Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) - Environmental Technology Demonstrations

BOTH SMALL BUSINESS AND LARGE BUSINESS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND.
The Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) is the Department of Defense's (DoD) demonstration and validation program for environmental and installation energy technologies. The ESTCP Office is interested in receiving proposals for demonstration and validation of non-fluorine based firefighting foams as candidates for funding. This notice constitutes a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) as contemplated in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.102(d)(2). Readers should note that this is an announcement to declare ESTCP's intent to competitively fund demonstration projects as described in the Program Announcement on the ESTCP website.

The Program Announcement and complete submittal instructions are found at https://www.serdp-estcp.org/Funding-Opportunities/ESTCP-Solicitations. To be eligible for consideration, parties wishing to respond to this announcement must submit a proposal in accordance with the instructions on the website, no later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time on September 12, 2019. No electronic mail, faxed, or hard copy proposals will be accepted.

No request for proposals (RFP), solicitation, or other announcement of this opportunity will be made. It is the sole responsibility of the offerors to make certain the proposal is properly received by ESTCP. Awards will take the form of contracts. Submission of proposals is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. The Government will not pay for any costs associated with the preparation of proposals or travel to present oral presentations in support of the proposals.

There is no commitment by ESTCP to make any contract awards, nor to be responsible for any cost incurred by the offeror before contract award is made. It is expected that multiple awards totaling approximately $5 million will result, depending on availability of funds.

Awardees under this BAA will be selected through a multi-stage review process. As noted in the instructions located on the ESTCP website, evaluation criteria for proposals are, in decreasing order of importance, Technical Merit, Cost/Benefit of Technology, Transition Potential, and Cost of Proposal. Due to the anticipated volume of proposals that will be received, the Government will not provide debriefs to those that are not selected for funding.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes are 541715 and 541330 with the small business size standard of 1000 employees and $15.0M respectively. Prior to award, selected contract proposals that exceed $700,000 submitted by all but small business concerns must be accompanied by a Small Business Subcontracting Plan in accordance with FAR 52.219-9 (Deviation) and elements as described in the checklist in DFARS PGI 219.705-4 at http://business.defense.gov/Acquisition/Subcontracting/. The Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity (HECSA) Small Business Office website at http://www.usace.army.mil/HECSA/HECSASmallBusiness.aspx provides information on how to prepare a subcontracting plan, along with links to find small businesses to
participate.

Proposals that are under $250,000 shall be Firm Fixed Priced (FFP) Contracts. Any proposal that is under $250,000 or offeror requests FFP contract, the proposal shall be priced with fully burdened labor rates.

Points of Contact:
Procedural Questions - ESTCP Office, 571-372-6565
Contract Questions - HECSA, Doug Pohlman at 703-428-6420 or by email at Douglas.E.Pohlman@usace.army.mil
Small Business Participation Plan or Subcontracting Plan - HECSA Small Business Representative, HECSASmallBusinessProgram@usace.army.mil or 703-428-7385

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