Contracting Officer, U.S. Coast Guard, Civil Engineering Unit Oakland, 2000 Embarcadero, Suite 200, Oakland, CA 94606-5337

X -- INDEFINITE DELIVERY/INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE PICKUP AND DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR COAST GUARD SHORE FACILITIES IN CA, NV, OR, WA, AND MT POC Contracting Officer, Pamela M. Boscovich 510/535-7278. Hazardous waste pickup and disposal services are required, including packaging, manifest, loading for transport, and disposal and transportation, in accordance with all applicable local, state, and federal laws and regulations. Services to be performed including waste paint; waste paint related material; waste flammable liquid, n.o.s.; non-hazardous used oil; waste combustible liquid, n.o.s.; waste oxidizing substance, solid, n.o.s.; hazardous waste, solid, n.o.s. (grease); waste battery, dry, containing potassium hydroxide solid (emergency strobe light, mercury batteries); non-RCRA hazardous waste, solid, zinc-containing batteries; waste lithium batteries, solid cathode; waste battery fluid, acid; waste nitric acid, 40% or less; waste phosphoric acid; waste Nalcool engine coolant; hazardous waste solid, n.o.s. (spend sand blast); waste halogenated irritating liquids, n.o.s.; waste environmentally hazardous substances, liquid, n.o.s. (Mercury); asbestos; non-RCRA hazardous waste, solid (soil containing petroleum hydrocarbons); non-RCRA hazardous waste, solid (waste petroleum distillate filters); non-RCRA hazardous waste, liquid, ethylene or propylene glycol mixture; waste battery, wet, filled with alkali - Air-depolarized primary batteries; waste battery, dry, containing potassium hydroxide solid; waste battery fluid, alkali; waste acid, pH-2; 55-gallon metal drum spec IA 1/Y and/or 1A 2/Y; 55-gallon poly drum spec 1A 1/Y and/or 1A 2/Y; and 30-gallon poly drum spec 1A 1/Y and/or 1A 2/Y. Services will be provided on an as-needed basis under a one-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract plus one option year, having the following funding limitations: (1) The total contract dollar amount per year is estimated at $200,000.00 for each contract and (2) No individual delivery order shall exceed $100,000.00. It is anticipated that two contracts may be awarded from this announcement; one for sites in California and Nevada and one for sites in Oregon, Washington, and Montana. The firm must demonstrate its and each key consultant's qualifications with respect to the established evaluation factors as stated herein. Evaluation factors (1) through (5) are most critical and of equal importance; factors (6) through (9) are essential and of equal importance; factors (10) and (11) are highly desirable but of lesser importance, but will be used to assist in the selection, especially should one or more firms be essentially equally qualified for Factors (1) through (9). Specific evaluation factors are: (1) Specialized experience, professional qualifications & technical competence in the type of work required. (2) Licenses and permits, (3) Profile acquisition, modification and on-site modification: Evaluation will be made on (a) ability to rapidly acquire new profiles and (b) ability to modify existing profiles. (4) Manifest preparation: Evaluation will be made on the ability to prepare transportation documents when necessary to facilitate the execution of a hazardous waste pickup. (5) Customer assistance: Evaluation will be made in terms of assistance to Coast Guard units regarding all aspects of hazardous waste management from waste accumulation to final disposition. (6) Cumulative waste data tracking: Evaluation will be made on ability to provide a historical summary of services rendered through the performance period of the contract. The information shall be retrievable by generator site (EPA ID number). (7) Compliance staff: Evaluation will be made in terms of (a) quality control of TSDF paperwork and (b) compliance with changing regulations. (8) On-time service record: Evaluation will be made on (a) previous experience with on-time delivery for multiple generator contracts and (b) effective communication with multiple generators. (9) Pack, transport, and dispose. Recycling and reuse which is considered to be the preferred disposition of hazardous waste. Destruction is available as a secondary option. Landfill and deep well injection are the least preferred method of disposal and may be used only with the explicit permission of the Coast Guard. The selected contract will nominate TSDFs for the performance of this contract at later stages of the negotiation process. The Coast Guard will not approve a California disposal facility for any waste generated outside the state of California. (10) Communication with vehicles underway: Evaluation will be made on ability to communicate with vehicles while they are executing a delivery order. (11) Container tracking: Evaluation will be made on ability to track individual hazardous waste containers at any point through the process. Through narrative discussion, show reason why the firm submitting this response believes it is especially qualified to undertake the project. All selection criteria listed above must be clearly addressed in your response. Firms desiring consideration must submit their response to this office by 4:00 p.m. on 25 October 1995. Pursuant to the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program, this procurement is open to all firms regardless of size. The applicable SIC code is 4953. The Small Business size standard is $6.0 million. This is not a Request for Proposal. (263)

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