SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Technologies and Methodologies for Reducing Various Environmental Problems - FY15 BAA Announcement - BAA Phase I Submittal Form - BAA Phase I Proposal Instructions - BAA Sample Form for Phase I Submittals - BAA FY11 Clarifications and Q&A - Vol I
- Notice Date
- 2/10/2015
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- AFICA - AFICA- CONUS
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AFCECBAA-15-001
- Archive Date
- 3/25/2015
- Point of Contact
- Scott L Earle, Phone: 210-395-8704, Linda R. Villanueva, Phone: 210-395-8693
- E-Mail Address
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scott.earle@us.af.mil, linda.villanueva@us.af.mil
(scott.earle@us.af.mil, linda.villanueva@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Past BAA (FY11) Clarifications and Q&A - Volume 1 AFCEC BAA Sample Form for Phase I Submittals Air Force Civil Engineer Center Fiscal Year 2015 Broad Agency Announcement Phase I Proposal Instructions AFCEC Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Phase I Submittal Form (v. 1, 5-Feb-2015) Broad Agency Announcement for Innovative Technologies and Methodologies for Reducing Various Environmental Problems Notes: • This is the first solicitation to FY15 Environmental Directorate BAA announcement. If an Offeror has submitted to previous AFCEC BAA solicitations and would like to be reconsidered under this announcement, the Offeror will need to re-submit a new or revised pre-proposal/white paper as stated below. • Please review all past Complete Questions and Answers (attached) before submitting a question to the Contracting Officer (CO). Synopsis/Announcement: This solicitation constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC), Environmental Directorate (CZ) under FAR 6.102(d)(2). This announcement seeks out proposals that demonstrate and validate innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective technologies and/or methodologies that will lead to more efficient and effective solutions for environmental restoration and compliance concerns across the Air Force and serve the Air Force's future environmental needs. Validated technologies and methodologies must comply with all applicable regulatory requirements, policies and guidance in the Environmental Restoration Program (ERP), Military Munitions Response Program (MMRP), as well as Compliance Programs such as Air, Water Quality, Hazardous Waste, Pollution Prevention and Solid Waste. This solicitation is not to test theoretical concepts or technologies and methodologies that currently exist solely in a laboratory research and development (R&D) phase or that have already been tested and validated multiple times in the field (i.e., a service). The Environmental Directorate Program areas of need for this announcement are: Restoration Statement of Needs (SONs): a. Remedial Technologies for EDB Cleanup at Kirtland Air Force Base. The Air Force seeks proposals that focus on demonstration and validation of remediation technologies applicable to ethylene dibromide (EDB), also known as 1,2-dibromoethane, at the Kirtland AFB former Bulk Fuels Facility and adjacent off-base area. Proposals should focus on demonstrating and validating remediation technologies specific to the complex site conditions at Kirtland AFB listed later in this statement of needs. Preference will be given to proposals addressing technical effectiveness and cost effectiveness for the following topics: • Chemical-specific removal or depletion of EDB and associated contaminants of concern from non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) in the vadose zone and/or smear zone near the water table, • Chemical-specific remediation of NAPL that targets mass transfer of EDB to dissolve phase and subsequent dissolved phase migration (if enhanced mass transfer is proposed, it should be coupled with an appropriate dissolved-phase remediation technology), • Multi-phase forensics technologies for mapping and characterizing NAPL composition, distribution and saturation in heterogeneous sediments of the deep vadose zone and smear zone near the water table, and • Restoration technologies for field characterization of NAPL mobility at low saturations with significant local scale heterogeneity. The Kirtland Bulk Fuels plume is a very high priority site within the Air Force environmental restoration program and receives regular scrutiny from upper level Air Force management and New Mexico Congressional delegates. Environmental risk driver is EDB (0.05 ug/L maximum contaminant level) for cleanup at this high priority site. Complex site conditions are providing restoration challenges and driving an Air Force need for demonstration and validation of remediation technologies applicable to the site. Similar complex conditions and remediation challenges are present at many other Air Force restoration sites. However, because the Kirtland Bulk Fuels cleanup is a high priority for the Air Force, proposals are being sought for the Kirtland Bulk Fuels Facility site. Complex site conditions at the Kirtland Bulk Fuels plume include the following. 1. A key chemical (EDB) drives the need for restoration and is present in the subsurface is part of a mixture of petroleum related contaminants in NAPL, vapor, sorbed and dissolved phases. 2. Heterogeneous alluvial sediments are present in a thick vadose zone (approximately 470 to 480 ft) with significant local-scale variability in contaminant distribution and significant uncertainty regarding ongoing vadose zone contaminant migration. 3. NAPL and associated dissolved phase contamination are present near a deep water table (approximately 480 ft) were drilling and other remedial-activity costs limits access for contaminant characterization and remediation. 4. NAPL and dissolved-phase groundwater contamination are present in off-base areas with well-established urban infrastructure, and access for drilling and other remedial activities is limited. 5. Water-table fluctuations have produced a NAPL smear zone above and below the current water table with poorly understood chemical composition, NAPL saturation, and mass flux characteristics, and 6. A large dilute plume of EDB is present in the upper part of the deep heterogeneous alluvial aquifer and has migrated in off-base areas a significant distance beyond other contaminant plumes while remaining at concentrations above regulatory criteria. Additional technical description of the site is available from the Kirtland AFB web-based administrative record for restoration site SS-111/ST-106 (https://kirtlandafb.tlisolutions.com/main.aspx and/or http://www.kirtlandjetfuelremediation.com/ and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) website: http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/NMED/Issues/KirtlandFuelPlume/index.html). Proposed field activities will be conducted at the Kirtland Bulk Fuels Site in Albuquerque, NM. Work plans and technical reports will require submittal for regulatory review by the NMED. Periodic progress meetings with the NMED also will be required. Other stakeholders at the site include the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA), the City of Albuquerque, and Region VI of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Public interest in cleanup progress at the site is high. Other organizations currently working at the Kirtland Bulk Fuels plume include performance-based restoration Contractor responsible for site cleanup, and the US Geological Survey responsible for characterizing regional hydrogeological conditions and the hydrogeological relationship of the plume with ABCWUA drinking water production wells. Furthermore, Offerors should be aware of ongoing studies funded through the AFCEC BAA Program and DoD SERDP/ESTCP to avoid redundancy. b. Determining Preferential Pathways for Complex Sites. The Air Force seeks proposals that focus on demonstration and validation of technologies for characterization of soil and groundwater at sites with complex heterogeneous hydrogeology. Despite the best remediation efforts, sites with complex heterogeneous hydrogeology continue to be long-term environmental liabilities. Historically, the Department of Defense (DoD) Strategic Environmental Research and Development and Environmental Security Technology Certification Programs (SERDP/ESTCP) and the AFCEC Restoration BAA Program have focused significant effort on the challenge of characterizing contaminant fate and transport processes associated with hydrogeological heterogeneity and developing corresponding remediation technologies. Proposals should focus on the use of existing data, both physical and chemical, to identify preferential pathways for complex sites. In particular, proposals should focus on tools that may be useful to restoration that have previously been applied in the field for non-restoration activities (e.g., sequence stratigraphy and chemical forensics). The technologies proposed should be useful to identification/delineation of contaminants (e.g., fuels, EDB, and/or Perfluorinated compounds [PFCs]) in ground/groundwater. Furthermore, Offerors should be aware of historical and ongoing studies funded through the AFCEC BAA Program and DoD SERDP/ESTCP to potentially build on past SERDP/ESTCP and BAA results and avoid redundancy. Compliance SONs: c. Wastewater Sensor Technology to Comply with Clean Water Act: Air Force installations operate industrial treatment plants with direct NPDES discharges to surface water as defined by the Clean Water Act (CWA). Installations must fully comply with all standards (See 40 CFR). The Air Force needs more effective, proactive, and efficient means to monitor and predict contamination in water discharges to alleviate regulatory compliance failures. The Air Force has no proactive sensor technologies installed or available to help personnel identify problems before they become violations. The purpose of this SON is to seek economical approaches to apply sensor technology to enable proactive notification of impending system water standard violation. An example is a sensor to detect propylene glycol which may cause a system to violate a COD effluent limitation. JBMDL will be the location to demonstrate the technology. Proposals should focus on demonstration and validation of a patented, patent pending and/or commercially available real-time field sensor to alert maintenance staff so corrective actions can be taken before violations occur. Be aware that Trimble is the approved AF hardware solution for GPS when developing proposals for this SON. Discussion on the application of current research on wastewater system sensor technology by the U.S. EPA should be included. The technology must be compatible with Air Force information technology agencies. Furthermore, Offerors should be aware of ongoing studies funded through the AFCEC BAA Program and DoD SERDP/ESTCP to avoid redundancy. d. Natural Resources Monitoring Plan: In order to support the military mission, Natural Resource Managers in the DoD are required to monitor state endangered/species of concern. Bird and animal census activities at military bases are conducted manually by personnel who gather information on a small amount of land once or twice a year. Current methods are a costly manual process that is performed during narrow opportunity windows, yielding a very low and potentially inaccurate sampling set. Such infrequent and isolated data limits the DoD from effectively mitigating potential threats to state endangered/species of concern. The need for an automated self-powered vision and audio based sensor system that will track and count animals and birds for more than two weeks without intervention. This monitoring system can be used at any DoD military base around the world. This project will benefit the mission by allowing the continued monitoring of federal, state endangered/species of concern in training areas. A need to focus on animal and bird census and monitoring will be filled. This system would also directly support mission readiness and safety by generated alerts through bird and animal encroachments on restricted areas, such as avian and terrestrial fauna on or around runways. This project also supports cultural resources through the surveillance of cultural sites and generating security alerts when people, animals, or birds enter restricted areas. Such an automated self-powered system does not currently exist for the DoD. Although remote audio and video capturing systems are currently available and being used, the Air Force need is for an evaluation of existing technology and guidance for DoD usage of automated self-powered vision and audio based sensor systems. The technology must be compatible with Air Force information technology agencies. Furthermore, offerors should be aware of ongoing studies funded through the AFCEC BAA Program and DoD SERDP/ESTCP to avoid redundancy. e. In-vessel Composting: The Air Force has a need for an in-vessel composter for food waste for installation large quantity food waste generators (DFAS, commissary, clubs, BX food court restaurants, etc.) The composter must be able to be placed on-site at the food waste generators and operate on 110v. The equipment must be demonstrated and validated at a pilot location to ensure it meets AF needs. Upon successful dem/val of the pilot, the offeror will provide a plan to implement AF wide. The technology must be compatible with Air Force information technology agencies. Furthermore, Offerors should be aware of ongoing studies funded through the AFCEC BAA Program and DoD SERDP/ESTCP to avoid redundancy. f. Field Methods for Development of Source Emission Factors: Develop and demonstrate simplified field test methods (i.e., specific sample collection, processing, and analysis methodologies) for establishing source criteria pollutants and Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAPs) emission factors using portable test equipment. Developed field test methods must be based on, and defensible modifications to, the EPA's approved and promulgated test methods for air quality. Specific field test method development sought by the Air Force includes alternatives to approved EPA methods: 3A for Carbon Dioxide & Oxygen, 5 for Particulate Matter, 6C for Sulfur Dioxide, 7E for Nitrogen Oxides, 10 for Carbon Monoxide, 18 for Volatile Organic Compounds/Hazardous Air Pollutants speciation, and 25 for total Volatile Organic Compounds. g. New Source Review (NSR)/Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Procedures: Develop procedures and methodologies for simplifying NSR/PSD analysis for new major sources or major modifications. The objective should be to standardize and simplify the permit process. All new major sources of emissions and significant modifications to existing sources must be considered for permitting requirements under the NSR permitting program. Under this program, there are three preconstruction permits: PSD permits required to operating new major sources (or make significant modifications to existing sources) in attainment/unclassifiable areas; nonattainment NSR permits necessary to operate new major sources (or make significant modifications to existing sources); and minor NSR permits for lower emitting sources. These source reviews can involve complex atmospheric dispersion modeling requiring considerations of various factors including but not limited to source characteristics, pollutant species chemical transformations, background concentrations, meteorology, and receptor locations. As Air Force installations are required to meet these permitting requirements, there is a need to streamline the analytical work to facilitate the air quality assessments and to allow greater consistency. Therefore, the AF needs a process flow framework involving data identification and collection, streamlined dispersion analytical analysis methodology, and proper interpretation of results is necessary to improve the understanding and efficiency of complying with NSR requirements. The process flow framework must be specifically tailored to address and adhere to Air Force-specific needs. h. Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP) Input Development and Analysis for Stationary Sources: EPA has promulgated National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) compliance monitoring and estimation requirements. General compliance and EPA conducted inspections of facilities requires the Air Force to both document and incorporate design and work practice standards into the base operations. After initial source performance testing to demonstrate compliance, continued compliance is required and the work effort needed can change by source. For example, sources that meet the Clean Air Act definition of a major source require a full compliance evaluation at least once every two years Work is needed to better identify required inputs during evaluations in an efficient and accurate manner as well as guidance on how to conduct "property line" analysis. Proposals should focus on efficient/accurate methodologies to establish needed inputs (e.g., applicable species of HAPs, emission rates) and how to conduct analytical analysis to determine concentrations at the property line during evaluations. Important considerations include evaluation of operating parameters, emission estimation by chemical species, and dispersion modeling. The developed process must be compatible with existing Air Force information, technologies, and methodologies. Eligible Offeror/Applicants: This requirement is restricted to US - companies, academic institutions, non-profit institutions, and/or government agencies. Foreign participants and/or individuals may participate as subcontractors to the extent that such participants comply with any necessary Non-Disclosure Agreements, Security Regulations, Export Control Laws, and other governing statutes applicable under the circumstances. Acquisition Overview: The AFCEC BAA is a two-step process that includes two phases of proposal submittals: Phase I - submit a BAA PDF form to afcec.czte.baa@us.af.mil Phase II - if invited, submit a full proposal that details the technology, the demonstration, and validation approach, and the costs for the proposed effort. Relevant forms, samples and guides are found on FedBizOps and the AFCEC BAA Website. Evaluation criteria for Phase I are included in the proposal instruction document provided in this announcement. The anticipated award of AFCECBAA-15-001 is Fiscal Year 2015, 4th Quarter. How to Apply: All Phase I white papers/pre-proposals must be submitted as a PDF form to the BAA email address afcec.czte.baa@us.af.mil. Each electronic submission shall address only one area of need and shall be in accordance with this announcement. PHASE I SUBMITTALS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN 4:00PM (CST), 10 MARCH 2015. Phase I submittals received after 10 MARCH 2015 will be handled according to the rules under FAR52.215-1(c)(3). Evaluation/Notification: Phase I white papers/pre-proposals are evaluated by the Air Force's Technical Evaluation Board (TEB) using the evaluation criteria included with the proposal instructions. It is critical that proposals convey the requested information accurately and concisely to facilitate their review. Offerors whose proposals are judged innovative and that meet Air Force needs (as indicated in the Phase I evaluation criteria) are notified electronically via email to submit a proposal to Phase II (request for proposal); those not selected are notified accordingly. Offerors invited to submit a Phase II proposal are sent to key personnel contact information listed in Phase I white paper/pre-proposal along with a Request for Proposal (RFP) Package, Phase II instructions, how and when Phase II proposals are to be submitted to the Air Force. To be eligible for an award, submission of Phase I is required.
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