R -- REGIONAL OVERSIGHT CONTRACT (ROC) AT FEDERAL FACILITIES

Notice Date

November 28, 2000

Contracting Office

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Procurement (3805R), Arielrios Building, 1200 Pennsylania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

ZIP Code

20460-0001

Solicitation Number

PR-HQ-01-12728

Point of Contact

Michelle Barrett, (202) 564-4481

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contract specialist via (vaughan.doretha@epa.gov)

Description

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to competitively procure Regional Oversight Contract (ROC) support services for the EPA Region 7, National Program for Federal Facilities Enforcement. This is a small business set aside procurement (firms with 500 employees or less). The maximum estimated LOE hours is 39,150 over a base period of five years. This ROC procurement is to provided support to EPA's Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse (FFRR) in its mission of oversight and enforcement of both Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) activities at Federal facilities and, to a limited extent, PRP-lead sites within the geographical boundaries of Region 7, which consist of: Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa. The Federal Facilities Compliance Act of 1992 waives sovereign immunity for Federal hazardous waste generators. CERCLA 120 and 6001 delegate extensive oversight responsibilities to EPA for hazardous waste remediation projects at Federal facilities. To accomplish this mission, the EPA FFRR officials review documentation generated by the Federal PRP's contractor and Federal PRP's employees involved in site remediation, approve remedies, provide removal oversight, assist in deliberations leading to agreements with other Federal agencies, and determine appropriate penalties where necessary. The successful offeror will be required to provide support in the following area: (A) RCRA Compliance Activities: 1) provide technical support to EPA in conducting inspections at Federal facilities; 2) oversee, in conjunction with EPA, various phases of each RCRA corrective action. (B) CERCLA Assessment Support: 1) provide technical review of pre-National Priority List Preliminary Assessments/Site Inspections; 2) prepare for EPA review, the full Hazardous Ranking System documentation packages; and 3) review revisions and information provided by Federal agencies to EPA's Federal Agency Hazardous Waste Compliance Docket; 4) Preliminary Assessment (PA) support; 6) Site inspection reviews. (C) Oversight Compliance of Remedial Investigations and Feasibility Studies (RI/FS) activities: 1) provide support for treatability studies; 2) review or prepare risk assessments; 3) help monitor and oversee remedial RI/FS study activities; 4) remedial investigation report review. (D) Remedial Design and Remedial Action (RD/RA) oversight activities: 1) provide review and comment to EPA on detailed design plans and specifications for implementing selected remedies; 2) oversee in conjunction with EPA, the management of construction services for remedy implementation; 3) provide review and comment on shop drawings and proposed change orders; 4) provide oversight of removal actions and 5) provide technical support to EPA during the oversight of post-construction activities. (E) General Negotiations Support: 1) locating and securing qualified experts; 2) support in the preparation of technical documents; 3) support for Administrative Dispute Resolution; 4) support for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). (F) Other Technical Support: 1) provide technical support for development and implementation of community involvement activities; 2) technical and community involvement support on base closures. (G) Sampling/Analytical Support Services: 1) provide sampling and analytical support; 2) provide long term monitoring support; 3) collect environmental samples. (H) Unexploded Ordnance(UXO): 1) UXO detection and avoidance support; 2) safety escorts for initial site characterizations such as: PA/SIs, removal assessments, RIs, RFAs, and RFIs; 3) review of proposed UXO cleanup actions on CERCLA removal and remedial actions; 4) provide training on UXO site related activities. Offerors should be aware that they may be required to obtain security clearances to work on specific Federal facilities. For purposes of this procurement, EPA considers an offeror to have significant potential for conflict of interest if that offeror currently holds a prime contract or subcontract to provide response action contract (RAC) services on a Federal facility anywhere in the U.S. for any Federal agency or department other than EPA. However, due to the significant potential for conflict of interest during contract performance, the team subcontractor will be prohibited from providing ROC services on any Federal facility owned or operated by a Federal agency or department, other than EPA, with which it holds a prime contract or subcontract to provide RAC services. A response action contract is defined as any written contract or agreement to provide any CERCLA removal or remedial action, or to provide any investigation, evaluation, planning, engineering, surveying and mapping, design, construction, or equipment related to such response with respect to any release or threatened release of a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant from a facility, or to implement a RCRA corrective action. The anticipated date of award is August 2001. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. This is not a request for submission of proposals. A formal Request for Proposals (RFP) will be posted on the EPA Internet Web Page, Doing Business with the EPA, on or about December 13, 2000. Firms interested in receiving the RFP should submit their requests at that time, via Internet E-mail at vaughan.doretha@epa.gov, stating such to Doretha Vaughan, Contract Specialist. Or writing to the following address: U.S. EPA, Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 3805R, Washington, D.C., 20460, ATTN: Doretha Vaughan.

Web Link

click here to download a copy of the RFP (http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001130/RSOL003.HTM (W-333 SN5075T2)