Operations, maintenance, and modification of the Chapel Hill Facility, Research

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Chapel Hill Facility in North Carolina has a requirement for the operation, maintenance, and modification for the human studies facilities. The Government anticipates the award of a Firm Fixed Priced type contract (with cost reimbursable contract line items) with a twelve-month base period and four (4) twelve-month option periods.

The services to be performed are:

Systems Operation and Maintenance
Computer Operations and Data Management
Quality Assurance
Safety
System Upgrades
Provide System Documentation and Technical Reports

The successful contractor of any resultant contract will be expected to provide all necessary labor, materials, and services in support of the efforts delineated by the attached “DRAFT” Performance Work Statement (PWS).

Due to COVID-19 precautions and restrictions, organized site visits can be scheduled for one of the two dates provided: December 14, 2021 and December 15, 2021. Site visits on December 14, 2021 will begin at 10:00 am (ET) and 2:00 pm (ET). Site visit on December 15, 2021 will begin on 10:00 am (ET). Potential offers will meet the EPA Representative for this action at the following location:

Chapel Hill Facility (CHF) on the Medical School Campus of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at 104 Mason Farm Road Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Potential offerors are urged and expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable.

In order to attend one of the scheduled site visits, potential offerors must register in writing through the Contract Specialist (Waugaman.lisa@epa.gov) no later than 5:00 pm (ET), December 13, 2021. Requests to attend the site visit after this date and time may not be honored. No more than two (2) attendees from each potential offeror are authorized. Since these site visits will be conducted on a Federal facility, all attendees must be US citizens. The request to attend must include the full name of each attendee and potential offeror they each represent. All attendees must be able to provide a government issued photo ID upon arrival.

This acquisition is being conducted as FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330 (Engineering Service Industry) with a size standard of $16.5 Million. The point of contact is Lisa Waugaman, Waugaman.lisa@epa.gov, 513-487-2852.

It is anticipated the solicitation will be posted on FBO and the www.FedConnect.net website on or about January 6, 2022. No hard copies will be available. The point of contact is Lisa Waugaman, Waugaman.lisa@epa.gov. Please submit all questions in writing to the Contract Specialist.

The solicitation 68HERC22R0037 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).