# ![](media/image1.png){width="0.93125in" height="0.96875in"}UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460

OFFICE OF

AIR AND RADIATION

**[MEMORANDUM]{.underline}**

**FROM:** Lorraine Lesieur, C.P.M.

Contracting Officer

U.S. EPA

**TO:** Small Business Concerns

**DATE:** May 14, 2008

Number range CHAPTER**SUBJECT:** Request for Quote per attached SOW
"Support for Handbook of Military Climate Leadership: Lessons from Ozone
Layer Protection and Strategies for Success"

The purpose of this memorandum is to request a quote for the above SOW
which is attached. The period of performance is as follows:

-   June 1, 2008 or upon issuance of purchase order to June 30, 2009

Number range CHAPTERThe government estimates the level of effort to be
788 hours.

The ensuing order will be a fixed rate, T&M order with a not to exceed
ceiling.

Please review the attached SOW. **You must send questions electronically
to me at <Lesieur.lorraine@epa.gov> up until 4 PM EST May 19th**.
Questions received after that date will not be answered. All questions
must be sent electronically. Calls will not be accepted.

**Your quote is due to me electronically no later than 3 P.M. on May
29th.**

Page restriction: The technical portion of the quote (Corporate
Experience, Key Personnel, Technical Approach) is limited to 12 pages
single sided or 6 pages double sided---no less than 10 font size. The
price portion of your quote is not included in the page count. You may
use as many pages as needed for that portion of your quote.

The quotes will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

**Corporate Experience**

-   Profiles of key staff;

-   Military-related experience as it relates to the statement of work;

-   Environment-related experience as it relates to the statement of
    work, particularly with high Global Warming Potential ozone
    depleting substances, energy efficiency and climate change

-   Experience working with public and government organizations in the
    EC, particularly France, and developing countries, particularly
    India or China.

**Key Personnel:**

-   Knowledge of ozone depleting substances and greenhouse gases,
    particularly those used in military applications

-   Knowledge of international military activity to reduce greenhouse
    gas emissions

-   Writing and editing experience

-   Ability to communicate in multiple languages, particularly English
    and French

-   Demonstrated ability to find and recruit international experts as
    related to the Statement of Work

-   Experience developing curriculum materials

-   Experience putting on conference series

**Technical Approach:**

Contractor will be rated on how it plans to execute the SOW, by task.
The technical approach should include a milestone schedule with primary
and supporting tasks.

**Price:**

This will be a fixed rate, T&M order, with a not to exceed ceiling.
Provide a quote listing number of hours and labor categories per task.
Include other direct costs such as travel costs, conference fees, etc.
and G&A rate.

The government will award this order to the small business contractor
whose quote conforms to this request and is deemed to be the best value
to the government. All evaluation factors other than price, when
combined, are more important than price. All non-price factors are
weighted equally.

**Clauses inserted by reference:**

FAR clause 52.212-4 Alt I Terms and Conditions, Commercial Items

FAR clause 52.219-28 Post Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation

FAR clause 52.219-6 Notice of Total Small Business Set Aside

Provisions applicable to this quote:

FAR 52.219-1

**Small Business Program Representations (May 2004)**

\(a\)

> \(1\) The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code
> for this acquisition is 541620*.*
>
> \(2\) The small business size standard is \$6.5M.
>
> \(3\) The small business size standard for a concern which submits an
> offer in its own name, other than on a construction or service
> contract, but which proposes to furnish a product which it did not
> itself manufacture, is 500 employees.

\(b\) *Representations*.

> \(1\) The offeror represents as part of its offer that it \* is, \* is
> not a small business concern.
>
> \(2\) \[*Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small
> business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.*\] The offeror
> represents, for general statistical purposes, that it \* is, \* is
> not, a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR
> 124.1002.
>
> \(3\) \[*Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small
> business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.*\] The offeror
> represents as part of its offer that it \* is, \* is not a women-owned
> small business concern.
>
> \(4\) \[*Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small
> business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.*\] The offeror
> represents as part of its offer that it \* is, \* is not a
> veteran-owned small business concern.
>
> \(5\) \[*Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a
> veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (b)(4) of this
> provision.*\] The offeror represents as part of its offer that is \*
> is, \* is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
>
> \(6\) \[*Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a small
> business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision*.\] The offeror
> represents, as part of its offer, that --
>
> \(i\) It \* is, \* is not a HUBZone small business concern listed, on
> the date of this representation, on the List of Qualified HUBZone
> Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business
> Administration, and no material change in ownership and control,
> principal office, or HUBZone employee percentage has occurred since it
> was certified by the Small Business Administration in accordance with
> 13 CFR part 126; and
>
> \(ii\) It \* is, \* is not a joint venture that complies with the
> requirements of 13 CFR part 126, and the representation in paragraph
> (b)(6)(i) of this provision is accurate of the HUBZone small business
> concern or concerns that are participating in the joint venture.
> \[*The offeror shall enter the name or names of the HUBZone small
> business concern or concerns that are participating in the joint
> venture: \_*\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.\] Each HUBZone small business
> concern participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate
> signed copy of the HUBZone representation.

\(c\) *Definitions*. As used in this provision\--

> "Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern"---
>
> \(1\) Means a small business concern---
>
> \(i\) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more
> service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned
> business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by
> one or more service-disabled veterans; and
>
> \(ii\) The management and daily business operations of which are
> controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of
> a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the
> spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.
>
> \(2\) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38
> U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined
> in 38 U.S.C. 101(16).
>
> "Small business concern," means a concern, including its affiliates,
> that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of
> operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and
> qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121
> and the size standard in paragraph (a) of this provision.
>
> "Veteran-owned small business concern" means a small business
> concern---
>
> \(1\) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more
> veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any
> publicly owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of
> which is owned by one or more veterans; and
>
> \(2\) The management and daily business operations of which are
> controlled by one or more veterans.
>
> "Women-owned small business concern," means a small business concern
> \--
>
> \(1\) That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in
> the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the
> stock of which is owned by one or more women; and
>
> \(2\) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by
> one or more women.

\(d\) *Notice*.

> \(1\) If this solicitation is for supplies and has been set aside, in
> whole or in part, for small business concerns, then the clause in this
> solicitation providing notice of the set-aside contains restrictions
> on the source of the end items to be furnished.
>
> \(2\) Under 15 U.S.C. 645(d), any person who misrepresents a firm's
> status as a small, HUBZone small, small disadvantaged, or women-owned
> small business concern in order to obtain a contract to be awarded
> under the preference programs established pursuant to section 8(a),
> 8(d), 9, or 15 of the Small Business Act or any other provision of
> Federal law that specifically references section 8(d) for a definition
> of program eligibility, shall \--
>
> \(i\) Be punished by imposition of fine, imprisonment, or both;
>
> \(ii\) Be subject to administrative remedies, including suspension and
> debarment; and
>
> \(iii\) Be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under
> the authority of the Act.