T -- PUBLICATION DISTRIBUTION SERVICES(EXTENSION OF CONTRACT 68-C7-0044 (NSCEP))

Notice Date

September 8, 2000

Contracting Office

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

ZIP Code

45268

Response Due

September 25, 2000

Point of Contact

Cynthia Johnson, Contracting Officer (513) 487-2040

E-Mail Address

Cincinnati Contracts Management Division (johnsoncynthia@epamail.epa.gov)

Description

DESC: Publications and Operation Services for National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP), Cincinnati, Ohio. The US EPA has in effect Contract 68-C7-0044 with Labat Anderson, 8000 Westpark Drive, Suite 400, McLean VA 22102. The purpose of the stated contract is to supply non-personal services to manage the receipt, storage, inventory management, and distribution of publications and public information products for EPA and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The contract requires national distribution of information and the staffing and operation of both an on-site warehousing/distribution facility and an off-site (contractor leased) central ordering and assistance office. Services provided include but are not limited to responding to and processing work requests for EPA and EEOC publications (received by telephone calls, letters, faxes, and e-mail) from the general public, federal, state, and local governments; from the regulated community; from educational and research institutions; and from foreign governments. Work requests and tracking are done in the contractor's master automated inventory system and EPA's publications numbering system which follows Government-specified standards for bibliographic indexing. Camera-ready publications are recorded in a camera-ready tracking database. Operators (2) shall have the ability to read, write and speak Spanish to respond to bilingual telephonic requests and operate a telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). The follow-on procurement for Contract 68-C7-0044 has been delayed due to internal Agency decision making processes. However, Contract 68-C7-0044 expires on September 30, 2000, and the EPA intends to negotiate on a sole-source basis to add an Option Period 4 to Contract 68-C7-0044 to prevent interruption in the services. The new Option Period will be from 10/1/00 to 10/31/00 (one month) in order to ensure continued contractor support until Agency decisions regarding the follow-on procurement can be made. This notice IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Sources that can successfully demonstrate the ability to immediately transition into the functions of the NSCEP contract fully trained and ready for immediate contract performance by 10/01/00, can submit a capabilities statement which details (1) the ability to have qualified personnel trained and available to perform the work identified therein; (2) the ability to acquire and operate software capable of sufficiently recording, tracking, and dual reporting of EPA and EEOC work requests; (3) the ability to acquire and set up the contractor off-site facility; (4) that the firm has sufficient experience performing similar work; (5) that the firm has a sufficient management and transition plan in place that will ensure commencement of services by 10/1/00 and successful contract performance thereafter. Documentation should be submitted by September 25, 2000, 4:30 p.m., local time for consideration by the Government. See Notes 22 and 25.

Web Link

Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts (www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20000912/TSOL011.HTM (W-252 SN494569)