Assessment of Pesticide Regulatory Activities

The Environmental Protection Agency Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention established this Master IDIQ on September 28, 2018, with a shared ceiling of $25 million, but the vehicle is no longer active—the last date to order against it was September 26, 2023, more than two years ago. Ordering is closed and no new task orders can be placed.

Nine task orders totaling $37.4 million in combined potential value have been awarded, with $24.1 million obligated (64% of combined potential). The vehicle funded endocrine disruptor screening program work and related pesticide regulatory support across EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention and Office of Research and Development. Task orders cover Tier 1 and Tier 2 Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) studies, in vitro toxicokinetics and dosimetry, risk assessment, computational toxicity and exposure modeling, analytical and biochemical analyses, statistical analyses, website design and maintenance, systematic literature reviews, data management, and quality assurance support.

Competition is highly concentrated. Research Triangle Institute holds five orders worth $30.8 million in combined potential value; Battelle Memorial Institute holds the remaining four orders worth $6.6 million. These two firms captured all awarded task orders under the vehicle. Customer concentration is similarly narrow: EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention funded six orders worth $31.2 million combined potential value, while EPA's Office of Research and Development placed three orders worth $6.2 million. All nine task orders were unrestricted, non-small-business set-aside.

Task-order sizing ranged from approximately $450 thousand to $18.6 million in ceiling value. Orders were structured as time-and-materials contracts with typical durations of 12 months, though some extended to 3+ years. The largest single order, awarded to Research Triangle Institute in September 2019 for pathway-based systematic reviews and scientific IT platform development, carried a $18.6 million ceiling. Most recent orders from 2023 were smaller, with ceilings ranging from roughly $450 thousand to $2.8 million, reflecting work on EDSP data analysis, management, and laboratory support activities.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires technical experience and/or capability with performing Tier 1 and Tier 2 EDSP studies, in vitro toxicokinetics and dosimetry, risk assessment, development and evaluation of computational toxicity or exposure models, analytical chemical analysis, biochemical analyses, statistical analyses, website design and maintenance, information/records management, report-writing, meeting support and quality assurance/quality control support.