US EPA Region 8, Superfund Technical Assessment &

The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 8 Contracting Office intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Superfund Technical Assessment and Response Team (START) V. The solicitation number for this acquisition will be 68HE0819R0014, and the anticipated release date is August 30, 2019.

The purpose of this acquisition will be to obtain technical support services for EPA Region 8 (which consists of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Tribal Land) 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 by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan and other environmental statutes. 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 Government intends to award one Fixed-Rate, Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract, with work ordered through the issuance of task orders. The anticipated period of performance consists of a one (1) year base period with six one (1) year option periods, for a total contract length of seven (7) years. The acquisition will not be set-aside and will be conducted on the basis of full and open competition using FAR Part 15 procedures. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services) and the size standard is $15.0 Million.

There are conflict of interest (COI) limitations associated with this acquisition. Potential offerors are advised that current Emergency and Rapid Response Services (ERRS) contractors or team subcontractors in EPA Region 8 will be ineligible for award due to COI concerns. Please reference attached "Notice of Upcoming Requirement and Conflict of Interest."

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.FedConnect.net. Interested parties can access procurement information at this site. All information related to this procurement will be available at this link through the date of contract award.

A sources sought for this procurement was previously issued under 68HE0819R0001. All future requirements will be posted under solicitation number 68HE0819R0014.

No response to this synopsis is required. Please send any questions regarding this procurement via e-mail to Marian Gordon at gordon.marian@epa.gov. No questions will be addressed via oral communication. If you submit questions via email, please put "Questions for Synopsis 68HE0819R0014" in the subject line. FedConnect will be the repository for all information related to this solicitation. Questions will not be answered until the full solicitation is released. At this time, no telephone inquiries will be accepted.