MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION (MEGA), ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES (ERS)/LONG TERM RESPONSE ACTION (LTRA), INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) MULTIPLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACTS (MATOC)

MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNMENT ACQUISITION (MEGA), ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES (ERS)/LONG TERM RESPONSE ACTION (LTRA), INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY (IDIQ) MULTIPLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACTS (MATOC) Small Business - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Northwestern Division, Kansas City District Agency: Department of the Army Office: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Location: Kansas City District Solicitation Number: W912DQ-16-R-3000 Notice Type: Presolicitation Synopsis: This Environmental Remediation Services (ERS) Contract will support work assigned to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 customers and customers within the Northwestern Division of the Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) for hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) remediation projects for both civilian and military agencies of the Federal Government. This contract for environmental response actions will include service and construction activities mandated by the Defense Environmental Restoration Program (DERP), Superfund, environmental compliance and pollution prevention projects under the Department of Defense Environmental Quality Program, Brownfields, Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP), environmental cleanup activities under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program, Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other environmental and homeland security laws and regulations requiring support activities for military installations, Corps' civil works projects, and work for other federal agencies. The DERP projects will include Installation Restoration Program (IRP) activities on active Army and Air Force installations and on Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS). It is anticipated that the majority of the work will be conducted within EPA Region 2. Architect-Engineer contracts under FAR Subpart 36.6 will not be awarded under this contract. The solicitation will be issued on or after 01 December 2015. This Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) is a part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA) Strategy. This Solicitation will be for the award of two MATOC pools for Environmental Remediation Services (ERS) under NAICS Code 562910. The two MATOC pools will include $60M each in shared capacity. The task orders will support existing and future USACE customers, Districts within the USACE Northwestern Division, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Both firm fixed price and cost reimbursement task orders may be issued. All Task Orders to be awarded under this MATOC will be competed in accordance with (IAW) FAR 16.505(b)(1), Fair Opportunity, and DFARS 216.505-70, Ordering Under Multiple Award Contracts, unless one of the exceptions to fair opportunity at FAR 16.505(b)(2)(i) applies. IAW FAR 16.505(b)(1) and DFARS 216.505-70 Task Order selection will be tailored to specific project requirements and awarded IAW pre-established evaluation criteria. The Government intends for five contractors to receive awards. The agency reserves the right to award more or less than 5 contracts. Task orders will be solicited under either MATOC at the government's discretion based upon the size of the task order and the remaining capacity of the two $60M MATOC pools. This will be a small business Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC). This Request for Proposal (RFP) is available for award to all firms with active SAM registration under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 562910, Environmental Remediation Services. Firm fixed-price or cost reimbursement task orders will be written against the IDIQ Contracts. The Contracting Officer has the discretion of adjusting the number of contracts awarded, or awarding none at all. Evaluation of proposals will be performed on a "trade-off best value" basis. Contracts will have a base period of three years and an option to extend the contract for an additional two-year period. The MATOCs awarded may include firm-fixed price and cost reimbursement task orders for a wide range of environmental remediation services, including but not limited to: environmental removal actions, remedial actions, and other remediation activities as well as related activities necessary to complete a successful remediation, conduct Long Term Response Actions (LTRA). Construction efforts necessary to implement environmental remediation services is included in this scope of work. Remedial activities may include, but not be limited to, excavation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous, toxic, or low level radiological waste; asbestos and lead-based paint remediation; building remediation and demolition; construction and operation of groundwater treatment plants and extraction systems; installation and operation of in-situ treatment technologies including but not limited to air sparging, chemical oxidation, bioremediation, ground-water circulating wells, permeable reactive barriers, soil vapor extraction, and thermal treatment; water line installations/service connections hookups; and utility line replacement and/or remediation along utility lines; and erosion, sewer, and storm water controls for the purpose of compliance and/or pollution prevention. Supporting activities include but are not limited to: Sampling and laboratory analysis of soil, groundwater, surface water, air, and sediments; preparation of work plans, reports, studies, and ability to conduct studies to support RCRA, CERCLA and other programs listed above; public participation such as presentation of both written and visual material; data analysis/interpretation/modeling, and data management; Special studies such as Remedial System Evaluation (RSE), Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA), State Historic Preservation Offices studies, Wetlands delineations, value engineering studies, energy studies, schedule analysis, and cost estimating. Proposal Evaluation: The Government is utilizing the procedures in FAR 15.3 "Source Selection" under competitive negotiated proceedings to select the proposals that represent the best value to the Government. The trade-off process inherent in best value source selection allows the government to consider award to other than the lowest priced offeror or other than the highest technically rated offeror, per FAR 15.101. Consequently, all evaluation factors that may affect the contract award and their relative importance will be clearly stated in the solicitation. Offerors: Please be advised of on-line registration requirement in the System for Award Management (SAM) database http://www.sam.gov/ and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual On-line Representations and Certifications. Representations and certifications are required to be updated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete. There are no drawings associated with this Request for Proposal. Copies of this solicitation are available by INTERNET ACCESS ONLY. Notification of amendments shall be made via Internet only, as well. It is therefore the Contractor's responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) system, at www.fbo.gov. FBO is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested Offerors MUST register with FBO or they will not be able to download information from the site. Registration instructions can be found on the FBO website at www.fbo.gov by clicking on the Register Now hyperlink. Contractors registered with FBO may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet AFTER SOLICITATION ISSUANCE. All amendments will be posted to FBO. It shall be the contractor's responsibility to check the website for any amendments. Interested parties are reminded that they are responsible for checking on new information posted to FBO. The information being requested does not constitute a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract, nor to pay for any costs incurred as a result in replying to this notice. This notice should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. Contracting Office Address: USACE Kansas City District, 601 E. 12th Street, Room 635, Kansas City, MO 64106-2824 Place of Performance: The "covered area" includes the areas included within the geographical boundaries of the Northwestern Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 Point of Contact(s): Josh Hill - +1 (555) 000-0000 or contact@example.gov Contracting Office Address: USACE, Kansas City District, 601 E. 12th Street, Room 635, Kansas City, MO 64106-2824 http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/