SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Environmental Engineering Support for Clean Water Regulations
- Notice Date
- 1/5/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- CPODUS Environmental Protection Agency26 West Martin Luther King DriveMail Code: NWDCincinnatiOH45268USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-CI-12-00022
- Response Due
- 1/24/2012
- Archive Date
- 2/23/2012
- Point of Contact
- Brad Heath
- E-Mail Address
-
Brad Heath
(Heath.Brad@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water, Engineering and Analysis Division requires contractor support to provide environmental engineering support for clean water regulations. This environmental engineering support is expected to include professional program managers, engineers, scientists, technicians and administrative services with experience in Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations, industrial wastewater treatment and monitoring and pollution prevention technologies. The Clean Water Act directs the EPA to develop technology based regulations limiting the release of contaminants from industrial processes to the nation?s waterways. These national technology based regulations, called effluent limitations guidelines, pretreatment standards and new source performance standards apply to existing and new industrial processes that release water directly to surface waters (direct dischargers) as well as to facilities that release water to municipal waste water treatment plants (indirect dischargers). Effluent limitations guidelines, pretreatment standards and new source performance standards are implemented and are enforceable through National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued to industrial facilities. The purpose of this announcement is to identify potential small businesses with the capability to perform all or a portion of the requirements defined in the attached draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and to further determine whether or not all or aportion of the work can be set-aside for potential small businesses sources. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, with a size standard of $7 Million. This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing advice and assistance to businesses and other organizations on environmental issues, such as the control of environmental contamination from pollutants, toxic substances and hazardous materials. These establishments identify problems, measure and evaluate risks and recommend solutions. They employ a multidisciplined staff of scientists, engineers, and other technicians with expertise in areas, such as air and water quality, asbestos contamination, remediation and environmental law. The majority of the technical support that the contractor shall be tasked with for clean water regulations may include the following industries: ? conventional and unconventional oil and gas extraction, ? energy production, ? seafood processing, ? centralized wastewater treatment, ? municipal wastewater treatment, ? ore mining activities, ? organic chemicals, plastics and synthetic fibers,? inorganic chemicals manufacturing,? along with reviewing previously regulated and unregulated industries. All interested parties are hereby invited to submit a capability statement of no more than fifteen (15) pages on standard 8.5? by 11? paper. The Government shall evaluate each capability statement based on the interested party?s demonstrated qualifications, capabilities, expertise, experience and past performance in each of the areas included in the draft PWS. Interested parties shall describe their ability to provide all necessary labor, materials, services, equipment and facilities in support of the efforts required by the PWS. The proposed contract shall have a five year ordering period. It is anticipated that a single award Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) contract shall result from the subsequent solicitation. Interested parties shall provide their size status for NAICS code 541620, (i.e. large, small) and whether or not they are a certified hubzone, 8(a), women-owned, small disadvantaged and/or disabled veteran owned concern. Due to the nature of the PWS requirements, it is anticipated that interested parties with the expertise to perform this work could also have relationships (e.g. a parent/subsidiary/sister company affiliation or an existing contractual relationship), which presents the potential for significant organizational conflicts of interest. It is the EPA?s contention that a significant organizational conflict of interest would exist if award were to be made to firm within the following groups: ? firms within the regulated community that discharge processed water, provide treatment of wastewater or drinking water; ? firms that manufacture/sell/import water treatment chemicals and/or equipment (including point-of-use/point-of-entry devices; ? firms that provide advisory and/or technical services relating to waste minimization, waste management, and wastewater treatment and control for the regulated industries; ? firms that act in consulting, advisory, or legal capacity with, or for, firms trying to overturn or circumvent the regulations which are the intended outcome of this contract; ? firms that own or operate community water systems. Firms that are directly included in the entities described above would have clear conflicts which would be difficult for the agency to avoid, mitigate or neutralize. However, some consulting firms that may have affiliates or subsidiaries that are part of those entities could, with proper disclosure and appropriate action, avoid, mitigate, and neutralize the potential conflict of interest. Likewise, firms that have business or financial interests in those entities may also present actual or potential conflicts of interest concerns, which with proper disclosure and appropriate action may be avoided, mitigated, or neutralized. None of these firms are restricted from submitting a capability statement to indicate interest in this upcoming solicitation. EPA reserves the right to use any and all information submitted by, or obtained from, an interested party in any manner EPA determines is appropriate, including, but not limited to, the creation of a competitive solicitation. An interested party shall avoid including any classified, business confidential, and/or proprietary information in its response. However, if an interested party shall submit such information, the information shall be clearly marked accordingly, and the interested party shall provide sufficient justification as to why such information is business confidential and/or proprietary. EPA shall review said information and safeguard it accordingly. The Government shall not pay for any information that is provided in response to this announcement, nor shall it compensate any respondents for the development of such information. Responses to the above should be submitted to Brad Heath, USEPA, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268-0001, or via e-mail to heath.brad@epa.gov no later than January 24, 2012. A separate synopsis shall be issued for the Request for Proposal (RFP) resulting from this sources sought synopsis.
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