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R -- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS FOR POLLUTION PREVENTION AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES SOL W501127B1 DUE 052696. POC Contracting Officer, Linda Jordan, (202) 260-9690. The following synopsis appeared in the CBD on 10/30/95. it is being synopsized again to notify prospective offerors that hard copies of the RFP will not be mailed out. Rather, the RFP will be made available through the Internet and will appear at the EPA Contracts Internet site on or around 4/25/96. The EPA site is WWW.EPA.GOV. Contracts is the 10th item down. Information on this procurement will be listed in Current Procurements, under the title ``Economic Analysis for Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances, RFP #W501127B1.'' The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a contractor with expertise in environmental economics, chemical industry economics and the environmental sciences: to perform economic, financial, and market analysis related to toxic chemicals and products of biotechnology; to perform benefit/cost analysis of EPA regulatory and non-regulatory actions taken under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), the Pollution Prevention Act, and other environmental laws; and to conduct surveys. Expertise in benefit-cost analysis, industrial organization, financial analysis, business administration, statistics, econometrics, surveys, chemical engineering, and environmental risk assessment will be required to perform work assignments under this level-of effort contract. TSCA CBA clearance is required. The period of performance will be a 12-month base period, beginning on or about 10/1/96, with four option years. Base level of effort per year is 12,000 hours with up to 6,000 optional hours for an estimated total of 90,000 hours. It is anticipated that the type of contract will be cost-plus-fixed-fee. Companies who have already indicated interest in writing need not resubmit a request to be place on the bidders list. Companies responding for the first time may do so via E-Mail at JORDAN.LINDA@epamail.epa.gov. (092)

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