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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF AUGUST 16, 2015 FBO #5014
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- Technical Services for the US E.P.A. Provisional Peer Reviewed Toxicity Value ( - Attachment

Notice Date

8/14/2015
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
 

Contracting Office

CPOD US Environmental Protection Agency 26 West Martin Luther King Drive Mail Code: NWD Cincinnati OH 45268 USA
 

ZIP Code

00000
 

Solicitation Number

SOL-CI-15-00041
 

Response Due

9/1/2015
 

Archive Date

9/16/2015
 

Point of Contact

Meier, Adam
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

DRAFT PWS Technical Services for the US E.P.A. Provisional Peer Reviewed Toxicity Value (PPRTV) Program and Technical Risk Support THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a market search for large and small businesses in preparation for a future procurement. Information submitted in response to this notice is merely used for internal market research purposes and no feedback will be offered to the interested parties that submit capability statements. The EPA has a need for a contractor to provide the Office of Research and Development (ORD); National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) support in developing and updating Provisional Peer-Reviewed Value (PPRTV) assessments, as well as research related to prioritizing chemicals for the PPRTV program, expert consultation, and research on cross-cutting issues related to new alternative toxicity data sources and technologies. In addition, this PWS will entail work associated with cumulative risk assessment, including human and non-human biota, and chemical mixtures risk assessment, supporting the advancement of the science in community-based risk assessment. NCEA provides health assessments to the Superfund Program through the PPRTV Program. Through PPRTVs, NCEA provides EPA ¿s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) with interim toxicity values on accelerated schedules and for chemicals with data that are sufficient to develop screening level values for priority setting but insufficient to support IRIS toxicity values. Chemicals are selected according to priorities set by NCEA and the Superfund Program. PPRTVs are OSWER ¿s preferred source of peer-reviewed health assessments when IRIS values are not available for determining cleanup levels at Superfund sites. Like IRIS assessments, PPRTVs are developed consistent with Agency risk assessment guidelines and methodologies. PPRTVs are available at http://hhpprtv.ornl.gov/ Specific areas to be addressed in capability packages are as follows: (1) Personnel with previous experience in developing health assessment documents, highlighting experience and familiarity with EPA guidance utilized for performing health assessments (e.g., 2005 Cancer Guidelines, other IRIS standard operating procedures and guidance, etc.); (2) Demonstrated capability in development of Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) with relevant work. Typically, QAPP will be compliant with R-5 requirements. Guidelines for developing quality documents for non-EPA organizations are available at http://www.epa.gov/QUALITY/exmural.html; (3) Demonstrated capabilities in conducting comprehensive literature searches and preparing Scoping Documents (table and associated text) for each of the chemicals to be evaluated under any PPRTV task order. Please include any experience using EPA ¿s Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database and other appropriate databases for literature search and retrieval; (4) Demonstrated capabilities in preparation of Provisional Toxicity Value documents for specified chemicals. All products are required to be consistent with state-of-the-science approaches and methods in human health risk assessment, and will be expected to pass internal and external scientific peer reviews normally conducted prior to publication in peer reviewed journals. The successful contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials, facilities, and services in support of the efforts delineated by the Performance Work Statement (PWS), which is attached, or vendors can obtain a copy of the draft PWS and other information from the OAM website, http://yosemite1.epa.gov/oarm/oam/forecastdatabase.nsf. It is anticipated that a single award ID/IQ type contract with the majority of the task orders issued as Time and Material (T&M) with the possibility for other orders issued on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) basis. Contract starting in August 2016 with a 60 month ordering period. ANY INTERESTED FIRM should submit a capability statement (in accordance with the above criteria) which should provide their size status (i.e. large, small) in accordance with NAICS code 541712 `Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), with a size standard of 500 employees and whether or not they are a certified hubzone, 8(a), women-owned, small disadvantaged and/or disabled veteran owned concern. Any interested firms should submit a capability statement which demonstrates the firm ¿s ability to perform the key requirements described above. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. As a reminder, small businesses are required to perform at least 50 percent of the costs of the contract performance with their own personnel (FAR 52.219-14). The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses and other more discrete socioeconomic business categories. A draft copy of the performance work statement (PWS) is included as an attachment. Interested parties with the capability of providing any of the services described in the draft PWS posted at the FedConnect website: https://www.fedconnect.net/ are invited to submit a ten (10) page document with sufficient information to clearly demonstrate their ability to provide the services described in the draft PWS, including personnel, experience and qualifications. A description of similar services previously or currently provided shall be provided. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. Capabilities Statements in response to this Sources Sought Synopsis MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE FEDCONNECT PORTAL by 4:00 p.m. EST, on Monday, September 1, 2015. Any questions regarding the content of this sources sought synopsis announcement must be submitted through the FedConnect portal. You must register with FedConnect to submit documents, questions, and to view responses. FedConnect can be accessed at https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/. FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and vendors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. Through FedConnect contractors will be able to receive, review and respond to contract pre- and post-award actions and documents such as correspondence, request for proposals, tasking instruments and contract modifications. The use of FedConnect also furthers the EPA's commitment to moving towards a paperless acquisition environment by reducing its carbon footprint and conducting its business in an ecologically friendly manner. There is no charge to use FedConnect. Vendors can register with FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net/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. In addition, all vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), as this facilitates registration for FedConnect. Please note that vendors MUST have their SAM profile set to "public" otherwise FedConnect will not be able to access the SAM information required to validate vendor credentials. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. There is no charge for registration in SAM.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/EPA/OAM/OH/SOL-CI-15-00041/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: ORD NCEA PY2 US Environmental Protection Agency ORD NCEA 2733 S. Crystal Drive Two Potomac Yard (North Building) Arlington VA 22202 USA

Zip Code: 22202
 

Record

SN03840249-W 20150816/150815000136-8ca4d8877e0dcdd62b1636a15e8ab5dd (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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