A--STREAMS IV

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR CAPABILITIES STATEMENTS ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a - market search for businesses in preparation for a future procurement. Any interested firm should submit a Capabilities Statement with information which clearly demonstrates their capabilities to provide the services described below. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. 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. It is anticipated that any future contract for these services will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contract with a five (5) year ordering period. The Government anticipates establishing a maximum order ceiling of $50 million. Task Orders will be issued on either a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) or Time and Materials (T&M) basis. The applicable NAICS code is 541715, - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), 1,000 employees. The capabilities statement shall provide the firm's current size status for the above referenced NAICS code, (large or small) and whether the firm is a SBA certified Hubzone or 8(a)/Small Disadvantaged contractor. The firm shall also indicate if it is Woman-owned, Veteran-owned or Service-Disabled Veteran owned. 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. The US EPA has a need for a contractor to provide support for the development and evaluation of technologies, processes, and tools to prevent or reduce pollution of air, land, and water, and to restore ecosystems. The contract will be managed by the Contracts Branch in the Office of Administration and Research Support Extramural Management Division of the Office of Research and Development (ORD), however, contract support will be available to all ORD laboratories, Centers, and offices as well as other USEPA organizations that conduct research projects that could be supported under the scope of the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Specific areas to be addressed in capability packages submitted by respondents are as follows: 1) research work- involving developing and/or evaluating technical concepts, process options, and prototype systems in a research framework that permits and encourages changes in direction and mid-course corrections as needed and warranted and a broad range of process development efforts such as proof-of-concept, laboratory-scale, and bench-scale experiments, 2) treatability studies and pilot-scale investigations, 3) field support (examples - risk assessments, permit reviews, site characterization, site preparation), 4) development and/or evaluation of computer-oriented tools, approaches, and technologies such as software, models, and decision-support tools, and 5) technical support to various programs including US EPA Superfund Program, the RCRA Program and Office of Water. Additional information regarding these tasks can be found in the DRAFT Performance Work Statement (PWS). To be considered a potential source, a firm must demonstrate they have the necessary labor mix and capacity, materials, equipment and facilities to support the effort as delineated above. ANY INTERESTED FIRM should submit a capability statement which demonstrates the firm's ability to perform the 5 general support tasks described above. Capabilities Statements in response to this Sources Sought Synopsis MUST BE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE FEDCONNECT PORTAL. 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. Notices of any modifications to this beta.SAM procurement announcement, including Requests for Proposals and amendments, will be posted using the FedConnect web portal. 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 +1 (555) 000-0000 or email at contact@example.gov. 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. Responses to the above should be submitted through Fedconnect no later than 20 calendar days from the date of posting. The point of contact for this submission is Clare Hingsbergen, USEPA, 26 West Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268, contact@example.gov. A separate synopsis will be issued for the Request for Proposal (RFP) resulting from this sources sought synopsis.