RECOVERY -- Targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) START TO #21 -- Shields River Branch Line Site, Park County, MT

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO THE USEPA REGION 8 START CONTRACTOR UNDER EP-W-05-050. REQUESTS AND/OR INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ADDRESSED. IT IS THE INTENT OF THE USEPA TO AWARD A TASK ORDER UNDER AN EXISTING CONTRACT. The purpose of this Task Order (TO) #21 is to obligate $150,000 for a targeted Brownfields Assessment (TBA) of the Park County Shields River Branch Line Site located in and about the town of Livingston, in Park County, Montana. The period of performance will be from the date of award (anticipated to be during the week of October 5th, 2009)through February 28, 2010. Requirements for TO #21 include the following: 1) conducting site reconnaissance with USEPA to define scope of work; 2) preparing the initial field sampling plan based on the site recon; 3) conducting field sampling, anticipated to include several contaminents identified in the Phase I Report (sampling may include surface soils, subsurface soils and groundwater); 4) providing for laboratory analysis of samples; 5) preparing cost estimates for cleanup of contaminated zones; 6) preparing the draft and final Phase II Environmental Assessment Reports; 7) preparing the Property Profile Form (PPF); and, complying with the documentation and reporting requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA" or "the Act"). The Act 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 Federal Acquisition Regulations (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 START (Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team) contracts were awarded as IDIQ contracts, they were awarded competitively with fixed rates, and each contract structure was selected to provide the contractor with the greatest incentive for efficient and economical performance, given the type of services to be performed. The existing START contracts have sufficient qualified acquisition personnel to provide appropriate contract administration and oversight to monitor contract performance and 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 START contracts are the most appropriate contractual vehicles consistent with Agency plans that promote the goals of ARRA.