SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- National Air Toxics Assessments (NATA) and Risk Assessment Activities within the Integrated Air Program (Small Business Set-Aside)
- Notice Date
- 10/19/2011
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Headquarters, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 3801R, Washington, District of Columbia, 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-HQ-11-00037
- Archive Date
- 11/4/2011
- Point of Contact
- Michael Ottariano, Phone: 2025645780
- E-Mail Address
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ottariano.michael@epa.gov
(ottariano.michael@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. The purpose of this synopsis is to notify potential offerors of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management's (OAM's) intent to issue a competitive small business set-aside solicitation to provide technical support to EPA's Air Toxics Program to reduce the incidence of cancer attributable to exposure to hazardous air pollutants, reduce national non-cancer risks, and address risks that are disproportionately placed on specific subpopulations and geographic regions. To accomplish these goals, the EPA has integrated its Air Toxics Program into four components. The first component is source specific regulatory programs. This component includes the development and review of Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards under section 112(d), of the Clean Air Act (CAA), MACT or generally available control technology (GACT) standards under 112(k), residual risk standards under 112(f), and other standards to regulate emissions of air toxics from specific sources. The second component includes national, regional, and community-based initiatives on multi-media and cumulative risks, such as the Great Water Program and EPA's Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxics initiative. The third component, National Air Toxics Assessments (NATA), will provide quantitative estimates of the health risks associated with air toxics on a variety of geographic scales, ranging from national-scale to local-scale assessments. The fourth and final component of EPA's air toxics program is education and outreach. One purpose of this contract is to provide support for risk assessment activities associated with the first component of EPA's air toxics program. Within the context of this component, EPA evaluates the effects of hazardous and potentially hazardous air pollutants and develops appropriate regulatory strategies. In this role, EPA: (1) identifies, screens, and characterizes air pollutants to determine which should be evaluated further as candidates for being listed as hazardous; (2) reviews and evaluates health and/or ecological assessment documents on hazardous air pollutants; (3) performs risk assessments using EPA methods and models, or other methods and/or models, if more appropriate, to help guide reasoned decision-making; (4) identifies and evaluates alternative control options; (5) gathers information on production, use, emissions, control technology, control cost, and regulatory status to establish appropriate regulatory development priorities; (6) assesses the effectiveness of EPA and State/local programs in controlling hazardous and criteria pollutants; and (7) coordinates with other EPA offices and Federal and State/local programs to develop appropriate single or multimedia (e.g., air, water, solid waste, and/or other media) regulations. Another purpose of this contract is to provide support for the second, third, and fourth components of EPA's air toxics program. In this role, EPA will develop assessment tools, conduct assessments, communicate the results of assessments, and educate the public. In addition, the EPA will examine the air pollution problem in a more integrated fashion (i.e., considering the cumulative effects of air toxics and criteria pollutants across media rather than conducting separate assessments). This contract will provide support for these integrated assessments. It is the Government's intent to award a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) Cost-Reimbursement Contract from this solicitation through a small business set-aside. The Government will issue work assignments from the resulting contract. The anticipated ordering period includes a twelve (12) month Base Period, and four (4), twelve (12) month option periods with a maximum potential ordering period totaling sixty (60) months. The total estimated level of effort for this requirement in professional labor hours for the Base Period and subsequent option periods is 5,000 hours, with an optional quantity for each contract period of 7,000, with a maximum potential of 60,000 hours. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, with a size standard of $7 Million. This is not a request for submission of proposals. The solicitation for this procurement is anticipated to be released on or about November 2, 2011 with an award anticipated on April 1, 2012. The closing response date will be 30 calendar days after issuance of the solicitation. This procurement will be conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 15 - Contracting by Negotiation. The contract award will be made using a best value approach, with technical capability being of greater importance than cost or price. The synopsis, amendments, and other information related to this procurement as well as any subsequent procurement notifications will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website, at: www.fbo.gov and the EPA website, at: http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm. All interested parties should check these sites frequently for updates. All inquiries and questions regarding this solicitation shall be submitted in writing to Michael Ottariano, Contracting Officer, at ottariano.michael@epa.gov. TELEPHONE CALLS REGARDING THIS PROCUREMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
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