U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (NCCM-MJ) Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

B -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR HEALTH AND RISK ASSESSMENT SOL D500590M1 DUE 011296 POC Kathy Moore, Contract Specialist (919) 541-3504/Janice White, Contracting Officer (919) 541-3504. PARTIAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC has a requirement for technical support for health and risk assessment. The contractor will provide technical services to support the development of national and geographically focused strategies and programs for air quality management based on assessments of health and ecological effects, exposure and risk, and economic impacts and benefits. Such assessments support the development of criteria pollutant ambient standards under Sections 109 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), programs and emission standards under Sections 111 and 112, and the integration of various aspects of the criteria pollutant and hazardous air pollutant programs in coordination with various EPA offices. With respect to the hazardous air pollutant program, the EPA conducts health and environmental effects evaluations in support of emission standards development, characterizes the nature and magnitude of the hazardous air pollutant program in the United States, and develops air toxics strategies. It is anticipated that solicitation D500590M1 will be released on or around December 12, 1995, and that proposals will be due approximately 30 days after issuance. Two contracts will be awarded as a result of this solicitation. It is anticipated that the resulting cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort type contracts will have a base period of twelve months, with four twelve month options. The total duration of each of the proposed contracts is sixty months. The first contract, which will be awarded on the basis of full and open competition, will have base quantities totalling 72,000 hours and option increases totalling 15,000 hours, for a total contract maximum of 87,000 hours. The second contract, which will be awarded as a 100% small business set-aside, will have base quantities totalling 48,000 hours and option increases totalling 10,000 hours, for a total contract maximum of 58,000 hours. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the solicitation by submitting a written request. Facsimilie and telephone requests will not e honored. A copy of the source list will be included with the solicitation. A limited number of copies is available. Only one copy shall be issued to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more geographic locations. Copies will be issued on a first come, first serve basis. The SIC Code for this procurement is 8748, with a size standard of $5 million. (0272)

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