Brownfields RFP 11/16/2009
The State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), requests formal written proposals and qualifications from consultants to supply environmental site investigation services to the DEC at hazardous waste sites located throughout the State of Vermont. The Vermont Brownfield Response Program (RP 97151301) has received funding through the USEPA State and Tribal Response Program Grants for this contract. Please view the RFP Here. If you have questions regarding the RFP please contact Matthew Becker at Matthew.Becker@state.vt.us

Q&A

Question: Under the Vermont Hazardous Site Experience it is required that we provide projects we have worked on in which the VTDEC has provided oversight.  Should all these projects be only Brownfields projects?  Also, how many samples of projects are we required to include?

Answer: No, projects identified should be ALL hazardous site projects, of which Brownfields are a subset. Experience with Brownfield projects will be viewed favorably in proposal evaluations. Please include as many samples of projects as you determine necessary to demonstrate your firm’s capabilities of completing Brownfield projects. For the purposes of this proposal, a Brownfield is defined as a property whose redevelopment or reuse was complicated by contaminants.

Question:As part of the proposed Phase II SI work, is there a need for building hazardous materials surveys? We’ve seen on Brownfields TBAs that this work can be required.  This would also include sampling of building materials for asbestos.

Answer:No, hazardous building material surveys are not included in this particular RFP.

Question:What does the ‘Term of Sale’ mean on the Vermont Tax Certificate form?

Answer:The language “Term of Sale” refers to the terms of the contract.

Question:How many paper copies of the proposal do you require?

Answer:One (1) paper copy.

Spill RFP 10/13/2009
The State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation (VTDEC), requests formal written proposals and qualifications from spill cleanup contractors and consultants to supply environmental spill cleanup services, initial spill investigations, and hazardous waste disposal to the VTDEC at hazardous waste spills located throughout the State of Vermont. Please click here to view the RFP instructions and details.
Attachment C
Attachment D

Q&A

Question:  Will the emergency phase of the spill be part of the RFP?

Answer:   The emergency phase of a spill will be part of the contract and the RFP.  So, if you bill differently for the emergency phase of a spill than a routine follow-up part of a spill, you should spell this out in the response to the RFP.

Question:  Will billable rates include emergency response times for off-hours and holiday events?  As printed it appears that the rates cannot exceed the PCF Maximum Rate.  Can we obtain clarification on emergency response rates, since the Procedures for Reimbursement from the Petroleum Clean-up Fund –  Attachment C, July 2006, separate emergency response actions from site characterization and remediation; whereas, Attachment D provides guidance for emergency spill response.

Answer:  You can draft your response to the RFP as you’d like.  The billing rates for the PCF are to be used for definitions to what each person on a project are and what experience/education we expect for consistency between companies.

Question:  Can we count spill experience by our personnel instead of the company?  Since, 30% of the weighted criteria is based upon historic spill response under the direct supervision of the Vermont Spill Program.  XXXXX’s personnel have over 18 years combined experience with the VT Spills Program. Being a new emergency response company in Vermont would diminish our perceived Vermont experience.  XXXXX also maintains over 25 years of spill response experience serving Northern New England.

Answer:  For this section I would include your firm’s experience and key responder’s experience separately.  Each will be used in evaluating the selection of a contractor.