Contact: Erno Kiss, Head of Department, Environmental Remediation Program Office, Institute for Environmental Management, Ministry for Environment, H-1054 Budapest, Alkotmany u. 29, Hungary. Phone: 011-36-1-374-3500, Fax: 011-36-1-111-2089

B -- HUNGARY -- ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION FEASIBILITY STUDY POC Evangela Kunene, USTDA, 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131, Tel: (703) 875-4357, Fax: (703) 875-4009 Environmental Remediation Feasibility Study in Hungary. The Grantee invites submission of qualifications and proposal data (collectively referred to as the "Proposal") from interested U.S. firms which are qualified on the basis of experience and capability to develop a feasibility study on an environmental remediation plan for the Csepel Island Industrial Park, the Budafok Cave-Dwellings, and Galvanic Sludge Processing Facilities. The study will cover three contaminated sites: the Csepel Island Industrial Zone, the Caves at Budafok, and the Galvanic Sludge Processing Facilities. All three projects have been identified by the Ministry of the Environment as top priorities for its remediation program. Csepel Island Industrial Park is located on the southern edge of Budapest. Heavy industry has been located at the site since the 1890s, and ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, vehicle manufacture, machine-tools manufacture, and mass production of metalware currently take place at Csepel Island. During Csepel's long history as a major industrial site, large amounts of heavy metals, petroleum-based chemicals, dioxins and other contaminants have been released into the environment. The net result is extensive groundwater and soil pollution at Csepel Island. The Ministry of Environment has designated the site as a priority because of the extent of the contamination and the threat of the contaminants seeping into the Danubian aquifer, the major source of drinking water for Budapest. The Caves at Budafok are located in a residential area of southwest Budapest. The geology of the area is primarily limestone, which is easily cut. During the early part of the century, a number of caves where cut into the soft limestone, which were occupied by squatters during the 1960s. In 1967, the local government ordered that the caves be filled in to prevent illegal habitation. Unfortunately, the primary material used to fill the caves was contaminated slag from a nearby gas works. During rainy weather, water drains out of the caves into the surrounding residential area. The runoff is very acidic, and contains high levels of nitrates and sulfates, heavy metals, ammonium and free cyanide. The proposed scope of work is to conduct a Treatability Study for assessing appropriate U.S. technologies for treating this waste stream. The Treatability Study scope entails the following three general tasks: characterizing the galvanic sludges that exist across the country; conduct treatability testing to demonstrate appropriate technologies for recovering or binding metals so that they will not leach from the sludge matrix; prepare a conceptual model for implementing a centralized or a mobile facility for treating this waste stream. The following tasks will be completed by the selected contractor: A. Scope of Work for Csepel Island Industrial Park and Budafok Cave-Dwellings. TASK 1 -- Review Existing Site Data and Formulate Remedial Investigation Plan, TASK 2 -- Conduct Field Remedial Investigation Program, TASK 3 -- Prepare Remedial Investigation Report, TASK 4 -- Conduct Qualitative Risk Assessment, TASK 5 -- Assess Unit Technologies for Treating Wastes, TASK 6 -- Prepare Conceptual Remediation Plan, TASK 7 -- Prepare Remediation Cost Estimates, TASK 8 -- Environmental Impact Evaluations, TASK 9 -- Treatability Testing, TASK 10 -- Financing Memorandum, TASK 11 -- Final Report. B. Scope of Work for Consultancy of Galvanic Sludge. TASK 1 -- Review Existing Waste Data and Formulate Treatability Test Plan, TASK 2 -- Conduct Treatability Testing Program, TASK 3 Prepare Final Treatability Testing Report. The U.S. firm selected will be paid in U.S. dollars from a $500,000 grant to the Grantee from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA). A detailed Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes requirements for the Proposal, the Terms of Reference, and a background definitional mission/desk study report are available from TDA, at 1621 N. Kent Street, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209-2131. Requests for the RFP should be faxed to the IRC, TDA at 703-875-4009. In the fax, please include your firm's name, contact person, address, and telephone number. Some firms have found that RFP materials sent by U.S. mail do not reach them in time for preparation of an adequate response. Firms that want TDA to use an overnight delivery service should include the name of the delivery service and your firm's account number in the request for the RFP. Firms that want to send a courier to TDA to retrieve the RFP should allow one hour after faxing the request to TDA before scheduling a pick-up. Please note that no telephone requests for the RFP will be honored. Please check your internal fax verification receipt. Because of the large number of RFP requests, TDA cannot respond to requests for fax verification. Requests for RFPs received before 4:00 PM will be mailed the same day. Requests received after 4:00 PM will be mailed the following day. Please check with your courier and/or mail room before calling TDA. Only U.S. firms and individuals may bidon this TDA financed activity. Interested firms, their subcontractors and employees of all participants must qualify under TDA's nationality requirements as of the due date for submission of qualifications and proposals and, if selected to carry out the TDA-financed activity, must continue to meet such requirements throughout the duration of the TDA-financed activity. All goods and services to be provided by the selected firm shall have their nationality, source and origin in the U.S. or host country. The U.S. firm may use subcontractors from Hungary for up to 20 percent of the TDA grant amount. Details of TDA's nationality requirements and mandatory contract clauses are also included in the RFP. Interested U.S. firms should submit their Proposal in English and Hungarian directly to the Grantee by 4:00 PM local time, January 5, 1998 at the above address. Evaluation criteria for the Proposal are included in the RFP. Price will not be a factor in contractor selection, and therefore, cost proposals should NOT be submitted. The Grantee reserves the right to reject any and/or all Proposals. The Grantee also reserves the right to contract with the selected firm for subsequent work related to the project. The Grantee is not bound to pay for any costs associated with the preparation and submission of Proposals. (0310)

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