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

B -- ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, VERIFICATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION SUPPORT SOL C500332T1 POC Contracting Officer, Sandra V. Savage, (513)366-2046 The U.S. EPA is developing a number of programs designed to advance environmental protection through innovative technology development and to increase the global marketability of U.S. environmental technology. These programs are being developed pursuant to the President's Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI) and in anticipation of related legislation. The Office of Research and Development (ORD) requires a contractor to provide technical support to EPA in its execution of programs which foster environmental technology development, demonstration, verification, and commercialization (both domestically and internationally). The contractor will be required to perform the following tasks: gather information which will allow EPA to assess the national and global markets for various types of environmental technology and to assess the appropriateness of technologies for participation in EPA's environmental technology programs; provide technical support for identifying, monitoring, and assessing technology verification and incubation facilities; screen candidates for the programs; provide technical support for the development of standardized test protocols and guidelines; provide technical support for the development of test plans and quality assurance project plans; provide sampling and analysis support; perform the technical evaluation of technologies selected by EPA (including international demonstrations); conduct cost analyses of select technologies; disseminate program information to target U.S. and international groups; provide business/management support; and track environmental technology innovation activities. Projects will be spec;ified under a level of effort contract and may require simultaneous work on multiple work assignments, each having multiple tasks. These work assignments will typically have differing levels of effort, degrees of complexity, and nature of deliverables and schedules. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort term type contract is contemplated with a 12-month base term, plus two (2) 12-month options to extend the term. The base level of effort for each term is approximately 40,000 direct labor hours. Options to increase the level of effort within each term by up to 60,000 direct labor hours will also be included. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be evaluated by EPA in accordance with technical evaluation criteria specified in the RFP. REQUESTS FOR RFP C500332T1 MUST BE IN WRITING. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED. (0072)

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