SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- Support for Feasability Study at Niagara Falls Storage Site
- Notice Date
- 10/22/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 562910
— Remediation Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Buffalo, 1776 Niagara St., Buffalo, New York, 14207-3199, United States
- ZIP Code
- 14207-3199
- Solicitation Number
- W912P4-15-R-0002
- Archive Date
- 11/20/2014
- Point of Contact
- Walter Kamad, Phone: 7168794134
- E-Mail Address
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walter.kamad@usace.army.mil
(walter.kamad@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This notice is being published in accordance with FAR Part 5.101, requiring the dissemination of information for proposed contract actions. The US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, intends to issue a sole-source contract to the HydroGeoLogic, Inc. (HGL) of Reston, Virginia for Research and Design for mathematical modeling at Niagara Falls Storage Site in Lewiston, New York. The intent to award will be made in accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1(b)(2), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy the Agency Requirements, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). This project is for continuation of mathematical modeling and associated tasks which begun under sole source contract W912P4-09-C-0017. Acquisition of services is to continue mathematical modeling and associated tasks which begun under sole source Contract W912P4-09-C-0017, expiring 29 September 2014 prior to completion of the work. The Niagara Falls Storage Site is a 191-acre FUSRAP site that includes an interim waste containment structure (IWCS), which houses highly radioactive residues (i.e., over 2,000 Curies of raium-226 - the highest FUSRAP inventory), radiologically contaminated soils, and assorted wastes. The balance of the site also has interdependent soil and groundwater contamination that will require sophisticated modeling tools to assess potential remedial strategies for both the IWCS and balance of site. To meet the essential CERLCA requirements for the NFSS, it is essential to model, as a function of time, the potential for contaminant transport on and off site; this ability allows the USACE to clarify existing conditions and test alternative remedial concepts for the Feasibility Study (FS). A clear presentation of results is required for later risk communication to the public. The fate and transport work supports both the Remedial Investigation (RI) Addendum phase and Feasibility Study phase under CERCLA for NFSS. The estimated value of this requirement is $500,000. The acquisition requires highly specialized equipment and personnel such as, "the existence of limited rights in data, patent rights, copyrights, or secret processes..... make the supplies and services available from only one course....," HydroGeoLogic's Numerical Modeling Research and Development Division has written MODFLOW-SURFACT and MODHMS, both proprietary codes that enable the simulation of complex radiological chain decay processes within moving groundwater. MODHMS is the primary model used for the NFSS analyses and is available only for use on Government contracts with HGL (i.e., not publically distributed, disclosed or sold). The model not only accounts for radiological decay and ingrowth, it enables simulations of the solubility-limited release of contaminants from the IWCS. Modeling approaches available from other firms do not account for a solubility-limited release and overestimate contaminants released from the source areas. Other proprietary features of MODHMS are (1) the ability to approximate flow through the vadose zone (2) inclusion of robust and efficient proprietary solvers to reduce simulation time (therefore cost), and (3) the ability to assign hydraulic conductivities (Kz) instead of leakances. These features are unique and not available in other commercial or public-domain 3D flow and transport simulators. Such features are essential for accurately simulating the effects of remedial alternatives on groundwater flow and contaminant transport at the NFSS. Additionally, HGL has created a regional model of Niagara County (NY) which not only encompasses the NFSS property but also includes former vicinity properties and the Lake Ontario Ordnance Work properties. This regional groundwater model was created by HGL and is proprietary. Furthermore, HGL prepared the groundwater model, which evaluated the overall protection of human health and the environment for each remedial alternative evaluation out to 10,000 years in the IWCS FS. This report is nationally significant within the FUSRAP program scheduled for release in early FY15. The Corps will receive stakeholder comments regarding this modeling effort and will be required to address these comments in a timely manner. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals or bids, it is for informational purposes only. All interested parties may submit a capability statement in response to this requirement. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation and detail to establish capabilities to fulfill the requirement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties responding to this notice. Please email walter.kamad@usace.army.mil with responses regarding this requirement.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Lewiston, New York, 14092, United States
- Zip Code: 14092
- Zip Code: 14092
- Record
- SN03555982-W 20141024/141022234337-3492584bee423711e50295058fc3855d (fbodaily.com)
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