SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- On-Site Technical Support Services for Western Ecology Division
- Notice Date
- 12/1/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- RTP Procurement Operations Division (D143-01) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- PR-NC-10-10029
- Response Due
- 1/8/2010
- Archive Date
- 2/7/2010
- Point of Contact
- WILLIAM G. GOINS, Contract Specialist, Phone: 919-541-3567, E-Mail: goins.william@epa.gov; MCDONALD MORRISON, Placement Contracting Officer, Phone: 919-541-4364, E-Mail: morrison.mcdonald@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
WILLIAM G. GOINS
(goins.william@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this synopsis is to conduct a market search for qualified small businesses to submit capability statements outlining their technical and managerial capability, and personnel qualification for the following proposed procurement. To be considered a small business, this procurement will utilize NAICS Code 541712 with a size standard of 500 employees or less. The information submitted will be evaluated and used to determine whether or not this procurement will be set aside for small businesses. Otherwise, this procurement will be subject to full and open competition. A Draft Statement of Work will be located at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd/index.htm along with any updates applicable. The US Environmental Protection Agency intends to award a contract to provide on-site technical support to the Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Western Ecology Division (WED) in Corvallis and Newport, Oregon. WED is a multi-disciplinary, ecological research laboratory that performs state of the art research. Our website http://www.epa.gov/wed/ provides an overview of WED and the types of research conducted on terrestrial, freshwater, and estuarine/marine ecosystems. The successful contractor will provide technical support both on-site at WED facilities in Corvallis and Newport and (for short periods) at off-site and remote field sites (within USA). The contractor shall: perform chemical, physical, biological, biochemical, statistical, geographical, and other standardized analyses; collect, acquire, store, categorize, integrate, and synthesize data and information; collect, format, process, document and provide quality control of samples and information from the laboratory and field; prepare, maintain, and update technical records, logbooks, QA records, and databases for work performed; operate and adapt specialized sampling, monitoring, analytical, and experimental equipment; provide statistical design and analysis support; design, develop, and implement simulation and statistical models; conduct sophisticated scientific analyses; conduct literature searches and provide factual reports on current scientific knowledge and methods; compile, organize and summarize existing environmental data and geographic coverages and evaluate their utility; prepare and document alternative scientific methods for obtaining and analyzing information and recommend methodology for EPA approval; prepare high quality, written, and oral, scientific and technical reports on research results and work performed including publishing findings in peer-reviewed scientific literature; provide technical editing, statistical, and graphical support in the form of tables and figures for research publications and oral or written presentations; provide technical support for technology transfer operations to EPA program offices, regions, and other appropriate parties; participate in national and international scientific meetings through presentation of technical papers; organization, and facilitation of special symposia; propose and implement quality assurance and quality control requirements. Provide your experience and capability to perform these requirements. All capability statements will be due no later than 5:00PM ET January 8, 2010. If you plan to send your capability statement via the United States Postal Service, please use the following address: US Environmental Protection Agency, Attention Will Goins, RTP Procurement Operations Division (E105-02) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. If you plan to send your capability statement via courier, please use the following address: US Environmental Protection Agency, Attention Will Goins, RTP Procurement Operations Division (E105-02), 4930 Page Road, Durham NC, 27703. No facsimile or telephonic responses will be accepted.
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