Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) Region 5 Region 5 (Great Lakes

The purpose of Amendment #000002 to SOL-HQ-12-00025 is to change the minimum guarantee of this contract from $150,000.00 by $116,973.00 to the new minimum guarantee of $266,973.00.  Contract clause B.4 is hereby amended to reflect this change.   

This amendment applies only to offerors that have previously submitted proposals in response to this solicitation.  The date for receipt of offerors has closed and no new or revised proposals will be accepted by the Government in response to this amendment.  

All other solicitation terms and conditions remain unchanged. 
 The amendment can be located on the EPA website at: http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/lasc/esatr5/index.htm.

The purpose of Amendment #000001 to SOL-HQ-12-00025 is to extend the proposal due date from January 24, 2013 to January 31, 2013. Additionally, this amendment incorporates solicitation changes and provides answers to questions submitted in response to the request for proposal. The amendment can be located on the EPA website at: http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/lasc/esatr5/index.htm.

Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) Region 5

This pre-solicitation notice is modified to inform all interested parties that SOL-HQ-12-00025 ESAT Region 5 solicitation is hereby released. The solicitation and accompanying attachments can be found at the following link - http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/lasc/esatr5/index.htm

This is the synopsis for the Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) Region 5 solicitation. This synopsis represents one of ten solicitations for the class of ESAT contracts. The purpose of this acquisition is to obtain contractor services to provide technical, analytical and quality assurance (QA) support, primarily to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program, other EPA programs, Federal and state agencies, and tribal organizations to facilitate identification, assessment, regulation, and remediation of environmental hazards which may pose a threat to human health or the environment. The Contractor shall provide analytical chemistry, biological, and field sampling and analytical support to EPA on-site at the Agency's regional laboratory facilities and at specified field locations using one or more EPA furnished mobile laboratories and/or field instrumentation. For more information on the work to be performed under this contract, please see the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) found at: http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/lasc/esat/ESATDraftPWS.pdf.

The anticipated duration of this contract will consist of a Base Period of three years, an Option Period of two years, and an Award Term of two years for a total of seven years. The anticipated contract type will be indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) with work to be ordered through the issuance of task orders on either a time-and-materials (T&M) or firm-fixed-price (FFP) basis.

This acquisition will not be set-aside and will be conducted on a full and open basis using FAR Part 15 procedures. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. There are conflict of interest (COI) limitations associated with this acquisition. For more information on COI limitations, please see the Early COI Disclosure found at: http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/lasc/esat/COI.pdf.

The solicitation is expected to be released on or around November 1, 2012. The solicitation package, as well as other related documents and information, will be posted on the EPA website at: http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/lasc/esatr5/index.htm. Interested offerors are advised to monitor the EPA website at the above link and the Federal Business Opportunities website for the solicitation and for any other updates in regards to the solicitation.

No response to this synopsis is required.

Environmental Services Assistance Team (ESAT) Region 5