RECOVERY Silresim Superfund Site Remedial Action

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 $115,451 for preparation of a Work Plan and Cost Estimate for work to be performed at the Silresim Chemical Corp. (Silresim) Superfund Site in Lowell, MA 01852-4420. 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 $10 - $25 Million. The purpose of this task order is to implement a Remedial Action (RA) at the Silresim Superfund Site. The Contractor will have overall responsibility for construction of a Final Engineered Barrier over a portion of the Silresim Property and implementing thermally-enhanced Soil-Vapor Extraction (SVE) for the reduction of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in shallow soil and groundwater. Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH) will be used for VOC reduction. ERH is a "thermally-enhanced" variation of SVE that employs electrical current to heat both the underlying soil and groundwater; the heated contaminated media liberates substantially more contamination which can then be captured, treated and/or destroyed. The period of performance is from May 12, 2009 through April 30, 2011. The task order has been issued under the Region 1 Small Business Remedial Action Contract 2 (RAC2) on 11 May 2009, and is task order number 045-RARA-0122. The RAC2 contract number is EP-S1-06-03. Administrative Contracting Officer for the task order will be Sharlene Begley, Supervisory 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.