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R -- SBIR TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL PR-HQ-97-3582 DUE 112497 POC Letitia Kress, Contract Specialist, Kress.Letitia@epamail.epa.gov E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via e-mail, kress.letitia@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a request for proposal for services for which the Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR Part 13. The SIC Code for this purchase order is 8748. The EPA is FACNET certified. Any contractor/vendor able to meet requirements must demonstrate in writing by closing date. This notice is intended for competitive purposes. You may E-mail the contracting officer at meisner.susan@epamail.epa.gov or the contract specialist at cavalieri.letitia@epamail.epa.gov. Please include the following: Company Name; Address; Phone Number; Business Class; and E-mail Address. NO PHONE CALLS ACCEPTED. All questions must be addressed in writing and will be answered in writing. Award will be made to the firm whose offer provides the greatest value to the Government, price, quality and technical capability considered. Award may be based on lowest overall evaluated cost. Two copies of all proposals, for the following statement of work, should be delivered to the following address, (fax/e-mail copies will not be accepted): US MAIL ONLY -- US EPA; 401 M Street, SW; Mail Code 3803R; Washington, DC 20460 Attn: Letitia Kress -- HAND CARRY TO (includes all couriers services e.g. FedEx, UPS): Ronald Reagan Building; 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW; Bid and Proposal Room; 6th floor Room 61107. Due Date Monday, November 24, 1997; 2:00pm EST (Any proposal received after the due date will not be considered or opened.) NO OTHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. STATEMENT OF WORK: BACKGROUND Section 9(j) of the Small Business Act (as amended by Public Law 102-564) modified policies regarding implementation of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The US Small Business Administration Policy Directive issued January 26, 1993 provided for EPA and other agencies with SBIR programs to enter into funding contracts to provide technical assistance to SBIR awardees on all facets of commercialization. WORK STATEMENT The contractor shall provide technical assistance to each of 28 EPA Phase I SBIR FY97 companies to prepare a Commercialization Plan (as detailed below). For the purposes of this procurement action, technical assistance will consist of the following: 1. Obtaining input from the awardee by means of a telephone or mail questionnaire, 2.Drawing upon knowledge of market conditions and other business factors known by the contractor, 3. Preparation of the draft commercialization plan, 4. Finalization of the commercialization plan in concert with the awardee. The list of 28 companies and the approved SBIR proposals will be furnished to the contractor by the EPA Project Officer. The Commercialization Plan should address: a. SBIR Project: Brief description of the company, its principal field(s) of interest, size and current products and sales. A concise description of the SBIR project and its key technical objectives. b. Commercial Applications: Primary applications, markets and uses of the research results specifying customers and specific needs which will be satisfied. Contractor is not expected to identify the specific technology's capacity for secondary market opportunities or alternate uses associated with these markets. The contractor is not required to identify specific potential partners for these additional market opportunities. However, the contractor is expected to identify specific potential partners for primary markets/uses identified by the SBIR company. c. Competitive Advantages: What is particularly innovative about the anticipated technology or products? (Innovation may be expressed in terms of applications, performance, efficiencies or reduced cost.) What significant advantages in application, performance, technique, efficiency, or costs, does your company anticipate the new technology will have over existing technology? d. Markets: What is the anticipated specific market for the resulting technology, estimated size, class of customers, and the company's estimated market share five years after the project is completed and/or first sales? Who are the major competitors in the market, present and/or anticipated? e. Commercialization: Briefly describe how the company plans to produce the product. Does the company intend to manufacture it in-house, subcontract manufacturing, enter into a joint venture or manufacturing agreement, license the product, etc.? Briefly describe the approach and steps the company plans to take to commercialize the research results to significant sales. Does the company plan to market the product itself, through dealers, contract sales, marketing agreements, joint venture, sales representatives, foreign companies, etc.? How does the company plan to raise money to support its commercialization plan. The contractor will complete all the tasks described in this procurement by March 13,1998. This will enable the Phase I awardees to submit the final version of the commercialization plan to EPA during the six month performance period of the Phase I contract. Evaluation Criteria: 1. Demonstrated experience working with small businesses and with the SBIR program. 2. Technical skills and experience in developing business plans and commercialization strategies. 3. Approach to providing the commercialization plans. 4. Qualifications of project leader and support staff. (0310)

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