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Z -- SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIAL ACTION OPERATIONS (RAO) AND LONG TERM MAINTENANCE SERVICES DUE 051199 POC Jack Guro, (650) 244-2305; Contracting Officer: Gary Heagy, (650) 244-2481 WEB: Southwestern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering, http://www.efdswest.navfac.navy.mil/pages/ebs.htm. E-MAIL: Jack Guro, Deputy Small Business, jkguro@efawest.navfac.navy.mil. Engineering Field Activity (EFA) West, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, is planning on issuing a solicitation for Environmental Remedial Action Operations (RAO)/Long Term Maintenance (LTM) services and is seeking expressions of interest from small businesses to determine if an adequate number of small businesses exist which are capable of performing the services and are likely to submit a proposal. The solicitation will be issued under Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 8744. Work will be located at Navy and Marine Corps bases located in the EFA West area of responsibility (i.e., Northern and Central California, Nevada and Utah). EFA West anticipates awarding multiple contracts from this solicitation and competing task orders in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 16.504 (c). Award will be made using FAR Part 15 competitive negotiation procedures to the firms offering EFA West the best value, price and other factors considered. Fixed price indefinite quantity contractswith terms of a base year and four one-year options will be awarded. The estimated EFA West RAO/LTM program value over the next five fiscal years is between $60 and $100 million dollars. Each contract awarded under this solicitation will have a maximum dollar limitation of $80 million over the potential five-year contract period. The number and amount of task orders awarded under each contract will depend upon the results of the task order competition conducted between the firms which have received contract awards under this solicitation. Typical work for this contract will be to operate and maintain sites that have ongoing remedial actions. Types of actions may include, but are not limited to: capped landfills, hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facilities, groundwater treatment systems, phytoremediation, vegetative geogrids and other types of shoreline protection, soil vapor extraction, bioventing, steam sparging, capped aquatic environments, infiltration barriers, leach basins, stormwater systems, and free product recovery. It will also include work to determine the effectiveness of remedial actions by measuring levels of chemicals and their impact on biota, comparing remedial action objectives and measuring trends of contaminates in the environment. This contract will include, but not be limited to the following services: inspection, assessment, monitoring, sampling, perform field and laboratory analysis, surveying, and modeling of various contaminants and geochemical indicators in different media. Media can include, but are not limited to: air, groundwater, surface water, the marine environment, sediments and soil, soil vapor gas, aquatic, benthic or terrestrial organisms, bioassays, various tanks and wastes, and comparing these results to the remedial action objectives that are outlined in either the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) or Record of Decision (ROD) or other applicable standards. Firms classified as small businesses under SIC Code 8744 that are interested in submitting a proposal and feel they are qualified to perform the required services, must submit the information requested on the "EFA West RAO/LTM Solicitation Small Business Qualification Matrix". A copy of the required matrix can be obtained free of charge by accessing the "Advertised Solicitation" section of the Southwestern Division, Naval Facilities Engineering Command (SOUTHWESTDIV) Internet web site at http://www.efdswest.navfac.navy.mil/pages/ebs.htm. Firms do not need to register for the Plan Holders List as this is not a solicitation. The matrix will be available for download on or about 15 April 1999. Completed matrices must be received at EFA West, attention Jack Guro, Code 09J, Building 201 by 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard time on 11 May 99. Responses may be mailed, telefaxed [fax number (650) 244-2440] or electronically mailed to jkguro@efawest.navfac.navy.mil. This sources sought is for planning purposes only. It is not a Request for Proposals (RFP) and should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by EFA West to issue a solicitation or award a contract. ***** Posted 04/12/99 (W-SN318539). (0102)

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