SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Office of Site Remediation Enforcement-3 (OSRE-3) - Draft Statement of Work
- Notice Date
- 11/3/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 561110
— Office Administrative Services
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 3801R, Washington, District of Columbia, 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-HQ-12-00002
- Archive Date
- 11/5/2012
- Point of Contact
- Derek Davis, Phone: 202-564-1074, Frank Bottalico, Phone: 202-564-0141
- E-Mail Address
-
davis.derek@epa.gov, bottalico.frank@epa.gov
(davis.derek@epa.gov, bottalico.frank@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Draft Statement of Work This is NOT a solicitation announcement. This is a Sources Sought Notice only. The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is for market research purposes to determine if capable, qualified small businesses (including Small Businesses, Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, 8(a) firms, Small Disadvantage Business (SDB)) relative to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 561110 - Office Administrative Services (size standard of $7,000,000 in gross annual receipts or income as defined in 13 CFR § 121.104) possess the capability to support the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)'s Office of Site Remediation Enforcement requirement. Responses to this sources sought notice shall not constitute responses to any solicitation, which is not currently available. As stipulated in FAR 15.201, responses to this notice are not considered offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. The decision to solicit for a contract shall be solely within the Government's discretion. This sources sought notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government reimburse any costs associated with the submission of information in response to this notice. Respondents will not individually be notified of the results of any government assessments. The Government's evaluation of the capability statements received will factor into whether any forthcoming solicitation will be conducted as a full and open competition or as a set-aside for small businesses, or any particular small business designation (e.g. SDVOSB, HUBZone, 8(a), SDB, WOSB, VOSB, etc.). DESCRIPTION The intent of this notice is to request information from small business concerns in their efforts to provide analytical, managerial, and technical services to the EPA's Office of Site Remediation Enforcement performed pursuant to the OSRE-3 Statement of Work. The contractor shall perform in accordance with all environmental statutes as applicable (e.g., Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act (SARA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective Action, Oil Pollution Act (OPA), Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST), or successor statutes and regulatory programs. The EPA is seeking market research into whether capable small business sources are able to provide analytical, technical, and support services for EPA's Office of Site Remediation Enforcement (OSRE) that support remediation efforts to plan, implement, and enforce programs, strategies, guidance, and regulations under the Agency's statutes described above. EPA will use any future resultant contract to acquire assistance in developing nationwide implementation strategies, monitoring regional and state enforcement activities, and providing enforcement support. This assistance shall involve analytical support used by EPA in implementing any policies, regulations, or guidance pertaining to EPA enforcement activities under CERCLA, RCRA Corrective Action, LUST, or OPA or future re-authorizations or amendments. "Site Remediation" means environmental cleanup. The statutes listed above deal with sites where there's been a migration or a release, or a threat of release of hazardous substances into the environment. Which statute to use depends on what kind of release there's been and from where. "Enforcement" is when EPA investigates the identity of, and negotiates with parties to do the cleanup or to recover the costs of a cleanup. More about OSRE is available on the Agency's website at www.epa.gov/aboutepa/oeca.html. Information concerning the Agency's cleanup enforcement program is available at http://www.epa.gov/compliance/cleanup. ESTIMATED LEVEL OF EFFORT (LOE) The Government anticipates awarding a Cost-Reimbursement Plus-Fixed-Fee contract with a one year base period, and four (4), one (1) year option periods for a total maximum period of performance of 5 years. The estimated level of effort for this requirement, in professional labor hours, is as follows: • 4,524 Basic Quantity LOE hours and 10,285 Optional Quantity LOE Hours for each year of the contract (base period and all four option periods). • Maximum potential LOE for all years is 74,045 hours with a maximum potential period of performance of 5 years. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: To help determine if this potential requirement may be set-aside for small business concerns, the Government is seeking input from the small business community regarding their interest and capability in performing the tasks reflected in the draft SOW. The Government requests demonstration of capability by interested parties through submittal of capability statements. The Government will evaluate the qualifications of interested parties based on their responses regarding capability of performing the draft SOW. All capability statements must: 1. Not exceed and will be restricted to ten (10) single-sided pages in length. 2. Be electronically submitted to the email address below by the stated deadline. 3. Include small business classification(s): (Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, SDB, SDVOSB, WOSB, VOSB, etc.) 4. Address technical competencies and management/personnel experience relative to: (a) the key task areas in the draft SOW; (b) the overall business demands of the proposed acquisition for the best mix of cost, performance, and schedules; and (c) demonstrate significant technical and regulatory experience in the following technical areas related to the SOW: • Program Planning/Evaluation and Trend Analysis • Program and Information Management Support • General Management Support • Policy, Regulation, and Guidance Support • Training/Conference and Meeting Support • Negotiations and Settlement Support • Cost Recovery and PRP Search Support • General Compliance and Enforcement Support • State Programs Support • Economic and Cost Analysis • Community Based Environmental Protection and Environmental Justice Support • Records Management 5. List references as well as demonstrate experience in conducting projects of similar size, scope, and complexity in the past 5 years. 6. State the (a) average number of employees of the concern; (b) average annual receipts based on the last 3 fiscal years; (c) other current business commitments (i.e., contracts, etc.); and (d) a description of the concern's accounting system for estimating and accumulating costs under cost-reimbursement contracts, and whether or not those system(s) have been audited and/or approved by any Government agency. 7. Demonstrate the management capability, corporate structure, and financial capability to meet the needs of the anticipated level of effort and scope of this requirement. Note that any resulting solicitation under set-aside procedures will include FAR 52.219-14 Limitation on Subcontracting. The Government intends to consider all comments and the responsive capability statements when developing its final acquisition strategy and resulting RFP(s). The synopsis, amendments and other information related to this sources sought as well as any subsequent procurement notifications will be posted on FedBizOpps and EPA's website, at: http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm, under the "Office of Site Remediation Enforcement-3 (OSRE-3)" link. All interested parties should check these sites frequently for updates. All information related to this procurement will be available at this link through the date of any award. CONTACT INFORMATION Please submit all Capability Statements by 4:00 P.M. EST on November 21, 2011 via email to: Derek Davis, Contracting Officer at Davis.Derek@epa.gov NO FAXES, MAIL OR PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED
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