Federal Business Opportunities Information This solicitation is Small Business Set-Aside. The Pueblo Chemical Depot is a Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) installation and therefore, this solicitation will be issued in accordance with the requirements of the Defense BRAC law of 1988 which requires that preference shall be given to local and small businesses. Businesses located in the vicinity of a military installation that is being closed or realigned under a base closure law, including 10 U.S.C. 2687, and small and small disadvantaged businesses shall be provided maximum practicable opportunity to participate in acquisitions that support the closure or realignment, including acquisitions for environmental restoration and mitigation. This will be in accordance with DFARS 226.71. On or about July 3, 2014, this office will issue a Request for Proposal for a small business set-aside (BRAC) $70M, Firm-Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ), Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) for Performance Based Environmental Remediation with Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) and Hazardous Toxic, Munitions and Explosives of Concern (MEC) and Radiological Waste (HTRW) at multiple sites at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo County, Colorado. The solicitation will close on or about August 5, 2014. Project Description: This Site Specific Performance Based Remediation Contract will be for qualified, experienced sources located within Pueblo County Colorado or Adjacent Counties capable of performing environmental remediation services with MMRP and HTRW at multiple sites at the Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD), Pueblo County, Colorado. This acquisition shall include various sites at the Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo Colorado. The Base Realignment and Closure Environmental Restoration Programs requires services of contractors with technical staff, equipment, and facilities to execute investigation and cleanup conducted at Installation Restoration, Munitions Response, and Compliance Cleanup sites on Army BRAC installations. Investigation and cleanup conducted under the proposed contract meet the Army legal requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Response Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The Omaha District plans to continue environmental remediation measures at the Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD), Pueblo County, Colorado. All PCD missions except the storage of chemical munitions were terminated in September 1994. PCD's current mission is the safe and secure storage, monitoring, and destruction of the chemical stockpile; and preparation for Depot closure. The Contractor will not be responsible for chemical munitions disposal activities or subsequent environmental remediation related to chemical weapons demilitarization activities, as part of this contract. There will be a full range of remediation activities required across the installation for all PCD sites to include contamination that has migrated beyond boundaries. The site includes Installation Restoration Program (IRP) sites and Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP) sites. Services may include, but are not limited to, the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances, and hazardous materials. The Contractor must have the capability and experience to perform, or provide, a wide range of engineering, remedial design, remedial construction, and remediation services required for hazardous substance and waste sites. In addition to advancing the closure of many sites through the RCRA process, this contract will address the regulatory closure requirements of the two (2) plumes of contamination that have migrated offsite. Work will include investigation, evaluation of remedial alternatives, remedial design, remedial construction, remediation of contaminated sites, remedial action (operations) (RA(O)), and long-term management. The work will include optimization, operation and maintenance (O&M) of pump and treat (P&T) systems; the execution of the installation wide sampling and monitoring program; the data validation program for the Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD) environmental remediation program; and the operation and maintenance the off-post treatment systems associated with an explosives contaminant plume; the annual update of the No Further Action (NFA) methodology used for site closure. This contract will also require the contractor to address MMRP sites which will include MEC removal. The Department of Defense (DoD) is required to implement remedies as necessary to protect human health and the environment. This will be a performance-based services acquisition. The Contractor must perform all the necessary environmental services as required to meet the performance objectives of each task order Performance Work Statement (PWS) and remain in compliance with the PWS of the basic contract. The Contractor will be responsible for fully executing the Firm Fixed Price (FFP) approach under a Performance-Based Acquisition (PBA) by conducting required environmental remediation services for which the Contractor has taken contractual responsibility; addressing any and all environmental, explosive safety, scheduling, and regulatory issues; and satisfactory achievement of the performance objectives for the project at Pueblo Chemical Depot, Pueblo County, Colorado in accordance with federal, state, base and local statues and regulations. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 562910 which contains a size standard of 500 Employees. Obtaining Solicitation Documents: Offerors: Please be advised that an on-line registration requirement in System for Award Management (SAM) database http://www.sam.gov/ exists and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual Representations and Certifications on SAM. Representations and certifications are required to be up-dated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete. The electronic annual representations and certifications are effective for one year from date of submission or update to SAM. Solicitation documents will be posted to the web via Federal Business Opportunities (Fed Biz Opps) (www.fbo.gov). Registration is required to access solicitation documents. Federal Business Opportunities provides secure access to acquisition-related information, synopsis or pre-solicitation notices and amendments. 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