SPECIAL NOTICE
F -- Brownfields and Land Revitalization Analytical and Technical Support
- Notice Date
- 7/19/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- SRRPODUS Environmental Protection AgencySuperfund/RCRA Regional ProcurementOperations1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NWWashingtonDC20460USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-HQ-11-00016
- Point of Contact
- Meghan Thomas
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this Special Notice to solicitation SOL-HQ-11-00016 is to incorporate the below provision as required by Agency policy. Due date for responses to this amendment is July 25, 2012. Provision EPA-2012-5 -- Representation By Corporations Regarding A Felony Conviction Under Federal Law Or Unpaid Federal Tax Liability (Apr 2012) Prescription - The contracting officer shall include Provision EPA-2012-5 in solicitations that will use funds made available by the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R. 2055; Pub. L. 112-74). This applies to all solicitations above the micro-purchase threshold including acquisition of commercial items under FAR Part 12, exercising contract option periods, and issuing a Task or Delivery Order under a Governmentwide Acquisition Contract (GWAC), multi-agency contract, Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contract, or any other procurement instrument intended for use by multiple agencies, including blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) under FSS contracts. For EPA contracts that issue Task or Delivery Orders, only one representation is needed by the corporation, either at the contract level, if a new award, or before the first TO or DO is issued using covered FY2012 funding. No award shall be made until the contracting officer receives the corporation?s representation that it has no felony convictions nor tax delinquency, or that the CO has received a determination from the EPA Suspension and Debarment Official that they have considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. Provision Text ? (a) In accordance with Sections 433 and 434, of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 (H.R. 2055; Pub. L. 112-74), none of the funds made available by the Act may be used to enter into a contract with any corporation that: (1) Was convicted (or had an officer or agent of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, where the awarding agency is aware of the conviction, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government; (2) Has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability, where the awarding agency is aware of the unpaid tax liability, unless the agency has considered suspension or debarment of the corporation and made a determination that this further action is not necessary to protect the interests of the Government. (b) The Offeror represents that: 8 | P a g e (1) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has been convicted (or had an officer or agent of such corporation acting on behalf of the corporation convicted) of a felony criminal violation under any Federal law within the preceding 24 months, (2) It is [ ] is not [ ] a corporation that has any unpaid Federal tax liability that has been assessed, for which all judicial and administrative remedies have been exhausted or have lapsed, and that is not being paid in a timely manner pursuant to an agreement with the authority responsible for collecting the tax liability. (c) The Offeror shall provide immediate written notice to the Contracting Officer if, at any time prior to contract award, the Offeror learns that its representation was erroneous when submitted or has become erroneous by reason of changed circumstances. (d) A representation that any of the items in paragraph (b) of this provision exists will not necessarily result in withholding of an award under this solicitation. However, failure of the Offeror to furnish a representation or provide such additional information as requested by the Contracting Officer may render the Offeror nonresponsible. (e) Nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed to require establishment of a system of records in order to render, in good faith, the representation required by paragraph (b) of this provision. The knowledge and information of an Offeror is not required to exceed that which is normally possessed by a prudent person in the ordinary course of business dealings. (f) The representation in paragraph (b) of this provision is a material representation of fact upon which reliance was placed when making award. If it is later determined that the Offeror knowingly provided an erroneous representation, in addition to other remedies available to the Government, the Contracting Officer may terminate the contract resulting from this solicitation for default. THIS REPRESENTATION CONCERNS A MATTER WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF AN AGENCY OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE MAKING OF A FALSE, FICTITIOUS, OR FRAUDULENT REPRESENTATION MAY RENDER THE MAKER SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION UNDER SECTION 1001, TITLE 18, UNITED STATES CODE. (End of Provision) Please see the website for the full amendment document. http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/hcsc/brownfield/index.htm
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