SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Notice of intent to sole source to ANSI
- Notice Date
- 11/22/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- SRRPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyAriel Rios Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.Mail Code: 3805RWashingtonDC20460USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-HQ-14-00003
- Response Due
- 11/26/2013
- Archive Date
- 12/1/2013
- Point of Contact
- Eric Schermerhorn
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- In accordance with FAR 5.203(a)(1), this is notice of a proposed sole source Purchase Order to ANSI in support of Consistent Field Operations, Field Operations Group Operational Guidelines Training Delivery and Implementation Assistance. The services required to meet the Agency?s technical support needs include: 1) providing training to Agency organizations on the FOG Guidelines; 2) conducting assessments of organization?s current field quality management systems against the FOG Guidelines; and, 3) providing consultation to organizations to develop or modify their field management systems to be compliant with the FOG Guidelines. The nature of the acquisition supports other than full and open competition, since the requirement involves continuous improvement, quality management systems based on ISO standards, except that the ISO 17025 standards are designed for stationary, controlled environments, analytical laboratories, and not uncontrolled, non stationary field activi ties. It is necessary that the contractor has demonstrated this expert knowledge by serving as an accrediting authority that has certified ISO 17025 compliance for organizations that conduct environmental field activities. Also the requirement is immediate and any other accrediting authority would have to invest quite a bit of time to understand the differences between the traditional laboratory analyses and conducting environmental field activities. ANSI has been the accrediting authority certifying two EPA field organizations? compliance with ISO 17025 standards. ANSI has accredited the National Enforcement Investigations Center since 2001, and the Region 4 Science and Ecosystem Support Division since 2008.
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- Record
- SN03239728-W 20131124/131122234234-7c66b35980207ebab05d079852d95d9c (fbodaily.com)
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