R -- MISSION CONTRACT SUPPORT FOR EPA'S POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAM

Notice Date

January 26, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Program Contract Service Center (3803R), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

ZIP Code

20460-0001

Solicitation Number

PR-HQ-01-12901

Point of Contact

Robert G. Krumhansl/Contracting Officer/krumhansl.robert@epa.gov

E-Mail Address

Click here to contact the Contracting Officer (krumhansl.robert@epa.gov)

Description

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), has a requirement for Mission Contract Support for its Pollution Prevention Division (PPD). Areas of support will include outreach, publications, training, website development and maintenance, tracking system development, and other advisory and assistance services as set forth in the Statement of Work (SOW). OPPT is responsible for work under a number of statutes including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to- Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). Under TSCA, OPPT assesses environmental and human health risks associated with chemicals that are already in the marketplace, new chemicals that industry seeks to market and microorganisms, especially those developed by the biotechnology industry. Under EPCRA, EPA implements four programs related to emergency planning and response, accident notification, chemicals stored at facilities, and the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). OPPT provides technical support to the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) for the first three programs in the areas of chemistry, engineering, economics, exposure assessment and risk assessment. On the fourth program, OPPT provides technical support to the Office of Environmental Information, the lead program for the TRI. OPPT manages several programs to promote pollution prevention, the adoption of cleaner technologies and safer chemicals. Pollution Prevention, or P2, was established as the national environmental policy of the United States in the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. At EPA, pollution prevention means source reduction preventing or reducing waste where it originates, at the source or "in process, closed loop recycling". While many of EPA programs relate directly to the Pollution Prevention Act, several others are in direct response to Executive Orders signed by the President and still others are practical applications of the EPA Administrator's request to make pollution prevention the method of first choice in reducing risk to human health and the environment. The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics works to promote pollution prevention both inside and outside the Agency. This is done in several ways, such as using voluntary pollution reduction programs, engaging in partnerships, providing technical assistance, funding demonstration projects and incorporating cost-effective pollution prevention alternatives into regulations and other initiatives. A more complete description of EPA's pollution prevention program can be found at the following web site: www.epa.gov/p2. The Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics has chosen to categorize its Pollution Prevention efforts in the following four general program areas: (1) Business practices; (2) Pollution prevention practices associated with a select group of Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic (PBT) chemicals; (3) Communication and Outreach, including EPA regional and State P2 activities; and (4) Environmentally-Preferable Purchasing. The specific task areas included in the SOW will be expressed according to these four program areas in addition to a fifth area (5) Electronic Deliverables. This Requirement will be procured using FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The NAICS code for this requirement is 541620. EPA anticipates awarding a cost plus fixed fee contract with a period of performance totaling five years (a one year base period and four one year options). The maximum level of effort for all option periods and optional quantities contemplated is 321,000 hours. The purpose of this CBD announcement is to notify potential offeror's of EPA's requirement and to direct interested parties to the EPA's "Doing Business with the EPA" Internet World Wide Web site, for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. The solicitation, amendments, and other related items will be posted on the site and can be downloaded. Hard copies will not be mailed out without written certification that internet capability is unavailable. Posting of a draft Statement of Work (SOW) is contemplated in the near future. The solicitation will be available on or about February 20, 2001. You may contact Contracting Officer, Robert G. Krumhansl, at krumhansl.robert@epa.gov. Please include the following: Company name, address, phone number, business class, and e-mail address. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. All responsible offerors may submit a response which will be considered.

Web Link

Click here for further information on this procurement. (Http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/0112901/index.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010130/RSOL003.HTM (W-026 SN50B9Z0)