SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- Heritage Data Access and Technical Support
- Notice Date
- 4/5/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- 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-07-10519
- Response Due
- 5/2/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/1/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE PROCURED UTILIZING FULL AND OPEN COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES under FAR part 15. NAICS Code 541710. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Environmental Information (OEI), has a requirement entitled Heritage Data Access and Technical Support, with the purpose of providing access to the best available datasets on the locations of species of concern occurring in the U.S. and to make available subject-area consultation and associated web and technical support services. A Request for Proposal (RFP) is anticipated to be issued the week of 02 April 2007. The contractor is required to work in a partnership with the Natural Heritage Programs (NHP) to provide access to precise data on rare, threatened and endangered species, critical habitat and other related datasets. Data will be used for the Agency's planning, policy, and on-site activities leading to the minimization of the impact on those species and habitat. Data must be provided at varying levels of resolution. The end result is to develop a one-stop shopping process for high quality, standardized biodiversity data at precise local, regional, and national levels. It is the Government's intent to award a cost reimbursement work assignment type contract to be effective for a base period of one year with 6 additional one-year option periods. The specific tasks include: 1) Project Management and Administration through a descriptive Work Plan including contractor's schedule and costs, and quarterly status reports; 2) Species Dataset and Access (License) to provide national dataset(s) derived from NHP data and data access licensing; 3) Consultation Services including but not limited to identifying current status and confirmation of species/habitat locations, providing assessments, current and potential trends, providing ground and on-site technical expertise, evaluating environmental-related regulatory and remediation work plans/proposal to identify impacts and risks on species (see Statement of Work for further detail); 4) Species Database and Application Technical Services whereby the contractor shall develop habitat and species database tools and applications to perform tasks described in the Statement of Work; 5) Additional Support Services in the form of outreach, communication, and training within and outside of the Agency through conducting presentations, workshops, and response services. There is NO incumbent for this action. Full details of contractor requirements are posted in the Statement of Work (SOW). The purpose of this announcement is to notify potential offeror's of EPA's requirement and to direct interested parties to the EPA's website www.epa.gov/oam/hpod for further information as it becomes available. The solicitation, amendments, and other related items will be posted on the site and can be downloaded. The point of contact for this requirement is Sini Jacob at Jacob.Sini@epa.gov. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS RFP WILL NOW BE POSTED UNDER PR-HQ-07-10986
- Web Link
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The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Record
- SN01267523-W 20070407/070405221556 (fbodaily.com)
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