USPFO for West Virginia, 50 Armory Road, Buckhannon, WV 26201-2396

Z -- REMOVAL ACTION EXCAVATION AND THERMAL TREATMENT OF SOIL, FIRE TRAINING AREA (SITE 4) SOL DAHA46-95-B-0003. Contact Contracting Officer, MSG Harold R. Rowan, (304)473-5216. Restoration of Fire Training Area (FTA) Site 4, P/N PJVY957036, 167th AG, WV Air National Guard Base, Eastern WV Regional Airport-Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, WV 25401-7704. Project consists of furnishing all labor, plant, transportation, material, equipment, testing and supervision necessary for complete restoration of the site. The projects consists of excavating an estimated 1750 CY of soil contaminated with chlorinated solvents and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and treating the soil in a mobile thermal treatment unit. Soils will be treated to a specific target cleanup levels for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and SVOCs. Treated soil will be backfilled and compacted at its place of origin. Excavated material that is not suitable for backfill will be steam cleaned and transported off-site to an approved disposal facility. In order that the excavation, treatment, and backfill can be accomplished, the following summarizes the needed actions: (1) Perform site work and construct utilities to accommodate the thermal treatment unit. Site work will include but not be limited to constructing working platforms, soil off-loading areas, and soil catchment area. Site utilities will include electric service, lighting, and drainage. (2) Excavate FTA soils, load, haul to treatment unit, off-load, weigh (for dry weight), treat, sample stockpile and excavation, load treated soil, haul back to FTA, backfill, compact, grade, loam and seed. The entire 1750 CY of contaminated soils shall be excavated and treated to target cleanup levels prior to the start of any backfilling operations. Excavation shall continue under the direction of the Contracting Officer until the levels of contaminants in the soil remaining in the excavation are below detection limits. The remediation work at the FTA will include maintaining the integrity of existing monitoring wells outside the excavation. Aircraft will be in operation in close proximity to the removal action operation. Estimated construction cost is between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Estimated construction time is 154 calendar days. Estimated solicitation issue date on-or-about July 5, 1995. Estimated Pre-Bid Conference on-or-about July 19, 1995, 11:00 a.m. local time at the Air Guard Base. Estimated Bid Open Date/Time on or about August 9, 1995, 11:00 a.m. local time at the Air Guard Base. Plans and specifications will be reserved for general contractors only. Interested concerns should as early as possible, but not later than 15 calendar days after publication of this notice, indicate interest in bidding as the prime or as a subcontractor on the project, and provide evidence of capability to perform including references for similar work with contract numbers, points of contact, and telephone numbers, and if appropriate, a positive statement of eligibility as a socially and economically disadvantaged business concern. In addition, dollar amount of current construction bonding capability is required. The Contracting Officer will utilize the information received to make a decision to issue this solicitation as set-aside for Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) or as ``Unrestricted'' without further notice. Therefore, replies to this notice are requested from all interested business concerns as well as from SDB concerns. Replies must indicate the firm's size status such as large business, small business, small disadvantaged business, or 8(a). Failure to comply with this requirement will negate your firm being placed on the Bidder's List with no further action by the Contracting Officer. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code is 1629. The applicable small business size standard including affiliates is no more than $17.0 average annual revenue for the previous three years. There will be no charge for the plans and specifications. Requests will be limited to one set each per general contractor. The plans and specifications may be viewed at the USPFO for West Virginia Contracting Office or the Office of the Base Civil Engineer. (115)

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