SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE - FATE AND TRANSPORT OF PRIONS
- Notice Date
- 9/27/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-OH-04-00192
- Response Due
- 10/12/2004
- Archive Date
- 11/12/2004
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541710 The U.S. EPA intends to negotiate for the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL), located in Cincinnati, OH, on a sole source basis with the University of Wisconsin under the authority of FAR Part 6.302-1 to conduct a study to determine the fate and transport of the prions in chronic wasting disease (CWD) infected wastes in municipal solid waste landfills. The work includes determining the potential transport of the prions through fill material and the potential for the prions to be discharged off-site to local publically owned treatment works (POTWs) in the leachate. Specifically, the contractor shall: (1) conduct column tests on simulated solid waste and actual solid waste from landfills, (2) conduct batch tests using sorbents employed for the column tests. This notice is not a request for quotations. EPA source research indicates the University of Wisconsin is the only known contractor with the appropriate level of technical knowledge necessary to complete this project. This is based on permitting requirements, qualifications and existing research efforts. First, the University of Wisconsin is permitted to handle prions from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), which is an infectious waste that is contagious among the deer and elk population. It is the only known research institution with facilities that have an acceptable safety protocol for conducting engineering studies using prions. Second, the University has a unique research group comprised of varied disciplines that brings together the needed expertise to conduct this project including veterinary medicine, soil science, and wastewater treatment. Finally, the University has ongoing work to develop the analytical methodologies for detecting prions in the environment. They have also synthesized the only labeled prion available that will allow for their detection in the environment outside of infected animal tissue. In sum, the University of Wisconsin has the unique capabilities of combining the expertise and the facilities necessary to conduct this research on the fate and transport of prions in municipal solid waste landfills. No other known source has the combined advantage of the expertise, the facilities, the access to the process, and the capability to complete such a sophisticated project. However, any firm believing itself capable of meeting EPA requirements may submit technical documentation to establish the potential of completing such a project. Such documentation must be submitted by 1:00 PM EST, Tuesday October 12, 2004. A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed on a sole source basis. This acquisition is being processed under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The applicable NAICS code is 541710. Interested parties should submit their technical documentation to Mr. Josh Bowers, using the following methods: by fax to 513.487.2109, or by email (bowers.joshua@epa.gov) referencing solicitation RFQ-OH-04-00192.
- Record
- SN00682792-W 20040929/040927212253 (fbodaily.com)
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