SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- EPA's Intent to Award Sole Source
- Notice Date
- 4/8/2008
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Emergency Response Service Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., Nw, Washington, DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-08-00112
- Response Due
- 3/21/2008
- Archive Date
- 4/21/2008
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Elaine Scott, Purchasing Agent, Phone (202) 564-4478
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541620 The U.S. Enivornmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has requested that the Environmental Response Team (ERT) support the Anniston PCBs site by providing technical assistance for the ecological risk assessment and related processess within the Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS). Support will be provided through the review of deliverables submitted by Solutia, Inc., the attendance of ERT at meetings when appropriate, and through field oversight. Due to the magnitude of this project, ERT will require contract support to provide the level of assistance needed by Region 4 on this site for the next three years. The contract will run through April 1, 2011. The detailed task descriptions are as follows: (1) Review baseline ecological risk assessment documents for Operable Units 1+2 and Operable Unit 4. This will be a critical review of four (4) separte documents; (2) The critical reviews of documents shall include review of the text and a technical review of the sampling plans and results. This critical technical review will include, at minimum: a)Confirmation that sample designs are statistically and scientifically valid and will provide the data necessary to make decisions; b)Confirmation that proper, decision-oriented analytical techniques are used; c) Evaluation of data from sampling efforts and bioassays; d) Confirmation that appropriate risk models and proper in-put parameters and exposure factors are used in the risk assessments; and e) Confirmation of risk calculations. (3) Travel for appropriate site meetings and/or field oversights purposes. The contractor will need to accompany the ERT representatives on two occasions; (4) Prepare summary reports containing comments from the critical reviews; (5) Assist in the derivation of Data Quality Objectives on future components of the RI; (6) Provide support to ERT on issues related to coordination and communication with State and Federal Trustees; (7) Provide technical review and comment letters to ERT on documents related to ecological risk; and (8) Assistance in developing risk based ecologically relevant cleanup goals for all operable units related to the Anniston Site. The U.S. EPA is planning to award a sole source contract to Macdonald Environmental Sciences, LTD (MESL) to procure these technical services and support. The NAICS Code is 541620. MESL is the only vendor to have performed these services in the past and is knowledgeable about the processes needed to complete the aforementioned tasks. The EPA has only one known source for this procurement. If there are any other potential sources, submit your capability statement to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Mail Code 3805R, Washington, D.C. 20460. Attn: Elaine Scott or by email to: Scott.Elaine@epa.gov no later than 3:00pm EST April 18, 2008.
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