Environmental Remedial Action Contract

THIS PRE-SOLICITATION IS BEING ADVERTISED AS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROCUREMENT. The assigned North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this Solicitation is 562910: Environmental Remediation Services. The Size Standard is 750 employees. The Government intends to award a Cost-Plus-Award-Fee (CPAF), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Multiple Award Contract (MAC) for one base year and four one-year option periods. The total maximum value for the contract is $240,000,000 for all contracts inclusive of the base year and all options. Work will be performed by the issuance of task orders. Market research was conducted and a Sources Sought Notice was issued under Solicitation Number N62470-22-R-9014 on 19 May 2022 resulting in the decision that this procurement be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The NAVFAC Atlantic Small Business Administration Office concurs with this set-aside determination. The work will primarily support the remediation of sites ranked on the Superfund National Priority List (NPL) as well as non-NPL sites regulated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Underground Storage Tanks (UST) regulations, state-specific regulations, and other sites, which might require remedial action. Work will be performed primarily in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, the areas of the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Work could also include Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program and Non-CERCLA sites throughout NAVFAC Atlantic’s area of responsibility. Although principle sites are identified for the contract, the contractor may be required to perform at any Naval or Marine Corps activity in the area of responsibility covered by NAVFAC Atlantic. Work may also be added and performed anywhere outside of NAVFAC Atlantic’s area of responsibility, as required by the Government. The general scope of work will be to provide all aspects of environmental remediation services in order to return various sites to safe and acceptable levels of contamination. Services may include but are not limited to contaminants identified and regulated under RCRA, CERCLA, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA), as well as petroleum, oils, and lubricants (POL); munitions constituents (MC); and munitions and explosives of concern (MEC). A number of sites may require remediation of radiological media. The contaminants included are predominately solvents, POL, inorganics, acids, bases, radiological, MC, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), MEC (including all types of discarded military munitions and unexploded ordnance), emerging contaminants, and pesticides. Contaminants may be present in soils, marine or fresh water sediments, ground water, air, sludge, surface water, and man-made structures. Contaminated sites may be landfills, hazardous waste treatment storage and disposal facilities, tanks, lagoons, firefighting training areas, or other facilities. Potential tasks will include but are not limited to: performing remedial actions, removal actions, pilot and treatability studies, facility operation and maintenance, installing temporary support facilities such as decontamination areas, fences, roads, and utilities, developing work plans, munitions response program clean up and closure, range clean up and closure, RCRA closures, site characterizations in support of associated remedial and removal efforts, geophysical surveys, hydrogeological and geotechnical testing and data analysis in conjunction with remedial action projects, multimedia sampling and analysis for physical, chemical, and geotechnical characteristics, hydrographic surveys, groundwater characterization studies in support of associated remedial and removal efforts, other related activities associated with returning sites to safe and acceptable levels, optimization reviews of remediation facilities and remediation strategies, munitions response quality assurance, engaging in partnering with the Navy, Comprehensive Long-term Environmental Action Navy (CLEAN) contractors, and regulatory agencies, reviewing and/or providing input on investigations, feasibility studies, evaluation of remediation alternatives, and design packages relative to remediation activities, community relations regarding the contractor’s remedial action work, and providing technical support to the Navy on the full range of remedial actions. The Government will award approximately three (3) cost reimbursable contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offerors whose proposal conforming to the solicitation will be a BEST VALUE to the Government, technical factors, past performance, and cost considered. Offerors submitting proposals will not be compensated for any expenses incurred in the preparation of their proposal. This notice does not constitute a request for proposal. The solicitation will be issued on approximately 20 April 2023. The receipt date of proposals is approximately 22 May 2023. This solicitation will be available in electronic format only. The Request for Proposal will be made available on the Opportunities section of https:/www.sam.gov/. All prospective offerors should download all pertinent documents from this website. Notification of any changes to this solicitation (amendments) will only be made on this website. Therefore, it is the offerors responsibility to check the website regularly for any posted changes to the solicitation. Requests for documents by telephone, fax, or email will not be honored. All responsible small business offerors may submit a proposal for consideration. All interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing the website at https://www.sam.gov. Potential offerors are notified that a pre-proposal conference and site visit will not be conducted. Inquires shall be emailed to [email protected].