Request for Information for Site Specific Environmental Remediation Services for Libby Asbestos
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EPA Region 5 expects to post in August 2014 a full and open solicitation for environmental dredging in Great Lakes' rivers and harbors and handling of dredged sediments, NAICS code 562910. EPA anticipates 5-year, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity type contracts with firm-fixed-price task orders, at an estimated value of $300 million per contract. GLNPO executes a budget of ~$50 million per year to facilitate sediment remediation projects varied in scope between 10,000 and 500,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment per project. Three to five projects are anticipated per year, depending on size. This procurement will be conducted through https://www.FedConnect.net, and a preliminary design for the West Branch Grand Calumet River Remedial Action is attached to the notice posted there. The project magnitude likely will exceed $10 million. https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/MMC-10J/SOL-R5-14-00002/listing.html
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