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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 9,1998 PSA#2070Tetra Tech EM Inc., 1593 Springhill Road, Vienna, VA 22182 A -- RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT -- DEMONSTRATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE
DISCRIMINATION OR REMEDIATION OF BURIED UXO UNDER PHASE IV SOL
S0075-98-UXO-CSJPG4 DUE 041798 POC Technical -- C. Richardson (414)
821-5894; Contractual -- E. Fadul (703) 287-8814 This modification to
a previous pre-solicitation notice corrects (1) the due date for
submitting a written statement of interest from April 10, 1998 to April
17, 1998; (2) the electronic mail (e-mail) address for the contracting
office from fadule@emi.com to fadule@ttemi.com; and (3) the corporate
name of the issuing office from PRC Environmental Management Inc. to
Tetra Tech EM Inc. The U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC) has
established a comprehensive program to demonstrate and evaluate
technologies for characterizing and remediating active and formerly
used defense sites at which buried unexploded ordnance (UXO) is
located. The USAEC has completed Phases I, II, and III of the
Controlled Site Advanced Technology Demonstration Program at Jefferson
Proving Ground (JPG), Indiana, and a series of Live Site Advanced
Technology Demonstrations throughout the United States (USAEC Technical
Reports: SFIM-AEC-ET-CR-94120, SFIM-AEC-ET-CR-96170,
SFIM-AEC-ET-CR-96171, and SFIM-AEC-ET-CR-87011). The results of the
technology demonstrations and additional investigations by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (UXO Forum 1997) have shown that
state-of-the-art technologies for the detection of UXO, such as
magnetometer and active electromagnetic induction systems, have high
false alarm rates. Under Phase IV, USAEC seeks a discrimination
capability that can be used to reduce the number of unnecessary
excavations at remediation sites due to false alarms. The purpose of
this synopsis is to seek potential sources that can participate in the
demonstration of technologies for the discrimination or remediation of
buried UXO under Phase IV. Discrimination capability applies to
technologies or techniques that can be used to determine if an anomaly,
previously detected and localized by passive or active magnetometry, or
by some other method, is UXO or non-UXO. Remediation capability applies
to technologies that represent state-of-the-art improvements over what
has been previously demonstrated at JPG for remotely excavating UXO.
All demonstrators will be required to relocate unmarked positions of
targets for "interrogation" or remediation. The USAEC will provide
funds for conducting a technology demonstration at JPG. The
demonstration of capabilities will take place at JPG during the late
summer and fall of 1998 at (1) the 16-hectare (40-acre) test area and
(2) a newly established 1-hectare site adjacent to the 16-hectare area.
At the conclusion of the project, participants will make their findings
available to the government for use in advancing the development of
discrimination and remediation technologies. For discrimination
technologies, the government will evaluate (1) the capability to
differentiate UXO from non-UXO, (2) the production rate of the
discrimination technology, and (3) the capability to characterize
depth, orientation, declination, size, mass, and target identity. For
remediation technologies, the government will evaluate (1) time and
efficiency of the excavation process (2) target recovery success (3)
travel time between target locations. All parties interested in
participating in the discrimination or remediation technology
demonstrations must provide a written statement of interest in
receiving a request for proposal (RFP) package. Written statements may
be transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail and must be received by
5:00 PM, central standard time, Friday, April 17, 1998, at Tetra Tech
EM Inc., (Attn: Carol Richardson), 330 South Executive Drive, Suite
203, Brookfield, WI 53005; Technical Contact: Telephone (414) 821-5894;
FAX (414) 821-5946, E-MAIL richarc@ttemi.com. Contracts: Telephone
(703) 287-8814; FAX (703) 287-8910; E-MAIL fadule@ttemi.com. (0097) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0005 19980409\A-0005.SOL)
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