SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Phospate Mines Sites
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, R-4 IDAWY Acquisition Service Center, 1405 Hollipark Drive, Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83401
- ZIP Code
- 83401
- Solicitation Number
- AG-02NV-SS-10-0028
- Archive Date
- 5/16/2010
- Point of Contact
- Connie H. Osborne, Phone: (208) 557-5833
- E-Mail Address
-
chosborne@fs.fed.us
(chosborne@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- INTRODUCTION Phosphate was designated a strategic mineral in the 1920 Mineral Leasing Act. It is used primarily as a commercial fertilizer; it is also used in products such as pharmaceuticals, tire manufacturing, food products, animal feed supplements, herbicides, and soft drinks. Approximately 80% of the known phosphate deposits in Southeast Idaho are under federal lease by one of three major phosphate companies. There are 84 existing federal leases covering approximately 46,000 acres of land. Of the 17 mines in the area, nine lie solely or predominantly on NFS lands on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. These mines are: Smoky Canyon, Enoch Valley, Wooley Valley, Diamond Gulch, South Maybe, North Maybe, Champ, Mountain Fuel, and Rasmussen Ridge. One additional mine and industrial site (Georgetown Canyon) lies on patented land within the Forest. In 1996, five horses were euthanized after prolonged exposure to selenium in a private pasture downstream from the Forest and a historic phosphate mine. This event prompted a Forest Service investigation under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Selenium is a hazardous substance that is an essential nutrient at low levels but with a narrow toxicity margin. Investigations revealed area-wide contamination associated with phosphate mining. Vegetation, groundwater, and surface water have been impacted, affecting thousands of acres of grazing land and wildlife habitat, and dozens of miles of prime fisheries, including Yellowstone cutthroat trout habitat. Selenium has reached the Blackfoot River (formerly a blue ribbon fishery. Consequently, the Blackfoot River is proposed for 303(d) listing in 2008 along with several other area streams) and the upper reaches of the Snake River watershed flowing into the Salt River in Wyoming. As a lead agency, the Forest Service anticipates conducting at least four (and possibly up to 10) Remedial Investigations / Feasibility Studies under CERCLA to investigate the nature and extent of contamination, assess the potential risks to human health and the environment, and develop and evaluate potential alternatives at several phosphate minesites located on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest. The nature of the Work anticipated at each mine site(s) on the Forest is outlined below. The Forest Service anticipates that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality may elect to participate as support agencies. SCOPE OF CONTRACT The Contractor shall furnish all personnel, materials, and services necessary to perform the RI/FS, except as otherwise specified by the Forest Service. This includes furnishing labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals. The intent of a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at a particular phosphate mine site is to investigate the nature and extent of contamination, assess the potential risk to human health and the environment, and to develop and evaluate potential remedial alternatives. The RI and FS are interactive and may be conducted concurrently so that the data collected in the RI will support the development of remedial alternatives in the FS, which in turn affects the data needs and the scope of treatability studies. The contractor shall conduct this RI/FS and produce a RI, risk assessments, and FS reports that are in accordance with this terms and conditions of this contract and, the Guidance for Conducting Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies Under CERCLA (RI/FS Guidance) (U.S. EPA, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, October 1988), and any other guidance that the Agencies use in conducting an RI/FS, as may be amended or modified, as well as any additional requirements in the Administrative Order of Consent (AOC). The RI/FS Guidance describes the report format and the required report content. The selected remedial action will be protective of human health and the environment, will be in compliance with, or include a waiver of, applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs) of other laws, will be cost-effective, will utilize permanent solutions and alternative treatment technologies or resource recovery technologies, to the maximum extent practicable, and will address the statutory preference for treatment of the principal threats. The final RI/FS and risk assessment reports, as adopted by the Forest Service, will, with the administrative record, form the basis for the selection of the Site's remedy and will provide the information necessary to support the development of the ROD. Under an Indefinite Quantity Indefinite Delivery type contract Task Orders will be issued identifying a more detailed requirement and schedule. The types of tasks that are anticipated to be issued under this contract include, but are not limited to the following: •Scoping – site visit, meeting(s) with Forest Service project managers, develop preliminary conceptual site model, project planning, and develop work plans; •Community Relations – assist the Forest Service in development of community involvement plans, public meeting support, and compilation of public comments on the Proposed Plan; •Site Characterization – multi-media field investigations, laboratory analyses, data management and analyses, human health and ecological risk assessments, and preparation of remedial investigation reports; •Treatability Study – determine the need for one or more treatability studies and evaluate potential candidate technologies; •Feasibility Study – develop and screen remedial alternatives, develop detailed remedial alternatives, and conduct nine criteria analysis under CERCLA to identify the preferred alternative; •Engineering Evaluation / Cost Analysis – based on information gathered in the site characterization, develop and screen alternatives for a non-time critical removal action; •Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) Oversight -- review of PRP work plans, sampling and analysis plans, site investigations, engineering evaluations / cost analysis, remedial investigations, feasibility studies, treatability studies, risk assessments, analytical results, and engineering designs; and/or, •Expert Witness Support -- provide expert witnesses to support the Forest Service’s efforts in any ongoing or potential litigation with respect to the development of the RI/FS or EE/CA. Please provide your qualifications for this type of work and your business classification: Large, Small, Hubzone, Service Disabled Veteran, 8(a), etc.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Soda Springs Ranger District, Soda Springs, Idaho, 83276, United States
- Zip Code: 83276
- Zip Code: 83276
- Record
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