RECOVERY--F--Modification for Remedial Action, Operable Unit 2 (OU2) at the Horseshoe Road Complex Superfund Site, Sayreville, New Jersey

This contract action was not awarded as a fixed price type because uncertainties involved in contract performance did not permit costs to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed price contract. As such, a cost-reimbursement type action was awarded (FAR 16.301-2). MODIFICATION TO AN EXISTING TASK ORDER. The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded the task order modification using American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds on contract task order W912DQ-05-D-0002-0008, Modification 5, for the completion of Remedial Action, Operable Unit 2 (OU2), at the Horseshoe Road Superfund Site, Sayreville, New Jersey. The project was originally competed and awarded as a Cost Plus Fixed-Fee Completion Basis Task Order to Conti Federal Services, Inc. (CAGE Code: 0WZD6). In compliance with the transparency and accountability requirements associated with the supplemental appropriations provided by the American Recovery and Re-Investment Act (ARRA) of 2009, Pub.L. 11-5; the Government posts this preaward notice of modification to an existing Cost Plus Fixed Fee Task Order for Remedial Action at the Horseshoe Road Superfund Site, Sayreville, New Jersey. This modification award was $5,000,000.00 and it was to fund a change order that was negotiated. The original contract action and follow on modification was not awarded as a fixed price contract type because uncertainties involved in contract performance did not permit costs to be estimated with sufficient accuracy to use any type of fixed price contract. As such, a cost-reimbursement type action was awarded (FAR 16.301-2). Procurement of a Cost Plus Fixed-Fee modification to the existing Task Order will offer significant flexibility for responding to contaminant conditions that are not well defined at this project. Additionally, the USACE Horseshoe Road project team is capable and prepared to provide qualified staff for monitoring contractor performance to mitigate risks and to ensure that all alternatives have been considered. The project team is also able and has experience to monitor the task order to ensure that performance, cost and schedule goals are being met, including but not limited to, implementing quality assurance procedures established for the contract, and completing timely contractor performance evaluations that accurately reflect the contractors actual performance.