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C -- INDEF DEL TYPE A-E CONTRACTS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL & NONRESTORATIVE HAZ TOXIC RADIOLOGICAL WASTE SVCS MIL/CIV PROJ WITHIN/ASGND LRD SOL DACA03-97-R-0002 POC Virginia A. Moore, Contracting Officer, (501)324-5072: David Howell, Civil Engineer, (501) 324-5045. PROJ INFORMATION: (a) General: Any services required under this contract shall be described in an individual scope of work which may include, the following types of tasks: Preparation of complete or partial Environmental Impact Statements (EISs), Environmental Assessments (EAs), Record of Environmental Considerations (RECs), Environmental inventories and related special studies documentation, hazardous waste inventories and recovery plans, cultural resources investigations, air emission inventories, permit applications, and conformitory analyses, forest inventories/ management plans/controlled burning plans, multi-media environmental compliance audits/assessments; storm water pollution prevention planning, water quality sampling/studies, baseline environmental/human health risk assessments; wetland inventories/ studies, and other scientific and technological investigations to accomplish the mission and complete environmental assignments for the LRD, COE. Work shall involve multi-disciplinary environmental investigations and other studies for any of a variety of military and civil work entities. (b) Environmental Work Requirements: All work shall be conducted by the contractor with a primary emphasis on assisting the LRD in compliance with environmental laws and regulations. The contractor shall conduct appropriate field surveys, site visits, interviews, prepare required research designs, and conduct literature searches, execute studies and prepare reports, perform site monitoring and hazard material investigations, site mitigation through data recovery, and laboratory projects. (c) Regulatory Compliance and Guidance: The investigations, studies, and reports will pertain to the following: Military activities of the US Armed Forces; to the planning, construction, operations and maintenance of the COE Civil Works projects, to other activities in support of other Government agencies (GSA, FAA, etc.); and to regulatory compliance. These studies and reports will be carried out in accordance with and fulfillment of all applicable Federal, state and local acts, laws, and/or statues. (d) Applicable Work Locations: Any of the work effort described above which is relevant to the US Government military activities may occur at any location where the US Government operates and maintains military facilities. Delivery Orders outside the boundaries of LRD are allowable when they are coordinated with the commander of the major subordinate command and geographical district in which the work is located prior to issuing. This includes work outside the boundaries of AR and MO. Civil Works projects and other water resources work effort would be undertaken in any area where the US Government operates and maintains civil works actions that the LRD considers feasible. (e) Safety: The contractor shall at all times conduct operations in a safe manner and in accordance with the CE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1, 10/87). (f) Security Clearance: Contractor must be capable of receiving DIS Industrial Security Clearance at the ''Secret'' level. (g) NEPA Studies: The contract scope of work will include conducting field surveys to define existing/baseline environmental conditions prior to Federal actions and to provide a database for determining potential impacts; regulatory review of applicable environmental laws affected by federal actions; performing analyses as required to address potential environmental impacts; comparison of alternatives; the preparation and/or distribution of NEPA documents (EISs, RECs), Records of Decision (RODs), Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs), Notices of Intent (NOIs) and/or other documentation supporting NEPA documents; attending/participating at NEPA report reviews; conducting, preparing for and/or participation in public hearings/scoping meetings; coordination with the proponent (installation, MACOM, etc.), US Fish and Wildlife Service, and other applicable State/Federal agencies (only as directed by the LRD); review and synopsize public comments; and recommendation for mitigation or avoidance measures. (h) Natural Resources: The natural resource work may include the following types of tasks: Specific flora/fauna surveys (bird counts, habitat surveys, deer counts, endangered species surveys, etc.), Ground-truth GIS identified habitat classifications, Integrated Natural Resource Management Plans, Fish and Wildlife Mangement Plans, Endangered Species Management Plans, biological assessments in accordance with the Endangered Species Act, environmental studies in accordance with the Military Lands Withdrawal Act, mineral surveys in accordance with the Federal Land Policy Management Act, wetlands delineation/determinations in accordance with Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Corps of Engineers Policy and Guidelines, wetland development planning, In-stream Flow Incremental Methodologies, Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP), environmental monitoring during/after construction, pre-impoundment and post-impoundment environmental studies, Integrated Training Area Management (ITAM), Landscape Management Plans, Forestry Management Plans, and other natural resource investigations to accomplish and complete assignments for the Environmental Analysis Branch of the Planning Division, LRD, COE. (i) Cultural Resource Studies including: Archeological and environmental inventories, development of historic contexts, overviews, reports, and publications, literature reviews, historic preservation and cultural resource management plans, mitigation plans, and ethnohistorical documentation, skeletal analysis, recordation, and documentation in support of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act compliance. (j) Environmental Engineering and Environmental Compliance Assessments: The Contractor shall field the appropriate qualified personnel for the specific engineering studies assigned. The contractor shall obtain or acquire all necessary permits/certifications required by Federal, State, and local regulatory agencies to perform the required work. Types of work shall include survey, sample collection, and testing (lead-based paint, asbestos, PCBs, petroleum contamination, UST sampling, specific or general water sampling, air sampling, etc); development of required regulatory documents (storm water pollution prevention plans, air emission inventories, etc.); prepartion of pre-design reports (survey reports, strategy papers, conceptual planning documents), preparation of permit applications (for Title V operating air permits, RCRA permits, etc.); development of pollution prevention opportunity assessments or waste minimization studies; conduct preliminary hazardous/toxic/radiological studies (Phase I preliminary site assessments, environmental baseline studies, etc.); preparation of spill prevention plans; and multimedia environmental/health and/or safety compliance assessment surveys and reports (civil and military). (k) GIS (ARCINFO)/Remote Sensing Work: The contractor will be required to gather, manipulate and submit GIS data utilizing the latest in digital technology and may be required to field locate sites using the Global Positioning System (GPS) for integration into GIS. Firm may be required to perform environmental analysis of military and civil projects. SPECIAL NOTE: Personal visits for the purpose of discussing the contracts are discouraged. This is not an RFP. (0304)

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