MODIFICATION
F -- CHARACTERIZING ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS: DATA AND LITERATURE REVIEW
- Notice Date
- 9/27/2005
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Program Contract Service Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Washington, DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-05-00430
- Response Due
- 9/30/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/31/2005
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541720 AMENDMENT #5 APPLICABLE FAR CLAUSE 52.219-27, NOTICE OF TOTAL SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE 52.219-27 Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside. 1. As prescribed in 19.1407, insert the following clause: Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside (May 2004) (a) Definition. "Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern"? (1) Means a small business concern? (i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and (ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran. (2) "Service-disabled veteran" means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(16). (b) General. (1) Offers are solicited only from service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. Offers received from concerns that are not service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns shall not be considered. (2) Any award resulting from this solicitation will be made to a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern. (c) Agreement. A service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern agrees that in the performance of the contract, in the case of a contract for? (1) Services (except construction), at least 50 percent of the cost of personnel for contract performance will be spent for employees of the concern or employees of other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; (2) Supplies (other than acquisition from a nonmanufacturer of the supplies), at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing, excluding the cost of materials, will be performed by the concern or other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; (3) General construction, at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns; or (4) Construction by special trade contractors, at least 25 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern's employees or the employees of other service-disabled veteran-owned small business concerns. (d) A joint venture may be considered a service-disabled veteran owned small business concern if? (1) At least one member of the joint venture is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern, and makes the following representations: That it is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern, and that it is a small business concern under the North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code assigned to the procurement; (2) Each other concern is small under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; and (3) The joint venture meets the requirements of paragraph 7 of the explanation of Affiliates in 19.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (4) The joint venture meets the requirements of 13 CFR 125.15(b) (e) Any service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern (nonmanufacturer) must meet the requirements in 19.102(f) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to receive a benefit under this program. (End of clause) Amendment #4 QUESTION 7- Can veteran owned small businesses submit quotes for Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business Small Business (SDVOB) solicitations? ANSWER 7-This solicitation is open to service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOB) only, as authorized pursuant to Public Law 108-183. Section 308. QUESTION 8-Can small businesses submit quotes for SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS (SDVOB) SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDES? ANSWER 8-Only quotes submitted from SDVOBs will be considered for award. SDVOB status will be verified. Amendment #3 Clarification of number of pages for quotation: As stated in answer #4, try to limit quotations to 50 pages. Disregard answer #7 . Amendment 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS QUESTION 1-Does EPA have a requirement on the type of software to be used for the database in Task 2? ANSWER 1 -No. This will be decided in consultation with the Contractor and the Work Assignment Manager. QUESTION 2-Can we assume no travel is necessary for this assignment? ANSWER 2 -No Travel will be necessary. QUESTION 3-Past Performance ? is EPA asking for actual written references from 3 customers, or just the information from the Offerors describing past performance? ANSWER 3-Refer to the past performance section of the Evaluation Criteria, that states"The following information is required for each reference: name, point of contact, phone number, contract/task order number, dollar value, period of performance, description of work" QUESTION 4-Is there a page limit on the quotation? ANSWER 4-No, but please try to limit to 50 pages. QUESTION 5-How many copies of the proposal does EPA want ANSWER 5- One hard copy and one electronic copy on CDR ( TWO copies total). QUESTION 6-As an alternate to hard copies, would e-mail submittal be acceptable? ANSWER 6-No, e-mail submission is not acceptable as an alternative to hard copy. QUESTION 7-EPA directs that the text be 10-pages, double spaced. Can tables be single spaced? ANSWER 7, Only tables may be single spaced. Amendment #1 Clarification of: 1)The Response Date for quote submission is September 30, 2005 2) There are two different points of delivery for mail vs courier. The delivery addresses contained in the description is correct. Title: EPA Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation (OPEI) Data and Literature Review General Information Document Type: Combined Synopsis/Solicitation Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Program Contract Service Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460 Solicitation Number: RFQ-DC-05-00430 Posted Date: September 09, 2005 NAICS: 541720 Description THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) SUBPART 13.105 "SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS PROCEDURES SYNOPSES AND POSTING REQUIREMENTS", 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. This solicitation is for Data and Literature Review and is a SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESS (SDVOB) SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. A time and material purchase order is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. SDVOB small businesses are invited to submit a quote to provide the services detailed in the attached Statement of Work entitled, "Characterizing Ecological Benefits: Data and Literature Review". EPA estimates this requirement at 1,300 hours. Specific requirements are detailed in the attached Statement of Work. Prospective offerors should submit quotes that address the information requested in the attached documents. The Statement of Work, the Evaluation Criteria, and any subsequent amendments will be posted at this website as they become available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/0500430/index.htm. Hard copies or diskettes will not be available. It will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the notice is posted for any amendments. Evaluation shall be made on a best value basis, and per the evaluation criteria found at the above site. Offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database and must provide their DUNS number with the offer. The offeror must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration Database and must provide their DUNS number with the offer. The following provisions apply to the purchase order: FAR 52.204-3 Tax Payer Identification, FAR 52.213-1 Fast Payment Procedure, FAR 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, FAR 52.232-33 Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration, FAR 52.249-1 Termination for Convenience. Prospective offerors should submit any questions they may have concerning this requirement by e-mail to Iris Redmon-Johnson at Redmon-Johnson.Iris@epa.gov by September 16, 2005. Responses to such questions will be provided to all prospective offerors. Quotes should be submitted in hard copy, with an electronic copy of the quotation on CDR in PDF format. Please submit all quotes no later than 2:00 pm on September 30, 2005. to the following address: Delivery Information Mail: Environmental Protection Agency, Bid and Proposal Room, 6th Floor, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460 FedEX or Courier: Environmental Protection Agency, Bid and Proposal Room #6th Floor, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. 20004
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