Department of Army, New England District, Corps of Engineers, 696 Virginia Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742-2751

F -- TRANSPORTATION AND OFF-SITE DISPOSAL OF NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE DEBRIS, FORMER FT. DEVENS MA DUE 120699 POC Donald Fournier, 617/589-7057 This notice is for subcontracting opportunities. Stone & Webster Environmental Technology & Services,245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, as prime contractor to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District will receive proposals for Transportation and Off-Site Disposal of approximately 300,000 cubic yards of non-hazardous waste debris generated by the Devens Landfill Remediation Project, Devens, Massachusetts under USACE contract DACW33-97-D-0002. The work includes transportation and off-site disposal of waste materials generated from six debris disposal areas. Bids received under this solicitation for transportation and off-site disposal of the waste material will be compared to the cost of an alternate on-site landfill disposal option. The on-site landfill disposal option includes construction of a new landfill, specifically designed for this project. The landfill design includes a liner with leachate collection, storm-water management and a state-of-the-art cap with gas collection, and post closure care. Any landfill that is offered to accept the wastes under this solicitation shall be required to have as a minimum, the same evnironmental protection as the designed on-site landfill. Specific requirements can be found in the solicitation documents. The selection process will consist of two steps. The first step will consist of a review and selection of the bids provided under this solicitation that best meet the selection criteria. The second step will be to then compare these selected bids against the on-site disposal option proposals that are being received under a separate solicitation vehicle. Selection of the off-site versus on-site disposal approach will be based on a "Best Value" evaluation of proposals using the Evaluation Criteria identified in the solicitation documents. A comparison of the off-site and on-site disposal alternative will be based on a number of factors including cost. As part of the comparison process, the on-site disposal alternative will be penalized with a community concern credit for additional costs associated with the landfill (e.g., post closure care). Solicitation Documents will be available on or after Wednesday, October 27, 1999, at Stone & Webster's address above and may be examined free of charge. Bidders may obtain one set of documents at no cost. A public forum will be held on Wednesday, November 3, 1999 at 9:00 AM, at the Devens Conference Center, 100 Sherman Ave. (former Officer's Club), Devens Reserve Forces Training Area, Devens, Massachusetts. The purpose of this public forum is provide prospective bidders with information needed to prepare their bids/proposals. Unescorted site visits of four of the six Landfill Remediation sites will be allowed after the meeting. Bids will be accepted until 4:00 PM on December 6, 1999. Bids shall be submitted to the attention of Donald Fournier at Stone & Webster's address listed above. Bids whall be firm fixed unit price backed by a bid bond. Multiple awards will be issued if this disposal option is chosen. A special invitation is extended to Small, Small Disadvantged, and Women Owned Businesses to bid on this project. Posted 10/22/99 (W-SN394081). (0295)

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