US EPA Region 1 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) III

The purpose of this action is to announce that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted Amendment #1 and Questions and Answers to the Request for Proposal (RFP) on the Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) III for Region I on the EPA website. Please view the following website for details: http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm

The purpose of this action is to announce that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted the Request for Proposal (RFP) on the Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) III for Region I on the EPA website. Please view the following website for details: http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE for PR-HQ-07-12299 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Superfund/RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Divison, will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) in EPA Region I. This requirement is for emergency and time-critical removal and cleanup services. The successful contractor(s) will provide the necessary cleanup equipment, personnel, material and other resources 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 or welfare, or to the environment. Some Level A response capability will be required. Background checks and drug screening will also be a requirement. These services will be provided primarily within EPA Region I which consist of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) prime contractor(s) in Region I are prohibited from award as a prime ERRS contractor in Region I. The requirement titled ?Region 1 - Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) III? will be a total small business set-aside. It is the Government?s intent to award two contracts from one RFP; one contract to a Small Business (SB) and one contract to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The resultant contract(s) are anticipated to be time-and-material, fixed-rate, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity. The maximum period of performance is anticipated to be 7 years with a 1 year base period and 4 one year option periods. There may also be a 2 year incentive award term.. The maximum potential value of each contract is estimated to be up to $140,000,000. This is NOT a request for proposals. It is anticipated that RFP PR-HQ-07-12299 will be posted in early December 2007 with an anticipated award date around May 2008. The North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code for this procurement is 562910, with a size standard of 500 employees. The RFP, Statement of Work, amendments and all other pertinent information related to this requirement will be posted on the EPA?s Office of Acquisition Management website at the following url: http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm . At this website scroll down to ?Solicitations and Amendments? and select Region 1 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS III) - PR-HQ-07-12299 . Information will also be posted in FedBizOpps. It is recommended that all interested parties subscribe to the vendor?s notification service on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov . This subscription will provide automatic updates pertaining to this procurement. The points of contact for this solicitation are Margie Weathers, Contracting Officer and Elaine Scott, Contract Specialist. All inquiries pertaining to this requirement should be in writing and emailed to Ms.Weathers at weathers.margie@epa.gov and Ms. Scott at scott.elaine@epa.gov.

PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE for PR-HQ-07-12299 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Superfund/RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Divison, will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) in EPA Region I. This requirement is for emergency and time-critical removal and cleanup services. The successful contractor(s) will provide the necessary cleanup equipment, personnel, material and other resources 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 or welfare, or to the environment. Some Level A response capability will be required. Background checks and drug screening will also be a requirement. These services will be provided primarily within EPA Region I which consist of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) prime contractor(s) in Region I are prohibited from award as a prime ERRS contractor in Region I. The requirement titled ?Region 1 - Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) III? will be a total small business set-aside. It is the Government?s intent to award two contracts from one RFP; one contract to a Small Business (SB) and one contract to a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The resultant contract(s) are anticipated to be time-and-material, fixed-rate, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity. The maximum period of performance is anticipated to be 7 years with a 1 year base period and 4 one year option periods. There may also be a 2 year incentive award term.. The maximum potential value of each contract is estimated to be up to $140,000,000. This is NOT a request for proposals. It is anticipated that RFP PR-HQ-07-12299 will be posted in November 2007 with an anticipated award date around May 2008. The North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code for this procurement is 562910, with a size standard of 500 employees. The RFP, Statement of Work, amendments and all other pertinent information related to this requirement will be posted on the EPA?s Office of Acquisition Management website at the following url: http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/index.htm . At this website scroll down to ?Solicitations and Amendments? and select Region 1 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS III) - PR-HQ-07-12299 . Information will also be posted in FedBizOpps. It is recommended that all interested parties subscribe to the vendor?s notification service on the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fedbizopps.gov . This subscription will provide automatic updates pertaining to this procurement. The points of contact for this solicitation are Margie Weathers, Contracting Officer and Elaine Scott, Contract Specialist. All inquiries pertaining to this requirement should be in writing and emailed to Ms.Weathers at weathers.margie@epa.gov and Ms. Scott at scott.elaine@epa.gov.

The purpose of this is to amend the Sources Sought originally posted under the Region 1 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) at http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/ersc/errsregion1/index.htm Reference-Number-ERRSIII-Region I. All information related to the Region 1 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) at http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/ersc/errsregion1/index.htm Reference-Number-ERRSIII-Region I is now posted under the Superfund/RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Division (SRRPOD) at http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod/ under Region 1 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS). The new reference number is PR-HQ-07-12299. Information relating to the Region 1 Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) will no longer be posted at http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/ersc/errsregion1/index.htm. Amendment 1 - Sources Sought EPA is requesting additional information to evaluate the experience/capability of vendors interested in responding to the Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) III requirement for EPA Region I. If you previously submitted a qualification package and would like to expand on your company's responses regarding the following questions, please forward your response to Jody Gosnell, Placement Contracting Officer at gosnell.jody@epa.gov. If you have not submitted a qualification package and would like to, please refer to the Sources Sought Notice posted on March 22, 2007 on EPA's webpage at URL http://www.epa.gov/oam/regions/index.htm#sources under Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) for Region 1 and please to the page limit in the Sources Sought Notice. All new qualification package submittals should address the questions below. If you have already submitted a qualification package and are addressing the questions below please limit your response to no more than 1 page (single sided 12 point text). All qualification packages (new or revised) are due to Jody Gosnell via email at gosnell.jody@epa.gov by 3:30pm on Thursday, June 27, 2007. 1) Is your company interested in the entire requirement? A number of the companies who responded indicated interest in the entire requirement although it appeared that some of the qualification packages (Statement of Qualification/SOQ) did not adequately address all the capability elements specified in the requirement. In some instances vendors anticipate ramping up within the Region if they are awarded a contract, however, for the purposes of our Market Research, the Region does not want to incorrectly assume a vendor is prepared to perform the full requirement. We are requesting that any vendor who is interested in performing only a portion of the requirement indicate that fact and state the portion(s) of the requirement that they are willing to do. Before responding please read the rest of this message. 2) Level A Team requirements, and 3) Emergency Response Times The two elements above have been revised in the Draft PWS. All interested vendors should submit the information as follows on both: Level A Team: The number of personnel required has been reduced to 7 which include two (2) three-person entry teams and a Response Manager. Many of the vendors responded indicating they had Level A capabilities but did not indicate their ability to mobilize a Level A team. Initial emergency response time frames: The 24/7 emergency response mobilization times have been relaxed for certain portions of the Region. To ensure consistency in evaluation of vendor capability assumptions are provided regarding distances traveled per hour which we believe can be reasonably achieved. For the purposes of evaluating responses the Region shall assume a vendor would be capable of traveling 40 miles per hour once notified of the need to respond. The 2-hour response times within the region are represented as the area within an 80-mile distance (radius) from the center of the primary geographic locations (major cities) identified below: MA (Boston, Worcester, Springfield, New Bedford, Fall River) RI (Providence, Pawtucket) CT (Hartford, New London) NH (Concord, Manchester, Nashua) The 4-hour response times within the region are defined as the area between 80 miles and 160 miles from the center of the primary geographic locations listed above. VT (Montpelier, Burlington); ME (Portland, Augusta) The 6-hour response time shall include the area between 160 and 240 miles from the geographic locations listed above. That incorporates central ME, VT and NH. Areas beyond 240 miles including the northern borders of the State of NY, and the south and southwest boarder of Canada and the United States shall be considered an 8-hour response time.