The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) on Monday issued a presolicitation notice for a contract covering environmental remediation under its Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) and other federal cleanup programs.
The pre-placed remedial action contract, with multiple indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task orders, would be conducted under the Army Corps’ Multiple Environmental Government Acquisition (MEGA) Strategy.
“The contract will support work assigned to the USACE Northwestern Division and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2, for hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste (HTRW) remediation projects for both civilian and military agencies of the Federal Government,” according to the presolicitation notice.
FUSRAP is just one of the federal programs the contract could support. Others include the EPA’s Superfund program, the Defense Department’s Environmental Quality Program, and remediation under the Pentagon’s Base Realignment and Closure Program. The long list of potential specific operations encompasses removal, transport, and disposal of low-level radiological, toxic, and hazardous wastes; decommissioning of facilities; mine waste reclamation; and deployment and operation of in-situ treatment systems.
Most of the work is due to be provided within the EPA’s Region 2, which covers New York state, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and eight tribal nations.
The Army Corps said it will release the formal solicitation around Aug. 6, and expects to issue a single contract for 10 award recipients. The total value of the contract, covering all task orders, would be $185 million.
The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program manages cleanup of properties that were radioactively contaminated from the 1940s to 1960s by nuclear-weapon and energy operations of the Manhattan Engineer District and Atomic Energy Commission. There were 23 active FUSRAP sites in 10 states as of fiscal 2018. That included five in New York and New Jersey: one undergoing active cleanup, three being investigated, and one being prepared for turnover for long-term stewardship by the Energy Department’s Office of Legacy Management.
