Montana Department of Environmental Quality, PO Box 200901, 2209 Phoenix Avenue, Helena, MT 59620-0901

Y -- MONTANA POLE SUPERFUND SITE PHASE 3 REMEDIAL ACTION SOL MPTP 1999-1 DUE 081199 POC Neil Marsh (406) 444-0487 or Darrel Stordahl (406) 449-2121 Montana Department of Environmental Quality Invitation for Bid Sealed bids, entitled Bid for Montana Pole and Treating Plant Site Phase 3 Remedial Action, addressed to Neil Marsh, Montana Department of Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 200901, 2209 Phoenix Avenue, Helena, MT 59620-0901 will be received at the office of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) until 2:00 P.M., local time Wednesday, August 11, 1999 and then publicly opened and read thereafter. The work to be completed under this contract consists primarily of: 1. North Side Infiltration Cell Area -- Excavate to below the groundwater surface (approximately 6,700 cubic yards) in existing north side infiltration cells and stockpile soils adjacent to the cells. 2. North Side In-situ Treatment System -- Install plumbing and gravel for an in-situ treatment system in the infiltration cell excavation. This will require placement of approximately 5,400 tons of gravel and 2,000 lineal feet of HDPE pipe. Place geotextile fabric over gravel layer. 3. North Side Backfill -- Place clean excavated and local borrow soils (approximately 5,300 cubic yards) above the north side in-situ treatment layer. Place approximately 9,900 cubic yards of clean excavated and local borrow soil above backfilled treated soils (see number 4 below). 4. Off-load Land Treatment Unit / North Side Backfill -- Remove top 18 inches of treated soil (approximately 22,000 cubic yards) from the site's land treatment unit (LTU). Haul and place this material as backfill material in the north side infiltration cell area. 5. Excavate South Side Soils -- Excavate approximately 146,000 cubic yards of soil on south side of site. Clean soils (76,000 cubic yards) will be segregated from contaminated soils for use as backfill, and contaminated soil (70,000 cubic yards) will be transported to the LTU for on-site treatment. Excavation to approximately 2 feet below the water table will be required. Excavation will require relocation of approximately 600 lineal feet of sanitary sewer. Temporary access and haul roads will be constructed as necessary to complete the work. Contractor will protect existing utilities, and coordinate work with utility owners. 6. Product Recovery -- Recover light non-aqueous phase liquid (LNAPL) during excavation activities. LNAPL recovered during excavation will be separated from any associated water and delivered to an on-site LNAPL storage tank. 7. Load Land Treatment Unit -- Screen contaminated soil excavated from the south side (approximately 70,000 cubic yards) to 2-inches minus and load screened soils on the LTU for further treatment. 8. South Side In-situ Treatment System -- Install piping and gravel for an in-situ treatment system in the south side excavation area. This item requires installation of approximately 14,000 lineal feet of HDPE pipe, a valved distribution system, and 15,000 tons of gravel. 9. Backfill South Side Excavation -- Place geotextile fabric and partially backfill excavation area with clean excavated soils (approximately 76,000 cubic yards). 10. Potable Water Line -- Install approximately 1,400 lineal feet HDPE water line from a pressure relief valve box on the south side of the site to the water treatment plant on the north side of the site. 11. Sanitary Sewer -- Relocate/replace approximately 600 lineal feet of existing sanitary sewer lines and install approximately 1,200 lineal feet of new sanitary sewer lines and manholes in the south portion of the site. Contract Value is estimated between $1,000,000 and $3,000,000. Drawings and specifications will be available on Monday, July 12, 1999 for viewing at the Dodge Plan Rooms in Denver, Boise, Seattle, and Salt Lake City, the Spokane Construction Council, Spokane, WA, the Montana Contractors' Association, Helena, MT, the Builders' Exchange in Bozeman, Great Falls, Missoula, Billings, and Butte, MT, Northwest Montana Plan Exchange, Kalispell, MT, and DEQ, Remediation Division, Helena, MT. Copies of drawings and specifications may be obtained on or after Monday, July 12, 1999, from the Helena office of Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM) at 34 North Last Chance Gulch, Suite 104, Helena, MT 59601 or by calling CDM at (406) 449-2121 or faxing (406) 449-6768. A non-refundable deposit of $125.00 must be paid in advance for the plans and specifications in cash or check payable to CDM. There will be a pre-bid walk-through at the project site at 220 West Greenwood, Butte, MT at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 20,1999, followed by a pre-bid conference at 1:00 p.m. at the War Bonnet Inn, 2100 Cornell, Butte, MT. Interested contractors are encouraged to attend. Bids shall be submitted in accordance with Instructions to Bidders and with the laws of the State of Montana. Work necessary for the excavation and placement of contaminated south side soils on the land treatment unit must be substantially complete, as defined in the General Conditions, within 165 consecutive calendar days from the project start date. All other contract work required for the Phase 3 Remedial Action must be substantially complete within 225 consecutive calendar days from the project start date. Contract time is tolled during winter shut down which is assumed to last approximately 120 consecutive calendar days. All workers employed in performance of the project work shall be paid prevailing wages at rates required by Federal regulation and the State of Montana. Contractor must provide assurances that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Contractor shall comply with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency requirements [40 CFR 31.36(e)(2)] to take affirmative steps for awarding a fair share of the funds to small business, minority business, and/or women's business enterprises. Proposals must be accompanied by Certified Check, Cashier's Check, or Bid Bond payable to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality in an amount not less than 10% of the total amount of the bid. The successful bidder must furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in the amount of 100% of the contract amount. Insurance as specified, and demonstrated by original certificate, must be provided. No Bid may be withdrawn after the scheduled time for public opening of bids. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality reserves the right in its sole discretion, to cancel the contract solicitation for this project, to reject any and all Bids, to postpone or refuse to award the contract, to consider the Bid of another Bidder, to waive any and all informalities, and to take any other action it deems in the best interests of the State of Montana. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Posted 07/09/99 (W-SN352577). (0190)

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