SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Technical and Regulatory Support for the Development of Criteria for Water Media (Ecological Emphasis)
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Mail Code: NWD-001 Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-08-10127
- Response Due
- 4/21/2008 5:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 5/21/2008
- Point of Contact
- KIMBERLI S. IRWIN, Contract Specialist, Phone: 513-487-2031, E-Mail: Irwin.Kimberli@epa.gov
- Description
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water (OW), Office of Science and Technology (OST), Health and Ecological Criteria Division (HECD) has a requirement entitled, "Technical and Regulatory Support for the Development of Criteria for Water Media (Ecological Emphasis)." This requirement will assist the EPA in its responsibilities under the Clean Water Act to protect the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the nation's waters. The successful contractor will be required to provide technical and regulatory support services to the Health and Ecological Criteria Division (HECD) to develop, revise, and implement ecological criteria for the protection of water quality on a national, state, and site-specific basis. Activities in support of this contract may include the following: Scientific/Technical Support: conducting toxicological reviews- conducting national and site-specific ecological hazard assessments- conducting national and site-specific ecological risk assessments- performing statistical analyses- evaluating national and site-specific methods for ecological criteria development- evaluating national and site-specific ecological impacts of pollutants- evaluating national and site-specific risk assessment measurement endpoints- analyzing tissue, surface water, sediment, biosolids, and effluent samples for chemicals, microorganisms, and nutrients- performing population modeling of chemical impacts on aquatic or aquatic-dependent species- conducting laboratory toxicity tests and field studies- conducting biological assessments and laboratory taxonomic identifications- Scientific/Technical Support continued: conducting toxicity tests in water and sediment- developing bioavailability, chemical fate, transport and effect and population model development and support- developing data bases- conducting GIS and other mapping-evaluating bioaccumulation potential, trophic transfer, calculating and applying bioaccumulation factors- sampling ambient waters, effluents, organism tissues, and biosolids for chemical analysis- conducting literature reviews- reviewing technical data- performing analyses and summarizing findings- conducting remote sensing- investigating, interpreting, and addressing experimental & emerging science: genomics, endocrine disruptors, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, nanotechnology, immunosupression, etc.- implementing knowledge and experience in the use and application of EPA national and site-specific guidance methodologies for the development of water quality criteria. Documentation Support: preparing national and site-specific ecological criteria documents in standard EPA format- preparing national and site-specific technical information documents- preparing national and site-specific technical support documents for methods, criteria, and regulations- preparing the index of references for proposed and final regulations and other publications- organizing and summarizing comments on proposed regulations and other publications- preparing presentation materials- arranging and conducting workshops- preparing public outreach, brochures, fliers, etc.- performing technical writing- providing Water Quality Standard (WQS) Academy instruction and technical presentations- developing non-technical summaries of documents for the general public- developing non-technical briefing material for senior managers- organizing literature reviews and references in an alphabetized or chronological or subject area order- peer review. This procurement will be issued on a Full and Open competition basis. It is anticipated that a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee/Level-of-Effort contract will result from the award of this solicitation. The base period is expected to begin on December 1, 2008. The base period and each available option period will consist of 14,800 direct labor hours with each period having the potential of an additional 14,800 direct labor hours. It is anticipated that the contract will have one (1) base period with four (4) option periods consisting of 12-months each for a total maximum potential performance period of five (5) years and a total of 48,000 direct labor hours. The applicable NAICS code is 541620 with a size standard of $6.5 M. Although the agency is still evaluating the Conflict of Interest Plan for this requirement, it is anticipated that the following sources will be excluded from receiving award: all firms that are chemical producers/importers, pesticides and agriculture product producers/importers, waste management/waste disposal firms, pharmaceutical and personal care product producers/importers, firms which could potentially contaminate water bodies, and consultants/contractors that provide litigation support, product support, product defense, and product liability services to the above mentioned firms. In addition to the exclusion from consideration for award, the successful awardee will be subject to the limitation on future contracting, which will prohibit future contracting by the awardee with entities providing these same types of excluded services. It is estimated that the solicitation will be available on or around May 5, 2008 and that proposals will be requested in 45 days after issuance of the solicitation. All responsible sources that submit a proposal will be considered by the agency. A copy of the Performance Work Statement will be included as an attachment to the solicitation. The point of contact for this solicitation is Kimberli Irwin, Contract Specialist, USEPA, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Mail Code: NWD-001, Cincinnati, OH 45268 who may be reached via e-mail at Irwin.Kimberli@epa.gov or via telephone at (513) 487-2031. A copy of the solicitation will be available on the Environmental Protection Agency's, Office of Acquisition Management (OAM), Cincinnati Procurement Operation Division's website: http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd.
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