SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Support for the Chemicals, Coatings, and Commerce Sector
- Notice Date
- 2/23/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- RTP Procurement Operations Division (D143-01) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- PR-NC-06-10284
- Response Due
- 3/6/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/5/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Partial Small Business
- Description
- The EPA has integrated its air toxics program into four components. The first component is source specific regulatory programs. The first component includes the development of MACT standards under section 112(d), MACT or generally available control technology (GACT) standards under 112(k), residual risk standards under 112(f), and other standards to regulate emissions of air toxics from specific sources. The second component includes national, regional, and community-based initiatives on multi-media and cumulative risks, such as the Great Water Program and EPA?s persistent, Bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals (PBT) initiative. The third component, National Air Toxics Assessments (NATA), will provide quantitative estimates of the health risks associated with air toxics on a variety of geographic scales ranging from national-scale assessments to local-scale analyses. The fourth and final component of EPA?s air toxics program is education and outreach. As a result of this integration, the Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement to obtain contractor support for the Chemicals, Coatings, and Commerce Sectors. The resulting contract will provide support for the first component, source specific regulatory programs. The source specific regulatory component of the EPA's air toxics program includes the development of technology-based standards for both major and area sources, residual risk standards, as well as, other standards development activities. In addition to supporting the development of standards which regulate the emission of air toxics from stationary sources, this requirement will provide support for developing stationary source criteria pollutant standards. These standards may take the form of either a New Source Performance Standard (NSPS), as defined in Section 111 of the CAA, or a standard based on "best available controls" (BAC), as defined in section 183(e) of the CAA or guidance documents, such as Control Techniques Guideline (CTG) documents, in lieu of a standard. The tasks involved for this requirement will facilitate the process of developing or reviewing any of the types of standards or guidance documents discussed above or any other Federal rule mandated by the CAA or other Federal authority as it relates to support for pollutants in the chemicals, coatings, and commerce sectors. EPA anticipates the award of two cost-plus fixed fee level of effort type contracts (One contract is anticipated to be awarded on the basis of full and open competition and one contract is anticipated to be awarded as a 100% small business set-aside). The total duration of each proposed contract is fifty-seven (57) months consisting of a nine (9) month base period and four (4) additional twelve-month option periods. The base quantity labor hours for each one of the proposed contracts will consist of 7,500 hours for the 9 month base period and 10,000 base quantity labor hours for each one of the option periods. Each contract will also include additional optional quantity labor hours in the amount of 22,500 optional quantity labor hours for the base period and 30,000 optional quantity labor hours each one of the option periods for a total of 190,000 labor hours for each contract. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541620 with a size standard of 6.5 million. This is an invitation to participate in a pre-solicitation conference. The purpose of the conference is to provide background information concerning the Statement of Work (SOW) to potential offerors and to create an open forum for discussions concerning the objectives of the project. Any and all questions submitted should be directly related to the DRAFT SOW and technical evaluation criteria. There will be no discussion of budget at the conference or any other subject matter that does not directly pertain to the DRAFT SOW or technical evaluation criteria. Both the draft statement of work and evaluation factors are available at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd/. The conference will be held on March 9, 2006 from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM at the EPA-RTP main campus. A map and directions to EPA's Research Triangle Park, NC campus are located at EPA's website at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd/. Confirmation of attendance and questions regarding the draft documents, must occur by 12:00 P.M. (EST) on March 03, 2006 via email to Laconda Cannady at cannady.laconda@epa.gov. Please use "PR-NC-06-10284-Pre-solicitation Conference" as your subject line. Telephone confirmations are not acceptable for this procurement. Pre-solicitation conference attendance is limited to two (2) individuals that best represent the prospective offerors company. Any questions and/or comments that you would prefer not to discuss in a group format due to proprietary reasons should be submitted in writing to Laconda Cannady via email no later than March 06, 2006 and explicitly labeled ?proprietary?. EPA handling of such questions/comments and subsequent responses will be handled in accordance with normal agency procedures for protection of proprietary data. There will be NO reimbursement for travel expenses related to the participation in the pre-solicitation conference. All responses to questions/comments concerning the DRAFT SOW and technical evaluation criteria discussed at the pre-solicitation conference and not deemed proprietary will be compiled and distributed to all interested parties. The RFP will be issued approximately April 26, 2006 and proposals will be due approximately thirty (30) calendar days after the RFP issuance date. The solicitation and amendments will be available at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd/. If you obtain a copy of the solicitation via internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. The Government is not obligated or committed to award any contract as a result of this notice.
- Web Link
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The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 109 TW Alexander Dr Durham, NC
- Zip Code: 27711
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 27711
- Record
- SN00993657-W 20060225/060223213120 (fbodaily.com)
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