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R -- CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE SUPPORT FOR THE TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA) CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES INVENTORY Sol. D40143M1. Due 040495. Contact Sandra Febach, (202) 260-2332, Contracting Officer, Tim Farris, (202) 260-8588. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate a contract with Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) of the American Chemical Society to provide support for EPA's review of commerial chemical substances. The authority for other than full and open competition is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1). Period of performance will be sixty (60) months, including a base period from 07/01/95 through 09/30/96 (15 months); one (1) two-year option period from 10/01/96 through 09/30/98 (24 months); and a second option period 01/01/98 through 06/30/2000 (21 months). It is expected that the type of contract will be cost-plus-fixed fee. Under the proposed contract, the contractor shall be responsible for providing chemical expertise in assisting EPA in making chemical identity determinations of the commercial chemicals. Specifically, the contractor shall uniquely identify each chemical with the most correct and unambiguous Chemical Abstracts Index Name, and assign, wherever appropriate, a Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Registry Number, as well as other appropriate chemical data including chemical structures, chemical synonyms, and molecular formulae, in accordance with EPA's established policies and practices of how similar substances are represented on the TSCA Inventory. The contractor shall assist the office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) in resolving technical problems associated with the identification of the various types of commercial chemicals. The contractor shall be responsible for the continued development and maintenance of the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory by adding to it newly manufactured chemicals approved by OPPT, and be ensuring that each substance added to the Inventory is identified in a manner consistent with how similar chemicals are represented on the Inventory. The contractor shall also be responsible for providing expert advice to assist OPPT in developing policies on the classification and identification of commercial chemicals. See Note 22. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered by the agency. (047)

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