Z --Environmental Remediation and Decommissioning Services

This synopsis combines solicitation numbers DTRT57-08-R- 20006 and DTRT57-09-R-20002 into a new solicitation. The new solicitation number is DTRT57-09-R-20014. The Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center) intends to issue a solicitation for multiple award indefinite delivery - indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contracts for environmental remediation and decommissioning services. The solicitation is expected to be issued on or around March 3, 2009. The Government intends to award three contracts from this solicitation. The first award will be made to a service disabled veteran owned (SDVO) small business and the other two awards will be made on a full and open basis. The services to be performed are an integral part of environmental remediation activities undertaken by the Volpe Center in support of organizations within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), such as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and other Volpe Center sponsors including the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This procurement will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, and FAR Part 37, Service Contracting. Individual Task Orders (TOs) under the resulting contracts will be issued on the basis of Firm Fixed Price, Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) term form or CPFF completion form. Whenever possible, performance-based TOs will be issued. The resulting contracts will require contractors to provide decommissioning services and environmental remediation services for various hazardous, toxic, and radioactive (HRTW) sites over a period of five years. Typical environmental remediation work activities may include removal, treatment, sampling and analysis for monitoring and control, transportation, and disposal of confirmed or suspected hazardous, toxic, and radioactive waste. Decommissioning actions will support the closure and proper disposition of obsolete and abandoned facilities and infrastructure and may include project planning, cost estimating, engineering evaluations, hazard assessments, permitting, hazardous materials abatement, utility disconnection or relocation, demolition, disposal, site restoration, and site closure. The applicable NAICS Code is 562910 (Environmental Remediation Services). The Size Standard is 500 employees. Detailed specifications and minimum requirements will be set forth in the solicitation. The solicitation and related documents will be available in electronic format only at the Government point of entry (http://fedbizopps.gov/) and the Volpe Center Acquisition Division home page on the World Wide Web (www). Paper copies of these documents will not be available. These documents will be available in text format and will reside on a server which may be accessed using www browsers. The www address is: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/procure/index.html. Offerors desiring to receive a copy of the solicitation and any related documents must register at this site to receive electronic notification of the solicitation posting and availability for downloading. Contractors are warned that when they register to receive solicitations, amendments, and other notices, the responsibility for providing the Government with an accurate and complete email address lies with the contractor. The Government will make no additional efforts to deliver information when the system indicates that transmissions cannot be delivered to the email address provided. For questions concerning the acquisition, contact the contracting official in writing by email at contact@example.gov. ANY INQUIRIES VIA TELEPHONE WILL NOT BE HONORED. NOTE: All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) in order to receive an award from a DOT Agency. Contractors may access the site at http://www.ccr.gov to register and/or obtain information about the registration process. Additionally, solicitation Representation and Certifications are no longer provided within the solicitation and must be submitted online through the Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). ORCA is a web-based system that centrali zes and standardizes the collection, storage and viewing of the Representations and Certifications required by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Potential offerors are highly encouraged to complete the online provisions within the Representations and Certifications at the earliest, at https://orca.bpn.gov. ATTENTION: Minority, Women-owned, and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBEs); The Department of Transportation (DOT), Short-Term Lending Program (STLP) offers working capital financing in the form of lines of credit to finance accounts receivable for transportation related contracts. Maximum line of credit is $750,000 with interest at the prime rate, as published daily in the Wall Street Journal, plus 1.75 percent. For further information, call +1 (555) 000-0000. Internet address: http://osdbuweb.dot.gov/.