SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Small Business Set-Aside OSWER/TIO Mission Support
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Bid and Proposal Room, Ariel Rios Building (3802R) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- PR-HQ-02-11533
- Response Due
- 6/11/2002
- Archive Date
- 7/11/2002
- Point of Contact
- RAOUL D. SCOTT, Contract Specialist, Phone: 202-564-6373, E-Mail: curlee.helen@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to RAOUL D. SCOTT
(curlee.helen@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The purpose of this announcement is to determine the availability of small businesses capable of performing the services identified below. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL OR COST PROPOSALS. This is a request for interested firms to submit a brief capability statement to determine whether or not this procurement will be set aside for small businesses. The Environmental Protection Agency?s Headquarters Contract Service Center proposes to procure contract support for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER), Technical Innovation Office (TIO). The scope of work for this contract includes: a) providing EPA with technical and analytical support consisting of general analysis and strategic planning; b) general support for Federal and State project managers and technology transfer programs, and; general support for meetings/conferences and training in support of the mission of OSWER/TIO. The services will be in support of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA, or Superfund) of 1980 as amended by the superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) of 1986; the Resource conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and amendments. TASK 1. GENERAL ANALYSIS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING. The contractor shall provide analytic and quantitative services in evaluating the impact of alternative regulations or guidelines on the solid/hazardous waste program, including analyzing the economic feasibility of options for treating and disposing of solid/hazardous waste. The contractor shall provide analytical studies for emerging issues including future land disposal capacity, the impact of permitting, insurance, the future market for remediation technologies, the status of remedy selection and technology transfer on corrective action. The contractor will provide services to assist OSWER in evaluating and analyzing program and technology capabilities in the following areas of expertise: cost-benefit analysis, hazardous waste, treatment technologies, containment technologies, measurement/monitoring technologies, field analytical technologies, toxicology, public health, biostatistics, economics, technology transfer, air/groundwater modeling/ optimization of remediation systems, waste disposal, chemical fate, land disposal, geology/hydrology, engineering, ecological effects. General tasks include participation in meetings to provide advice; drafting reports that evaluate and/or analyze existing or suggested alternative guidelines, procedures, and/or regulatory or legislative initiatives for the purposes of impact analyses; and evaluation of previous studies and the denotation of data gaps. Additionally, the contractor shall perform program evaluation and analytical studies designed to assess the effectiveness of new and established program guidelines and procedures. Studies may review the decision-making and management processes of EPA. The contractor will be required to conduct secondary research regarding specific industries and hazardous waste issues; identify, collect and analyze information pertaining to the private and commercial treatment and disposal of waste; assist in evaluating the economic and technical feasibility of alternative technologies; and develop sets of indicators to be used by the Agency to measure improvements in environmental quality. TASK 2: GENERAL SUPPORT FOR FEDERAL AND STATE PROJECT MANAGERS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAMS. The contractor shall collect and analyze data and information, develop reports and brief TIO on new and emerging technologies and innovations; analyze how to best make such information readily available to all users; analyze innovative and conventional site remediation technologies; analyze methods for optimizing conventional processes including technologies for mathematical modeling; and analyze technologies for field analytical measurement of hazardous constituents and site characterization. The contractor shall EPA in maintaining the TIO-sponsored World Wide Web (www) home page system for the transfer of hazardous waste technology information. TASK 3. GENERAL SUPPORT FOR MEETINGS/CONFERENCES AND TRAINING. The contractor shall provide a full range of administrative and logistical services for the conduct of national or international meetings or conferences and/or training related to OSWER and TIO initiatives. TASK 4. GRAPHIC ARTS SUPPORT SERVICES. The contractor shall provide all required graphic arts design and development work required for presentations based upon work prepared under this contract. It is anticipated that the resultant contract will be Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee, with a two year base period and 3-one year option periods. The estimated total contract level-of-effort 175,000 hours. The statement of work requirements fall under NAICS code 541620. Interested small businesses must demonstrate in their capability statements that they are qualified to perform work under this NAICS code. At a minimum each small business shall provide capabilities/experience necessary to perform work listed in ALL the above statement of work task areas. Small businesses shall submit the requested information electronically to curlee.helen@epa.gov. <mailto:curlee.helen@epa.gov.> If a Request for Proposals is published, it will be available at http://www.fedbizops.gov.
- Web Link
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The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Record
- SN00083117-W 20020526/020524213253 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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