Y -- SOURCES AND INFORMATION SOUGHT REGARDING CERTIFICATION UNDER ISO 14001

Notice Date

February 9, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

ZIP Code

45268

Response Due

March 14, 2001

Point of Contact

Wes Carpenter, telephone 202-564-3933

E-Mail Address

U.S. EPA -- Facilities Management and Services Division (carpenter.wesley@epa.gov)

Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to identify construction and building management firms who have been certified under International Standard ISO 14001 issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The ISO 14000 standards provide the framework for environmental management systems. Consistent with its environmental stewardship role, EPA desires to ensure that each of its facilities maintains the highest state of environmental readiness throughout its expected life cycle, including construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, repair and improvement, expansion and renovation, and decommissioning and termination. Accordingly, EPA is considering requiring ISO 14001 certification as a prerequisite to providing construction and building management services to EPA under future contractual arrangements. Interested construction and building management firms are therefore requested to indicate whether they possess ISO 14001 certification and to provide any other information or comments bearing on whether such certification should be established as a prerequisite to providing services to EPA. Please submit 3 copies of all information to the following address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Attn: Mr. Wes Carpenter, (3204R), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20460. If the information is hand-carried or delivered via courier, the correct address is 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mezzanine Level, Washington, DC, 20460. All information should be submitted to reach the above addressee not later than March 14, 2001. This is not a request for proposals, and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement. Questions should be directed to Wes Carpenter at 202-564-3933.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010213/YSOL010.HTM (W-040 SN50D321)