Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) has a requirement for an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide technical expertise for the ... The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) has a requirement for an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide technical expertise for the review and evaluation of various types of data to assist EPA in meeting its legislative mandates. To support EPA's OPP, the contractor shall, upon request, perform a full review and evaluate various data submitted to support pesticide registration. This acquisition is being conducted as a 100% set aside for small business. The Government anticipates award of a single award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract that will allow for the issuance of firm fixed price and time-and-material type task orders over an ordering period of five years with a maximum ordering ceiling of $36 million. Specific requirements will be identified in written task orders issued by the Contracting Officer. In addition to prices, the Government's evaluation of proposals will include an assessment of each offeror's technical capability and past performance. It is anticipated, all non-price evaluation factors, when combined (including past performance), are more important than price. The Government intends to evaluate proposals and make award without discussions. Contract award will be made in accordance with FAR Part 15 procedures ¿ Contracting by Negotiation. The solicitation shall contain the custom local provision Disclosure Requirements for Organizational Conflicts of Interest (EPA-L-09-102). Paragraphs (c & d) of the clause shall read as follows: (c) The Agency has determined that entities that are subject to, or that have business or financial relationships with entities that are regulated by, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996, and the Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal Act (PRIA), and entities that perform risk assessments for states, other agencies, other nations or non-government organizations, where such risk assessments may be subject to review under EPA¿s pesticide regulatory programs (further referred to as ¿these activities¿), may have significant actual or potential OCOIs. (d) Entities responding to this solicitation are required to disclose any such business relationships. The disclosure statement must address actual and potential organizational conflicts of interest within the offeror's entire corporate umbrella, including parent company, sister companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other interests held by an offeror. In addition to identifying actual and potential organizational conflicts of interest, the disclosure statement shall describe how any such conflict can be avoided, neutralized, or mitigated. The EPA Contracting Officer will determine an offeror's eligibility for award based on the information provided in the disclosure statement. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541620, Environmental Consulting Services, the size standard for which is $16.5M. All responsible small business concerns may submit a proposal, which will be considered by the EPA. The solicitation will be issued via the FedConnect® portal located at the following internet address: www.fedconnect.net/. Questions relating to the solicitation are required to be submitted electronically through FedConnect®. ONLY those questions posted through FedConnect® will be accepted. All responses to questions will be released on FedConnect®. At this Internet site you will be able to register with FedConnect®, enabling you to download the solicitation once released, join the mailing list, and to submit questions. If you need technical assistance in registering or for any other FedConnect® function, call the FedConnect® Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. Contractor registration in the Government¿s System for Award Management (SAM) is required in order to be eligible for contract award. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. Once issued, solicitation documents will be available electronically for download at https://www.fedconnect.net. Hard copies of the solicitation package will not be distributed. Electronic copies of responses will be required and must be submitted via FedConnect® (https://www.fedconnect.net). It is anticipated the solicitation will be posted on the www.FedConnect.net website in the mid to late September time frame. No hard copies will be available. Point of contact for this requirement is Sean Young, Contract Specialist, at (513) 487 -2194 or email at young.sean@epa.gov.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cincinnati Acquisition Division (CAD) SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. This is not an Invitati... United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Cincinnati Acquisition Division (CAD) SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE AND IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. This is not an Invitation For Bid (IFB), Request For Quotation (RFQ), or Request For Proposal (RFP). No solicitation is currently available. Unsolicited proposals will not be accepted. Funding is not available at this time. The United States Environmental Protection Agency has not made a commitment to procure any of the items or services discussed, and release of this sources sought should not be construed as such a commitment or as authorization to incur cost for which reimbursement would be required or sought. All submissions become Government property and will not be returned. The EPA is issuing this Sources Sought as a means of conducting market research to (1) identify parties having the capability to support ALL tasks outlined in the attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) on behalf of the Office of Pesticide Programs, and (2) identify parties who can fully support this effort without a conflict of interest. The results of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541620 Environmental Consulting Services, with an applicable size standard of $15 million. The EPA plans to issue a multiple-award, five-year, Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for the requirements listed in the DRAFT SOW. Not responding to this Sources Sought does not preclude participation in any future RFP, should one be issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website. It is the responsibility of the potential responders to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this subject. DESCRIPTION: The EPA is seeking information regarding the attached DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW) entitled, " Technical Support for the Assessment of Pesticide Regulatory Activities¿. 1. All capability statements shall be no longer than 15 pages, including Title page, and shall include: a. Firm name, address, DUNS, NAICS code, firm¿s business status under NAICS 541620 (i.e. small or large business, 8(a), certified HUBZone, etc.), and names and contact information for principal owners including partners, small business subcontractors and/or joint venture arrangements. This information shall be included on the Title page, page #1. ¿ 2. Include on Page Two of the submission the identification numbers for each task found in the draft Statement of Work. Example: Task 1 ¿ Project Management found on page XX 3. Capabilities statements shall also include the following: a) A statement of acknowledgement your firm has no conflict of interest due to working with/within industry. b) Demonstration of your firm's capability to meet ALL requirements as indicated in the DRAFT SOW. Include recent and relevant corporate experience for contracts that your firm has held in the last five years that are similar in scope and complexity to the DRAFT SOW. Descriptions shall include contract numbers and dollar amounts. c) Provide the following: (a) firm¿s average number of employees; (b) firm¿s current available capacity not currently committed to other contracts; and (c) a description of the firm¿s accounting system for estimating and accumulating costs under cost reimbursement contracts and whether or not those system(s) have been audited and/or approved by any Government agency. d) Describe the contract types your firm has experience with for a requirement of this nature (i.e. firm fixed price, labor hour, time-and-materials, cost-reimbursement). Additionally, indicate if your firm¿s accounting system can support hybrid contract types. For example, can it support, both, cost reimbursement and fixed price contracts? e) Core Readiness - Describe how members will be recruited and trained to maintain a high level of technical expertise. Describe how staff turnover may be minimized to maintain continuity of the team. f) Describe your staffing plan and technical approach for supporting the scope described in the DRAFT SOW requirements. Additionally, describe the training, initial and ongoing, your firm provides your staff to minimize and/or eliminate the learning curve for new staff. g) A goal of this requirement is to better improve efficiency and effectiveness, as well as realize greater cost savings, without negatively affecting quality, performance, or timeliness. Your firm may suggest recommendations on ways to improve the DRAFT SOW to achieve these goals. Responses to this Sources Sought announcement are to be sent via email to Sean Young, Contract Specialist, at young.sean@epa.gov. Responses shall be submitted and received no later than 2:00pm Eastern Time on June 8, 2020. At this time the EPA is not accepting questions pertaining to this Sources Sought. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to firms regarding their submissions. The EPA will not reimburse firms responding to this notice for any costs incurred in responding to this Sources Sought or any subsequent exchange of information. All interested firms must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this Sources Sought to be considered for the solicitation, if one is posted.