SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Implementation of the Public Water Systems Supervision (PWSS) and Underground In
- Notice Date
- 5/30/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541611
— Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- 45212
- ZIP Code
- 45212
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-CI-13-00032
- Response Due
- 6/20/2013
- Archive Date
- 7/20/2013
- Point of Contact
- Courtney Stallworth
- E-Mail Address
-
stallworth.courtney@epa.gov
(Stallworth.Courtney@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Implementation of the Public Water Systems Supervision (PWSS) and Underground Injection Control (UIC) Programs IGF::CL::IGF SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS SOL-CI-13-00032 Implementation of the Public Water Systems Supervision (PWSS) and Underground Injection Control (UIC) Programs THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a ?market research? survey for large and small businesses in preparation for a future procurement. The EPA, Office of Water?s Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water (OGWDW) is in need of contractor support for the implementation of regulations and other implementation activities as they relate to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Specifically the Safe Drinking Water Act mandates the EPA establish national drinking water standards for public water systems to assure water supplied to the public is safe to drink. In addition the SDWA requires EPA to establish and implement regulations for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program to safeguard sources of drinking water. The Act envisions a join Federal/State program to assure compliance with all standards. Congress has intended that the States take a lead role in the primary enforcement responsibility (primacy) for both programs. Activities in support of this requirement may include the following: -providing technical support for development and revision of standards and rulemakings pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) -provide recommendations on methodologies for meeting analytical requirements for contaminant monitoring -convene technical panels/meetings to discuss context of various rulemaking, to share data and analysis, and to solicit comment on regulatory options -collect and analyze information and comments in support of Agency?s public notification and public hearing requirements for rule development -develop regulatory support materials -conduct reviews/analysis/assessments on State enforcement of SDWA regulations and programs -conduct assessments/analysis of State UIC programs -conduct on-site visits to public water systems and UIC wells to develop national statistics, assess compliance and identify compliance trends -conduct sanitary surveys, Comprehensive Performance Evaluations and Inspections -prepare reports on compliance status and trends, and enforcement actions relative to the SDWA -provide expert assistance/testimony in EPA enforcement cases (financial and technical analyses) -evaluate qualifications of prospective laboratories in support of Laboratory Certification Program -conduct Comprehensive Performance Evaluations in support of Regional, State and Area Wide Optimization Programs -reviewing public water system plans and specifications -Review, adapt, develop, or utilize environmental and general hydrologic and fluid flow modeling techniques to specific ground water problems -issue paper development pursuant to the SDWA -conduct peer reviews of documents -support for the development, implementation and evaluation of the State Revolving Fund (SRF) program at the Federal level and in all participating States. -in support of the SRF assess and document program compliance with Federal regulatory requirements and program performance -review/analyze/recommend capacity development and operator certification -assess small business viability and ability to implement drinking water regulations -review of ground water sources of drinking water to determine direct influence of surface water as required by the Surface Water Treatment Rule -assist in incorporating Source Water Protection (SWP) into Federal and State regulatory financial planning and outreach programs -Underground Injection Control (UIC) No-Migration Petition Support -information management -survey/information collection -analyze and study surveys and study results -information data base maintenance support -preliminary training/meeting support/outreach and communication report -training and presentation materials development -Primary Technical Support (assist states, tribes, and owner operators of municipal water systems to adopt sustainable management systems for managing PWSS and UIC Programs) In keeping with the potential tasks, contractors submitting capabilities statements should address their ability to provide or have access to senior technical experts in: developing and revising standards and rulemakings pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA); providing recommendations on methodologies for meeting analytical requirements for contaminant monitoring; expertise in convening technical panels/meetings to discuss context of various rulemaking, to share data and analysis, and to solicit comment on regulatory options; analyze information and comments in support of Agency?s public notification and public hearing requirements for rule development; conducting reviews/analysis/assessments on State enforcement of SDWA regulations and programs; expertise in assessments/analysis of State UIC programs; Senior technical expertise in providing expert assistance/testimony in EPA enforcement cases (financial and technical analyses), conducting Comprehensive Performance E valuations in support of Regional, State and Area Wide Optimization Programs; and expertise in the development, implementation and evaluation of the State Revolving Fund (SRF) program at the Federal and State level. The successful contractor shall provide all necessary labor materials, facilities, and services in support of the efforts. It is anticipated that the contract will be a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Level of Effort (LOE) starting in January 2015 with a one (1) year Base Period and six (6) year Optional Periods of 12 months each. Approximately 65,000 LOE hours are anticipated for each contract period with contractor?s needing to provide as much as an additional 130,000 hours a year for a total of 1,365,000 hours in total for all periods if all the potential LOE hours are realized. The applicable NAICS code is 541611with a size standard of $14,000,000. No firms are restricted from submitting a proposal. The Agency recognizes that there exists a need for firms to gain the requisite experience necessary to fulfill the requirements of the proposed contract and that such experience is often gained through provision of consulting or related technical services to various firms. Accordingly, firms who may have an actual or potential conflict of interest (COI) will be required to certify in a disclosure statement their efforts to avoid, neutralize, or mitigate a COI, and allow the Agency to assess any vulnerabilities related to COI prior to awarding a contract. Please see attached draft COI clauses which includes the areas in which firms may have significant potential organizational conflict of interest requiring specific disclosure. Any interested firms should submit a capability statement which demonstrates the firm?s ability to perform the key requirements described above. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. Capability statements are limited to 10 pages in length, no smaller than 12 point Font. In the capabilities statements, contractors should provide their size status for the above referenced NAICS code (i.e., large, small) and whether or not they are certified HubZone, 8(a), women-owned, small disadvantaged and/or disabled veteran own concern. The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small business if it determines that there are two or more small businesses able to compete in terms of market prices, quality, and delivery. If set aside, a small business would be required to perform at least 51 percent of the direct labor costs incurred under the contract with their own personnel (FAR 52.219-14). Capability statements from small businesses should address their ability to meet this requirement. Responses to the above should be submitted to Courtney Stallworth, at Stallworth.courtney@epa.gov no later than 21 calendar days from date of this posting. A separate synopsis will be issued for the Request for Proposal (RFP) resulting from this sources sought synopsis. The EPA is also interested in soliciting ideas that firms may have as to the appropriate means of incentivizing contractor performance from a contractor?s perspective.
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