SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Testing and Evaluation of Homeland Security and All-Hazards Technologies
- Notice Date
- 7/2/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- CPODUS Environmental Protection Agency26 West Martin Luther King DriveMail Code: NWDCincinnatiOH45268USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-CI-13-00038
- Point of Contact
- Candice Charlton
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(charlton.candice@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR CAPABILITIES STATEMENTS ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a ?market search? for businesses in preparation for a future procurement. Any interested firm should submit a Capabilities Statement with information which clearly demonstrates their capabilities to provide the services described below. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. It is anticipated that any future contract for these services will be an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed price task orders over a five year ordering period. The anticipated minimum amount is $100,000 and the anticipated maximum is $15 million. The applicable NAICS code is 541712 (Research & Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) with a size standard of 500 employees. The capabilities statement shall provide the firm?s current size status for the above referenced NAICS code, (large or small) and whether the firm is a SBA certified Hubzone or 8(a)/Small Disadvantaged contractor. The firm shall also indicate if it is Woman-owned, Veteran-owned or Service-Disabled Veteran owned. As a reminder, small businesses are required to perform at least 50 percent of the costs of the contract performance with their own personnel (FAR 52.219-14). The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses. The US EPA has a need for a firm to provide technical support for the Testing and Evaluation of Homeland Security and All-Hazards Technologies for the Measurement, Sampling, Removal, and Decontamination of Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Agents. The US EPA has been designated as the Sector-Specific Agency for drinking water and wastewater critical infrastructure protection. The EPA is also the lead federal agency for the remediation of areas contaminated by biological organisms, biotoxins, chemical warfare agents, toxic industrial chemicals, toxic industrial materials, and radiological materials. The EPA is also a support agency for responding to some other types of contamination incidents including foreign animal disease outbreaks and some emerging threats. The EPA homeland security research provides procedures and methods that will assist EPA responders in the detection and containment of contamination, and in the remediation of sites following Chemical, Biological, Radiological (CBR) contamination incidents. A large part of the Agency?s homeland security research is coordinated through the EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC). NHSRC focuses research efforts on detection and decontamination of CBR contamination that may occur in drinking water distribution systems, wastewater systems, ambient (indoor and outdoor) air, and building and other indoor/outdoor surfaces. Some of this testing involves performing systematic experimentation using actual CBR agents at laboratory scale to evaluate decontamination efficacy and identify the operational parameters that affect decontamination efficacy. The anticipated primary purpose of these technical services is to test, evaluate, and report on all-hazards-related science and technology for addressing Chemical, Biological, or Radiological and other contamination agents. A contractor interested in submitting a capabilities statement in regard to this effort should specifically address sections II, IV, V, VI, and VIII of the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) which can be obtained from the EPA?s Office of Acquisition Management website, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/. The successful contractor of any resultant contract will be expected to provide all necessary labor, materials, and facilities in support of the efforts delineated by the PWS. Responses should be submitted to charlton.candice@epa.gov no later than 20 calendar days from the date of posting. A separate synopsis will be issued for the Request for Proposals (RFP), resulting from this Sources Sought Synopsis.
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