F--National Logistics Support Services

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management will issue a solicitation to provide National Logistic Support Services to U.S. EPA Gulf Coast states and other states potentially impacted by disasters within in U.S. EPA Region 6 (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico) and Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia). The purpose of the National Logistics Support Services requirement is to provide logistical support to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) On-Scene Coordinators (OSCs) and other federal officials implementing EPA?s responsibilities as mandated by the National Response Plan (NRP). The Agency?s experiences and lessons learned during the Hurricane Katrina and Rita responses have highlighted the importance of having the ability to provide immediate housing/lodging accommodations, food services, communication capabilities, medical, security, and other support services for personnel responding to emergency situations. As essential personnel are deployed throughout U.S. EPA Region 6 and Region 4 to devastated areas without electricity, running water, sanitation, shelter, and other facilities for indefinite periods of time, sufficient logistical support services must be made available to ensure the safety and security of response personnel. It is the Government's intent to award two performance-based, Fixed-Rate, Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts. One contract will be for Region 4 and the other for Region 6. At least one (1) contract will be unrestricted for full and open competition and the other contract is intended to be awarded as a small business set-aside. Each contract will have a 3 year (36 months) based period, and two (2) one year option periods, for a possible total period of performance of five (5) years. Request for Proposal (RFP), PR-HQ-07-11172 is anticipated to be released on or about 21 days from the posting date of this synopsis. Both the unrestricted, full and open contract and the small business set-aside contract will be awarded from one RFP. The purpose of this notice is to notify potential offerors of EPA's forthcoming requirement. This notice, the RFP, amendments, and other information related to this procurement will also be posted on the EPA's Office of Acquisition Management website, at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm#solam . Interested parties can access procurement information by looking under the "Solicitations and Amendments" heading and select the link for National Logistics Support Services ? PR-HQ-07-11172. All information related to this procurement will be available at this link through the date of contract award. The anticipated award date for both contracts in on or around June 1, 2007. Contract award will be made using a best value approach, with technical capability being of greater importance than cost or price. Regardless of the competitive nature of award, each contract awarded must be technically acceptable and meet cost reasonableness standards. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes for this requirement include, but are not limited to the following: 541614 - Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services; 561210 ? Facilities Support Services; 541614 ? Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistic Consulting Services; 541513 ? Computer Facilities Management ; 624210 ? Community Food Services; 621493 ? Emergency Medical Services; 335122 ? Emergency Lighting ; 624221 ? Emergency Shelters; 624230 ? Emergency Relief Services; etc. Please visit the following website to determine appropriate small business size standards http://www.naics.com/sba_sizestandards.htm. Small business concerns interested in this requirement are advised of the language in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Clause 52.219-14 ?Limitations on Subcontracting? paragraph (b)(1) which states that under a small business set-aside contract for services ?at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.? Should you have any questions regarding this procurement or issuance of the solicitation please send them via e-mail ONLY. At this time we are not accepting any phone calls related to this notice. EPA Point of Contact: ELAINE SCOTT, Contract Specialist, Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000, E-Mail: contact@example.gov or CLAUDIA ARMSTRONG, Placement Contracting Officer, Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000, E-Mail: contact@example.gov.