REGION 2 REMEDIAL ACTION CONTRACT (RAC) PR-HQ-07-11352 - 8(a) SET-ASIDE AND SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) SET-ASIDE A pre-solicitation conference has been scheduled for May 18, 2007 at the Region 2 EPA's office located in New York. 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Pre-Solicitation Conference 1:00 AM - 3:00 PM Question & Answer Period LOCATION: U.S. EPA Region 2 Ted Weiss Federal Building 290 Broadway - 30th Floor Conference Rooms 1-3 New York, NY 10007-1866 For conference registration information and further details, please visit our EPA web site at http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/pmrcsc/rac2/R2.htm This is a solicitation announcement. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP). The draft RFP will be posted prior to the conference and a final RFP is scheduled to be posted on or around June 1, 2007. offerors shall submit Standard Form 330 on or around July 15, 2007. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund /RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Division, Washington DC requires professional architect and engineering services to support remedial planning and oversight activities in Region 2 which includes New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The Response Action Contracts (RACs) support the Agency's activities under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reorganization Act of 1986 (SARA), Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act pursuant to the Federal Response Plan (FRP), the Brownfields Revitalization Act, the Great Lakes Legacy Act, and other laws to help address and/or mitigate endangerment to public health, welfare or environment, and to support State and communities in preparing for responses to releases of hazardous substances, as well as counter-terrorism. Services provided by RACs include: program support (management); remedial investigation and feasibility studies; engineering services to design remedial actions; engineering evaluations and cost analyses for non-time-critical removal actions, including issuing and managing subcontracts for construction of the selected remedy, and engineering services for construction oversight. RACs services also include enforcement support, including oversight of the remedial investigations/feasibility studies, remedial designs, and remedial actions, and negotiation support; and other technical assistance, including community relations, sampling and analytical support, and pre-design investigations. Services may also include technical and management services supporting EPA's coordination and/or oversight of remedial activities performed by a State, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, or responsible parties identified in enforcement actions. To view the draft RAC 2 Statement of Work (SOW), work breakdown structure, task inventory and anticipated limitation of future contracting clause, visit: http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/pmrcsc/rac2/index.htm The requirement's North American Industry Classification System Code (NAICS) is 562910 with a small business size standard of 500 employees. At least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the prime contractor. This procurement envisions the award of two (2) Remedial Action Contracts (RAC); one 8(a) award and one SDVOSB award. These contracts will be cost-plus-fixed-fee. The base period of performance will be five years. Work will be issued by level-of-effort work assignments. Each contract will have a minimum guarantee of 5,000 hours and a base period maximum of 97,500 hours and a maximum of $5,000,000 in the subcontracting pool. These RACs shall be awarded as a Brooks Act Procurement. Offerors shall submit Standard Form 330 (when requested). For this procurement, EPA requires that the offerors organize the information so as to highlight responses to the technical evaluation criteria. This will facilitate review of the information submitted. The Placement Contracting Officer for this solicitation is Benita Jackson; she can be reached at
[email protected] or (202) 564-2996. The Placement Contract Specialist for this procurement is Rayna Brown; she can be reached at
[email protected] or (202) 564-5659.