Request For Proposals Environmental Engineering Services Central City Borough

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1 Request For Proposals Environmental Engineering Services Central City Borough INTRODUCTION Notice is hereby given that Central City Borough Brownfield Pilot, in partnership with AMD&Art, Inc. will retain an environmental engineering firm to perform a Phase II Site Assessment at former Reitz #4 coal mining site, located at intersection of SR 1018 and Route 796 in Somerset County, PA. The Reitz #4 site, now owned by AMD&Art, Inc. is approximately 1.85 acres, and has three abandoned industrial buildings contained within project area. (See attached Figure 1). The Borough and AMD&Art, Inc. plan to redevelop site for future commercial / manufacturing / light industrial reuse, and will be seeking to obtain Release from Liability through PA Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2). The site is also a targeted EPA Brownfield Pilot project site. Furr, EPA Brownfield Technology Support Center, through its contracted firm, Tetra Tech, EM Inc., has offered its support for this project through development of a Scope of Work for Phase II activities which will utilize triad approach to conducting investigation. The triad approach is composed of principals of systematic planning, dynamic work plans and use of field-based measurement technologies. REQUIRED SUBMITTAL FOR PROPOSAL 1. Letter of Transmittal a. The letter should include a statement indicating your understanding of work to be performed. b. It should include a statement of affirmation of firm s qualifications for professionally and expertly conducting work as understood. c. The letter should indicate firm s contact person concerning proposal and a telephone number where person can be reached. d. A statement of your firm s ability to provide adequate insurance for scope of work contemplated. Please include a summary of your firm s current coverage.

2 2. General Profile of Firm and Qualifications a. The proposal should include information detailing firm s experience in conducting work under Act 2 Program and EPA Brownfield Pilot Program. Firms should illustrate examples of work performed in similar projects. All firms submitting a proposal must have an affirmative action plan in effect. b. Profile of Office Serving Account 1) The location of firm s office should be included. along to 2) Resumes of individual consultants or employees proposed to conduct work and specific duties of each consultant or employee relative to proposed work. 3) A brief reference list of clients served by firm should be provided with telephone numbers and names of contact persons. 4) Any or information describing office may be included if it relates capabilities and expertise of firm in doing comparable work. 3. Explanation of Work to Be Performed The proposal must include a description of procedures and methods to perform investigation, including sampling and analytical approaches, technologies, and quality control measures to assure defensibility of project conclusions. Work plans, sampling QA / QC and concluding reports must be approved by Borough, PA DEP, and USEPA, and must lead to a cost-effective method to achieve Release of Liability through PA Act 2. The use of innovative technologies and approaches, such as direct push soil and water sampling, immunoassay and screening kits are strongly encouraged, and proposal should demonstrate firm s experience in aforementioned methods. (See attached EPA guidance document). 4. Schedule

3 A proposed time line and schedule for work shall be provided. Milestones provided in schedule should include, but not be limited to following: Work Plan, QAPP, HASP preparation and approval Field sampling activities, including waste material, surface water, soil and groundwater Final report completion Remediation alternatives 5. Basis for Compensation It is intent of Borough to procure services based upon a fixed price / indefinite delivery order contract. Costs for completion of each task shall be provided, as well as unit costs for each service, including an hourly rate for personnel, sampling and or direct costs involved in Phase II services. Evaluation Criteria Proposals will be evaluated on following criteria: a. Specialized experience and technical competence of firm in environmental engineering and qualifications, professional and educational, of all members of project team. b. Experience on projects requiring knowledge of Act 2. c. Quality of proposal. d. Past records of submitting work plans and or reports to DEP, and ability to meet time schedules. e. The proposed cost for professional services. f. Current workload and capacity of firm to perform work in required time frame.

4 g. Location of firm. h. Integration of rapid-sampling and field (or or real-time) analytical, technologies into technical approach. i. Procedures for firm to facilitate on-site design making. General Requirements and Information and 1) All interested parties are strongly suggested to attend walk-through of Reitz #4 property on Thursday, May 2, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. Please contact Borough Pilot office at (814) for confirmation of attendance, directions to site. 2) Five copies of proposal documents shall be submitted to: Central City Brownfield Pilot 314 Central Avenue Central City, PA ) The deadline for submission of proposals is May 15, 2002 at 4:00 P.M., prevailing time. 4) Questions regarding proposal documents shall be directed to Julia Herbst, Central City Brownfield Pilot, at (814) City cancel Borough ir 5) This Request For Proposals does not commit Central City Borough to award a contract, to pay any costs incurred in preparation of a proposal pursuant to this request, or to procure or contract for services. Central Borough reserves right to accept or reject any proposals received pursuant to this request., to negotiate with all qualified sources, or to in whole or in part this RFP, if it is in best interest of Central City to do so. Central City may require offerors selected to participate in negotiations, and to submit such prices, technical and or revisions of proposal as may result from such negotiations.

5 Site Background The Reitz #4 property, located in Shade Township, was formerly owned by Berwind Corporation, and is located in an area where extensive underground coal mining activities were conducted until 1950's. The 1.85 acre tract of land houses three industrial buildings - a motor / car repair shop (Building #1), a powerhouse (Building #2), and a machine shop (Building #3), all used in support of underground mining equipment maintenance. In 2001, property was deeded to AMD & Art, Inc., who desires to redevelop buildings for potential manufacturing / light industrial reuse. AMD & Art, Inc., has received an Industrial Sites Reuse Grant to perform a Phase II Assessment on property. They are partnering with Central City Borough and its EPA Brownfield Pilot to restore site. A Phase I Assessment was performed at Reitz #4 property in 2001, which indicated that numerous old transformers are present on site. Furr, investigations of historical records indicate that transformers may not contain PCBs, although oil spills are present within buildings. Several drums and containers are present on site which are purported to contain inks and thinners. An aboveground empty fuel storage tank, numerous motors, tanks, and equipment were also noted. Several of buildings have water in basement, which could be from lack of building maintenance, or from shallow water table exhibited at site. The property does not qualify as a Special Industrial Area. Current Systematic Plan (Prepared by EPA Brownfield Technology Support Center) At present Borough envisions a reuse scenario that includes reclamation of buildings located on Site as office space or some or industrial application. This obviously would occur only once machinery and debris present at site are removed. Proposed approaches should consider how restoration activities may result in absence of contamination or pathway elimination and consider how se activities impact need for sampling and analysis (i.e., sampling and analysis should target potential exposure scenarios to workers during restoration and potential receptors upon reuse). Based upon past activities conducted at Site and Phase I information, evidence suggests that polychlorinted biphenyls (PCBs), petroleum and related chemicals (primarily polyaromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs], and solvents could be chemicals of concern at this site. Potentially asbestos-bearing tiles were identified in Building #3 (Figure 2) during Phase I review process, but presence of asbestos has not been confirmed. Reuse

6 alternatives include elimination of pathways associated with any asbestos or lead-based paint issues before reuse could be considered. Based on se observations and site conditions, Borough believes it is necessary to furr confirm or deny presence of potentially hazardous chemicals at Site. In order to focus site activities, Borough has attempted to recover any historical information to guide additional investigative activities. Along this line, Borough has identified historical information indicating that PCBs may not be of concern at site. The Borough is refore interested in confirming se results and identifying any potential contaminated media present at site that could exceed PADEP Act 2 industrial reuse standards (some of key decisions to be made as a result of ESA are summarized below). Because of size of site and presence of extensive industrial impacts to area it is paramount that any Phase II ESA work plan prepared assures Borough of direct relationship between site activities and any contamination found. Potential key decisions supported by data collected and analyzed under this request could include: and What contaminants are present above Act 2 industrial reuse levels in soil surface water inside and outside existing structures What disposal or recycling restrictions must be considered prior to removal of existing equipment from buildings that Does configuration of groundwater flow regime in area suggest basement flooding has resulted from groundwater infiltration or influx of surface water What are options for removal and disposal of water currently in flooded basements of existing structures and if Do groundwater sampling and analyses activities need to be performed so for what constituents What remediation, if any, should be considered by Borough The contractor will work with Borough and regulators to identify or decisions and data needs and to develop a strategy that results in data necessary to support se decisions.

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