Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch Environmental Engineering Services Contract

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality is soliciting environmental engineering services for the Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch under solicitation number 16-101039-001, with proposals due by August 31, 2026. The contract is structured as a task order on a not-to-exceed basis for a three-year term, with an estimated total value of $2,500,000, funded by state and federal sources. Services require comprehensive environmental assessments and remediation support, including site-specific work plans, hydrogeologic and contaminant analyses, geophysical surveys, land surveying, remediation design, permit applications for NPDES and air quality, OSHA compliance, and technical support for public hearings or litigation. All work must be performed within North Carolina, with electronic deliveries—must be submitted in PDF or TIFF format at 300 DPI resolution—to the DEQ office in Raleigh. Contractors must be licensed in North Carolina for engineering, architecture, or landscape architecture services and adhere to the November 2024 Reasonable Rate Document for all fee structures and subcontractor cost controls. Subcontractor selections exceeding $500,000 require joint approval from the DEQ and the prime contractor, with a minimum of three quotes mandated. Late deliverables incur penalties of 5% for being more than ten business days late, plus 1% per additional day. Meeting reimbursements are capped at $2,000 for in-person sessions and $1,200 for virtual meetings. Proposals must be submitted electronically via email to Vincent Antrilli, the contract administrator, with the subject line “IHSB LOI,” and include one electronic copy of the letter of interest and a completed Standard Form 254 containing the unique entity ID and CAGE code. Evaluation is based on specialized expertise, past performance, proposed team qualifications, current workload, design approach, recent experience with project costs and timelines, construction administration capability, local familiarity, and successful past project delivery, with no formal weightings provided, indicating a trade-off selection process prioritizing technical merit over cost alone. No physical packaging or marking standards are specified, and no formal FAR clauses apply, as this is a state-level procurement governed by North Carolina statutes and internal DEQ procedures.