U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268-7001

A -- ON-SITE TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, CORVALLIS, OREGON (ERL-C) SOL C500182T1 POC Contact Point, J. Deanna Easley, (513)366-2027, Contracting Officer, Ruby Sugg, (513)366-2146 The U.S. EPA requires contractor services to provide technical support for research activities at the Environmental Research Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon (ERL-C). The contractor shall provide technical support both on-site at ERL-C and at off-site and remote field sites in support of various environmental research programs assigned to the ERL-C. Technical support tasks include technical review of programs involved with aquatic, watershed, and forest effects programs; air pollution and global climate change; literature search and maintenance of information systems; operation of field exposure facility, field enclosures and ponds, greenhouse and nursery site; rearing, collecting and enumeration of invertebrate species for use in terrestrial systems; conducting plant exposure to determine the effects of pollutants on key plant processes and plant quality; conducting chemical and biological assays of hazardous waste samples and toxic sediments; operation of the global change research facility and providing organic and inorganic chemical analysis utilizing state-of-the-art equipment. The personnel shall encompass various scientific disciplines and will require highly competent and experienced scientific and technical personnel in the following areas: analytical/physical/organic chemistry, plant physiology, wildlife biology, botany, forest ecology, hydrology, soil microbiology, toxicology, biostatistics, geographers, data management specialist, and biological/physical science technicians. The contractor shall provide a staff of 78 full-time personnel to work on-site at ERL-C utilizing government furnished equipment and facilities. In addition, the Government shall have the option to increase the base staff by up to 50% of the base requirement during each term. The Government anticipates a cost plus award fee, level of effort, term type contract with the contract term extending from date of award through 9/30/97. The maximum period of performance is 60 months. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be evaluated by the Agency in accordance with the technical evaluation criteria specified in the RFP. The SIC code for this solicitation is 8742 ($5 million). When requesting an RFP, all firms are requested to identify their size and socioeconomic status as follows: LARGE BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS, or SMALL DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS. All requests for a copy of the solicitation must be in writing; no telephone requests will be honored. (0032)

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