Administrative Contracts Service Center (3803R), Environmental Protection Agency, Ronald Reagan Building -- 7th Floor, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460

B -- OUTREACH SUPPORT SERVICE SOL PR-HQ-99-15520 POC Mekeba S. Brown, Contract Specialist WEB: Click Here To Get More Information, http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placement/9915520/index.htm. E-MAIL: Click Here To Contact The Contract Specialist via, brown.mekeba@epamail.epa.gov. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Policy is soliciting contractor outreach support for EPA's policies and programs. EPA intends to award one Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract in support of this requirement. This procurement is set aside for Small Businesses. The contractor awarded a contract under this procurement will be required to provide outreach support in several areas. The Contractor shall keep the public informed of their rights and responsibilities under EPA's regulatory authorities, as well as to inform the public of legislative changes in environmental law by providing marketing research, production and post-production services for national media (electronic and print) Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaigns. Work under this contract will be related primarily to Office of Policy (OP) outreach efforts arising out of regulatory and non-regulatory policies that impact broad sectors of the economy. OP works on issues arising from several statutes and initiatives. Specific statutes include: the Clean Water Act (CWA); Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) as amended, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) as amended by the Hazardous Substances and Waste Act; and Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Additional statues include: Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA); Endangered Species Act (ESA); Transportation Partners, Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act (ISTEA); Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA); Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA); Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act; Ocean Dumping Ban; Water Resources Development Act; Medical Waste Tracking Act; Marine Mammal Protection Act; Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act; Rivers and Harbors Act; Farm Bill; Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (signed by the US and Canada); Pollution Prevention Act; and Clean Air Act (including National Ambient Air Quality Standards [NAAQS]). Specific initiatives include: Project XL; Project XL Communities; Community-Based Environmental Protection (CBEP); Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI); Sustainable Industries Program; Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP); Reinvention for Innovative Technology (Refit); Climate Wise; SmartGrowth Network; Empowerment Zone Program; Brownfields Program and the Common Sense Initiative (CSI). In order to support these activities, EPA requires an ongoing contractor to provide support for the following: The PSA campaigns shall include, but not be limited to such tasks as : promotion, marketing, production, replication, packaging, distribution, evaluation and post-campaign evaluation and consultation. The contractor shall provide PSA distribution and tracking for all media, including but not limited to electronic (mass media, Internet) and print (consumer, business, trade magazines and newspapers) in both English and Spanish, insuring the right PSA materials are distributed to the right media contactsat a minimum cost and maximum effectiveness. This award will be selected on the basis of one Statement of Work with multiple Technical Evaluation Criteria. This procurement will be conducted as a full and open competition and is reserved for Small Business concerns as defined by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 8742. The contract is anticipated to have a total period of performance of 60 months, consisting of a 12 month base period and four option periods of 12 months each. It is anticipated that as many as 18,900 direct labor hours could be required for this effort. Currently, the draft Statement of Work and Evaluation Criteria are available at the website listed below. Any comments should be directed to Mekeba Brown at the E-Mail or mailing address listed below. The solicitation should be available to prospective offerors on or about February 1, 1999. All parties interested in requesting a copy of the solicitation should submit their request in writing to the following address: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bid and Proposal Room (3803R), 401 M Street, SW, Washington DC 20460, Attention: Mekeba S. Brown. Requests may also be made via e-mail to brown.mekeba@epamail.epa.gov. The solicitation, amendments, and other related items will be posted on the Internet and can be easily downloaded from the following site: "http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admn_placement/9915520/index.htm". Interested parties are advised to monitor this website for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the bidders' list electronically to the e-mail address listed below. A copy of the bidders' list will be issued to all prospective offerors as an attachment to the solicitation. If Internet capability is unavailable, interested parties must submit written verification stating this fact to Mekeba S. Brown so that hard copies of the solicitation may be provided. Only one copy of the solicitation will be issued to any corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic regions. Telephone requests or inquiries will not be taken. Posted 01/14/99 (W-SN287984). (0014)

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