SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Statistical Support
- Notice Date
- 1/9/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Contracts Management Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-03-10770
- Point of Contact
- SCOTT A. FOGLE, Contract Specialist, Phone: 513 487-2049, E-Mail: fogle.scott@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to SCOTT A. FOGLE
(fogle.scott@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), Office of Water (OW), Office of Science and Technology (OST), Engineering and Analysis Division (EAD), seeks a contractor to provide general statistical support services for the Statistical Analysis team. The successful contractor will provide statistical analysis support to OW in its development, review, implementation and defense of effluent limitations guidelines and standards, water quality standards, sewage sludge regulations, other regulations, and other water-related initiatives within the scope of the contract. The successful contractor will supply all necessary labor, material, services, equipment, and facilities in support of the effort delineated by the statement of work. The contractor shall use statistical procedures and methodologies in analyzing and interpreting data from chemical analyses of environmental samples, wastewater treatment system performance data, process and production evaluations, chemical analytical methods evaluations, surveys, and other sources. The contractor shall also provide statistical support in designing and evaluating data collection activities and surveys; in reviewing and evaluating studies to determine if the EPA's objectives have been met; and in technically evaluating what statistical inferences the results support. In addition, the contractor shall provide for a variety of documents originating from EPA or public and private sources, statistical review and comment on the methods, procedures, considerations, assumptions, relevant citations, data sources, and data that support the conclusions and any recommendations relative to the scope of the contract. For many cases, contractor results and work products will be subject to public review and comment, and will become part of Court Records, which support EPA rule making. The contractor shall develop and maintain databases to technically support the statistical analysis specified in the SOW. Finally, the contractor shall prepare documentation which includes reports, briefings, rule making records, draft guidance, and internal document work related to this statement of work. This contract will require expertise in theory and application of statistical methods including, but not limited to: survey design and analysis, non-parametric statistics, multi-variate analysis, regression, maximum likelihood estimation, analysis of variance, time series, categorical data analysis, survey statistics, inferential statistics, spatial analysis, survival analysis, and graphical analysis. The contract will require management of multiple, concurrent work assignments which will require long term as well as quick turn around responses. See Cincinnati website, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd for posted draft Statement of Work for this requirement. Be advised, Statement of Work changes are possible. This procurement will be processed using full and open competition and FAR Part 15. The proposed contract will be a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort, term type contract, with a base period of one year and four one-year option periods, totaling 60 months. The base-level-of-effort (LOE) for each of the five periods will be approximately 1,500 direct labor hours, with options for additional LOE of up to 18,500 direct labor hours in each period, for a total potential 100,000 direct productive labor hours over the five years, if all options are exercised. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT AN OFFER, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. The incumbent on the contract currently fulfilling this requirement is Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), of Reston, VA. Solicitation PR-CI-03-10770 will appear on the Internet, and is anticipated to be available in February, 2004. Award is intended to be made by June 1, 2004. Because of the aggressive acquisition timeline, offerors are strongly advised to propose using fully detailed and documented technical and cost packages in their original submission. It may be accessed through the EPA's home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is the responsibility of offerors to frequently check FEDBIZOPS or the EPA website address for updates or changes. No hard copies will be available. NAICS CODE is 541611. The Contract Specialist for this procurement is Scott A. Fogle at 513-487-2049. NOTE 26 APPLIES.
- Web Link
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The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Record
- SN00501484-W 20040111/040109212141 (fbodaily.com)
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