B -- ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT

Notice Date

December 4, 2000

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

45268

Solicitation Number

PR-CI-01-10823

Point of Contact

David Plagge (513)487-2022

E-Mail Address

U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division (plagge.david@epa.gov)

Description

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water has a requirement for economic, regulatory and technical analyses for the Office of Science and Technology (OST), Engineering & Analysis Division (EAD) . The contractor shall provide analyses for economic, financial, and environmental analysis in the effluent guidelines program. This requires the capability to provide multi-purpose, multi-tasked products, often on a quick turn around basis, to meet ambitious court ordered schedules. The effluent guidelines program is responsible for setting the nation's technology based standards for industrial pollution control. The program has ten to twenty major regulations and studies under development all of the time. This requires an extremely capable group of prime and subcontractors with the breadth and depth to provide the most available expertise in the fields of economic analysis, financial analysis, and environmental assessment. The program areas in which work is expected to be conducted are effluent limitations guidelines and standards, water quality standards (including contaminated sediment), water permits and pretreatment standards analysis (including compliance and enforcement), co-ordinated effort within the Office of Water (sewage and industrial sludge, drinking water, ground water, wastewater, point source, non-point source, wetlands, and marine, estuary, and ocean programs), multimedia analysis and pollution prevention ( treatment and disposition of hazardous waste and solid waste, air emissions, volatile compounds discharged to surface waters and publicly-owned treatment works, source reduction and recycling for regulatory and non-regulatory options), and administrator's priorities (common sense initiative, watershed approaches, nutrient management and others). Support is required in the areas of: A) Economics Analysis and Support including (1) industry profiling/characterizing; (2) economic and regulatory analysis; (3) Regulatory Flexibility Act/SBREFA Analysis; (4) cost-benefit analysis of regulatory options; (5) cost analysis of the incremental annualized costs; (6) cost-effectiveness analysis of various pollution control regulatory options; (7) analysis of other statutory and Executive Order requirements such as the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act; and (8) methodology development and technical review for economic analysis related to the control of water pollution; B)Environmental Assessment/Benefits Analysis including (1) performing environmental assessments; (2) calculating toxic weighting factors and/or pollutant weighting factors; (3) environmental assessments of pollutant of concern specific information; (4) benefits analysis for monetizing the benefits of environmental regulations including human health benefits, recreational benefits, other ecological benefits, and economic productivity; and (5) methodology development and technical review; C) Technical Assistance including (1) collection/preparation of reports including the economic analysis (EA), environmental assessment (EnvA), Cost-effectiveness analysis (CE) among others. The contractor shall also collect and organize information for the public and confidential record (e.g., reports, analyses, databases, correspondence, surveys, etc.); (2) review and analysis of public comments; and (3)analyses to support multi-media project and identification of pollution prevention opportunities and also data collection and public outreach. The proposed contract type will be a Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Level of Effort. The proposed contract will have a base period consisting of 12 months with four (4) twelve month option periods for a total potential performance period of five years. The base period, and each option period will consist of 20,000 direct labor hours with options for an additional 10,000 direct labor hours in each period. This acquisition is being solicited on a full and open, competitive basis. The solicitation is expected to be released December 2000. The applicable SIC code is 8742, and the size standard is $5 million. The solicitation will be posted on the Internet. It may be accessed through the EPA's home page (http://www.epa.gov/oam/cin_cmd). No bidders list will be maintained. It is not necessary to submit a written request for proposal. It is the responsibility of prospective offerors to frequently check the EPA website address for updates or changes. See numbered Note 26.

Web Link

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

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001206/BSOL005.HTM (W-339 SN5079R9)