SOURCES SOUGHT
F -- ERAS Analytical Economic Support
- Notice Date
- 2/19/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- SRRPOD<br />US Environmental Protection Agency<br />William Jefferson Clinton Building<br />1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.<br />Mail Code: 3805R<br />Washington<br />DC<br />20460<br />USA<br />
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- 68HERH19R0004
- Response Due
- 3/13/2019
- Archive Date
- 3/13/2020
- Point of Contact
- Thomas Meyers, Meghan
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Office of Land and Emergency Management (OLEM) Office of Resource, Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) Economics and Risk Assessment Staff (ERAS) Analytical Economic Support The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing this Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought Notice (SSN) as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support this requirement for the OFFICE OF LAND & EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (OLEM), OFFICE OF RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RECOVERY (ORCR) ECONOMICS AND RISK ANALYSIS STAFF (ERAS) ANALYTICAL ECONOMIC SUPPORT. The resultant contract would support ORCR and its mission to encourage land-based practices that help ensure economic and environmental sustainability, safe materials/waste management, and ongoing waste reduction in accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS). The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services, with an applicable size standard of $15 million; however, the NAICS code may change for the solicitation. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for quotes or proposals. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary and the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. A draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) is provided as an attachment to this RFI/SSN. The contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, supplies, equipment, services and facilities to perform the PWS. The draft PWS consists of five (5) general task areas that will be required to provide program support to OLEM/ORCR. These tasks are: (1) data and information collection, analysis, and management; (2) regulatory assessment, costs, benefits, economic, and other impacts; (3) program transformation, evaluation and support; (4) hazard, exposure and risk assessment support, and; (5) document preparation. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: All capability statements shall: 1. Include company name, address, DUNS, phone and principal owners including partners, subcontractors and/or joint venture arrangements. 2. Include business classification(s) based on the NAICS in this announcement. 3. State the (a) average number of employees of the concern; (b) average annual receipts based on the last 3 fiscal years; (c) other current business commitments (i.e., contracts, etc.); and (d) a description of the concern's accounting system for estimating and accumulating costs under cost ¿reimbursement contracts and whether or not those system(s) have been audited and/or approved by any Government agency. Additionally, indicate if the concern ¿s accounting system can support hybrid contract types, for instance both cost reimbursement and fixed price or any combination of contract types. 4. Include specific examples of work previously performed in all task areas described in the draft PWS within the past three years. Experience as a subcontractor, partner, joint venture, or key personnel is considered in the same manner as primary experience. Include reference(s) for each example. 5. Include detailed, documented proof of your company ¿s past experience and/or capability to perform all task areas described in the draft PWS at the estimated level of effort for this requirement. 6. Demonstrate the management capability, corporate structure, and financial capability to meet the needs of the estimated level of effort and scope of this requirement. Note that any resulting solicitation under set ¿aside procedures will include FAR 52.219 ¿14 Limitation on Subcontracting. 7. Not exceed 10 single ¿sided pages in length based on font size of no smaller than an 11 point font on 8.5 ¿ x 11 ¿ size pages with margins no less than 1 ¿ for the left, right, top and bottom excluding a cover page. Only emailed submissions permitted. The submission shall be a searchable PDF file format (a single file) that can be printed on 8.5 ¿ x 11 ¿ size paper and free from viruses or password protections. The Government is not responsible for receipt of corrupted files and therefore will not attempt to recover the file. 8. The Government will only consider information towards market research that falls within the page limitations/restrictions and disregard the remaining pages. 9. Avoid use of excessive marketing lexicon, submission of fancy brochures, unnecessary sales literature, and product puffery. 10. Identify any existing contract(s) or source(s) (e.g. GSA, GWACs) your company is on that would support performing the entire services outlined in the draft PWS for the full performance period. Capability statements shall be responsive to all information items requested herein to allow for an accurate business assessment. Standard brochures and paraphrasing of the PWS will not be considered a sufficient response to this notice. Feedback and/or evaluation information will not be provided to any firm regarding their individual capability statements; and no telephone calls and/or requests for a solicitation will be accepted. The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: (1) provide similar services consistent in scope and complexity of the PWS; (2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar tasks; and (3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with schedule requirements, cost containment, hiring and retaining personnel, and risk mitigation; (4) identify any potentially significant organizational conflicts of interest; and (5) any comments and/or concerns regarding the PWS or subject prospective procurement. BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS RFI/SSN/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL OR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. Additionally, multiple awards may be made. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to organizations regarding their submission in response to this notice. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed services are invited to submit a response to this RFI/SSN, of NO MORE THAN 10 single-sided pages, by 11:59 PM ET on March 13, 2019. All responses under this RFI/SSN must be submitted under this posting through FedConnect. In order to submit a response through FedConnect, interested parties must first be registered in FedConnect and have access to the FedConnect website located at https://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. Point of Contact: Meghan Thomas Meyers Contracting Officer U.S. EPA/OAS/HQAD Thomas.meghan@epa.gov NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-FEB-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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