Jeremy L. Dillon
RW Monitor
11/7/2014
The Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo District issued a solicitation this week for remediation services at its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program site in Luckey, Ohio. The contract for environmental remediation services and ancillary construction to support the cleanup is worth up to $100 million over 10 years, with a base period of five years and an optional ordering period for an additional five years. The Corps is setting aside the new contract for small businesses, and task orders under the contract will be issued either as Firm Fixed Price or Cost Plus Fixed Fee depending on the nature of work, the solicitation said. The majority of the task orders are anticipated to be CPFF, however. Responses are due by Jan. 7, 2015.
The Corps is currently planning to consider bids for the new contract on four criteria in descending order of importance—technical approach, past performance, key personnel, and management/organization approach. Each factor will assist the Government to ensure the selected Offeror meets the program goal – to safely and efficiently remediate the Luckey Site in accordance with the Record of Decision, the Corps said.
The Scope of Work for the site mainly revolves around remediation associated activities. “The contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision to perform the remedial activities required under this SOW that may include, but are not limited to, the development of work plans, development and implementation of site closure protocols, environmental monitoring, building demolition, excavation, waste characterization, waste packaging, and transport and disposal of materials contaminated with FUSRAP-related constituents of concern (COCs) which include beryllium (Be), lead (Pb), radium-226 (Ra226), thorium-230 (Th230), uranium-234 (U234) and uranium-238 (U238),” the Corps said. “Additional activities may include, but are not limited to: water handling/management, environmental investigation, design, construction and/or modification of site infrastructure, preparation of appropriate documents and work plans, site maintenance, site restoration, interaction with local state and state local agencies, emergency response agencies, assisting with preparation for and participation at public meetings, and any other actions necessary to remediate the Luckey Site.”
The Luckey site served as a beryllium production facility by the Brush Beryllium Company (later Brush Wellman) under contract to the Atomic Energy Commission between 1949 and 1958. In 1951, the site received approximately 1,000 tons of radioactively contaminated scrap steel to be used in proposed magnesium production at the site, according to the FUSRAP website.
