SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- (FAOC) Analytical Support Services for Air & Radiation Programs
- Notice Date
- 2/21/2020 2:43:38 PM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQ DIV (ITA RESEARCH TRIANGLE PAR NC 27709 USA
- ZIP Code
- 27709
- Solicitation Number
- EP-D-14-031
- Archive Date
- 03/09/2020
- Point of Contact
- Andrew Flynn
- E-Mail Address
-
flynn.andrew@epa.gov
(flynn.andrew@epa.gov)
- Description
- Notice of Intent NAICS Code: 541620 - Environmental consulting services. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a requirement for continuation of services under the current contract, EP-D-14-031, as described below. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) uses contactor support as follows: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) is continuously involved in analyzing existing and prospective legislation, regulations, treaties, and other policy instruments as they relate to the energy, economic and environmental effects of air and radiation protection programs.� The OAR is often required to undertake short-term analyses (one week to two months) on diverse subjects due to inquiries from Congress, the Executive Branch, industry and the public.� In addition, the OAR is often required to undertake longer-term analyses requiring multi-disciplinary expertise and cross-disciplinary integration applied in the context of policy and program assessment.� These longer-term analyses also serve the needs of the Agency, Congress, and other decision makers charged with evaluating national and international air and radiation related policies and programs.� To respond to these inquiries in a timely manner, the OAR requires analytical support in evaluating the energy, economic, technological, financial, social, human health, environmental, and ecological effects of a broad range of existing and potential future government policies and regulations.� In addition, the OAR requires logistical support in developing tools, materials, and forums to communicate the potential effects of changes in government policy and to facilitate communication and potential resolution of issues identified by competing stakeholders. The primary mission of the Office of Policy Analysis and Review (OPAR) of the EPA OAR is to provide policy analysis, policy and program development, program review, and communications support directly to the Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation and, at times, directly to the Administrator and Deputy Administrator of the EPA.� Given these broad, high-level responsibilities, OPAR requires contractor analytical support which is multi-disciplinary yet which is conducted in a manner which facilitates the reconciliation of diverse disciplinary perspectives, methods of inquiry, and analytical interpretations. The current contract, EP-D-14-031, period of performance will be extended for six months, from �3-31-20 to 9-30-20. The Government intends to compete, negotiate, and award a follow on contract for a one-year base period and four one-year option periods in accordance with the Federal Acquisitions Regulation (FAR). However, due to delays in the acquisition process, the contract for follow on services will not be awarded prior to the current expiration date of 3-31-20 of the current contract. Since the services of the contract are critical and cannot lapse, the EPA must extend the period of performance of the current contract for an additional six months to allow time for the new follow on contract to be awarded. The EPA intends to negotiate this period of performance extension on a sole source basis. During this extension period, in the short-term, a substantial amount of knowledge transfer resources would be required to transfer the knowledge and expertise to a new contractor. The use of a new contractor would require an extensive phase-in period to facilitate the full knowledge transfer, complete the attainment of personnel and other resources required for contract execution, and complete the transition of contractual responsibilities. In the short term, use of another contractor would result in a significant loss of efficiency due to the learning curve of the new personnel. The lapse in service as a result of the contract transition and phase-in period will also impede any progress on the existing Work Assignments (WA) and significantly hamper the EPA�s ability to comply with deadlines, both statutory and court-ordered. In the short-term, there are no other contractors that can maintain the required infrastructure to sustain this effort without any duplication of effort or degradation of support. The intent of this notice alerts the vendor community to the extension of the current contract, and the upcoming opportunity for competition of this opportunity. This notification alerts all vendors to this action and to determine if any other source (s) exist; and, therefore, no solicitation is available. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract extension based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether competition is viable. Responses to this notice should be submitted to the Contracting Officer, Andrew Flynn via the following e-mail address (flynn.andrew@epa.gov) within 15 days from the date of this notice.
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