Tennessee Valley Authority, Resource Group/Contract Administration, 5A Edney Building, 1101 Market Street Chattanooga TN 37402-2801

R -- CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT FOR TWO INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCES SOL RFP 95-95539V DUE 052295 POC Senior Contract Specialist: Cynthia S. Durbin Phone: (615) 751-6101 Fax Number: (615) 751-4948 The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) intends to purchase the following services by competitive negotiations: an organization to provide comprehensive management for two environmental conferences -- one in San Paulo, Brazil and the other in Santiago, Chile, during the first quarter of calendar year 1996. These conferences are sponsored in cooperation with the U.S. EPA and will focus on industrial pollution prevention and industrial hazardous waste clean-up, treatment, and disposal of identified environmental problems. (Municipal solid waste and sanitation problems are not the focus of these conferences and will not be addressed.) The top industrial environmental problems in each country will be identified by TVA, EPA and other national and international organizations. The conference manager will arrange subcontracts for the various organizations that will assist TVA and EPA in acquiring the information to identify the environmental problems in each country. TVA and EPA will also identify and select conference presenters for each of these environmental problems. The conference manager will then contract with these presenters for their services. These conferences will have concurrent sessions, covering the identified environmental problems, to meet the needs of both technical experts and policy makers. There will also be an exhibition of U.S. equipment and consulting services utilizing the approaches discussed during the conference. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS The proposer must have proven capabilities in the following: (a) planning and executing conferences on complex technical and policy issues; (b) planning and executing conferences outside the United States; (c) arranging trade shows and other exhibitions of equipment and consulting services; (d) working with governmental agencies in developing countries; (e) document development of technical monographs and the capability to replicate and spread conference results electronically. The proposer must also have: (f) permanent representation in Washington, D.C. for regular contact with U.S. Govenment agencies and foreign embassies; (g) strong ties to environmental export industry; (h) onsite representation in Brazil and Chile; (i) a demonstrated record of completed projects involving industrial pollution prevention and hazardous waste clean-up, disposal and treatment in developing countries; (j) a broad substantive knowledge, practical experience, and contacts with regard to environmental problem solving in the United States and abroad, and with regard to identifying and reporting on innovative U.S. environmental technologies suitable for application to specific environmental problems. Experience with South American environmental, sustainable development, economic, and political issues is also highly desirable. The conference manager will be required to: coordinate conference schedules and work plans; work with TVA/EPA program managers in compiling environmental needs assessments and disseminate this information to the presenters prior to the conferences; organize exhibition plan and promotion of exhibitor participation; arrange all local support services; organize travel, lodging, hospitality arrangements; prepare speaker invitations and preparation of papers; prepare exhibitor promotion plan and literature, and sell exhibitor space directly to defined target industry; prepare budget and monthly financial reports; manage translation of papers and arrange shipment to conference locations; prepare publicity plans and arrange press coverage of the events. The solicitations will issue approximately 15 days after the date of CBD publication to selected qualified sources. Interested proposers should submit their requests for proposal specifications, including proof of minimum qualifications, in writing within 15 days of the publication date of this CBD notice. No proposal requests will be accepted after that time. Requests for solicitation should be sent to Cynthia S. Durbin, Senior Contract Specialist, Tennessee Valley Authority, 1101 Market Street, 5A Edney Building, Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801. (0123)

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