Technical Support for EPA ORDs Ecological and Global Change Assessment Research

The EPA has a need for a contractor to provide technical support for the Office of Research and Development’s (ORD’s) ecological and global change assessment. Assessments provide technical support for decision-making. Effective assessments clearly articulate the attributes of ecosystems that are valued by stakeholders, analyze and synthesize information from disparate sources, and communicate the uncertainties inherent in the conclusions. They also take into account the context of decision making and the needs of decision makers, and as such use translational research approaches that involve stakeholders in problem formulation and development of assessment goals and strategies, and result in products designed to be highly usable and actionable.

The Government anticipates award of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract that will allow for the issuance of firm fixed price (FFP) and time and material (T&M) type task orders over an ordering period of five (5) years. The EPA intends to award a single contract with an ordering ceiling of $100.5M. The anticipated solicitation release is in early April 2022, and the close date shall be approximately 30 days thereafter. The solicitation will be issued on a full and open competitive basis with no small business set-aside(s). All responsible sources may submit a proposal for EPA consideration. The NAICS code is 541715 “Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)” with a size standard of 1,000 persons. Contract award will be made in accordance with FAR Part 15-Contracting by Negotiation. The point of contact is Pamela Kuykendall, Contract Specialist, at kuykendall.pamela@epa.gov.

The solicitation 68HERC21R0209 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 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).