Notice of Award

Added: Sep 15, 2014 10:43 am The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) in support of the Facilities Management and Services Division (FMSD) is issuing this Presolicitation Notice per Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 5.204.

EPA expects to post a solicitation entitled, "Strategic Planning, Comprehensive Space Analysis and Design, and Project Management Services" no fewer than 45 days from this announcement. EPA's space is constantly upgraded and altered, the organizational structure of EPA continues to evolve, and its programs expand and contract, to continuously meet their mission requirements. President Obama?s June 10, 2010 memorandum, "Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real Estate," directed federal agencies to achieve cost savings by reducing operating costs, generating income through disposal of assets, and more efficiently using existing real property through consolidation of space. To manage its space and rental obligations and to assist with the directive to reduce space, EPA requires contractor support services to perform space planning, analysis, design services and project management support for EPA projects both at Headquarters and throughout the 10 EPA Regions nationally.

US EPA anticipates awarding a single sward Indefinite Delivery / Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract with primarily time and material and some firm fixed price task orders. The NAICS code is 541611 (Small Business Size Standard $14 million). The solicitation will be set aside 100% for small businesses. The expected solicitation will be issued using the procedures of FAR Subpart 15.

THIS IS A PRESOLITIATION NOTICE. QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ANSWERED AT THIS TIME. QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE SOLICITATION IS RELEASED. NO RESPONSES ARE REQUESTED UNDER THIS NOTICE AND NO SUBMISSIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED AT THIS TIME.

Notices regarding this FBO procurement announcement, including Requests for Proposals and amendments, will be posted using the FedConnect web portal. FedConnect can be accessed at https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/ . You must register with FedConnect as an interested party to view any attachments posted.

FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and vendors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. Through FedConnect contractors will be able to receive, review and respond to contract pre- and post-award actions and documents such as correspondence, request for proposals, tasking instruments and contract modifications. The use of FedConnect also furthers the US EPA's commitment to moving towards a paperless acquisition environment by reducing its carbon footprint and conducting its business in an ecologically friendly manner. There is no charge to use FedConnect.

Vendors can register with FedConnect at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering or for other FedConnect technical questions please call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net. In addition, all vendors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM), as this facilitates registration for FedConnect. Please note that vendors MUST have their SAM profile set to "public" otherwise FedConnect will not be able to access the SAM information required to validate vendor credentials. Registration may be completed and information regarding the registration process may be obtained at http://www.sam.gov . There is no charge for registration in SAM.