SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Water Security Mission Support
- Notice Date
- 12/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- CPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyCincinnati Procurement OperationsDivision26 West Martin Luther King DriveCincinnatiOH45268USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-CI-14-00013
- Point of Contact
- Donna Reinhart
- E-Mail Address
-
reinhart.donna@epa.gov
(reinhart.donna@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a requirement to provide Mission Support for the Office of Water, (OW), Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water (OGWDW), Water Security Division (WSD). With the Nation under continuing threat from those who seek to harm it, EPA has the important responsibility of protecting the environment from terrorist acts. In addition, the WSD has responsibilities of an ?all hazards? approach to protecting the Nation?s water supply in the event of natural disasters; such as floods, hurricanes, climate changes, chemical security issues, and pandemic illnesses. Guidance concerning responsibilities and programmatic requirements of WSD is available via the web at www.epa.gov/watersecurity. The proposed DRAFT performance work statement is provided as an attachment. The contractor shall provide technical, regulatory, analytical, research and developmental, logistical, and informational technology support to the EPA in its efforts supporting the all-hazards approach to water security responsibilities. The successful contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials, and services in support of the efforts. EPA anticipates the contract will be a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort, work assignment type contract for a period of 12 months including four 12 month option periods. The base period will include 80,000 hours and increased quantity options will be at 70,000 hours per period. The successful contractor is responsible for having in place the appropriate facility clearance indicated on the Department of Defense, Contract Security Classification Specification (DD 254) form. The clearance is required at time of proposal submission. The proposed RFP?s clearance level required for the facility is secret, and the required level of safeguarding is also secret. The DD 254 clearance information is provided, and will be issued with the RFP. Significant potential exists for an organizational conflict of interest (COI) under any resulting procurement. Therefore for informational purposes areas of concerns are identified in the Attachment ?Draft COI Requirements?. The anticipated solicitation release date is middle January 2015, and the close date shall be approximately 30 days thereafter. The solicitation will be issued on a full and open competitive basis. Notices of any modifications to this FBO procurement announcement, including Requests for Proposals and amendments, will be posted using the FedConnect web portal. FedConnect can be accessed at https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/. Interested parties are expected to download the solicitation and any subsequent amendments from the website and to monitor the status of the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal. The applicable NAICS code is 541620 with a size standard of $14 million. Contract award will be made in accordance with FAR Part 15- Contracting by Negotiation. The point of contact is Donna Reinhart, at (513)487-2114, reinhart.donna@epa.gov. FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and vendors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. Through FedConnect contractors will be able to receive, review and respond to contract pre- and post-award actions and documents such as correspondence, request for proposals, tasking instruments and contract modifications. The use of FedConnect also furthers the EPA?s commitment to moving towards a paperless acquisition environment by reducing its carbon footprint and conducting its business in an ecologically friendly manner. There is no charge to use FedConnect. Vendors can register with FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect technical questions please call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. In addition, all vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), as this facilitates registration for FedConnect. Please note that vendors MUST have their SAM profile set to ?public? otherwise FedConnect will not be able to access the SAM information required to validate vendor credentials. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. There is no charge for registration in SAM.
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