MODIFICATION
R -- Technical Support for Stimulating and Promoting Strategic Environmental Manageme
- Notice Date
- 9/25/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- HPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyAriel Rios Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.Mail Code: 3803RWashingtonDC20460USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-DC-14-00012
- Response Due
- 10/20/2014
- Archive Date
- 11/19/2014
- Point of Contact
- Stefan Martiyan
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- AMENDMENT 000005: The purpose of this amendment is to revise Attachment 3 - Client Authorization Letter. The revised, updated attachment is posted in FedConnect. END OF AMENDMENT 000005. AMENDMENT 000004: The purpose of this amendment is to: (1) revise L-18 LOCAL CLAUSES EPA-L-12-101 PROPOSED CONTRACTOR START DATE, which now reads: For proposal preparation purposes, offerors may assume a contract start date of 20 March 2015, and that the required effort will be uniformly incurred throughout each contract period. and (2) to revise the answer to Question 15. posted in Amendment 000003, which now reads: Direct labor for higher level management, clerical, etc. will be allowed if that is the offeror's standard accounting practice (e.g., approved by DCAA or another audit agency); however, these direct labor charges may not be accounted for in the level of effort (LOE) hours for each performance period. END OF AMENDMENT 000004. AMENDMENT 000003: The purpose of this amendment is to provide answers to prospective offeror questions and to make related revisions to Attachment 5, 6 and 7. Updated Attachments are available under this posting at www.FedConnect.net. All changes made to Attachments are highlighted in yellow. END OF AMENDMENT 000003. AMENDMENT 000002: The purpose of this amendment is to extend the RFP response date and time to 20 October 2014 by 2:00 Eastern Time, and to revise Attachments to the RFP as seen attached. Note, attachments are viewable in FedConnect. All revisions to Attachments are highlighted in yellow. Answers to prospective offeror questions will be provided in a subsequent amendment to the RFP as soon as possible. END OF AMENDMENT 000002. AMENDMENT 000001: The purpose of this amendment is to post the solicitation to www.fbo.gov. Prior to this amendment, the solicitation had not been posted to www.fbo.gov due to internal acquisition software issues at EPA. END OF AMENDMENT 000001. SOLICITATION NOTICE: Request for Proposals (RFP) titled, Technical Support for Stimulating and Promoting Strategic Environmental Management Approaches by EPA is hereby posted. END OF SOLICITATION NOTICE. SYNOPSIS: *NOTE* - The Sources Sought Notice (SSN) for this requirement was previously listed under reference number SOL-DC-13-00014. THIS REFERENCE NUMBER IS NO LONGER VALID. The current and correct reference number for this requirement is SOL-DC-14-00012. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a requirement for a new mission support contract for the EPA's Office of Strategic Environmental Management (OSEM), housed within the Office of Policy (OP), for assistance in providing sophisticated and strategic technical support to initiate, test, evaluate, and promote better strategic approaches to support and sustain the nation's system of environmental protection in the 21st century. Specifically, under this requirement, the contractor will support the EPA in analyzing, developing, and promoting new tools and approaches for stakeholders across the Agency that will promote better efficiency and effectiveness while addressing issues of increasing complexity, such as integration of sustainability into Agency programs and enhancing resilience to the effects of climate change. This is NOT a solicitation. This is a pre-solicitation notice in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.2--Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. The proposed requirement mentioned herein will be solicited as a full and open competition. The successful offeror shall be prepared to provide scientific/technical support for EPA activities in furtherance of the Agency's primary mission -- the protection of human health and the environment. The work to be performed under the Statement of Work (SOW) falls under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, with a Small Business Size Standard of $14 million. Interested firms must be able to meet the requirements, as stated in the SOW under the provided NAICS code. A draft SOW has been provided under this posting in FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net under the title, "Technical Support for Stimulating and Promoting Strategic Environmental Mgmt". In order to be awarded a contract under this requirement, and in order to submit technical questions in response to the request for proposals (RFP), all offerors must be registered in FedConnect. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect technical questions please call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. Only those registered in FedConnect will eventually be able to submit proposals and technical questions in response to the solicitation. Proposals and technical questions provided outside of FedConnect will be NOT be accepted. Following this notice, and in response to the eventual publication of a RFP, all responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. The proposed acquisition is valued at approximately $16.5 million. The resultant contract is anticipated to be cost-plus-fixed-fee (CPFF), in accordance with the procedures set forth in FAR Part 15--Contracting by Negotiation. The resultant contract is anticipated to have a 12-month base period and the possibility of four (4), 12-month option periods. The estimated level of effort (LOE) is 13,806 hours per performance period with a maximum of six (6) options for an increased LOE, for each performance period, totaling no more than 13,806 hours of work. Note, the above estimate of $16.5 million does not include optional LOE. Work may be ordered through the issuance of work assignments. The contractor shall provide all personnel, materials, and equipment necessary to perform the tasks stated in the SOW. These requested services are currently provided by the incumbent contractor, Industrial Economics, Inc., under contract EP-W-10-002. Notwithstanding the Government's option to exercise term extensions, the current contract listed above is scheduled to expire on 19 September 2014. As a courtesy to prospective offerors wishing to communicate with small and/or disadvantaged business (SB/SDB) sources under this requirement, the following SB/SDB sources, listed as SB sources under the applicable NAICS code, submitted capability documentation to EPA in response to the SSN (listed in alphabetical order): + MDB, Inc. + RTL Networks + S C & A, Inc. Contact information for the above listed SB/SDB sources will not be provided. The point of contact for this notice is Stefan Martiyan, Contracting Officer, who is to be contacted only via FedConnect.
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