SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- RFQ-DC-14-00177
- Notice Date
- 7/30/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 812990
— All Other Personal Services
- Contracting Office
- SRRPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyWilliam Jefferson Clinton Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.Mail Code: 3805RWashingtonDC20460USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-14-00177
- Response Due
- 8/25/2014
- Archive Date
- 9/24/2014
- Point of Contact
- Claudia Armstrong
- E-Mail Address
-
armstrong.claudia@epa.gov
(Armstrong.Claudia@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This solicitation is being issued pursuant to the personal services contracting authority granted by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriation Resolution for 2003 (P.L. 108-7). A firm-fixed-price purchase order will be issued to the successful student or recent graduate selected for the position. The base period of performance for this purchase order is twelve months. There are two options to extend the period of performance. The first option period will be for an additional twelve months. The second option period shall not exceed 8.5 months. This solicitation includes the following four attachments: ATTACHMENT 1 - Statement of Work (SOW) and Associated Attachments ATTACHMENT 2 - Evaluation Factors ATTACHMENT 3 - Student Proposal Form ATTACHMENT 4- Applicable Clauses ? Additional Terms and Conditions of the Order In an effort to clarify the terms student and recent graduate, the definitions of each are provided below. A student is an individual, at least 18 years of age, who is enrolled, in good standing, in a degree program (actively seeking a degree) at a recognized educational institution. A student is not required to carry a full course load, as long as the individual is a bona fide student, not merely someone who signed up for a class in order to work under these contract arrangements. A recent graduate is an individual, at least 18 years of age, who has graduated with a degree from a college or university within the last two years. The Government will make contract award based on evaluation factors other than price which will consider the following: Experience using equipment for measuring concentrations and characterizing structures of nanomaterials or similar compounds; Experience with studies of rates and transformation products of organic chemicals and/or polymers in water, soils, and/or sediments; Total months of training/experience (including coursework) in data analysis; Total months of training/experience (including coursework) related to environmental chemistry, biogeochemistry, and/or water treatment; Cumulative grade point average (minimum of 3.0 on a scale of 4). Submissions in response to this solicitation must be submitted on or before 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday, August 25th, 2014 via e-mail to Contracting Officer Claudia Armstrong at armstrong.claudia@epa.gov, and Contract Specialist Dionne Wright at wright.dionne@epa.gov. All email submissions must have ?RFQ-DC-14-00177? in the subject line. Late submissions will not be considered eligible for award and incomplete submission may not be considered at the Contracting Officer?s discretion. No telephone inquiries will be accepted in response to this solicitation. Prior to applying for this position, applicants are encouraged to visit the following web page to access information related to this announcement: https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. Please follow the link located under the ?Announcements? header, entitled ?RFQ-DC-14-00177?Student Services Contract? and review all of the attached documents. You are encouraged to visit this webpage periodically to check the status of this announcement and to see whether or not any amendments (changes to the requirement of the posted position) have been issued. Foreign national students are required to fulfill all of the requirements outlined in the eligibility section of this announcement. SPECIAL NOTE: Upon receipt of the contract award, the student contractor must go immediately to link http://cdx.epa.gov/warning.asp and register with the Central Data Exchange (CDX) and complete the iBoard application. The student contractor must enter the COR as the point on their iBoard application. The student contractor should notify the COR when they have completed their iBoard application. The student must complete iBoard before beginning work. The contract may be terminated if the background check reveals a risk to the interest of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and national security. In addition, the individual(s) selected will be required to register with System for Award Management (SAM) and Dun & Bradstreet to obtain a Data Universal Number System (DUNS number) or DUNS +4 number. To obtain a DUNS number, students or recent graduate contractors can call Dun & Bradstreet 1-866-705-5711 or contact D&B at http://www.dnb.com/updte. To register with SAM, contractors can call 1866-606-8220. There is no charge to register for DUNS or SAM. In addition, students or recent graduates who have been selected for this position will be required to sign an Acknowledgement of Special Terms before work can begin and are subject to these terms as outlined in Attachment 4 of this solicitation. Application Package Checklist for Applicants Submissions in response to this announcement MUST include the following: Resume or Statement of Qualification (not to exceed 2 pages) Completed Student Proposal Form (refer to Attachment 3) Copy of college/university transcripts (unofficial copies are acceptable, if it is apparent from the transcript copy that is a copy of an official document and that the school is identified) One letter of Recommendation (not to exceed 2 pages per letter ) Hourly Rate Certification (refer to Attachment 3)
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