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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF OCTOBER 14, 2004 FBO #1053
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP)

Notice Date

10/12/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3860
 

ZIP Code

22315-3860
 

Solicitation Number

BAA-05-0001
 

Response Due

11/18/2004
 

Archive Date

1/17/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense (DoD) demonstration and validation program for environmental technologies. The ESTCP Office is interested in receiving (pre-)proposal white papers (herea fter referred to as pre-proposals) for technologies for treatment of perchlorate-contaminated groundwater. This solicitation is being released in response to Congressional concern over the potential cost of remediation of perchlorate and Congressional di rection to conduct research and demonstrations of remediation technologies in the Rialto-Colton Basin and the East Valley Water District in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contem plated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). Proposers should state in their pre-proposal that it is submitted in response to this BAA. Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ESTCP's intent to competitively fund perchlorate treatment demonstration and v alidation projects as described in the ESTCP Program Announcement. The Program Announcement can be found on the ESTCP Home Page accessible through the World Wide Web at http://www.estcp.org/. No request for proposals (RFP), solicitation, or other announcem ent of this opportunity will be made. Awards will take the form of contracts. Before preparing a pre-proposal, potential proposers should read the information provided in the ESTCP Program Announcement at www.estcp.org/opportunities/solicitations for detai ls regarding the programs objectives, proposal submission requirements, deadlines, and the evaluation of proposals. ESTCP is seeking proposals for technologies for treatment of perchlorate-contaminated groundwater. ESTCP is seeking these proposals as cand idates for funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005. It is the intent of ESTCP to perform demonstration projects at public water supply sites in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. ESTCP will provide descriptions of demonstration sites that match the proposed technologies at the time of the full proposal request. Specific site(s) may be suggested in the pre-proposal, but this is not required or expected.Awardees under this BAA will be selected through a two-stage review process. To be eligible for cons ideration, readers wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a pre-proposal including a signed original, plus six additional copies, referencing this BAA, to: Ms. Brenda Batch, ESTCP Program Office, 901 North Stuart Street, Suite 303, Arlington, VA 22203-1821 (703-696-2127). Pre-proposals must be received no later than 4:00 PM EST on Thursday, November 18, 2004. It is strongly recommended that pre-proposals be sent via overnight carrier or certified mail to document and ensure receipt. Pre-proposa ls sent via fax or electronic mail will be rejected. Pre-proposals should be no longer than five pages, not including the cover page, single-sided, and a font no smaller than 11 point. All margins (top, bottom, left and right) should not be less than 1 inc h. One attachment of up to three single-sided pages of test data may also be submitted. The cover page should be in the format specified in the ESTCP Program Announcement (see above). The pre-proposal must concisely describe what technology the proposer ha s to offer ESTCP, including its level of development or maturity, and its cost/benefit. The pre-proposal should use the following format (also described in the ESTCP Program Announcement and contain the following information: 1) Short Descriptive Title. 2) Technology Description: Describe the proposed technology and the technical objective of the specific demonstration. The project description should include the following information: a) Technical description and justification of proposed technology demon stration. b) Optimal operational parameters (perchlorate concentration, water quality, flow rates, etc.) for the proposed demonstration. Any limitations of the technology for different sites should be explicitly described. c) Evidence the technology is mature enough for demonstration (include references and performance history). d) Potential issues of concern and technical risks in taking the technology from the laboratory to field-testing. e) Approach for determining performance and expected operational costs of the technology if implemented at full scale. Describe minimum scale and duration required to obtain realistic capital and cost estimates for full scale s ystem. Provide a brief description of scaling from proposed demonstration to larger scale treatment systems. 3) Cost Benefit: Quantitatively describe expected benefits in terms of reduced capital and/or operation and maintenance costs. Provide realistic c ost/benefit estimates over existing ion-exchange approaches. Provide a basis for the expected benefit. 4) Schedule: Provide an expected schedule for the project. Explicitly describe any development, design, or treatability work that is required prior to ac tual field demonstration. Refer to Appendix A for required project deliverables. 5) Cost Estimate: Provide an estimate for the level of funding required, including any development, design, or treatability work. Identification of a specific demonstration lo cation within the Inland Empire is not required or expected for pre-proposals. Include an estimate for the cost for a representative field demonstration at the minimum scale and duration defined above as well as an estimate for a larger scale demonstration of the technology. 6) Performers: List all organizations involved in the proposed demonstration and their expected contributions. List the name and organization of the lead person(s) for each organization involved. Provide as an attachment a one-page cur riculum vitae for each of the principal performers (not included in the five page pre-proposal count). The pre-proposal review step allows interested organizations to get initial Government feedback on their technologies without incurring the expense of a full proposal. The following evaluation factors will be the sole basis for reviewing the pre-proposal pursuant to this solicitation. Relevance and readiness for demonstration/validation are pass/fail gates. Proposals not passing the relevance and readiness gates will not be evaluated any further. Among the evaluation factors, Technical Merit is most important, followed by Cost/Benefit, and Cost of demonstration. More detailed descriptions are available under the Evaluation Factors section of the ESTCP Progr am Announcement at www.estcp.org/opportunities/solicitations. A request for submission of a full proposal does not indicate a decision has been made to make an award for that work. Based upon the pre-proposal evaluation by the Government, each of the pre-proposal submitters will be notified as to whether the Government encourages the submission of a full proposal. Instructions for preparing a full proposal will be provided at the tim e of notification. Based on evaluation of the written full proposal, each proposal submitter will be notified as to whether the Government wishes to enter into negotiation for the award of a contract. Offerors are advised that only the Contracting Officer is legally authorized to commit the Government. Furthermore, ESTCP reserves the right to select for award any, all, part, or none of the proposals received. There is no commitment by ESTCP to make any contract awards, nor to be responsible for any money ex pended 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 awards will result totaling approximately $3.0 million of work. For awards to be made as contracts, evaluation shall include the extent of commitment in providing meaningful subcontracting opportunities for small business, HUD Zone small business, small disadvantaged business, woman owned small business concerns, historically bla ck colleges and universities, Veteran Owned and Disabled Veteran Owned small business and minority institutions. The North American Industry Classification System (NAISC) code is 541 710 with the small business size standard of 500 employees. In addition, contract proposals that exceed $500,000 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 Point of Contact for this BAA for non-technical issues is Mr. James F. Bowers, HECSA, 703-428-7406 and for technical issues is Ms. Brenda Batch, ESTCP Program Office, 703-696-2127.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity ATTN: CEHEC-CT, 7701 Telegraph Road Alexandria VA

Zip Code: 22315-3860

Country: US
 

Record

SN00692938-W 20041014/041012212050 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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