F--Emergency and Rapid Response Services

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) to EPA Region 8 which consists of the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. The requirement will be to provide cleanup services as specified in task orders for emergency and time critical removal actions. It is the Government?s intent to award one five-year, Time and Materials/Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. Fixed rates will be applicable to all labor and equipment (prime and subcontractors). Additionally, orders may be placed as Firm-Fixed Price (FFP). This contract will be a total Small Business Set Aside and will consist of a one-year base period with four, one-year option periods. The contract is contemplated for emergency and time critical removal actions which include the release or threat of release of oil, petroleum products, hazardous substances, or pollutants and contaminants that pose an actual or potential threat to human health or welfare, or to the environment. Environmental cleanup/response to natural and man made disasters, terrorist activities, weapons of mass destruction, and nuclear, biological or chemical incidents may also be required under this contract. The successful contractors must be technically qualified to undertake response actions relative to section 104 of the ?Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980" (CERCLA) as amended by ?Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986" (SARA), Subtitle I of the ?Resource Conservation and Recovery Act? (RCRA) as amended by SARA of 1986, and the ?Clean Water Act? as amended by the ?Oil Pollution Act of 1990.? The contractor may also be tasked to support EPA?s role under the ?Federal Response Plan? in instances of presidential-declared disasters pursuant to the ?Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act? (Stafford Act). Potential offerors are advised that if they are a current Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) contractor or START team subcontractor in Region 8, they will be ineligible for award of this contract because of Conflict of Issue concerns. The RFP will be posted on the FedBizOpps homepage and the EPA OAM homepage in early to mid August. No hard copies of the solicitation will be issued. The RFP, amendments and other information related to this procurement will be posted on the EPA's Office of Acquisition Management website, at the following URL: http://www.epa.gov/oam/index.htm. At this website, scroll down to Business Opportunities with EPA" and select the "Solicitations and Amendments" link. Next select "Superfund/RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Division." Under the "Solicitation and Amendments" heading select "Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) for Region 8". All information related to this procurement will be available at this link through the date of award. The estimated award date is on or about December 1, 2006. Award will be made on a best value basis with technical being of greater importance than cost/price. The North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code for this requirement is 562910. EPA Point of Contact: JODY GOSNELL, Contract Specialist, Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000, E-Mail: contact@example.gov MARGIE WEATHERS, Placement Contracting Officer, Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000, E-Mail: contact@example.gov Email your questions to Jody Gosnell at contact@example.gov