Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program Fiscal Year 1998 Minority Contractors Utilization Report

Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 14:51:25 -0500
To: "AO - All Administrative Officers"<distribution>
From: "Alice A. Sabatini, Division Administrative Officer, WRD" <aasabati>
Subject: EPA Superfund Minority Business Report Reply Required by
  November 9, 1998


In Reply Refer To:				
Mail Stop 442


						October 30, 1998


				MEMORANDUM

To:         	All WRD Administrative Officers

From:       	Alice A. Sabatini
	     	Administrative Officer

Subject:    	Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Program
Fiscal Year 1998 Minority Contractors Utilization Report

                 	RESPONSE DUE BY NOVEMBER 9, 1998

In accordance with Public Law 99-499, EPA is required to report to 
Congress regarding minority contractor utilization and minority outreach 
activities.  Public Law 102-389 requires that 8 percent of all contract 
dollors obligated under superfund be awarded to disadvantaged businesses 
to the fullest extent possible.  The goal includes any and all EPA 
dollars transferred to another Federal Agency, including both "Superfund" 
and "Non-Superfund" projects.  If there are projects using a mixture of 
DOI and EPA funds, these should also be reported.

The "Superfund" report should include all awards to minority business, 
made with EPA funds against any fiscal year 1998 interagency agreement 
between EPA and your cost center.  These awards include any contract, 
purchase order, grant and/or cooperative agreement issued by either a 
warranted contracting officer in the field or in one of the regional 
acquisition offices.  If you are not sure whether a particular firm is 
minority owned, report the award and the Office of Acquisition and 
Federal Assistance will investigate the firm's status.  This report should 
contain the following award information:

	-- Contractor's name, address, and phone number;

	-- Type of contractor (small, disadvantaged, and/or woman-owned 
	business);
	
	-- Contract or purchase order number;

	-- Description of product or services acquired;

	-- Date of award and duration and 

	-- Dollar amount of award


Report the same information for "Non-Superfund" agreements but also 
include those awards to women owned firms and minority firms.

Please provide this information to Toni Brenner (ebrenner), no later than 
Monday, November 9, 1998.  A negative reply is requested.  Thanks for 
your assistance in this matter; we apologize for the short response time.