Environmental Consultant Services for Environmental Site Assessment and Related Activities Funded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Community- Wide Brownfield Assessment Grant; The City is requesting proposals from qualified environmental engineering/consulting firms to assist the City with management of the grant and implementation of the grant-funded environmental assessments. The City will use grant funds to complete the following tasks: Task 1 – Program Management, Training Support, & Brownfield Inventory/ Prioritization The City and Consultant will need to call, meet, and correspond with US EPA staff to manage the grant’s cooperative agreement. Additionally, the Consultant will be responsible for providing Grant reporting documentation services on behalf of the City. Funds allocated for this task will also be used to update the City’s Brownfield Inventory. Task 2 – Environmental Investigation The Consultant will be expected to complete eligibility determination requests for each site. Eligibility determinations for hazardous substances sites will be made through the EPA Project Manager, and eligibility determinations for petroleum sites will be made through the Indiana Brownfield Program (IBP). Phase I ESAs will be performed by the Consultant under this task. The City will identify locations for Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) activities on key sites throughout the City. All Phase I ESAs must be conducted by the Consultant in accordance with the ASTM standard for Phase I ESAs (E1527-21) and the All-Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) rule.
