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Title: 70--Manage Toxic Substances (MTS) system for New Chemical Submissions - PR-HQ-09-11567
Updated: April 16, 2009
Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters Procurement Operations Division (3803R) 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20460
Status Updates:
April 16, 2009 - Questions and Answers to the MTS anouncement are posted below.
March 26, 2009 - RFI: Manage Toxic Substances (MTS) System 03/24/2009 - 04/10/2009, PR-HQ-09-11567 has been altered as follows:
- This RFI has been altered to include the following extensions: Questions should be submitted no later than 4:00 EST April 1, 2009; Responses should be submitted no later than 4:00 EST April 10, 2009.
Response Date: 4:00 EST April 10, 2009
This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP). In accordance with FAR 15.209(c), responses to this RFI are not offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form an agreement of binding contract of any nature.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will not award a contract based on this RFI. All information solicited and received in this Request for Information (RFI), will be treated as information only. Responses to this RFI will not be returned. Respondents are advised to not include any confidential business information with a response as the government does not guarantee confidentiality of the information received. The purpose of this RFI is to gather government, industry and public comment from all interested parties. The EPA OPPT is seeking comments, suggestions, recommendations and creative input for the development of a potential solution to manage data and documents, including electronic filings submitted to EPA by the chemical industry under authority of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Initial focus of the solution shall be for Section 5, New chemicals submissions. More information on TSCA section 5 may be found at:http://www.epa.gov/biotech_rule/pubs/submain.htm
March 26, 2009 - RFI: Manage Toxic Substances (MTS) System 03/24/2009 - 04/10/2009, PR-HQ-09-11567 has been altered as follows:
- This RFI has been altered to include the following extensions: Questions should be submitted no later than 4:00 EST April 1, 2009; Responses should be submitted no later than 4:00 EST April 10, 2009.
Detailed information on the request is provided below:
The point of contact for this request is Contract Specialist Janet Bowman, at bowman.janet@epa.gov