SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Student Services ISTD Master's Degree, Research Triangle Park
- Notice Date
- 12/9/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- RTPPODUS Environmental Protection Agency109 T.W. Alexander DriveMail Code: AA005Research Triangle ParkNC27709USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-15-00016
- Response Due
- 1/8/2015
- Archive Date
- 2/7/2015
- Point of Contact
- Jeffery Clodfelter
- E-Mail Address
-
Jeffery Clodfelter
(Clodfelter.Jeffery@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- Please visit http://www.epa.gov/oamrtpnc/student/howto.pdf for pertinent information on what you must do in order to apply for this opportunity. REQUEST FOR QUOTE # RFQ-RT-15-00016 COMBINED ANNOUNCEMENT AND SOW FOR STUDENT SERVICES CONTRACTS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory SECTION I ANNOUNCEMENT DETAILS OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT LocationResearch Triangle Park, NC Required Level of Education Master?s Degree Anticipated Start Date of ContractJanuary 2015 Rate of Pay$29.62 Average Hours per week20 The Systems Biology Branch (SBB) of the Integrated Systems Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Park, NC is seeking an individual, who currently holds a Master?s degree in pharmaceutical science, microbiology, biology, chemistry, engineering and/or toxicology, to provide technical and computer support of laboratory research of environmental health effects. The student contractor shall assist in maintaining a cell culture laboratory and be responsible for technical support of these experiments. 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 expected to begin approximately January 2015. The hourly rate is commensurate with the minimum required level of education and experience, as follows: $29.62 per hour for a student who has completed a Master?s degree. The student contractor must be currently enrolled in a degree program at an accredited University/College or a recent graduate 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-US 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 US Visa and be able to obtain US work authorization in a timely manner if offered a contract. Students without a US 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 Prior to applying for this position, you will need go to the following website and follow the instructions on how to obtain a Dun & Bradstreet number, register with the Government's System for Award Management (SAM), and register with the Government's FedConnect business web portal: http://www.epa.gov/oamrtpnc/student/howto.pdf. This is a one-time only requirement. Once completed, you will be able to visit the FedConnect web portal, https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/, to learn the full details of the proposed contract. Please read all of the attached documents under EPA solicitation RFQ-RT-15-00016. 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. Questions regarding this student contract should be directed to the contract specialist Jeffery Clodfelter), at Clodfelter.Jeffery@epa.gov. Questions regarding the technical aspects of the contracted duties and responsibilities should be directed to Bellina Veronesi, the EPA technical mentor for the contracted activities, at veronesi.bellina@epa.gov or (919) 541-5780.
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