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A -- TECH. SUPPORT FOR THE EVALUATION OF TECHNOLOGIES FOR REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND OIL SPILLS SOL CI97-10320 POC Mike Hennessey 513-366-2032 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Contracts Management Division Cincinnati, http://www.epa.gov.oam.cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: RFP CI10320, hennessey.mike@epamail.epa.gov. The contractor will provide technical support to the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) in the conduct of on-site and off-site research to characterize the types and extent of hazardous waste contamination in the environment and to develop, evaluate, and demonstrate processes, technologies, and approaches for remediating the contamination and restoring the ecosystem. Research studies are conducted in the areas of bioremediation, thermal remediation, and physical/chemical remediation. Research encompasses bench-, pilot-, and field-scale projects designed to provide practical multimedia solutions to environmental contamination (organic and inorganic) occurring in surface and subsurface soils, sediments, watersheds, riparian zones (marine and freshwater), the atmosphere, and industrial discharges of all types. The Contractor shall furnish personnel and services necessary to conduct the research work in this Statement of Work (SOW). Services shall be performed at the Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (AWBERC), satellite EPA facilities, Contractor facilities, or field sites depending on the specific task, EPA's requirements, and/or the Contractor's recommendations as approved by EPA. Types of research include laboratory, bench, and pilot treatability studies on remediation and containment of soluble, partially soluble, and insoluble semivolatile organic hazardous waste chemicals; petroleum products including crude, refined, and edible oils; dense and light nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs and LNAPLs); inorganics such as metals, acids, and bases; solid waste including yard wastes, paper, and garbage; and gas-phase chemicals such as volatile and semivolatile aliphatic and aromatic solvents. Subject matrices contaminated with such chemicals include aqueous environments (surface waters and groundwaters), inland and riparian saturated and unsaturated soils of all kinds, landfills, and air. The Contractor shall provide technical support in the conduct of experiments to determine the kinetics of degradation, including differentiating between biodegradative loss and physical/chemical loss mechanisms, of the chemicals defined in the specific work assignments. The Contractor shall also design and develop laboratory-, bench-, and/or pilot-scale equipment and reactors or microcosms and pilot-scale mesocosms simulating a broad range of ecosystems including wetlands (both freshwater and saltwater), landfills, beaches, aquifers, surface and subsurface soils, woodlands and grasslands, lakes, and streams for the purpose of evaluating and statistically comparing the effectiveness of various methods of remediation and ecosystem restoration. The contract will have a 12-month base period with two 12-month options. The on-site requirement will be nine manyears with options for up to 10 additional manyears during each period. The off-site requirement will be 3,000 hours with options for an additional 30,000 hours during each period. The solicitation will be available about 5/1/97. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. (0052)

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