SOLICITATION NOTICE
a -- Student Services Contract - Las Vegas, NV
- Notice Date
- 1/16/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541711
— Research and Development in Biotechnology
- Contracting Office
- SRRPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyAriel Rios Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.Mail Code: 3805RWashingtonDC20460USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-14-00053
- Response Due
- 3/3/2014
- Archive Date
- 4/2/2014
- Point of Contact
- Michael Barton
- E-Mail Address
-
Barton.michael@epa.gov
(Barton.Michael@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- LocationU.S. EPA, Durham NC Required Level of Education Pursuing MS Anticipated Start Date of Contract4/3/2014 Rate of Pay($29.35) Average Hours per week40 hr/week The Exposure measurements and Analysis Branch (EMAB) of the Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD), National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking one individual, at least 18 years of age who is either a student (in good standing currently enrolled in a degree program, not necessarily carrying a full course load, but pursuing a degree at a recognized educational institution) or recent graduate (graduated with a degree from a college or university within the past two years) to provide services under a contractual agreement to complete a comprehensive literature review and mine data to create a searchable and analyzable database to explore the inter-relationships between children?s exposures and health. The student/recent graduate contractor should possess a bachelor?s degree and be working towards a master?s degree in an environmental sciences related field (e.g., environmental sciences, public health, life science, physiological science, physical science, engineering), or a related field within two years of the desired starting date, or completion of all requirements for the degree should be expected prior to the starting date. Applicants should show an interest in community public health, exposure science, children?s environmental health (including chemical and non-chemical stressors), community factors, environmental systems analysis and frameworks, risk assessment, and data analysis and interpretation. The focus of this work is to conduct a literature review and mine data to create a searchable and analyzable database of children?s health research. Students or recent graduates, who are EPA ORD employees, or the spouse or child of an EPA ORD employee, are not eligible to participate. This contract is start date will begin on 4/3/2014. A complete package should be delivered in its entirety No Later Than 3/3/2014. The hourly rate is commensurate with the minimum required level of education and experience, as follows: $29.35 per hour for a student who has completed an MS degree. The student contractor must have completed a degree at an accredited University/College and have graduated within the last 24 months. The student contractor will be paid the basic hourly rate only for the number of hours worked and will not receive overtime pay for any hours worked beyond the 40-hour work week. The student contractor does not accrue leave or holiday benefits and are not paid for any non-work days, regardless of the reason. The student contractor is considered an independent contractor; therefore, Federal, State, Local, Social Security, and Medicare taxes will not be withheld. The student contractor is responsible for reporting income to authorities and paying all taxes. The student contractor is responsible for all costs of transportation to and from the principal duty station location. EPA does not provide housing, meals or other living expenses while working at the principal duty station. Non-U.S. citizens may be eligible to participate, depending on their immigration status and the applicable regulations of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). All non-U.S. citizens must submit, as part of their proposal package, evidence of their immigration status that allows them to work in the United States. Students should possess a current U.S. Visa and be able to obtain US work authorization in a timely manner if offered a contract. Students without a U.S. Visa are not eligible. Academic degrees fulfilled outside of the United States must be judged to be equivalent to that achieved in accredited U.S. education programs in order to be acceptable for this contract. More information about the evaluation of foreign education can be found at the U.S. Department of Education's web site at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html If applicable, applicants shall submit all necessary documents to a recognized private U.S. organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials, usually named a credential evaluation service. To be suitable, the foreign credential evaluation must include and describe (i) type of education received by the applicant (i.e., conventional, by mail, or online), (ii) degree of education relative to the U.S. education system, and testify that its comparability recommendations follow the general guidelines of the U.S. National Council for the Evaluation of Foreign Educational Credentials, (iii) the content of the applicant's educational program earned abroad and the standard obtained, (iv) the ranking of the awarding foreign schools? credit and authenticity in its own country's education system, (v) what the evaluation service did to obtain this information, (vi) the qualifications of the evaluator, and (vii) any indications as to other concerns such as falsification. Foreign credential evaluations that do not include all the above information or indicate there is not enough information on which to make a sound evaluation will not be accepted. INTERESTED PARTIES MUST COMPLETE ATTACHMENT 2, ?STUDENT PROPOSAL FORM FOR RFQ-DC-14-00053?. Please provide a one or two page resume or statement of qualifications, this proposal form and attach a copy of all your college/university transcripts (unofficial copies are acceptable, if it is apparent from the transcript copy that it is a copy of an official document and that the school is identified), and submit to Michael Barton, Contract Specialist, via email at Barton.michael@epa.gov. The submission deadline will be listed at the website shown below. Prior to applying for this position, you should visit the EPA solicitation web page at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd to learn the full details of the proposed contract. Please follow the link to the solicitation ?Student Services RFQ-DC-14-00053? and read all of the attached documents. This website should be visited periodically to check the status of this procurement and to see whether or not any amendments (changes to the requirement of the posted position) have been issued. The Government will make contract award based on all evaluation factors (student's knowledge and skills, course work, work or volunteer experience, research laboratory experience, research publications and grade point average as it relates to the services described in this Announcement and the Statement of Work). Evaluation factors will be listed in the website mentioned above, please check the evaluation factors document on the website given above. Personal or telephone interviews may be conducted with the most promising candidates. The Government may elect to award contracts to multiple students under this Announcement. Questions regarding this student contract should be directed to the contract specialist Michael Barton at the email provided only. Questions regarding the technical aspects of the contracted duties and responsibilities should be directed to Nicolle S. Tulve, the EPA technical mentor for the contracted activities, at tulve.nicolle@epa.gov or (919) 541-1077.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ORD/OSIM-RTPUS Environmental Protection AgencyORD Office of Scientific Info Mgmt109 T.W. Alexander Dr.D343-04Research Triangle ParkNC27711USA
- Zip Code: 27711
- Zip Code: 27711
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