SOL-CI-17-00093_-_Presolicitation_Notice.pdf

Presolicitation Notice

SOL-CI-17-00093

Engine/Vehicle Development Services for Advanced Engine and Powertrain Technologies

The solicitation numbered SOL-CI-17-00093 will be available for downloading at FedConnect® located at the following internet address: www.fedconnect.net/. Questions relating to the solicitation are required to be submitted electronically through FedConnect®. ONLY those questions posted through FedConnect® will be accepted. All responses to questions will be released on FedConnect®. At this Internet site you will be able to register with FedConnect®, enabling you to download the solicitation once released, join the mailing list, and to submit questions. If you need technical assistance in registering or for any other FedConnect® function, call the FedConnect® Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net.

Contractor registration in the Government’s System for Award Management (SAM) is required in order to be eligible for contract award. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov. Once issued, solicitation documents will be available electronically for download at https://www.fedconnect.net. Hard copies of the solicitation package will not be distributed. Electronic copies of responses will be required and must be submitted via FedConnect® (https://www.fedconnect.net).

The purpose of this solicitation is to award a contract to provide the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA), Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) National Vehicle and

Fuels Emission Laboratory (NVFEL), with flexible engineering services related to the development and evaluation of engines and vehicle systems. These efforts are focused on reduced emissions and improved fuel efficiency that can easily be transformed into full production.

The solicitation and resulting contract shall contain the custom local provision Disclosure

Requirements for Organizational Conflicts of Interest (EPA-L-09-102). Paragraph (c) of the clause shall read as follows:

(c) The Agency has determined that firms directly engaged in the business or which have a business or financial relationship with firms involved in the activities described in paragraph (a) above (further referred to as "these activities") may have significant potential organizational conflict of interest in relation to the requirements of this solicitation. In addition, a potential organizational conflict of interest may exist with firms that provide consulting and/or technical services related to these activities.

Paragraph (a), as referenced above in Paragraph (c), shall read as follows:

(a) The proposed contract requires that the contractor provide the EPA with flexible engineering services related to the development and evaluation of engines and vehicle systems. Each offeror shall specifically disclose whether it is directly engaged in or if it has a business or financial relationship(s) with firms who design, develop, and/or manufacture engines and powertrain systems, vehicle systems, components, subsystems, control systems, and/or fuel systems.

The solicitation and resulting contract shall also contain the clause, “Limitation on Future

Contracting.” The text of the clause will track with Limitation of Future Contracting Alternate V

(Headquarters Support), EPAAR 1552.209-74 (APR 2004), except for paragraph (c). Paragraph

(c) of the clause shall read as follows:

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(c) The contractor and any subcontractors will be ineligible to enter into business or financial relationships during the life of the contract, unless prior written approval is obtained from the cognizant EPA Contracting Officer, for work involving the design, development and manufacture of engines and powertrain systems, vehicle systems, components, subsystems, control systems, and fuel systems that are the subject of an issued task order.

The Government anticipates award of an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) single award Firm Fixed Price (FFP) and Time-and-Materials (T&M) task order contract, with a single ordering period of 5 years. The EPA intends to award one (1) contract, totaling approximately

$21.5 Million. The anticipated solicitation release date is in the late May timeframe, and the close date shall be approximately thirty (30) days thereafter. The solicitation will be issued on a full and open competitive basis, with no small business set-aside(s). All responsible sources may submit a proposal for EPA consideration. The NAICS code is 541620 (Environmental

Consulting Services), with a size standard of $15 Million. Award will be made in accordance with FAR Part 15 – Contracting by Negotiation, using a Best Value source selection approach, price and other factors considered, where all non-price criteria, when combined, are significantly more important than price. The point of contact is Matthew Growney, Contracting Officer, at growney.matthew@epa.gov.

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