Title: Operation of the Clean Air Status and Trend

Pre-Solicitation Notice

SOL-DC-15-00079



The EPA has a requirement to provide analytical support for the Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) of The Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD), Office of Atmospheric Programs (OAP) located in the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR).



The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air Programs (OAP), Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD) anticipates awarding a single Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity, Time-and-Materials contract with a one-year base and four one-year option periods (for a total of five years). This procurement will be conducted as a full-and-open competition under the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15: Contracting by Negotiation.



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/. Questions regarding the content of the subject announcement must be submitted through the FedConnect portal. Offerors must register with FedConnect as an interested party to submit questions and to view responses.



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 in November 2015 through Fedbizopps and 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.

In order to be awarded a contract under this requirement, The Offeror¿s proposed laboratory methods must comply with EPA¿s Forum on Environmental Measurements (FEM) policies for Environmental Laboratory Accreditation (http://www.epa.gov/fem/accredit.htm) during the performance of the contract. The Offeror must be accredited for the analytical procedures listed in Table 3 to meet the FEM requirements for CASTNET.

Interested parties will be able to find the Request for Proposal (RFP) number SOL-DC-15-00079 and all related information on FedConnect. When the RFP is released all documentation will be available on FedConnect only and all correspondence and proposal submission will be required to be submitted via FedConnect. FedConnect is a web portal that connects agencies and contractors to streamline the process of doing business with the federal government. There is no charge to use FedConnect. Contractors can register with at www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. For assistance in registering, or for other FedConnect technical questions, contractors should call the FedConnect Help Desk at (800) 899-6665 or email at support@fedconnect.net.