SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 8/12/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-04-00418
- Response Due
- 8/26/2004
- Archive Date
- 9/26/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Joy Kimble, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-2897
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(kimble.joy@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541990 THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is RFQ-RT-04-00418, and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-24. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541990 which has an annual size standard of six million dollars. It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded as a result of full and open competition. The purpose of this notice is to inform all interested parties that the Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC intends to award a Firm-fixed-price purchase order as a result of this solicitation. Award will be made to a single contractor. The period of performance will be nine months from the date of award. PROJECT TITLE: "South Africa Air Quality Management and Strategic Planning Program Development." The audience for this course is the Republic of South Africa's Department of Environment and Tourism (DEAT). OBJECTIVE: The objective of this contract is for the Contractor to deliver an effective 3- 4 day long train-the-trainer air quality management overview course; leave DEAT with course materials for their future training activities; assist DEAT to develop a strategic plan for implementing their air quality management program; & improve global air quality and reduce associated health risk. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM THE FOLLOWING TASKS: Task 1: Work Plan Development; Task 2: Development of Draft Air Quality Management Training Course; Task 3: Finalize Course Content; Task 4:Course Delivery. (See posted Statement of Work for additional tasks details). DELIVERABLES: Task 1: Two weeks after award - Work plan; Task 2: One month after award - Draft course outline &; Three months after award - Draft Course Materials - instructor and student manuals, resource CD; Task 3: Five months after award: Final course materials, Within nine months after award - Course delivery in South Africa & Monthly - Teleconference progress reports. The government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer is lowest price technically acceptable. Offerors must satisfactorily meet all of the technical requirements to be considered "technically acceptable." All offerors are to include with their response a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52-212-1, Instructions to Offers/Commercial Items; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Items, The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.246-11, Higher Level Contract Quality Requirement, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items and the following additional FAR clauses which are cited in clauses 52.212-5: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, As Amended. Any applicable wage determination(s)(if required) will be made a part of the resultant purchase order. Technical questions are to be forwarded via email no later 19 August 2004 to the Contract Specialist at the following email address: kimble.joy@epa.gov. In addition to this Request for Quotation, offerors should review the Statement of Work and other information posted with this Request for Quotation on EPA's web site at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Arrow down to the REQUEST FOR QUOTATION section and click on the solicitation. Arrow down below that section to COMMERCIAL BUY CLAUSES AND FORMS which are provided for your convenience. Please submit two copies of the technical proposal and two copies of the price proposal to Joy Kimble, Contract Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP-POD, D143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Courier Delivery Address is: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP-POD, D143-01, 4930 Page Road, Attn: Joy Kimble, E105-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27703. All offers are due by 26 August 2004, 4:00 p.m. ET. No telephonic or faxed requests or offers will be honored.
- Record
- SN00642898-W 20040814/040812213028 (fbodaily.com)
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