EPA, ADP Placement Section (3803F), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

D -- OPPT REGULATORY DATA COLLECTION CENTER SOL W700201-A3 DUE 031797 POC Mark Hopkins, (202) 260-8219, Contracting Officer WEB: Click here for further information as available., http://www.epa.gov/oam/hpod/. E-MAIL: Click here to contact via e-mail., hopkins.mark@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Information Management Division (IMD), Toxic Release-Inventory Information Management Branch (TRI-IMB), and the Toxic Substance Control Act-Information Management Branch (TSCA-TIMB) have an ongoing requirement for the establishment, operation and maintenance of the EPA Regulatory Data Collection Reporting Center (the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Reporting Center), and the Confidential Business Information Center/Non-Confidential Business Information Center (CBIC/NCIC). The EPCRA support services include forms processing, including imaging of forms for archival and retrieval purposes; Toxic Release Inventory System (TRIS) system maintenance and enhancement activities; and providing data for public access, in accordance with the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA). The CBIC/NCIC provides current and historical documents on all submissions received in compliance with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), as well as public dockets/adminstrative records, and together contains over 60,000 case files. In support of the CBIC/NCIC requirements, the contractor shall provide various services including data entry, document tracking, archival and distribution, image processing, bar coding and other related electronic and manual document processing services. In support of these requirements, the contractor will provide various professional and technical support services including maintenance of EPA's Toxic Release Inventory System (TRIS) at a site to be determined and located near EPA Headquarters, and the Confidential Business Information Tracking System located at existing facilities within EPA Headquarters. These facilities shall be designed to handle staff and equipment for receipt and processing of approximately 100,000 Toxic Release Inventory forms and 100,000 submissions copies of TSCA data per year; and includes: enhancing and maintaining TRIS and TSCA software; EPA's automated reporting software, and; supporting TRIS/ TSCA system users and TRI/TSCA data users. The services and support that EPA requires are currently provided through two Agency contracts: 1) EPCRA support services are currently provided by Computer Based Systems Inc. (CBSI) under Agency contract 68-W2-0011, expires 12/31/97); and; 2) the CBIC/NCIC services are currently provided by Armstrong Data Services Inc. under Agency contract 68-W5-0024 (Delivery Order 108); expires 09/30/97). Potential offerors interested in obtaining additional contract information should submit written requests to the following: Attn: FOIA Officer, U.S. EPA, (1105), 401 M Street, SW, Wash., DC 20460. Pursuant to Title 40 CFR Section 2.120(a), a charge of $10.00 per half hour will be required for record search and review time, and a charge of $.15 per page will be required for reproduction of the requested records upon their release. Note: The estimated cost for providing these records is approximately $175 per request. It is anticipated that this acquisition will result in the award of a cost reimbursement, level of effort contract. The period of performance (POP) for the recompete will include a base period, plus four, one-year option periods, not to exceed sixty (60) months. Total estimated level of effort, including optional quantities, is 2,931,800 hours. This acquisition will be conducted under full and open competition. The above contractual restructuring incorporates the current EPCRA and CBIC/NCIC requirements under a single contract in order to provide for a cohesive and comprehensive data processing, information storage and retrieval operations support services contract for OPPT that will provide continued services for EPA and the public. All parties interested in being placed on the bidders list should submit their request in writing within twenty (20) days of this publication to either of the following addresses: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bid and Proposal Room (3803F), Attention: Mark L. Hopkins, 401 M Street, SW, Wash., DC 20460; or via E-mail: hopkins.mark@epamail.epa.gov. The purpose of this CBD announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirement, generate the bidders list and to direct interested parties to the EPA's web site for further information as it becomes available. The Request for Proposals (RFP), amendments and other related items will be posted on the Internet and should be downloaded from the following site: www.epa.gov/oam. At the EPA's Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) WWW Home Page, select the Headquarters Division (Washington, DC) location. Under "Current Procurements", select "OPPT Regulatory Data Collection Center", RFP #W700201A3. Currently, no additional information is available. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the bidders list to the mailing address below via E-mail. If Internet capability is unavailable, interested parties must submit written verification stating such to Mark Hopkins so that hard copies of these documents may be provided. Telephone requests or inquiries shall not be honored. (0056)

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