RECOVERY--F--Modification for work and services necessary to proceed through the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Process at the Sylvania Corning FUSRAP Site, Hicksville, New York.

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 EXISTING CONTRACT TASK ORDER - The Kansas City District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a task order modification using American Recovery and ReinvestmentAct (ARRA) funds on contract W912DQ-08-D-0018. This project was originally competed under solicitation number W912DQ-08-R-0048 and awarded to CDM Federal Programs Corporation (CAGE: 0T3N7). This task order modification award is in the amount of $4,399,961.00. Procurement of a Cost Plus Fixed-Fee Task Order was selected as the best method due to the significant flexibility required to respond to the conditions of this work. The nature of the work being performed in the field involves a large amount of uncertainty in areas such as drilling depth and sample analysis. There are also unknowns that the contractor will need to address, such as the volume and composition of IDW. The field team will be required to coordinate closely with USACE to make decisions for how to proceed on an almost daily basis. Additionally, the USACE project team is capable and prepared to provide monitoring of 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.