US Env. Protection Agency, CMD-RTP MD-33 (NCCM-KG), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

A -- DEMONSTRATION OF THE ADHESIVES ALTERNATIVES GUIDE SOL FM6035 POC Karen Z. Gibson, Contract Specialist (919) 541-4556/Vickie Presnell, Contracting Officer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to negotiate sole source with Southern Research Institute for the demonstration of the Adhesives Alternatives Guide (AAGE). AAGE provides information on the formulation and use of low and no volatile organic compound (VOC) substitutes for conventional solvent based adhesives. The contractor shall develop additional information on the selection and use of adhesives in the manufacturing of other consumer and commercial products, shall demonstrate how these additional and existing information is structured in the AAGE, and shall provide hardcopy(including computer disks) documentation of AAGE. The contractor shall provide detailed updates on the beta test version of AAGE written in Foxpro 2.6 for Windows software, its source code, documentation, and background reports. The contractor shall demonstrate the structure of AAGE by showing how its databases are interlinked and can be functionally and serviceably displayed by Foxpro's various query techniques. EPA believes that Southern Research Institute is the only company capable of satisfying the requirement listed above. This requirement is a follow-on to contract 68D20062 with Southern Research Institute. AAGE was developed entirely under this contract. Under contract 68D20062 Southern Research Institute developed the structure and test version of the AAGE. Southern Research Institute has access to all the personnel who developed the data and computer code for AAGE. Any other firm would have to spend substantial amount of time and effort to reach the level of expertise which Southern Research Institute now holds. Southern Research Institute has developed a user friendly structure for the AAGE, and has submitted a beta test version that includes the tape and label and the roofing industries and several product sectors of other industrial categories. Specific qualification requirements for the work to be performed are as follows: 1)a minimum of 1 journeyman with undergraduate degrees in a field of science with a minimum of 2 years experience in measurements of volatile organic chemical emissions from industrial processes (molding, adhesives, coating and finishing, etc.) and a minimum of 6 months experience with Foxpro for Windows, 2) a minimum of 1 senior management person with a graduate degree in a field of science with a minimum of 10 years experience in a combination of the above fields of which 5 years must be in a management or supervisory capacity, 3) a computer programmer with a minimum of 2 years experience programming in Foxpro for Windows. Interested parties who believe they can provide the required services should submit their qualifications in writing within 15 days. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0136)

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