R -- TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR PEER REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Notice Date

April 13, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

45268

Solicitation Number

PR-CI-01-11980

Point of Contact

Andre Reinhart 513-487-2119

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the contracting officer via (REINHART.ANDRE@EPA.GOV)

Description

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a requirement for technical, administrative, and logistical Support Services supporting the National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) Peer Review activities. The contractor shall make logistical arrangements to secure meeting space for peer review panel meetings, and supply all required equipment for the meetings, including necessary computer equipment. The contractor shall provide administrative support, to include collecting, collating, typing, proofing, copying, and tabulating peer review results. The contractor will not provide the actual peer review expert services. NCER maintains a "1-800" Hotline, as well as an email address, to help provide information to potential and actual applicants. The hotline is a voice-recorded-user-activated information hotline (does not provide real time interaction with the caller) which is available to the public 24 hours a day; this is also true of the NCER email address. The contractor shall access these systems and provide the caller with the requested information. The EPA will provide the contractor with a scripted answering protocol for frequently asked questions. Policy questions, or questions for which there is not a scripted answer, shall be referred to the EPA, who will route the question to the appropriate NCER personnel. The contractor shall also maintain the Peer Review Panelist Information System, which is an electronic database of potential reviewers, and contains data on areas of specialization, degrees received, optically scanned curriculum vitae, and contact information for peer reviewers who have authorized EPA to retain their names. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort (LOE) contract is anticipated. The period of performance is estimated at one 12 month base period plus four option periods of 12 months each. The total amount of LOE for all periods and all quantity options is estimated at 68,500 hours. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns. All responsible firms that qualify as small businesses may submit a proposal which will be evaluated by the Agency in accordance with the technical evaluation criteria specified in the RFP. The applicable NAICS code is 541990 and the size standard is $5,000,000. Solicitation PR-CI-01-11980 will only be released through the Internet. The address for EPA CMD's homepage to download the solicitation document once available is as follows: http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is anticipated that this solicitation will be released in mid to late May 2001. Numbered Notes 1 and 26 apply.

Web Link

Click here to download the solicitation document after (http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010417/RSOL021.HTM (W-103 SN50J2C0)