SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- A--Technical Support Services for Community and Site-Specific Human Health Risk As
- Notice Date
- 12/3/2020 6:20:36 AM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- CINCINNATI ACQUISITION DIV (CAD) CINCINNATI OH 45268 USA
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- 68HERC21R0030
- Response Due
- 12/18/2020 12:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 12/17/2021
- Point of Contact
- Kuykendall, Pamela
- E-Mail Address
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kuykendall.pamela@epa.gov
(kuykendall.pamela@epa.gov)
- Awardee
- null
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a `market search� for small businesses in preparation for a future procurement. Information submitted in response to this notice is merely used for internal market research purposes to identify capable, qualified small businesses relative to North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), with a size standard of 1,000 employees. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified small business sources; (2) whether they are small businesses; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled; veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. The EPA has a need for a contractor to provide the Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) support in developing and updating Provisional Peer-Reviewed Value (PPRTV) assessments, as well as research related to prioritizing chemicals for the PPRTV program, expert consultation, and research on cross-cutting issues related to new alternative toxicity data sources and technologies. In addition, this opportunity will entail work associated with cumulative risk assessment, including human and non-human biota, and chemical mixtures risk assessment, supporting the advancement of the science in community-based risk assessment. NCEA provides health assessments to the Superfund Program through the PPRTV Program. Through PPRTVs, NCEA provides EPA�s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) with interim toxicity values on accelerated schedules and for chemicals with data that are sufficient to develop screening level values for priority setting but insufficient to support IRIS toxicity values. Chemicals are selected according to priorities set by NCEA and the Superfund Program. PPRTVs are OSWER�s preferred source of peer-reviewed health assessments when IRIS values are not available for determining cleanup levels at Superfund sites. Like IRIS assessments, PPRTVs are developed consistent with Agency risk assessment guidelines and methodologies. PPRTVs are available at http://hhpprtv.ornl.gov/ CAPABILITY STATEMENT To help determine if this potential requirement may be set-aside for small business concerns, the government is seeking input from the small business community regarding their interest and capability in performing the tasks reflected in the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS), included as a separate document with this notice. The Government requests demonstration of capability by interested parties through submittal of capability statements. The Government will review the qualifications of interested parties based on their responses regarding capability of performing the draft PWS. Information submitted in response to this notice is merely used for internal market research purposes, and no feedback will be offered to the interested parties that submit capability statements. All capability statements must: 1. Not exceed six (6) single-sided pages in length. Excess pages will not be reviewed. 2. Be electronically submitted through the FEDCONNECT Portal no later than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of this posting. 3. Include small business classification(s): Small Business, 8(a), HUBZone, small disadvantaged business [SDB], service-disabled veteran-owned small business [SDVOSB], women-owned small business [WOSB], veteran-owned small business [VOSB], etc. 4. Address capabilities relative to the key task areas in the draft PWS, in particular: a. Personnel with previous experience in developing health assessment documents, highlighting experience and familiarity with EPA guidance utilized for performing health assessments (e.g., 2005 Cancer Guidelines, other IRIS standard operating procedures and guidance) b. Demonstrated capability in development of Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) with relevant work. Typically, QAPP will be compliant with R-5 requirements. Guidelines for developing quality documents for non-EPA organizations are available at http://www.epa.gov/QUALITY/exmural.html; c. Demonstrated capabilities in conducting comprehensive literature searches and preparing Scoping Documents (table and associated text) for each of the chemicals to be evaluated under any PPRTV task order. Please include any experience using EPA�s Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database and other appropriate databases for literature search and retrieval; and d. Demonstrated capabilities in preparation of Provisional Toxicity Value documents for specified chemicals. All products are required to be consistent with state-of-the-science approaches and methods in human health risk assessment and will be expected to pass internal and external scientific peer reviews normally conducted prior to publication in peer reviewed journals. It is anticipated that this opportunity will be a single award ID/IQ type contract with the majority of the task orders issued as Time and Material (T&M), with the possibility for other orders issued on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) basis. Contract starting in April 2022 with a 60-month ordering period. ANY INTERESTED FIRM should submit a capability statement (in accordance with the above criteria) which should provide their size status (i.e., large, small) in accordance with NAICS code 541715, and include whether or not they are a certified Hubzone, 8(a), women-owned, small disadvantaged, and/or disabled veteran owned concern. Any interested firms should submit a capability statement which demonstrates the firm�s ability to perform the key requirements described above. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. As a reminder, small businesses are required to perform at least 50 percent of the costs of the contract performance with their own personnel (FAR 52.219-14). The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses and other more discrete socioeconomic business categories. The respondent is required to submit its capabilities statement via FedConnect no later than 5:00PM EST on Friday, December 18, 2020. There is no charge to use FedConnect. (See https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect). If you need technical assistance in registering or for any other FedConnect� function, call the FedConnect� Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. A separate and subsequent Request for Proposal (RFP) may be provided for this requirement, which will be preceded by a Pre-Solicitation Notice.
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