Remedial Investigation and Action at 16 AOCs at Annette Island, AK

What the buyer is asking for

The FAA has a requirement for engineering services necessary to perform remedial investigation (RI), and remedial action (RA) activities at multiple Environmental Cleanup (ECU) Program sites and areas of concern (AOCs), at 16 different AOCs, at the former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Station on Annette Island Reserve, Alaska. Special Considerations: - This project will be performed on the Annette Island Reserve which is under the authority of the Metlakatla Indian Community (MIC). Interested vendors must have had experience in the last 10 years with the regulations of the Metlakatla Indian Community Environmental Council as well as, experience working within the Metlakatla Indian Community policies for worker and business permits, as well as materials purchase. - MIC requires all visitors to apply for a visitor permit. Visitors who will be in the community for longer than two weeks will need to apply for a residency permit. - All excavation backfill material must be purchased from MIC. No organic materials, including seed mixes, can be brought to the island. - Global positioning system (GPS) service and telecommunications are unavailable in many areas on the Metlakatla Peninsula. Satellite communications, mobile GPS antenna stations, walkie-talkies, and/or other technology resources may be needed to verify target locations, allow for communications across Contractor teams and with FAA representatives, and ensure safety of the field team. - Most sites are historical in nature and no longer serve to support FAA’s National Airspace System (NAS). Most sites were abandoned and/or demolished by the FAA in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. While significant clearing occurred at many of the target sites in 2023 and 2024, the Contractor should anticipate that considerable overgrowth (mostly alder and brush) or new growth is present at these sites. - The Contractor must abide by all applicable laws, codes, regulations, and guidance, and is required to perform all work in full compliance with federal, state (as applicable outside Annette Island), and local laws, codes, and regulations. The Contractor must ensure that all activities executed by their personnel, subcontractors, and suppliers are in full compliance with said laws, codes, regulations, and guidance. Any incident of noncompliance must immediately be brought to the attention of the FAA CO. Nothing in this SOW relieves the Contractor of their responsibility to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. - Prior projects encountered multiple issues due to the logistics of getting sample shipments off Annette Island and onto Gravina Island to be transported to the laboratory. The weather, airplane schedules, ferry schedules, staffing reductions and freight office closures at Alaska Airlines, can all impact the transportation of sample shipments. The 200mg/kg concentration for the MIC cleanup level for DRO and RRO makes the use of a PID/FID to screen excavations for boundary obtainment difficult. The matrix interference from organic materials, obtaining reliable usable analytical results to determine if an excavation has reached its boundary has been difficult to obtain in a reasonable timeframe. At times the laboratory data has not been usable due to matrix interference, holding time exceedance, or turnaround time delays. Summary Statement of Work: - The Contractor must submit a Work Plan that describes the Contractor's detailed approach for the performance of this contract. The work plan must be based upon this SOW. The Contractor shall review the two most recent reports for work performed for the FAA and assume that the same quality will go into the work plan. - The FAA expects that the Contractor will encounter heavy vegetation in the study areas. Old growth vegetation (assumed for purposes of this SOW as trees having a diameter of 18 inches or more at chest height) may also be encountered. If such trees are found to be present at any of the work sites, the Contractor…