RECOVERY Bates Mill #5 Targeted Brownfields Assessment

RECOVERY THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. A TASK ORDER IS BEING AWARDED UNDER THE REMEDIAL ACTION CONTRACT 2 (RAC2), CONTRACT NO. EP-S1-06-03. This Task Order obligates $3,442 for preparation of a Work Plan and Cost Estimate for work to be performed at the following Brownfields Site: Bates Mill # 5, 15 Canal Street, Lewiston, ME 04240-7204 Once the Work Plan and Cost Estimate are approved, additional Recovery funds will be obligated for completion of the effort. This effort has a total estimated value of between $100,000 and $250,000. The purpose of the Task Order is to perform a Targeted Brownfields Assessment. The overall objectives are to: 1) make preliminary determinations of the types and general extent of contamination on site (e.g. in soil, groundwater, and contamination within buildings); 2) Determine, using published state and federal risk-based regulatory standards, the risks posed by contamination; 3) develop potential alternatives for clean-up; and 4) estimate order of magnitude costs of implementing the clean-up alternatives that would help support decision making concerning future redevelopment of the Brownfield site. The period of performance is from 28 July 2009 through 30 September 2010. The task order has been issued under the Region 1 Small Business Remedial Action Contract 2 (RAC2) on 28 July 2009, and is task order number 048-SIBZ-0100. The RAC2 contract number is EP-S1-06-03, Nobis Engineering. Administrative Contracting Officer for the task order will be Patrice Denault, Contracting Officer, contact@example.gov +1 (555) 000-0000. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contains specific acquisition requirements that must be met when using appropriated funds from the Act, including the need for acquisitions to be in accordance with the FAR and, to the maximum extent practicable, awarded as fixed-price (FP) contracts using competitive procedures. However, the Office of Management and Budget's guidance allows for the use of other than FP contracts. Although the Agency's RAC2 contracts were not awarded as FP contracts, they were awarded competitively, and each contract structure was selected to provide the contractor with the greatest incentive for efficient and economical performance, given the types of services to be performed. The existing RAC2 contracts have sufficient qualified acquisition personnel to provide appropriate contract administration and oversight to monitor contract performance to mitigate the Government's risk. In order to meet the requirements of the Act in the most prudent business manner within the time constraints imposed, existing RAC2 contracts are the most appropriate contractual vehicles consistent with Agency plans that promote the goals of the ARRA.