SOLICITATION NOTICE
L -- Regional/Global Change Associations/Interactions Involving NOy/NHx/SOx
- Notice Date
- 11/27/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Specialized Service Center/Cin. Proc. Operations Div., 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-OH-07-00040
- Response Due
- 12/8/2006
- Archive Date
- 1/8/2007
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541620 NCEA TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES This is a combined synopsis/request for quote (RFQ) for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The identifying RFQ number is RFQ-OH-07-00040. The RFQ and incorporated provisions/clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-13. A firm-fixed price purchase order is anticipated as a result of this full and open competition. The NAICS code is 541620; small business size standard $6.5 million. NCEA TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES Background The Clean Air Act requires periodic review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for criteria air pollutants. NAAQS consist of a primary standard that is protective of human health and a secondary standard that is protective of human welfare (the environment). As part of the NAAQS review process, the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) reviews and integrates new scientific information on the pollutant in a Science Assessment (SA), historically known as an Air Quality Criteria Document (AQCD). The EPA is in the process of reviewing the secondary NAAQS for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and oxides of sulfur (SOx) in a combined SA that will review the state of knowledge of both criteria air pollutants. The schedule for the current review of the NAAQS for NOx and SOx is the subject of ongoing litigation and will eventually be established by the federal court. EPA's proposed schedule includes a commitment for completion of the NOx/SOx SA by November 2008, in order to provide the scientific basis for re-evaluation of the secondary NAAQS for NOx and SOx. EPA's proposed schedule also includes a number of target dates for interim steps in the development of the NOx/SOx SA, including completion of the first draft of the NOx/SOx SA by November 2007. The scientific information on nitrogen and sulfur oxides will be reviewed and summarized in a Science Assessment Support Document (SASD) and integrated and synthesized in the Integrated Science Assessment (ISA). The first draft of the SASD will be reviewed at an authors' review meeting sponsored by the EPA. The draft SASD will be revised to produce a peer-review draft that will be vetted at a peer-review meeting. Peer-review comments will be incorporated into the draft final SASD. From the revised SASD, the SA will be prepared as an external review draft for review by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) of the EPA's Science Advisory Board (SAB), and for public comment. EPA anticipates preparing two drafts of the NOx/SOx ISA for public and CASAC review before completion of the final document. Contractor support is required for the review, critical evaluation, interpretation, summarization, and integration of the available scientific knowledge base, pertaining to oxides of nitrogen and sulfur as described in the Statement of Work. ***Note: Due to the length of the SOW, Technical Evaluation Criteria, and Attachments, the EPA could not post the entire information to the Fed Biz Ops website. If a contractor is interested in this requirement, please submit a request in writing via email to Courtney Whiting at whiting.courtney@epa.gov requesting an electronic copy of the SOW, Technical Evaluation Criteria and Attachments. The following clauses apply to this request for quote: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items, and the specific evaluation criteria: (See Technical Evaluation Criteria attachment) Offers shall provide information to demonstrate/substantiate that its quote meets the requirements in the Statement of Work; FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations & Certifications-Commercial Items, shall be completed by offeror and submitted with quote, unless the offeror's registered with CCR; FAR 52.212-4, Contract terms & Conditions-Commercial Items; The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms & Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items will apply, 52.222-3, 52.222-19, 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13. FAR 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer-Central Contractor Registration; all clauses can be found at: http://farsite.hill.af.mil/VFFARA.HTM. In addition, the following US EPA EPAAR clauses are applicable to this RFQ: EPAAR 1552.233-70, Notice of Filing Requirements for Agency Protests, EPAAR 1552.209-72 Organizational Conflict of Interest Certification, EPAAR 1552.209-71 Organizational Conflicts of Interest, Alternate I to paragraph (e), EPAAR 1552.209-70 Organizational conflict of interest notification. These EPAAR clauses are available at http://www.epa.gov/oam/ptod/epaar.pdf. Offerors shall submit 1 copy of their quotation that references RFQ-OH-07-00040, no later than December 08, 2006 at 3:00 PM (EST) to Courtney Whiting, at whiting.courtney@epa.gov or via fax at 513 487-2107. Questions or comments may also be directed to Courtney Whiting, at 513 487-2002, or at whiting.courtney@epa.gov. The last day for Technical Questions is December 1, 2006.
- Record
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