Decommissioning and Disposal (D&D) Activities for the SM-1A reactor Facility located at Fort Greely, AK

**UPDATE - 08 March 2022*** Amendment 4 to the solicitation has been added to this announcement along with an extension to the proposal submission deadline. **UPDATE - 04 March 2022*** Amendment 3 to the solicitation has been added to this announcement. **UPDATE - 25 February 2022*** Amendment 2 to the solicitation has been added to this announcement. **UPDATE - 17 February 2022*** Amendment 1 to the solicitation has been added to this announcement along with some additional attachments that were missing. **UPDATE** A virtual site visit presentation will be held on Thursday, 17 February 2022 and Friday, 18 February 2022 from 2:00PM to 3:30PM Eastern. Those personnel wishing to attend shall notify the Contract Specialist, Leigha Arnold, at contact@example.gov by 5PM Eastern on Wednesday, 16 February 2022 to receive the meeting invitation. Please note that a formal site visit is still being held per the solicitation and requires registration to attend. The proposed procurment is Full and Opent Competition. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code to be used for this procurement is 562910. This code currently defines the Small Business size standard as $12M of gross annual revenues. The Small Business Administration is proposing to update this size standard definition in February-March 2022. Determination of a firms size under NAICS code 562910 will be made based on the size standard in effect as of a selection decision by Baltimore District. An amendment notifying firms of any change in the NAICS 562910 size standard will be issued for this solicitation should that determination be made during the solicitation period. Project Description: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE, Baltimore District has a requirement to support Fort Greely in the decommissioning and dismatlement activities for the SM-1A Deactived Nuclear Power Plant. Work includes: 1) Prepare plans that will support the decommissioning of the SM-1A Reactor Facility in accordance with this PWS and the ARO Decommissioning Permit; 2) Decommission/dispose of materials in accordance with final plans, decommissioning permits, and relevant Federal and State requirements; 3) Perform and document the necessary post-decommissioning radiological surveys to demonstrate all affected areas of Fort Greely are suitable for unrestricted release; and 4) Adherence to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Army, as well as other relevant Federal/State permits, standards, and guidance. The anticipated period of performance for this acquisition is 72 months from date of award. This is a competitive acquisition for the award of a hybrid Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Cost Reimbursable (CR) and Cost-Plus Incentive Fee (CPIF) contract for the decommissioning and dismantlement of the SM-1A Deactivated Nuclear Reactor at Fort Greely, AK. A contract will be awarded to the Offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government considering evaluation factors. Request for Information shal lbe submitted through ProjNet (Instructions can be found in the solicitation documents). Proposals shall be submitted in accordance with the solicitation and all amendments. Government furnished information is available to support the develpment of this acquisition as indicated in the solicitation. In order to obtain these documents, please send an email to Ms. Leigha Arnold, contact@example.gov. Each potential offeror will be required to identify only one (1) person who will serve as the company's Point of Contact (POC) regarding dissemination of all information related to these documents and future solicitation documents. Each company's POC will be emailed a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to fill out, sign and return. Upon receipt of the NDA, the information will be provided to that POC only. We will be accepting requests for historical documents (Government Furnished Information) until 11 March 2022. **It is not to be assumed that this information is the same as what was distributed back in November as a Pre-Solicitation Notice** The Government documents will be provided via the DOD SAFE site https://safe.apps.mil/ approved file sharing site for USACE. The documents will be loaded to the site and you will receive an email notification from the site with instructions on how to access and download the documents. The documents will only be available for seven (7) days from the date of the return of the NDA. All documents provided by the Government must be protected from distribution and destroyed after the proposal process. The documents and the information contained therein is considered to be Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in accordance with Department of Defense Instruction 5200.48, - Controlled Unclassified Information, March 6, 2020.Vendors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database to receive a Government contract award. Vendors must also be registered in the representations & certifications applications (included in SAM). Vendors may reigster for SAM online at www.sam.gov or by calling +1 (555) 000-0000. ELECTRONIC DOD SAFE SITE SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESS REQUEST AN UPLOAD CODE: Interested firms must e-mail the Contract Specialist at contact@example.gov no later than five (5) working days prior to the submission deadline to receive a request code which will allow for file uploads via the SAFE site. Firms that fail to request a code at least five (5) working days before the deadline may not be able to receive a request code in time for submission. SUBMISSION FORMAT: Submission shall be in Adobe (.pdf) format. You are limited to five (5) maximum files per upload (total size cannot exceed 2GB). If you have a large number of files, recommend that you combine or ZIP your files before uploading to the SAFE site. Compression utility software may be used such as WinZip or PKZip to reduce file size and facilitate transmission. FILE DESCRIPTION: Include a - File Description for each file you upload. The - File Description will be included in the e-mail notice to each of the recipients you choose to have access your file(s). NOTE: Do NOT enter Privacy Act Data (Personal Identification Information (PII)) in the File Description. INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW ON THE DoD SAFE WEBSITE: 1. Once at the SAFE website, select the - Drop-off icon. This allows users without a Common Access Card (CAC, an ID issued to certain Government users), or users whose computer is not configured to read a CAC the option to access the SAFE site as a guest. 2. After selecting the - Click Here link, you will be prompted to add your personal information, file information, recipient (Government points of contact) information and e-mail settings. 3. When completing your file information, you will be required to enter the email addresses for all recipients. For this submission the recipients are the Contract Specialist and the Contracting Officer, listed above. Although the email address of the Government employee who initiated the request code will be automatically entered, this address may not be correct. The firm must enter and add the e-mail addresses for both the Contracting Officer and Specialist listed above to the Recipient List. The firm can enter an additional e-mail address if desired. After entering the e-mail address, click the ADD button to add the e-mail to the - Recipients List for your response. When the submission is completed, a notification will be sent to the selected recipients. 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For submissions larger than the 2GB capacity of the SAFE website and require multiple submissions, the Government will consider the date and time the last submission is completely uploaded into the SAFE website. Do not assume that electronic communication is instantaneous. It can take several minutes or even hours in some cases. The Government will not be responsible for submissions delivered to any location or to anyone other than those designated to receive submissions. Firms are responsible for ensuring that submissions are submitted so as to reach the designated recipient. Firms are responsible for allowing sufficient time for the submission to be received in accordance with the instructions provided above.