Sources Sought Notice- Technical Quality Assuarance and Statistical Support
Added: Aug 29, 2012 7:39 am Technical Quality Assurance (QA) and Statistical Support for the Office of Research and Development (ORD) The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) seeks a contractor to provide technical quality assurance and statistical support (including decision quality support) to the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL), Office of Research and Development (ORD) laboratories or centers, other Program Offices or Regions in document and product reviews, activity reviews, and technical quality system and statistical support. The contract will support EPA in implementing the most current version of EPA Order 2106.0, Quality Policy, and EPA 2105.0, Policy and Program requirements for the Mandatory Agency Wide System. These documents are available at http://www.epa.gov/quality/qa_docs.html. Successful contractors will supply all necessary personnel and services to support the efforts delineated by the Performance Work Statement (PWS). Services to be performed under this contract include: 1) review of documents and products, such as program-specific quality planning documents (e.g., quality management plan), activity-specific quality planning documents (e.g., standard operating procedures), project-specific quality planning documents (e.g., quality assurance project plan) and research products (e.g., draft and final reports, conference papers, journal articles, models and other QA tools; 2) audits and assessments of quality systems or technical activities (e.g., system processes, and procedures) such as environmental sample collection and measurement activity, laboratory activities, information collection, interpretation, and reporting activities needed to characterize data quality, modeling application and/or development activities; 3) technical quality system a nd statistical support, such as conduct special studies and investigations on QA/QA procedures. See the Cincinnati website, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd, for the posted draft Performance Work Statement for this requirement. Be advised that Performance Work Statement changes are possible when the final request for proposal (RFP) is released. The proposed contract will be an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity task order contract with a base period of five years. EPA anticipates the award of one contract under this solicitation. The standard EPAAR solicitation provisions (EPAAR 1552.209-70 and 1552.209-72) require an offeror certify that it is unaware of any potential conflict of interest or disclose any potential conflict of interest which may impact their ability to impartially conduct work under the solicitation. The standard EPAAR solicitation provision (EPAAR 1552.209-71) requiring a contractor to make full disclosure of any actual or potential conflict of interest discovered after contract award will also be a part of the resultant solicitation. This procurement is a small business set-aside under NAICS code 541620 with a size standard of $7,000,000 in annual receipts. The solicitation, SOL-CI-12-00012, is anticipated to be available in early October 2012. Award is intended to be made by April 1, 2012. It may be accessed tough the EPA's home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is the responsibility of offerors to frequently check FEDBIZOPPS or the EPA website address for updates or changes. No hard copies will be available. All responsible small businesses may submit an offer, which will be considered by the agency. SOL-CI-12-00012 Environmental Protection Agency Cincinatti Procurement Operations Division
8/29/12, 7:39 AM Sources Sought Notice- Technical Quality Assuarance and Statistical Support
Added: Nov 02, 2011 10:50 am THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting this ?market search? to determine the capabilities of potential small business sources in preparation for a future procurement. 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. The EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) has a requirement for a contractor to provide technical quality system and statistical support to the NRMRL, other ORD Laboratories or Centers, other Program Offices, or Regions in the following support areas: ? Document and Product Reviews,? Activity Reviews,? Technical Quality System and Statistical Support The successful contractor shall provide all necessary labor, materials, services, equipment and facilities in support of the efforts delineated by the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS). A draft PWS can be obtained from the OAM website, http:www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/. Specific areas to be addressed in capability packages submitted by respondents are as follows: 1) the review of research quality planning documents and research products for compliance with quality requirements and statistical appropriateness; 2) the performance of audits (e.g., technical systems audits, quality systems audits) to determine compliance with quality requirements; 3) the development, review, or modification of quality documentation for programs or projects; the development of quality training materials and tools (e.g., web-based); environmental data review and validation; statistical support related to experimental design, data analysis, and decision analysis; the performance of statistica l and/or modeling studies/projects to support EPA programs or projects which may involve the collection of secondary data and preparation of a QAPP; and 4) the ability to handle the anticipated volume of reviews, audits, and labor hours. It is anticipated that the scope of this contract will involve approximately 150 document reviews, 30 audits, and 4500 labor hours annually. It is anticipated that the contract will be a performance-based indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity task order contract. Task orders may be issued on a firm-fixed-price or time-and-materials basis. On rare occasions task orders may be issued on a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF), level of effort, completion or term basis. The performance period for the contract will be five years. The applicable NAICS code is 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) with a size standard of $7 million in annual receipts. ANY INTERESTED SMALL BUSINESS should submit a capability statement which clearly demonstrates their capabilities to perform the key requirements described above. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. In the capabilities statements, contractors should provide their size status for the above referenced NAICS, (i.e. large, small) and whether or not they are a certified hubzone, 8(a), women-owned, small disadvantaged and/or disabled veteran owned concern. 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. Responses to the above should be submitted to growney.matthew@epa.gov no later than 15 calendar days from the date of posting. A separate synopsis will be issued in advance of any Request for Proposal (RFP). SOL-CI-12-00012 Environmental Protection Agency Cincinatti Procurement Operations Division
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