U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCPB Superfund Procurement (3805R), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

B -- CHEMICAL ANALYTICAL SERVICES FOR MULTI-MEDIA INORGANICS SOL PR-HQ-99-15909 POC Barbara Stearrett (202) 564-4496 WEB: Click here to view or download a copy of the IFB and, http://www.epa.gov/oarmsrpod/pollard/hq9915909/index.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, stearrett.barbara@epamail.epa.gov. This amends an earlier CBD announcement published on 6/24/99 as follows: Solicitation PR-HQ-99-15909 will be issued as an INVITATION FOR BID on or about October 29, 1999. Bid Opening will be held approximately 30 days later. No draft IFB will be released. The Agency intends to award multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contracts to provide up to 4,000 sample analyses per month or 48,000 for the base year with two six-month optional periods of performance for up to 2,000 samples each. No single bidder will be awarded a contract with a potential monthly maximum requirement greater than 800 samples per month. This procurement is being conducted as a "stop gap" to allow for significant revisions to the ILM05.0 SOW. Therefore, the Inorganic (Multi-Media, Multi-Concentration) Analysis Statement Of Work (SOW) version ILM04.0, as amended by ILM04.1 will be utilized. ILM04.1 contains minor modifications to the SOW contained in the current contracts(ILM04.0). SOW ILM04.0 can be found at http://www.epa.gov/oerrpage/superfund/programs/clp/methods.htm. The most significant change to the SOW is the delivery dates which have been modified to 7, 14, or 21 day turnaround times. Two (2) Pre-Award QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS are applicable to this procurement: Performance Evaluation Sample (PES) Analysis and Contract Compliance Screening (CCS). PES Analysis is designed to test an offeror's ability to detect inorganic target analytes of interest within established detection limits. The CCS Audit is designed to test an offeror's ability to meet the stringent Quality Control/Quality Assurance requirements necessary to support the Agency's mission. The CCS also demonstrates an offeror's ability to deliver electronic and hardcopy data in the specified format. Unless previously determined qualified as described below, OFFERORS MUST REQUEST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SAMPLES FROM THE CONTRACTING OFFICER BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS NOVEMBER 12, 1999 in order to have sufficient time to perform the analysis and prepare appropriate documentation. It is anticipated that PES will be mailed on or about November 17th. PES analysis and required documentation must be completed by the date established for Bid Opening or other date as specified in the IFB. Offerors will be given no less than seven (7) days to complete the analysis and deliver all required data. Complete instructions regarding analysis and documentation will be included in the IFB. Requests to participate in the testing process must be provided in writing via electronic mail or hardcopy. E-mail requests may be sent to "stearrett.barbara@epamail.epa.gov". Mailing address: U.S. EPA, Attn: B.Stearrett, 401 M Street SW (3805R), Washington D.C. 20460. Offerors who request performance evaluation samples after November 12th will receive samples; however, awards will not be delayed awaiting qualification results. Because of the similarities between the requirements in the Statements of Work ILM04.0 and ILM04.0, as amended by ILM04.1, offerors that have successfully performed inorganicanalysis for the forth quarter fiscal year 99 quarterly blind performance evaluation samples (ILM-QB4-FY99) and generated acceptable documentation under existing CLP Inorganics contracts are exempt from the pre-award requirement to perform a Performance Evaluation Sample Analysis and Contract Compliance Screening. Bidders must certify within the IFB if they have met this pre-qualification requirement; failure to certify prior qualification or failure to submit PES analysis information with required documentation will result in a determination that the bid is non-responsive. ALL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CONTRACTING OFFICER. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION WILL BE HONORED. Posted 10/27/99 (W-SN395635). (0300)

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