SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES
- Notice Date
- 2/12/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-03-00081
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2003
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Pamela Smith, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-0635
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(smith.pamela@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541380 THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is RFQ-RT-03-00081, and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-12. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541380, which has a size standard of $5 million to qualify as a small business. The Environmental Protection(EPA) anticipated that a firm-fixed price purchase order will be awarded as a result of full and open competition using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This procurement is for the analysis up to 400 samples of animal tissues and biological buffer solutions for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) toluene, perchloroethylene, (1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene), trichloroethylene, and 1,1,1 1-trichloroethane (methylchloroform). Assays will be required for these VOCs dissolved in rat blood, homogenized rat brain tissue, and biological buffer solution. Period of Performance: From date of award through 36 months. The contractor shall supply EPA with a cost on a per sample basis for each of the VOCs in each medium. A minimum of one hundred and twenty (120) samples (10 samples per chemical, per medium) will be guaranteed. Optional quantities may also be required, up to a maximum of 400 total samples (up to 100 per chemical). Offerors should review the Statement of Work , Bid Sheet, QA and other information posted with this Request for Quotation on EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Arrow down to the REQUEST FOR QUOTATION section and click on the solicitation. Arrow down below that section to COMMERCIAL BUY CLAUSES AND FORMS which are provided for your convenience. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52-212-1, All offerors are to include with their offers a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications--Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions--Commercial Items; 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items and the following additional FAR clauses which are cited in Clause 52.212-5: 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era;52.222-19, Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (E.O.13126); 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, As Amended. Any applicable wage determination(s) will be made a part of the resultant purchase order. Price and technical information should be submitted separately. The completed Representations and Certifications should be included with the price proposal. All technical questions are to be forwarded via email to McDonald Morrison, Contracting Officer at the following email address: morrison.mcdonald@epa.gov. Please submit two copies of the technical proposal and two copies of the price proposal to , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Attn: Pamela E. Smith, RTP Procurement Operations Div. (D143-01), 4930 Old Page Road, Research Triangle Park, NC. 27709. All offers are due by February 24, 2003, 4:30 p.m., EDT. No telephonic or faxed requests will be honored.
- Record
- SN00258342-W 20030214/030212213900 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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