F--Region VI Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team III (START III) Contract

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Acquisition Management will issue a solicitation to provide technical support services to EPA Region 6 (which consist of the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas), for emergency response, removal, site assessment, training, data management and related technical and administrative services as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund) as amended, the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan and other environmental statutes. The contractor will provide services to support response and site assessment activities related to the release or threat of release of oil, petroleum products, hazardous substances, weapons of mass destruction or pollutants and contaminants, that pose an actual or potential threat to human health or welfare, or to the environment. It is the Government's intent to award two Performance Based, Fixed-Rate, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts. One (1) contract will be for full and open competition and one (1) will be a partial small business set-aside. Each contract will have a 5 year base period, two (2) - twenty-four (24) month award terms and one (1) - twelve (12) month award term, for a possible total period of performance of 10 years. The estimated program ceiling for the two contracts is expected to be $90,000,000 for the 10 year period with an additional fifty percent capacity in reserve for catastrophic events. The total dollar value of all orders placed on all contracts awarded as a result of this solicitation will not exceed the total program value identified above. The full and open contract awardee will be required to provide seven (7) day/twenty-four (24) hour emergency response support. The partial small business set-aside contract awardee will be required to perform emergency response support without the seven (7) day/twenty-four (24) hour response requirement. Request for proposal (RFP) PR-HQ-06-13165 will be released approximately 15 days from the posting date of this synopsis. The full and open and partial small business set-aside contracts will be awarded from one RFP. The purpose of the FedBizOpps announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's upcoming requirement. 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 the above 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 "Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team III - Region 6." 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 May 15, 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 562910 applies. Point of Contact JODY M. GOSNELL, Contract Specialist, Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000, E-Mail: contact@example.gov; MARGIE A. WEATHERS, Placement Contracting Officer, Phone: +1 (555) 000-0000, E-Mail: contact@example.gov