Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, 26 W Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268-7001

B -- IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS SUPERVISION PROGRAM Sol C500188T1. Contact Point, Richard A Makepeace, (513) 366-2044. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cincinnati Contracts Management Division and the Office of Water, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water have a requirement for technical assistance and support services connected with the implementation of the Public Water Systems Supervision (PWSS) Program. The required support services will cover such activities as State primacy oversight, compliance information collection and analysis, mobilization/State capacity, training, enforcement, regulatory development and direct program implementation. The contract will require superior levels of technical expertise in the fields of Science, Systems Analysis, and Engineering. The proposed action will be conducted by a Cost Plus Fixed Fee, Level of Effort contract and will have a base period consisting of 12 months with four serial options of 12 months each for a total potential performance period of five years. The base period, and each serial option, will consist of an estimated 45,000 direct labor hours. Each contract period will have an option for an additional 22,500 direct labor hours. A solicitation is expected to be released in the later half of March, 1995. All responsible sources who submit a proposal will be considered by the agency. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing; no telephone requests will be honored. (044)

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