Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Asbestos Abatement Services (Blanket Purchase Agreement)

Notice of Intent to Sole Source: The Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region 6, intends to negotiate and award a sole-source Blanket Purchase Agreement to RNDI Companies, Inc., a Women-Owned Small Business concern, subject to verification of eligibility prior to award, for asbestos abatement services at FEMA facilities located at 800 N. Loop 288, Denton, Texas 76209, including the Federal Regional Center and Vehicle Storage Administration Building 1.

This action is contemplated as a Women-Owned Small Business sole-source award under FAR 19.1506(b), subject to the Contracting Officer's verification that the statutory and regulatory conditions for a WOSB sole-source award are satisfied, the prospective contractor is responsible, the proposal conforms to the Government's requirements, and award can be made at a fair and reasonable price. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals.

Description of Requirement: FEMA Region 6 requires a contractor capable of providing timely, safe, and compliant asbestos abatement services at FEMA facilities located at 800 N. Loop 288, Denton, Texas. The contemplated BPA will support recurring, planned, urgent, and optional emergency asbestos abatement requirements.

Required services may include, but are not limited to: Site assessment and pre-work planning; Use and review of asbestos survey information, if provided; Development of site-specific abatement work plans; Containment setup, including critical barriers, polyethylene sheeting, signage, and access controls; Negative air filtration and HEPA vacuuming; Decontamination of personnel, tools, equipment, and waste; Removal of asbestos-containing materials, including floor tile, mastic, transite panels, insulation, and similar materials; Waste packaging, labeling, manifesting, transportation, and disposal at authorized facilities; Regulatory notifications and compliance documentation; Final cleaning and clearance support; Coordination with FEMA personnel, the Contracting Officer's Representative, facility management, safety personnel, and third-party monitors, as applicable; Incident reporting and corrective action; Quality control and closeout documentation; and Measures to minimize disruption to occupied or partially occupied facilities and ongoing operations. The anticipated BPA will include a one-year base period and four one-year option periods. The BPA will not obligate funds.

Funds will be obligated only through authorized call orders issued under the BPA. Each call order will identify the specific work required, location, period of performance, applicable line items, quantities, and funded amount.

Basis for Sole-Source Intent: FEMA Region 6 has a recurring need for asbestos abatement services at occupied or partially occupied federal facilities in Denton, Texas. The Federal Regional Center and Vehicle Storage Administration Building 1 were constructed in the 1960s and 1980s, and asbestos-containing materials may be present in building components such as flooring, mastic, transite panels, insulation, and other materials. Asbestos abatement requirements may arise during facility maintenance, repair, renovation support, environmental compliance activities, indoor-air-quality concerns, operational continuity needs, and other facility project requirements.

The requirement includes planned asbestos abatement work as well as the capability to support urgent and optional emergency response requirements when expressly ordered by the Contracting Officer or included in an individual call order. Although urgent and emergency response services will apply only when expressly required by an authorized call order or written Contracting Officer direction, the capability to support such response is a material requirement for establishing the BPA. Urgent or emergency asbestos requirements may arise from potential asbestos disturbance, containment failure, suspected fiber migration, occupied-facility impacts, access restrictions, health or safety concerns, indoor-air-quality concerns, environmental concerns, or mission continuity impacts.

Because asbestos-related conditions can present safety, regulatory, environmental, and operational concerns, the Government requires a contractor that can promptly mobilize qualified personnel, supervision, equipment, containment materials, HEPA filtration, negative air controls, PPE, waste packaging materials, and other required resources to the Denton, Texas facility. Delayed response could increase risk to building occupants, disrupt FEMA operations, delay facility repairs, complicate regulatory compliance, or increase the scope and cost of corrective work. Based on current market research and currently available information, FEMA has identified RNDI Companies, Inc. as the only WOSB source known to the Government that appears capable of satisfying the Government's combined requirements for: Performance of regulated asbestos abatement work in Texas; Current asbestos abatement contractor capability; Licensed asbestos supervisors and workers; Local DFW/North Texas mobilization capability; Ability to support site assessment and field verification requirements at the FEMA Denton facility; Ability to support recurring, planned, urgent, and optional emergency asbestos abatement requirements under a BPA call-order structure; Capability to perform containment, critical barriers, negative air filtration, HEPA vacuuming, decontamination, final cleaning, and clearance support; Capability to package, label, manifest, transport, and dispose of asbestos-containing waste at authorized facilities; Experience performing asbestos abatement, environmental remediation, hazardous waste transportation, hazardous waste disposal, and related services for government, commercial, institutional, and private-sector customers; and Ability to perform work in occupied or partially occupied facilities while minimizing disruption to facility operations.

RNDI attended the market research site visit and had the opportunity to observe the facility, access constraints, staging limitations, occupied-facility considerations, and response requirements. Site-visit attendance was considered as one element of market research and was not the sole basis for the intended sole-source determination. RNDI Companies, Inc. represents that it is a woman-owned small business and holds various state, local, and third-party socioeconomic certifications.

RNDI's statement of qualifications represents that the firm maintains asbestos abatement contractor, asbestos transporter, TCEQ, lead firm, mold remediation, bonding, insurance, and related environmental remediation capabilities. FEMA will verify required licenses, registrations, insurance, responsibility, and WOSB eligibility prior to award. RNDI's statement of qualifications identifies experience providing asbestos abatement, hazardous waste transportation, hazardous waste disposal, lead and lead paint remediation, mold remediation, structural demolition, disaster recovery, wastewater removal, property restoration, and air and water pollution remediation services throughout Texas.

RNDI also identifies experience with governmental, transportation, educational, institutional, commercial, and other public-sector customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth and broader Texas markets. The Government will evaluate any resulting proposal to determine whether RNDI is responsible, whether the technical proposal is acceptable, whether regulatory compliance, licensing, and safety requirements are satisfied, whether past performance provides an acceptable expectation of successful performance, and whether the proposed prices are fair and reasonable.