USDI, Bureau of Reclamation, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1102.

Y -- BASIC ORDERING AGREEMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES, UPPER COLORADO REGION SOL 1425-98-CO-40-0010 DUE 011698 POC William K. Hermann, Contract Specialist at (801) 524-3665. For technical questions contact Clark Whitlock at (801) 379-1093. WEB: Acquisition Office, Upper Colorado Region, Bureau of Reclamation, http://www.uc.usbr.gov/acquisition/acuisitions.html. E-MAIL: William K. Hermann, whermann@uc.usbr.gov. The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking to enter into Basic Ordering Agreements for contractual support to perform environmental cleanup or related type tasks for the Upper Colorado Regional Office or other Reclamation Area or Field Offices within the Upper Colorado Region. Contractors shall furnish all personnel, plant, and equipment to provide environmental services or support at hazardous waste sites. Hazardous waste sites may include sites contaminated with biological, chemical and/or low level radioactive wastes. The contractors may be required to work at hazardous waste sites belonging to or under the control of the Federal Government or at which the Federal Government is deemed to be a generator or potentially responsible party. However the contractors may also be required to perform tasks on non-federally used or owned sites such as National Priority List Superfund sites. The contractors will be required to perform or provide a wide range of environmental services and or support relating to hazardous waste sites including, but not limited to, the following: preliminary site assessments, remedial investigations/feasibility studies, removal actions including home owner property soil contamination removal and restoration, construction of both permanent and temporary repositories including linings and caps, slurry walls, grout curtains, using new and experimental methods to treat water within contractor operator operated water treatment plants, and any other hazardous waste activity required by Reclamation. Contractors are invited to submit qualification packages for review. At a minimum, these packages should contain: information detailing the contractor's capabilities to perform the above listed work, including experience, equipment, and personnel qualifications; ability to mobilize quickly; limits of contractor pollution liability insurance; bonding capacity; track record of successful and economic performance; and a list of Goverment contracts for the past 5 years and Contracting Officers, including phone numbers, for reference. Agreements will be entered into with the companies which will best suit the needs of the Government. All responses will be considered, but agreements will not be entered into with all who respond. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXISTS. IT IS REQUESTED THAT ALL RESPONSES BE RECEIVED BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS JANUARY 16, 1998. Send responses to: Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: UC-454, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84138-1102. All responsible sources will be considered. (0353)

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