R--Adminstrative Support for Wast Reduction Resource Center

NAICS Code: 561 The Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 intends to issue a purchase order on a sole source basis to the State of North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (NCDPPEA) to provide adminstrative support to the Waste Reduction Resource Center (WRRC) in Raleigh, North Carolina. The WRRC is operated under a Memorandum of Understanding among EPA Region 3, EPA Region 4 and North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (NCDPPEA). The WRRC manages a Website, posts relevant Pollution Prevention (P2) material on an online library of over 25,000 documents, operates a toll free phone line and a website to provide rapid response services for P2 Information, sets up and manages State/EPA P2 Coordinators regional conference calls for both Regions 3 and 4, provides training on P2 to the states, performs onsite visits, participates in roundtables and technical conferences and is a technical resource to states in EPA Region 3 and Region 4. The WRRC shall be located in NCDPPEA facilities because access to the NCDPPEA library is a unique, vital and necessary resource. The duties required under the resulting purchase order are: 1) Facilities Support - Providing office furnishings, telecommunications access and equipment for the WRRC to sufficiently accommodate up to two Region 4 SEE employees, one EPA region 4 employee and three WRRC State engineers ; 2) Website Services - hosting the WRRC website and providing access to the NCDPPEA online library, server support and software licenses; and, 3) Library Support - providing support and software necessary to support the online library. The period of performance will be for a two-year period after the date of award. Contractor shall be registered in the Central Contractor Registration system (CCR) (see www.ccr.gov) prior to award. All responsible sources who can provide the above requirements and demonstrate their capability in writing to the Contracting Officer no later than 15 days from the published date of this announcement. All questions must be submitted in writing via email to [email protected]. If no affirmative responses are received, award will be made to the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance.