Specifications include, but are not limited to: 3.01.01 (ME) INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM: The State of Alaska utilizes the Incident Command System (ICS) for emergency response to spills of oil, hazardous substances, and products refined from crude oil. Contractors may be required to staff specific ICS positions, provide Incident Management Teams (IMT) ICS specialists, and perform any of the functions or activities inherent to operation of the ICS. A Contractor's management system will be structured so as to function effectively within the ICS structure. Contractors performing ICS duties must have ICS training.; ICS tasks to be performed include, without limitation: a. Perform Safety Officer duties; b. Provide general responsible party oversight; c. Augment the State’s Incident Management Team; d. Perform community relations tasks; 3.01.02 (ME) SPILL PREPAREDNESS, PLANNING AND SUPPORT: Contractors will be required to plan, coordinate, schedule, and evaluate oil and hazardous substance spill exercises in order to test the Department, and its response readiness.; Spill preparedness, planning, and support tasks to be performed include, without limitation: a. Produce response Incident Action Plans, Area Contingency Plans, and other response planning documents; b. Produce reports, studies, plans, recommendations, or assessments as part of a scope of work issued in a Project solicitation; c. Provide computer hardware and software support; d. Facilitate meetings as directed by the Project scope of work; e. Update Project and other websites in support of spill planning and response procedures and activities; f. Design and execute focused or full-scale exercises for Department training and response readiness; 3.01.03 (ME) RISK ASSESSMENT: Contractors will be required to perform risk assessments. Risk assessment tasks to be performed include, without limitation: a. Conduct or support risk assessments for oil and hazardous substance fixed facilities or transport-related facilities. These assessments shall provide the Department with mission critical information.; b. Conduct human health and ecological risk assessments following threatened or actual oil and hazardous substance releases to the environment.; c. Follow federal and state risk assessment guidelines and requirements, including the DEC Risk Assessment Procedures Manual.; d. Develop a conceptual site model, submit a risk assessment work plan, and assess risk to current and future receptors at or near the Project site.; e. Tabulate information on resources at risk, including human health, subsistence, recreation, and commercial uses.; 3.01.04 (ME) TRAINING AND EXERCISES: Contractors will be required to perform training and drill exercise activities. Training and exercises to be performed include, without limitation: a. Provide response, prevention and safety training as directed by the Department. The training may include but not be limited to operation or evaluation of response equipment, chemical specific training (i.e. ammonia/chlorine), event specific training (i.e. hazmat), inspection training (i.e. modified API training courses) and safety training (i.e. Hazwoper, confined space, monitoring equipment).; b. Conduct or participate in exercises as directed by the Department. Exercises may be focused on one or more phases of a spill response including the emergency, containment and cleanup, and recovery phases. Exercises may also range from notification drills, tabletop exercises, and full-scale exercises involving activation of the Incident Management Team and field deployments.; 3.01.05 (ME) GEOGRAPHIC RESPONSE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT: Contractors will be required to support development of geographic response strategies. Geographic Response Strategy (GRS) development to be performed includes, without limitation: a. Convene and facilitate work groups tasked with developing GRS documents to protect priority sensitive areas of the State from an oil or hazardous substance spill.; b. Update existing GRS documents and information based on feedback from actual field deployments and on-site observations.; c. Prepare files and maintain and update websites as necessary to reflect the latest changes to existing GRS documents and information.
