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A -- FISCAL YEAR 95 PILOT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DEFENSE LANDFILL, FORT ORD, CALIFORNIA SOL KSVMIL-6107-6001 POC Wanda Corry, Procurement Analyst, (916)557-5207. Grants Officer, Ruth Anne Ijames, (916)557-5201. (Site Code DACA05) This announcement was previously announced on Apr 2, 1996 and is retransmitted in its entirety with the corrected pre-proposal conference date of May 1, 1996. The U.S. Army Engineer District Sacramento has been delegated authority to solicit competitive proposals and award a cooperative agreement with an institution of higher education for the development of a pilot demonstration project at a Defense landfill. The authorizing legislation, Sec. 327, Pilot Program to Develop and Demonstrate Environmental Remediation Technologies, P.L. 103-337 (2182), October 5, specifies that the landfill must be listed on the National Priorities List and be located on a military installation to be closed pursuant to a base closure law. Only one, non-renewable award will be made in an amount not to exceed $950,000. The former Fort Ord California landfill, known as Operable Unit #2, has been selected for the demonstration project. This landfill remediation site consists of six (6) cells and a groundwater plume area extending from the landfill. Other remediation activities are on-going at the site. The demonstration project must be scoped and scheduled not to conflict with or impact these other activities, as well as the July 23 1990 Army-EPA Federal Facilities Agreement and approved Records of Decision. The following three topics have been determined to be of interest to the Government: (1) future use concepts for landfill sites; (2) in-line groundwater sampling; and (3) special status species establishment (sand gilia) and habitat management. However, the Government will consider other proposed topics which meet the criteria established in the authorizing legislation and appear to offer positive application to Fort Ord and other DOD environmental remediation programs, while not interfering with the cleanup program or regulatory agreements in place for Fort Ord. Proposals will be evaluated using the following technical factors: (1) the technical merits of the proposed research and development; (2) the potential relationship of the proposed research and development to Department of Defense missions; (3) the offeror's capabilities, related experience, facilities, techniques, or unique combinations of these which are integral factors for achieving the proposal objectives; (4) the offeror's record of past accomplishments in related areas of research; (5) the extent to which the proposer specifically identifies and commits in its proposal to a plan to hire residents of the vicinity of the military installation that is being closed or realigned for purposes of conducting activities under the proposed pilot demonstration project; and (6) percent of total award that the offeror proposes to subcontract with Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI's) and small and disadvantaged businesses (as defined by Federal and DOD Acquisition Regulations vs. state regulations). Proposed costs will be evaluated for realism, reasonableness, and affordability, including the amount and impacts of cost-sharing, which is encouraged but not required. Due to the competitive nature of the award, specific technical assistance with preparation of proposals will not be available during the solicitation period. However, a pre-proposal conference will be held on-site which will include an opportunity to ask questions. This conference is tentatively scheduled to be held on May 1, 1996.. Requests for the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) are to be faxed to Ms. Wanda Corry at (916) 557-7854. (Tel: 916/557-5207 to confirm receipt of request). Projected schedule is as follows: issuance of BAA 2 April 1996, receipt of proposals 31 May 96; selection of awardee mid-July 1996; execution of award shortly thereafter but in any event NLT 30 Sep 1996. NOTE: Section 558 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995, pertaining to military recruiting on campus, will apply to this cooperative(0108)

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