U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCPB Superfund Procurement (3805R), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

R -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ESAT 1, STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) SOL TBD DUE 093098 POC Angela Edwards (202)564-4503 or Kathleen Engel (202)564-4504 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the draft statement, http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/edwards/esat1/index.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist or contracting, edwards.angela@epamail.epa.gov or engel.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) for this procurement is 8734. The agency seeks to improve competition in the ESAT program. In pursuit of this objective, we are requesting industry comment on the contents of the draft Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) Statement of Work (SOW). Please review the SOW and identify any perceived restrictive requirements or barriers which may inhibit competition. Comments on restructuring the SOW to foster the maximum degree of competition are encouraged. Please indicate whether your company would consider bidding on this requirement and, if not, how the SOW might be restructured to encourage the maximum degree of competition. Please be specific in your comments and responses. Comments on the ESAT SOW should identify any perceived ambiguities or inconsistencies. Questions or comments relating to the meaning or clarification of specific tasks under the SOW are also welcome. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of the Request for Information (RFI), nor resulting from this RFI. This RFI does not constitute an Invitation for Bid or Request for Proposal. Send all responses -- preferably by E-Mail by close of business 30 September 1998 to edwards.angela@epamail.epa.gov or US EPA, ATTN: Angela Edwards, (3805R), 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20460. The work is to be performed on-site and off-site, at the following EPA laboratory locations: Zone I-Eastern Zone -- Region 1 -- Lexington, MA; Region 2 -- Edison, NJ; and Region 3 -- Annapolis, MD:. Regional Contracts -- Region 4 -- Athens, GA and Atlanta, GA:. Region 7 -- Kansas City, KS:. Zone II-Central Zone -- Region 5 -- Chicago, IL; Region 6 -- Dallas, TX and Houston, TX:. Zone III-Western Zone -- Region 8 -- Golden, CO; Region 9 -- San Francisco, CA; and Region 10 -- Seattle, WA and Port Orchard, WA. These services are anticipated to be performed under a hybrid contract with a fixed price base team, cost reimbursable tasks, and fixed-rate optional hours. The EPA anticipates five contract awards, including one 8 (a), one small business set-aside, and full and open competition . This will result in an award of five contracts, with one (base) year and four option years for each contract. The anticipated release date for the Request for Proposal (RFP) is around June 19, 1999. Award is anticipated in February 2001. Posted 08/18/98 (W-SN238660). (0230)

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