SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Chemical Enginering Support for Regulatory Actions
- Notice Date
- 11/14/2003
- 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-04-10126
- Response Due
- 12/2/2003
- Archive Date
- 12/17/2003
- Point of Contact
- GERALD N. ALSTON, Contract Specialist, Phone: (202) 564-4771, E-Mail: alston.gerald@epa.gov; CAROL A. SAKIEWICZ, Placement Contracting Officer, Phone: (202) 564-6111, E-Mail: sakiewicz.carol@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to GERALD N. ALSTON
(alston.gerald@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Economics, Exposure and Technology Division (EETD), Chemical Engineering Branch (CEB), is conducting a Sources Sought for information purposes only, (this is not a Request for Quotation). This request for information does not commit the Government to pay any cost incurred in preparation of any submission to this Sources Sought Notice or to a contract for services. Under North American Industry Classification System Code 541690, the EPA is in search of Small Businesses to provide Chemical Engineering Support and other support services to fulfill the requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA), and any other Executive Order or legislative requirements in support of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. The specific objectives are: (1) prepare draft initial review engineering reports for new chemicals EPA reviews under TSCA. (2) prepare quality certified generic scenarios for estimating exposure and releases for a particular category of chemicals processed or used in a specified industry. (3) general support for environmental release assessment, evaluate the methods of manufacture, processing, and uses of an existing or new chemical substance, including microorganisms, to quantify the routine and accidental releases of substances to the environment. (4) general support for occupational exposure, evaluate the operations involved in the manufacturing, processing, and use of existing or new chemical substances including genetically engineered microorganisms in order to characterize occupational exposure. (5) development of CheemSTEER and other computerized assessments and database supports, provide assistance in the continued development of the Chemical Screening Tool for Exposure and Environmental Releases and other computerized assessment tools. (6) support peer review requirement (7) use cluster and other ranking systems, technical support in the areas of chemical ranking and prioritization (8) technical support for OPPT's Green Engineering, Design for the Environment and other pollution prevention programs (9) technical support in the areas of exposure and release assessment research (10) general outreach and presentation support (11) industrial site visits (12) support for regulatory development. The estimate level of effort for each of the five years is 14,000 Direct Labor Hours with 7000 Optional Quantity Direct Labor Hours. Firms shall demonstrate their abilities by providing information their technical capabilities to perform the objectives described above; their ability to provide 2 to 4 chemical engineering staff to work on-site at EPA Headquarters (1201 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C.) At least two days per week, a requirement under objective (1) their ability to staff a mix of technical personnel (chemical engineers, industrial hygienists, computer programmers, and other scientist) who have relevant experience in performing the tasks identified in the statement of work including knowledge of TSCA and experience with a variety of industrial processes; and their corporate experience in performing work similar to that described in the Statement of Work.. Interested parties may submit their capabilities to contract specialist at the above address. Interested parties may download the entire statement of work at http://www.epa.gov/oam/hpod/. For this requirement respondents demonstrated technical experience and abilities are more important than Information Technology (IT), and other general support experience.
- Web Link
-
The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Record
- SN00470488-W 20031116/031114212507 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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