SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Technical Support For Coastal Pollution Issues
- Notice Date
- 10/28/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-02-11065
- Point of Contact
- RENITA A. TYUS, Contract Specialist, Phone: (513) 487-2094, E-Mail: tyus.renita@epa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The EPA has a requirement for technical support for coastal pollution issues. This requires experience in specific program areas, including the National Estuary Program, coastal watersheds, ocean disposal, pollution control, technology transfer, smart growth, marine debris, coral reefs, invasive species, and impact assessments and monitoring of marine discharges/coastal waters. This program supports the Office of Water, Oceans and Coastal Protection Division (OCPD), in Washington, DC. OCPD operates under the following legislation: the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act; Clean Water Act, National Estuary Program; Marine Plastics Pollution Research and Control Act; Water Resources Development Act; Shore Protection Act; Clean Vessel Act; National Environmental Policy Act; Clean Air Act. The contractor shall provide personnel and services in support of activities such as: studying individual pollution problems and pollution impacts, compliance information collection and analysis, data collection and analysis, training, enforcement, regulatory development and direct program implementation; health risk assessments of the consumption of chemically contaminated fish or shellfish from shallow waters, oversee dredging operations of contaminated sediment and analysis of the spectrum of floatable aquatic debris, its possible sources on land through its transport via runoff. Examples of the types of activities the contractor shall perform and expertise required under this contract are as follows. (A) Expert knowledge and experience taking surface water samples and debris, water column, benthic, sediment, and biological matter samples; implementing field sampling programs and surveys; conducting on-shore and on-ship physical, chemical and biological analyses of samples (e.g., air, biota, debris, water, tissue, and sediment) obtained during survey cruises and studies of the environment and the contractor may be required to design, fabricate, and test specialized (often one-of-a kind) hardware needed during air, water microlayer, water, and biota sampling and analysis tasks. (B) Extensive experience and expertise analyzing water pollution factors and other environmental factors that contribute to water pollution, and provide technical support in assessing and predicting the effects of these factors on the environment, and on plant, animal and human health. (C) Extensive experience and expertise in examining the spectrum of floatable aquatic debris, including its possible sources on land, through its transport via runoff, storm drains, and other means to the various waterbodies, such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and estuaries. (D) Expertise in studying the effects of material disposed in the ocean, including the manner in which the material disperses and its immediate and long term effects on the environment. (E) Expertise in organizing and facilitating the accessibility of the data gathered during performance of this contract. This support area will serve to organize the data so it can be used to predict pollution impacts, short-term and long-term environmental effects, and successful control strategies that could lessen the environmental impacts. (G) Expertise and experience in arranging public outreach and facilitating, and preparing final reports for meetings, workshops, conferences and training for the development, facilitation, and conducting technical and management workshops, public briefings, and conferences related to OCPD program responsibilities and objectives. (H) Expertise in peer review and/or expert technical review of documents or products developed by EPA. (I) Expertise in evaluating the possible ways to reduce water pollution at its source, as well as economic and other incentives to encourage minimizing pollution. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort (LOE) contract is anticipated. The period of performance is estimated at one 12 month base period plus four option periods of 12 months each. The total amount of LOE for all periods and all options is estimated at 220,000 hours. Solicitation PR-CI-02-11065 will only be released through the Internet. It may be accessed through the EPA's home page at the following address: www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is anticipated that this solicitation will be released in November 2002.
- Web Link
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The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
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