F999--GEMS Technical Assistance

Amendment- Questions and Answers Will this contract be using a Blanket Purchase Agreement under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule if the selected awardee has a GSA Multiple Award Schedule award schedule? TBD (To be Determined) The Solicitation includes applicable SCA Wage Determinations. Does the VAMHCS anticipate the awardee will be required to complete any construction-related activities such as oil-filled equipment and aboveground storage tank removals; overseeing underground storage tank testing and compliance, reviewing design and construction projects for compliance with environmental regulations, signing hazardous waste manifests (for remediation, construction or other VA wastes), which could technically be considered construction-related depending on what the offeror is ultimately asked to do? If so, will there be applicable SCA or Davis-Bacon Act Wage Determinations for these activities? This will be applicable to SCA. If there will be applicable SCA or Davis-Bacon Act Wage Determinations (see question 2), would the VAMHCS consider incorporating FAR 52.222-43 as well as handling future price adjustments related to published SCA Wage Determination revisions during the Option Periods? Yes, the Government would incorporate FAR 52.222 43 into the contract. Any future price adjustments associated with updated SCA Wage Determinations during the option periods would be handled in accordance with that clause. In the Scope, it states, The contractor shall provide a full range of compliance-related evaluations, investigations, surveys, sampling and permitting as required for Baltimore, Loch Raven, and Perry Point VAMCs. This includes training, plan and permit review/development for the VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS) Primary scope areas are reviewing and updating records, documents and permits associated with RCRA, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), stormwater, drinking water, wastewater, Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants (POL), hazardous material, hazardous waste, solid waste, Lead-Based Paint, Asbestos-Containing Materials, air quality (e.g., for new and current air emissions sources), Employee and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA), AST/UST (e.g., Oil Operations Permits and registrations), Scrap Tires, pest management, and natural/cultural resources. To accomplish this part of the scope, will the offeror be required to: Complete and submit permit applications and reporting? or Just supply a regulatory analysis to alert the VAMHCS of what needs to be done? or Both i and ii? We will need both depending on different situations In the Scope on page 4, it states, The contractor shall provide a full range of compliance-related evaluations, investigations, surveys, sampling and permitting as required for the Baltimore, Loch Raven, and Perry Point VAMCs. and ...confirmation sampling for compliance with regulations such as RCRA, TSCA, CWA, SDWA, etc. Oversight of laboratory sampling and testing for CWA, SDWA, RCRA, and CAA requirements. And in Section B.2 Price/Cost Schedule, Item numbers 0005, 1005, 2005, 3005, and 4005 request a cost for Regulatory Sampling & Laboratory Coordination . Please confirm if the awardee will be required to perform sampling (including confirmation sampling) or just review sampling and confirmation sampling that was done by another contractor or internal VAMHCS personnel? If the awardee is required to perform sampling, please provide the law (e.g. RCRA, CERCLA, CWA), frequency, quantity (# of samples), and the laboratory methods/testing analytes required for each sample (e.g., EPA SW-846 Method 6010D for lead in for lead in soil) If the awardee is only required to review sampling done by another contractor or internal VAMHCS personnel, would you please clarify and remove the cost item numbers 0005, 1005, 2005, 3005, and 4005 in Section B.2 Price/Cost Schedule? ( we will only need overview, in house gets done by a waste contractor) In the Scope on page 4, in the Remediation and Environmental...