USTDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the USTDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from the host country for up to 20 percent of the USTDA grant amount. Details of USTDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. INTERESTED U.S. FIRMS SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR PROPOSAL IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH DIRECTLY TO THE GRANTEE BY 5 PM ON FEBRUARY 13, 2012, AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: Luis Alfonso Pinzon Corcho, Manager for Projects and Civil Works, Aguas de Cartagena, S.A. E.S.P., Gerencia de Proyectos y Obras, Planta de Tratamiento del Acueducto, Barrio Paraguay, Loma del Marion, Transversal 45 No. 26a -160, Cartagena de Indias D. T. y C., Codigo postal: 130015, Colombia. (Telephone: + (+57) 5 6622727 Ext.: 650). Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=78d06afe626b948106e5d3a9d0c92079&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/04/12
SPONSOR: United States Trade and Development Agency, USTDA, C/O US TDA 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 1600, Arlington, Virginia 22209-3901
PUBLICATION DATE: January 6, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3695

Y--ABATE ASBESTOS IN OUT BUILDING MECHANICAL SPACES ()
SOL: VA24512B0074
DUE: 022112
POC: Angela L. Burger, Contract Specialist, angela.burger@va.gov.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/MaVAMC613/MaVAMC613/VA24512B0074/listing.html
NAICS: 562910. The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking prime contractor construction services to provide all labor, materials, tools, equipment, and supervision to Abate Asbestos in Out Building Mechanical Spaces at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 510 Butler Avenue, Martinsburg, WV in accordance with the drawings and specifications. This procurement is a 100% Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside. The work includes, but is not limited to, preparing work areas for building operations, demolition and abatement of asbestos containing building materials, performing work for the restoration of those areas with new non-asbestos containing materials in the mechanical rooms, IT closets and corridors of the Outbuildings of the 200, 300, and 400 rows, Building 217, Building 328, and Building 501A, carpentry, insulation, wood frames, drywall, underlayment, resilient flooring, and painting. Estimated construction cost range is between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00. The firm must be a General Construction firm approved under
NAICS: 562910, size standard: $14 million. Prospective contractors must be registered and current in the following websites: http://www.vip.vetbiz.gov, http://www.ccr.gov, and https://orca.bpn.gov to be eligible for award. Only SDVOSB Firms currently verified in the Veterans Information Pages (VIP) at www.vetbiz.gov are eligible to submit bids. SDVOSB firms that submit bids on SDVOSB set-asides that are not listed on VIP will be deemed nonresponsive. There will be one pre-bid site visit which will be held on February 2, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m. local time at the VA Medical Center, Facilities Management Service/V5 Contract Satellite Office, 510 Butler Avenue, Building 308B (Conference Room), Martinsburg, WV. All interested parties are encouraged to attend the site visit. Interested parties must obtain a visitor's pass from the Police Security Office in Building 500 before reporting to the conference room in Building 308B. All questions generated from the site visit shall be submitted in writing to the contracting officer (email address: angela.burger@va.gov). No telephone inquiries will be answered. Prospective contractors are responsible for downloading plans, specifications, and any issued amendments from www.fbo.gov. Solicitation documents will be available on or about January 20, 2012. A PUBLIC BID OPENING will be held at the VA Medical Center, Facilities Management Service/V5 Contract Satellite Office, 510 Butler Avenue, Building 308B (Conference Room), Martinsburg, WV. BID OPENING DATE IS FEBRUARY 21, 2012 @ 1:00 P.M LOCAL TIME. The procurement is subject to availability of funds.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=a0237767db2b883063807256bed39dfd&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/06/12
SPONSOR: Department of Veterans Affairs, Martinsburg VAMC (613), VISN 5 Contract Satellite Office; 510 Butler Avenue, Building 308B; Martinsburg WV 25405
PUBLICATION DATE: January 8, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3697

NEW WORLD MINING DISTRICT - RESPONSE/RESTORATION PROJECT (PRESOL)
SOL: AG-0343-S-12-0002
POC: Dale R. Reckley, Contracting Officer, dreckley@fs.fed.us, 406-329-3525; LeRoy Schmitz, Procurement Tech, lschmitz@fs.fed.us, 406-329-3325.
NAICS: 562910. The Northern Region of the Forest Service intends to award a contract for various evaluations, studies, reports and response actions as specified in the National Contingency Plan (NCP) for the New World Mining District located in Cooke City, Montana. The Contractor will be requested to complete work in support of new and ongoing response and restoration actions at the site. The majority of the work under this contract will consist of support at public meetings, project database maintenance, surface water, groundwater, aquatics, soils and vegetation monitoring and site maintenance work. Work may also involve some historic mine site impact analysis which may include issues concerning hydrogeology, geochemistry, biological toxicology and surface water and groundwater quality at the New World Mine Site . Work may include conducting site investigations and developing construction bid packages, providing maintenance and construction oversight, and preparing technical reports.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7b023d1a63b648e88cbb5225015a753a&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/06/12
SPONSOR: Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-1 Northern Region
PUBLICATION DATE: January 8, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3697

HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL, SERVICES FROM VARIOUS U.S. MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES IN IWAKUNI, JAPAN AREA (PRESOL)
SOL: SP4530-12-R-0002
POC: Bernadette S. del Rosario-Simmons, Contracting Officer, Bernadette.delRosario-Simmons@dla.mil, 808-473-4438; Curtis Chang, Contract Officer, curtis.chang@dla.mil, 808-473-4274.
WEB: FBO.gov Permalink at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DLA/J3/DRMO-Hawaii/SP4530-12-R-0002/listing.html
NAICS: 562211. Hazardous Waste Removal/Transportation & Disposal Services from various U.S. Military and Government activities in the Iwakuni, Japan area. The Solicitation is expected to be issued on or after January 30, 2012 with responses due on or after March 1, 2012. The solicitation will be available for download on the www.fbo.gov website. The Solicitation will result in a single, firm-fixed price, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The contract will have an 18-month base period with the Government unilateral right to exercise two 18-month option periods. This project will be performed in its entirety in the country of Japan. Offerors must have all required prefectural permits, registrations, and licenses to perform work in the country of Japan. In addition, the successful offeror must be licensed and registered to enter and stay in Japan in compliance with local law. The Government does not provide the contractor with SOFA status or any logistical support under the resultant contract. Note that the issuing office for this solicitation will be DLA Disposition Services, J-762, 1025 Quincy Avenue, Suite 2000, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-4512. Point of contact for this solicitation is Bernadette del Rosario-Simmons, Contracting Officer, Phone 808-473-4438, Email bernadette.delRosario-Simmons@dla.mil.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=1b8ae2d2f818527f5fb407513ddc0246&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/03/12
SPONSOR: Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Acquisition Locations, DLA Disposition Services - Hawaii, ATTN: DRMS-PHW (Pacific), 1025 Quincy Avenue, Suite 2000, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii 96860-4512
PUBLICATION DATE: January 5, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3694

MARKET RESEARCH AND SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF POTENTIAL QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESS FIRMS CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION TYPE ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION, MOBILE DISTRICT. (MOD)
SOL: W91278-12-L-0003
POC: Carl M. Wade, 251-690-2348, carl.m.wade@usace.army.mil.
POP: USACE District, Mobile P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602) Mobile AL 36628-0001.
NAICS: 562910. This Sources Sought is canceled in its entirety due to a duplication of postings. Any entities planning on submitting under this notice, please see W91278-12-L-0004 at https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA01/W91278-12-L-0004/listing.html. This does not cancel 'Special Notice' W91278-12-L-0003.
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=9a10e7a33e5d4d75ffbbf2e66d2f34f9&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/03/12
SPONSOR: USACE District, Mobile, P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602), Mobile, AL 36628-0001
PUBLICATION DATE: January 5, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3694

ARCHITECTURAL-ENGINEERING SERVICES TO COMPLETE THE LATE STAGES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT STUDY EFFORT AT THE FORMER PLUM BROOK ORDNANCE WORKS (J&A) (MOD)
SOL: W912P5-12-R-0002
POC: Isaac J. Taylor, 615-736-5679, USACE District, Nashville, isaac.j.taylor@usace.army.mil. CNT W912P5-12-D-0001 DTD 123011
NAICS: 541330. Justification and Approval: The Nashville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had a requirement for the continued completion of the late stages of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) study effort at the former Plum Brook Ordnance Works (PBOW).
CITE: https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2849df67f802b59cda61b82f691a4205&tab=core&_cview=0
Posted: 01/03/12
SPONSOR: USACE District, Nashville, P.O. Box 1070, 801 Broad Street, Nashville, TN 37202-1070
PUBLICATION DATE: January 5, 2012
ISSUE: FBO-3694