Remedial Investigation (RI) and Optional Feasibility Study (FS) for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS), Former Fort Ord, Monterey County, California
Updated
Sources Sought from the Department of the Army, for work in Monterey, California. Due Nov 30, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-8), 32 days left.
| Solicitation number | W9123826X1CUS |
|---|---|
| Agency | Department of the Army |
| Office | W075 Endist Sacramento |
| Notice type | Sources Sought |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Remediation Services (562910) |
| Product or service code | B510 |
| Place of performance | Monterey, California |
| Posted | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 30, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-8) (32 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Federal prevailing wage rates for this place: California Davis-Bacon and SCA wage determinations.
Description
This Sources Sought Notice is for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability, capability and interest of small business firms for a potential small business category type set-aside. NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought Notice. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME as this is solely for Market Research.
Please do not request such documentation. Requests for any of this information will go unanswered. If the conditions at Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO)19.104-1(a) are met the contracting officer is required to set the acquisition aside for small business concerns.
Accordingly, interested contractors who have the skill, capabilities, and workload capacity to complete the described project (either through self-performance and/or the managing of subcontractors) are invited to provide their capability statements to the point of contact listed below. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential acquisition.
The purpose of this notice is to obtain a snapshot of current market capabilities and gain knowledge of potential small business sources to include small business in the following socioeconomic categories: Certified HUB Zone; Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and 8(a) small business concerns to perform database updates to increase the capabilities, usability, and stability of currently existing applications.
Other than small business are encouraged to express interest and submit capability statements as well. Contractors’ capabilities will be reviewed solely for the purpose of determining an appropriate acquisition strategy to include whether this prospective action is appropriate to be set-aside for the small business community or should proceed as an unrestricted full and open acquisition.
Other than small businesses are encouraged to respond to this NOTICE to provide a greater context of current market capabilities. However, per the Federal Acquisition Regulations, preference will be given to the small business categories as listed above. In determining the acquisition strategy, the Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors.
The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price order with a Period of Performance of five (5) years from date of award. An estimated solicitation date has not yet been determined. The NAICS Code is 562910, Environmental Remediation Services.
The Size Standard in Number of Employees: 1,000 Employees. Product Service Code is B510. GENERAL SCOPE: Regulatory & Data Governance Regulatory Framework: This Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) site is governed by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in which the work must strictly adhere to the developed Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Remedial Investigation (RI) Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) which utilizes the Uniform Federal Policy for Quality Assurance Project Plans (UFP-QAPP).
The Contractor must transmit all documents and data via Fort Ord Data Information Site (FODIS). All actions are dictated by the Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) with the regulatory community. The Contractor will anticipate significant comments on products generated for this effort and must present technically competent PFAS subject matter experts to address and resolve comments suitable for public consumption per EPA Risk Communication guidelines.
The Contractor must demonstrate past experience executing CERCLA work under an active FFA alongside USACE, U.S. Army BRAC, U.S. EPA, California DTSC, and California Regional Water Quality Control Boards. Compliance Standards: All analyses must be conducted by Department of Defense (DoD) Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP)-accredited laboratories per DoD Quality Systems Manual (QSM) Table B-15 using DoD Module 3 data validation with Fort Ord Data Information Site (FODIS) upload and follow safety compliance per U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Manual (EM) 385-1-1 via an Accident Prevention Plan (APP) and Site Safety and Health Plan (SSHP).
Technical & Key Personnel Qualifications: The Contractor must present an overview of qualified in-house staff or primary teaming partners (e.g., Professional Geologists/Hydrogeologists registered in California, Environmental Engineers with water treatment optimization expertise, Quality Assurance Chemists, and USACE EM 385-1-1 Certified Safety Professionals) and show the ability to identified commercial analytical laboratories possessing active DoD ELAP accreditation for PFAS analysis by LC/MS/MS compliant with DoD QSM criteria.
2. Field Characterization and Waste Management Subsurface Drilling: Per the PFAS RI QAPP, the Contractor must advance continuous soil borings advanced to groundwater (~100 feet below ground surface [bgs]) with discrete depth-interval profiling, conduct the installation of multi-cased wells per the Drilling, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D5092 construction, and conduct multi-aquifer development including shallow water table (~100 ft bgs), intermediate Upper 180-Foot Aquifer (~225 ft bgs), and deep Seaside Groundwater Basin (up to 500 ft bgs).
Groundwater Monitoring: Per the PFAS RI QAPP, the Contractor must conduct baseline, seasonal, and base wide sampling rounds for plume delineation. The Contractor will be expected to have an advanced understanding of the areas subsurface hydrology given the Salinas-Valley Aquitard and its various discontinuities as influenced by local potable water and agricultural pumping variations and inform the Government on modifications to the existing MODFLOW model.
The Contractor will be expected to operate and maintain existing multi-well port systems in monitoring wells. Strict PFAS Sampling Cross-Contamination Mitigation: Per the PFAS RI QAPP the
The description continues in the official notice.
Contracting contact
- Davina Darden · [email protected]
- Steven Griffiths · [email protected]
As published on the official notice. Ask questions in writing and before any questions deadline the notice sets.
Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 562910, a business counts as small if it has no more than $25.0 million in average annual receipts (SBA size standard). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Notice history
- Oct 28, 2026: Sources Sought Due Nov 30, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-8)
- Oct 28, 2026: Sources Sought Due Nov 30, 2026, 10:00 AM (UTC-8)
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for remediation services work, who also hold Army contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. $83.3 million in this trade
- Aptim Federal Services, LLC $74.6 million in this trade
- Kemron/Arrowhead JV, LLC $71.1 million in this trade
- North Wind Portage, Inc. $70.1 million in this trade
- Navarro Research And Engineering, Inc. $65.6 million in this trade
About the buyer
The Department of the Army awarded $84.6 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Lockheed Martin Corporation, Raytheon Company and The Boeing Company. See what Army is buying now.
Remediation Services contracts right now
There are 31 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 562910), 15 posted in the last 7 days; 61% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Army, Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Veterans Affairs. Most of the work with a stated place is in Texas, California and Virginia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 21 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 33 days.
All open remediation services contracts
Coming up in this trade
Planned contracts from the agencies' procurement forecasts, often months before a solicitation. Plans can change.
Recent awards in this trade
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- ACT Safe, L.L.C. $0 · Department of Veterans Affairs · Oct 13, 2026
- Kemron Environmental Services, Inc. $697,651 · Department of the Army · Sep 30, 2026
From the award notices agencies publish.