Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) IV

Amendment 2 changes the room for the Pre-proposal Conference, revises Section L.9, Proposed Contract Start Date, and provides information regarding the oral presentations.

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Offerors must submit all technical questions concerning this solicitation in writing to the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist on/or before Monday April 29, 2013.

The purpose of this amendment is to revise section L.13, Technical Questions and to clarify the deadline for submitting technical questions.

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Solicitation SOL-R5-12-0003 to obtain technical support services for EPA Region 5 for emergency response, removal, site assessment, training, data management and related technical and administrative services.

Offerors must submit all technical questions concerning this solicitation in writing to the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist on/or before Monday April 29, 2013.

****For solicitation documents go to the following URL: http://www.epa.gov/oamreg01/region5/SOL-R5-12-00003/index.htm.

Solicitation SOL-R5-12-0003 to obtain technical support services for EPA Region 5 for emergency response, removal, site assessment, training, data management and related technical and administrative services.

Offerors must submit all technical questions concerning this solicitation in writing to the Contracting Officer and the Contract Specialist on/or before Monday April 29, 2013.

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 5 Contracting Office intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) IV. The solicitation number for this acquisition will be SOL-R5-12-00003, and the anticipated release date is February 27, 2013.

The purpose of this acquisition will be to obtain technical support services for EPA Region 5 (which consists of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, and Ohio) for emergency response, removal, site assessment, training, data management and related technical and administrative services. These services shall be performed in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (also known as CERCLA or Superfund) as amended, the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan and other environmental statues. The contractor shall provide services to support response and site assessment activities related to the release or threat of release of oil, petroleum products, hazardous substances, weapons of mass destruction or pollutants and contaminants that pose an actual or potential threat to human health and welfare, or to the environment. The draft SOW is attached to this notice. The solicitation anticipate s a (3) three year base period and (1) two year option period.

This solicitation will be full & open.

The purpose of this notice is to notify potential offerors of EPA's forthcoming requirement. This notice, the RFP, amendments and other information related to this procurement will be posted at www.fbo.gov.

No response to this synopsis is required. Please send any questions regarding this procurement via e-mail to Krista Heartwell at heartwell.krista@epa.gov or Thomas Harrison at harrison.thomas@epa.gov. Questions will not be answered until the full solicitation is released. At this time no telephone inquiries are being accepted.