Technical Quality Assurance (QA) and Statistical S

The Contractor shall provide technical quality assurance and statistical support (including decision quality support) to ORD Laboratories or Centers, other Program Offices, or Regions. The support will include document and product reviews, activity reviews, and technical quality system and statistical support.

The US EPA, Office of Research and Development (ORD), has a need for a firm to provide technical quality assurance and statistical support (including decision quality support) to ORD Laboratories or Centers, other Program Offices, or Regions.



The EPA has a need for a firm to provide technical quality assurance and statistical support (including decision quality support) to ORD Laboratories or Centers, other Program Offices, or Regions as described in written task orders issued by the Contracting Officer (CO) in the following support areas:



• Document and Product Reviews,

• Activity Reviews, and

• Technical Quality System and Statistical Support



Any resultant contract will support EPA in implementing the most current versions of EPA 2106.0, Quality Policy, and EPA 2105.0, Policy and Program Requirements for the Mandatory Agency-Wide Quality System. These documents are available at http://www.epa.gov/quality/qa_docs.html. A draft Performance Work Statement is attached to this announcement.



It is anticipated that any future contract for these services will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type contract with a five (5) year ordering period. The Government anticipates a maximum estimate of $12,050,000 and a minimum estimate of $10,000. Task Orders will be issued under the contract as firm-fixed price or time-and-materials type contracts. It is anticipated that this requirement will be a Small Business set-aside.



Notices of any modifications to 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/ .



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 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.



The solicitation is expected to be issued no later than September 15, 2017 through the FedConnect® portal. The EPA does not intend to mail hard copies of the solicitation. It is the responsibility of the offerors to frequently check the FedConnect® portal for updates or changes.