MODIFICATION
B -- Liquid Introduction Design Criteria for Bioreactor Landfills
- Notice Date
- 8/23/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ow Service Center, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-OH-05-00172
- Response Due
- 8/12/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/12/2005
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541620 This is a combined synopsis/request for quote for Commercial Items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only RFQ; quotes are being requested and a written RFQ will not be issued. This procurement is made on the basis of full and open competition. The identifying number is RFQ-OH-05-00172. The NAICS code is 541620 and the size standard is $6 million. This acquisition is a 100% small business set aside. A firm, fixed price contract is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. This procurement is for the project, "Liquid Introduction Design Criteria for Bioreactor Landfills" required by the National Risk Management Research Laboratory in Cincinnati, OH in accordance with the statement of work. Title: Bioreactor Landfill Design Guidance Period of Performance: 1 year from award date Bioreactor landfill technology in the US is rapidly changing. The US EPA has undertaken the effort to evaluate this technology to insure its safe implementation. To support this effort EPA/ORD is planning to develop standardized design guidelines for bioreactor landfills. Thus, providing guidance to the state regulators who are faced with increased permit requests as a result of the RD&D rule and can help set the stage for future federal regulations if the agency were so inclined to go in that direction. The purpose of the task is to develop design guidelines for bioreactor landfills operating under EPA's bioreactor landfill research development and demonstration rule or any other applicable state or federal regulations. Liquids addition design, Liquids collection and waste stability design in particular need to be addressed in the final report of this project. 1. Identification of liquid addition system design alternatives: Gathering all current information available pertaining to the different types of liquids addition systems for landfills; Source liquids; Leachate storage 2. Development of design guidelines for liquids addition amounts: This step will evaluate the requirements for moisture addition to landfills. 3. Development of design guidelines for liquids addition rates: This step will evaluate the considerations that go into deciding the rate that liquids should be added to the landfill. Many factors go into deciding the rate of liquid addition, including available liquids supply, leachate collection system issues, gas collection issues, and ability of the landfill to accept the liquids; Evaluate liquids addition rates from a broad perspective, not from the perspective of a particular liquids addition technology. 4. Development of design guidelines for sizing, spacing, construction and operation of individual liquids addition systems: The liquids addition systems to be reviewed will include (at a minimum) buried horizontal trenches, vertical wells, surface area sources (e.g., ponds, drip irrigation), buried area sources, and surface trenches; Fundamental principles of saturated-unsaturated flow will be used to develop analytical predictive equations for moisture movement as a function of flow rate, pressure and waste characteristics (e.g., isotropy, permeability); Where analytical relationships are limited, numerical modeling will be conducted to develop design relationships. 5. Leachate collection system design and consideration for handling the increase in flow: The USE of EPA HELP model for head on the liner calculations. 6. Solid waste stability: Solid Waste Settlement modeling; Side slope stability and pore water pressure relationships Task Due Description Deliverables Task 1: 1 week after award Project kickoff meeting finalizing design parameters to be examined particularly liquid addition and leachate collection N/A Task 2: 2 weeks after award QA Plan Submitted to EPA Draft QA Project Plan (QAPP) Task 3: After QAPP Approved by EPA, Begin work on the deign document Task 4: 8 weeks after award, Follow up meeting Task 5: 16 weeks after award, Prepare and submit draft report outlining liquid types and addition rates.Draft 1st report Task 6: 4 months after award, Follow up meeting Task 7: 6 months after award, Draft report on design guidelines for sizing, spacing, construction and operation of individual liquids addition systems, Draft 2nd report Task 8: 8 months after, Draft report on Leachate collection system design and consideration for handling the increase in flow Draft 3rd report Task 9:10 months, Draft report on bioreactor landfill slope stability issues, Draft 4th report Task 10: 12 months, Final Report due, Final Report Quality Assurance and Data Quality: This effort involves the examination of available data generated by others. The awardee shall develop quality planning documentation as required by Attachment 1 to SOW. Deliverables: Deliverables in table 1 and include QA project plan, two draft reports, at least one technical peer reviewed journal article. The reports shall be written in accordance with EPA's report format guidelines. Any publication of any information collected as a result of this research must be cleared by the US EPA and the TOM prior to submission to any publication outlet and must adhere to project QA guidelines agreed to by both parties prior to project. TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITIERIA The Government will evaluate and make the award based on "best overall value." Best overall value will be a combination of the responses to the criteria below and price. Contractors must meet all criteria in order to be considered for award. If more than one contractor demonstrates superior quality under each are listed below, price will be the determining factor. The quotations will be ranked on the following criteria based on a 100 point total. 1. TECHNICAL APPROACH: Offeror shall provide a detailed technical approach outlining a plan for fulfilling each task identified in the Scope of Work. This response should total no more than 20 pages. (30 PTS) Quality of Proposed Staff: (40 PTS) a.Demonstrated qualifications (education, experience, expertise and availability of proposed staff to perform the requirements of the statement of work. EPA will give preference for lead person on the project that is a professional engineer (PE) in the US. b.Demonstrated understanding of the chemical and microbiological aspects of municipal solid waste degradation in an anaerobic (such as in a conventional landfill) and aerobic environments. c.Demonstrated experience in bioreactor landfill operational techniques. d.Demonstrated experience in bioreactor landfill design. This would include as-built and retrofit landfills that are running under anaerobic, aerobic and hybrid digestion systems. EPA will give preference for design experience that exceeds 10 years. e.Demonstrated experience in design, Permitting and Building of Bioreactor Landfills. Include a list of all landfills that the offeror has gained a bioreactor permit for in the past three years and a state point of contact. f.Demonstrated understanding of liquid flow in solid waste landfills. g.Demonstrated understanding of liquid injection and flow modeling in solid waste landfills. 3. PAST PERFORMANCE:Demonstrated performance on contracts/subcontracts/orders completed during the past three years and contracts/subcontracts/ orders currently in process, which are similar in nature to this requirement. For each contract/subcontract/order identified, include a brief synopsis identifying the client for whom the services were performed and the client point of contact and telephone number. (30 points) The provision at 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial, applies to this to this acquisition. The provision at 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items is applicable and the specific evaluation criteria are as follows: (1) Technical capability of the item offered to meet Government requirement and (ii) price. Offerors shall include a completed copy of the provision at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, with its offer. This clause may be found on the Internet at the following site: http://www.arnet.gov/far/. Clause 52.212-4, Contract terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. The Clause at 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. Under 52.215-5 paragraph (b), the following additional clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity; 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for handicapped Workers; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities; 52.222-37 Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; and 52.225-3 Buy America Act--Supplies. Offerors shall submit 2 copies of their proposals no later than September 6, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. EDT to Angela Schopler at: regular mail: U.S. EPA, Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, or by Express Mail/Hand Carry: U.S. EPA, 4411 Montgomery Road, Suite 300, Norwood, OH 45212. Faxed quotations are acceptable and may be sent to Angela Schopler at (513)487-2107. Proposals may be sent electronically via e-mail to schopler.angela@epa.gov. Questions may be directed to Angela Schopler or via e-mail at schopler.angela@epa.gov but must be received by COB August 30, 2005. All documents may be accessed through the EPA?s home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is the responsibility of offerors to frequently check FEDBIZOPPS or the EPA website address for updates or changes. No hard copies will be available.
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