RECOVERY - Technical and Engineering Assistance for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Water Projects in the District of Columbia

THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY NO SOLICITAION WILL BE ISSUED AGAINST THIS SYNOPSIS The purpose of this Modification 49 is to obligate $50,000 in new funding for Option Period 3 in support of Work Assignment 3-105. The period of performance for the new Work Assignment 3-105 is anticipated to be from April 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. Under WA 3-105, the contractor will provide needed technical and engineering support to EPA Region III in its oversight of DC in order to ensure successful implementation of the ARRA requirements for ARRA-funded DDOE CW projects. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) contains specific acquisition requirements that must be met when using appropriated funds from the Act, including the need for acquisitions to be in accordance with the FAR and, to the maximum extent practicable, awarded as fixed-price (FP) contracts using competitive procedures. However, the Office of Management and Budget's guidance allows for the use of other than FP contracts. Although the Agency's Office of Water (OW) contracts were not awarded as FP contracts, they were awarded competitively, and each contract structure was selected to provide the contractor with the greatest incentive for efficient and economical performance, given the types of services to be performed. The existing OW contracts have sufficient qualified acquisition personnel to provide appropriate contract administration and oversight to monitor contract performance to mitigate the Government's risk. In order to meet the requirements of the Act in the most prudent business manner within the time constraints imposed, existing OW contracts are the most appropriate contractual vehicles consistent with Agency plans that promote the goals of the ARRA.