SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- SOURCES SOUGHT
- Notice Date
- 2/10/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Administrative Placement Section, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Washington, DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-04-00095
- Response Due
- 2/20/2004
- Archive Date
- 3/20/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Jennifer Johnson, Purchasing Agent, Phone (202) 564-4733
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(johnson.jennifer@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541620 EPA is seeking small businesses capable of providing the services described below. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL OR COST PROPOSAL. This is a request for a technical capability statement from small businesess capable of providing a training workshop to 20-30 EPA staff on the use of ecological population modeling in ecological risk assessments for hazardous waste sites. The technical statement shall not exceed 3 single-spaced pages. The training workshop will address the following 6 modules. 1). Introduction to population modeling. This module should provide trainees with a basic understanding of the theory, concepts and approaches available for modeling populations of wildlife, plants and acquatic life. Our intention is to focus on the specific considerations, methodological options, and decision criteria that are unique to population-level assessments. 2). Review of available data. This module should survey the range of available population modeling approaches, from simple, heuristic models with few assumptions and data needs, to complex situationally-dependent models that require detailed knowledge of the species and spatal context within which the model is applied. Population models that can use the results of toxicity tests to predict population growth rate, age structure, and other population-level attributes, as well as metapopulation and spatially-explicit indivudal based models that yield predictions of population abundance in time and space must be addressed. 3). Data Requirements. This module should address the informational requirements of the models described in Moudule #2 and describe laboraory and field-based methods for obtaining required data. 4). This module should describe how uncertainty and variability in model input parameters can be addressed using models that incorporate stochasticity, and sensitivity analyses that can be used to focus additional research efforts on reducing uncertainties in the most important variables. It should also describe approaches for communicating uncertainty in model output. 5). This module should present methods for estimating population-level response and quantifying variability from stress-response relationships derived from toxicity tests or field gradient analyses. It should include descriptions of the types of information needed and methods available for understanding population-level effects in heterogeneous landscapes. 6). Hands-on demonstration for meeting participants. This module should provide hands-on demonstration for 20-30 participants at the vendor's facilities or a site to accommodate 20-30 participants in Washington, DC or Reserch Triangle Park, North Carolina. The technical capability statement must also include a brief description on experience in conducting courses on Ecology Population Modeling. The contractor is expected to be prepared to provide the training within 1 to 2 months after award of the Purchase Order. Prospective small businesses shall submit 2 copies of their technical capability statement not later than 02/20/04 to: Jennifer T. Johnson (3803R), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Telephonic responses will not be honored.
- Record
- SN00519956-W 20040212/040210212758 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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