Environmental Protection Agency Program Fiscal Year 1997 Minority Contractors Utilization Report

Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 15:11:13 -0400
To: "AO - All Administrative Officers"<distribution@usgs.gov
From: "Ruth C Hines, Secretary (OA), Reston, VA" <rchines (Ruth C. Hines)
Subject: Superfund Annual Report (Due 10-27-97)

In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 442


                              MEMORANDUM

                                                October 15, 1997

To:       All Administrative Officers

From:     Alice A. Sabatini
          Administrative Officer, Water Resources Division

Subject: Environmental Protection Agency Program Fiscal Year 1997 Minority
Contractors Utilization Report

                   REPLY REQUESTED BY OCTOBER 27, 1997

The Department of the Interior (DOI) has requested that we provide input to
the annual report on minority contracting activities using EPA funds. Public
Law 99-499 requires EPA to report to Congress regarding minority contractor
utilization and minority outreach activities while Public Law 102-389
requires that 8 percent of all contract dollars obligated under Superfund be
awarded to disadvantaged businesses to the fullest extent possible. This
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 reports should include all awards to minority businesses made
with EPA funds against any fiscal year 97 interagency agreement between EPA
and WRD. These awards include any contract, purchase order, grant, and/or
cooperative agreement issued by either a warranted contracting officer in
the
field or in some of the regional acquisition offices. If you are not sure
whether a particular firm is minority owned, report the award anyway, and it
will be investigated as to its status. Your response should include the
following:

1) Contractor's name, address, and phone number

2) Type of contractor (Small, disadvantaged, and/or woman-owned business

3) Contract or purchase order number

4) Description of project or services acquired

5) Data of award and duration

6) Dollar amount of award

You will need to report the same information for Non-Superfund agreements
but
also include those awards to woman-owned firms in addition to awards to
minority firms.

If your cost center has designated separate account for EPA obligations,
please provide this information as well. From this information, we can
obtain
the relevant award data needed to complete the report (EPA form 6005-3).

The report also asks us to identify any USGS efforts directed to increasing
minority business involvement in Superfund activities. Please provide any
information of any efforts that your cost center has made in this area.

Your response, including negative reports, is required by OCTOBER 27, 1997.
Please respond by email to Nancy Hill (njhill) by the requested date.




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* Alice A. Sabatini, Division Administrative Officer            *
* Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey        *
* 442 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive           *
* Reston, VA  20192  703-648-5027; fax 703-648-5295  *
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