F--REGION 10 START - set aside

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 will issue a solicitation to provide technical support services to EPA Region 10 which covers the following four state area: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington for emergency response, removal, site assessment, training, data management and related technical and administrative services. The contractor will 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 or welfare, or to the environment. It is the Government's intent to award one small business set-aside, Fixed Rate Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. The contract period of performance will be a three year base with 2 (24 month) award terms for a possible total period of 7 years. The estimated ceiling is expexted to be $14 million for the 7 year period. Request for Proposal (RFP) PR-R7-05-10015 will be released on or before June 30, 2005. The anticipated award date is on or before December 1, 2005. Award will be made on a best value basis with technical being of greater importance than cost/price. The North American Industry Classification Standard (NAICS) code 562910 applies. The RFP, amendments and other information related to this procurement will be posted on the EPA's Office of Acquisition Management website, at the following URL: http://www.epa.gov/oam/regions/index/htm