U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Superfund Procurement (3805R), Arielrios Building, 1200 Pennsylania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

F -- SEEKING QUALIFIED SMALL AND SMALL DISADVANTAGED SOURCES TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES IN REGION VI SOL TBD DUE 091800 POC Mario Chaple (202)564-2286, Contracting Officer WEB: http:/www.epa.gov/oam/srpod, http:/www.epa.gov/oam/srpod. E-MAIL: Chaple.Mario@epa.gov, Chaple.Mario@epa.gov. It is anticipated that for the next Environmental Protection Agency Region VI (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contract generation, two contracting actions will be required. Each contract will be for a period of one five-year option period. The purpose of this announcement is to determine the availability of small businesses capable of performing the following types of response activities. Regardless of business classification, the contractors must be technically qualified to undertake response actions relative to CERCLA, RCRA, OPA, the Stafford Act, and the Federal Response Plan. The contractor (s) shall have the capability to perform any environmental response cleanup actions that are required to mitigate or eliminate any hazard or damage that poses an actual or potential threat to human health, welfare, or the environment resulting from: 1) a release or threat of a release of oil, petroleum products, hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants into the environment; 2) the threat of fire and explosion and incidents involving terrorists acts, weapons of destruction, and nuclear-biological-chemical incidents; and 3) natural or man-made disasters. These technical capabilities shall include the ability to provide: 1) project planning and performance; 2) containment, countermeasures, emergency and removal response services; 3) decontamination and response mitigation; 4) treatment, transportation and disposal, 5) restoration and soil stabilization; 6) sampling and analytical support, including hazardous categorization; 7) demolition; 8) construction and support facilities; 9) marine operations; 10) trans-boundary response into Mexico. The contractors shall meet required response times to regional locations, such as six hours or less to major metropolitan areas. The contractor (s) shall provide personnel, materials, subcontracted services and equipment required to perform all response activities required under a specific task order. At a minimum each small business/small disadvantaged business shall provide specific details within the EPA Region with regard to their equipment inventory; personnel capabilities; office locations; size of firm (employees/revenue); financial resources; other contracts, both federal and commercial and; capabilities/experience necessary to perform work listed above. Small businesses shall submit requested information in writing to U.S. EPA, Attn: Mr. Mario P. Chaple (3805R), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington DC 20460 NLT September 18, 2000. Information regarding this procurement will be posted on the World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod as it becomes available. Telephonic requests for information will not be honored. Posted 08/24/00 (W-SN489632). (0237)

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