Alliant Techsystems Incorporated, Allegany Ballistics Laboratory, P.O. Box 210, State Route 956, Rocket Center, WV 26726

H -- ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT. SOL PHC-178. Due 101695. Contact Point, Patrick H. Cunningham, 304/726-5047. The WV Division of Environmental Protection (DEP) Office of Air Quality (OAQ) has required Alliant Techsystems to complete an ecological risk assessment of the current burning ground operations as partial fulfillment of the permitting requirements of our RCRA Subpart X permit application. The enforcement mechanism for this requirement is a Consent Order that was signed by Alliant on June 14, 1995. The risk assessment must be completed by 12/31/95 to satisfy the Consent Order stipulations. Scope - The Contractor shall perform a quantitative ecological risk assessment in support of a RCRA Subpart X permit application for the open burn operation. The risk assessment will estimate the open burn operation's effects on wildlife and plant populations. To accompish this, the contractor shall: 1) identify ecological receptors, both aquatic and terrestrial, in the area potentially affected by the open burn operation, 2) characterize emissions from the open burn operation, 3) model environmental transport of contaminants from those emissions, 4) quantify the exposure and uptake of those contaminants by the species of concern, and 5) compare the results to available toxicological data for the species of concern. Technical Qualifications - The contractor must have experience in performing quantitative ecological risk assessments for sources of airborne contaminants using empirically-derived emissions factors and sophisticated dispersion and deposition modeling. The contractor's experience must include assessments of effects at the individual organism, population, and ecosystem levels. The contractor must have performed at least 20 ecological risk assessments that included airborne exposures and at least 12 of which must have been conducted in support of RCRA permit applications (e.g. locations standards demonstrations). Since this ecological risk assessment may be used to support permitting of the OB area at least 6 of the ecological risk assessments must have been conducted in support of RCRA Subpart X permit applications for open burn and/or open detonation facilities. The contractor must have successfully secured at least two RCRA Subpart X permits for open burn/open detonation (OB/OD) facilities. Personnel Qualifications - Key personnel proposed to conduct this work should have demonstrated experience in the areas requested in this solicitation. Specifically, they should have direct relevant experience in conducting ecological risk assessments, risk-based decision making, OB grounds characterization, and a working knowledge of RCRA Subpart X and its permitting process. This will be a negotiated procurement. Firms responding to this announcement must be prepared to accept the aforementioned as a part of their contract responsibility. Type of contract: Firm Fixed Price. This contract is being solicited on an unrestricted basis. Firms responding to this advertisement are requested to do so in writing with two copies of a statement of qualifcations. The statement of qualifications should clearly indicate the location of the office where the work will be performed, the qualifications of the individuals anticipated to work on the contract, and their geograpic location. The contract award will be based on technical merit, schedule for completion, and overall cost. The relative weighting for these categories will be determined using guidelines previously established for weighting criteria. Firms responding by 4:00 P.M. (local time), September 18, 1995 will be considered. Late responses will not be accepted. Neither hand carried nor facsimile responses will be accepted. Ths is not a request for proposal. (240)

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