Opportunity: SBIR PHASE II COMMERCIALIZATION OPTIONS NOI

NOTICE OF INTENT FOR SOLE SOURCE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in Research Triangle Park, NC, intends to award four (4) sole source purchase orders under authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures to four (4) companies to procure Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Commercialization Options. The four (4) companies (listed below) were all awarded Phase II SBIR contracts under solicitation SOL-NC-14-00003. SBIR Phase II contracts have two objectives. The first is to continue the R&D initiated under Phase I, and take it at least through full-scale testing of the technology. The second is to work with partners, investors, and customers to fully commercializing the technology and obtain widespread utilization. The U.S. EPA committed funds and intended to exercise the Commercialization Options but did not complete the modifications prior to the expiration of the Four Phase II SBIR contracts. The Commercialization Options are required to meet the second objective of the SBIR Phase II contracts. Four (4) SBIR Phase II Contracts and Companies: ¿ EP-D-15-005 Ecovative Design, LLC ¿ EP-D-15-006 EP Purification, Inc. ¿ EP-D-15-008 Imaging Systems Technology, Inc. ¿ EP-D-15-010 Instrumental Polymer Technologies, LLC The circumstance permitting is FAR 13.106-1 (b) "Soliciting from a single source". All interested parties who believe they can provide the required items should fully explain their capabilities and qualifications in writing within 15 days from the date of this announcement and provide itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. The intent of this notice is to determine if any other source(s) exist, and therefore, no solicitation is available. Consequently, anyone failing to provide the aforementioned and instead chooses to merely submit a routine letter requesting a copy of the statement of work or more information about the project will be ignored. The information received to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct a competitive procurement. Please submit response ONLY to Jeffery Clodfelter at Clodfelter.Jeffery@epa.gov. No telephone or faxed requests will be honored.