U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCPB Superfund Procurement (3805F), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

R -- EMRAD RISK ASSESSMENT SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR THE OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE SOL SOL PR- HQ-97-10748 POC Lynette Gallion, Contracting Officer, (202)260-9791 or Alice Davis, Contract Specialist, (202) 260-8482 WEB: EMRAD RISK ASSESSMENT SUPPORT CONTRACT FOR THE OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE, http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/gallion/hq9710748/index.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact lynette gallion, the contracting officer, gallion.lynette@epamail.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires technical support in assessing the risks in carrying out the hazardous and non-hazardous waste and related environmental programs implemented by the Office of Solid Waste (OSW). The OSW is involved in a variety of activities to support and develop hazardous waste regulations identifying waste, and other aspects of 40 CFR 257 to 265. The regulations promulgated under Section 3001, Subtitle C of RCRA (40 CFR 260 and 261) establish the framework and the means by which to identify hazardous wastes. The proposed acquisition, "EMRAD Risk Assessment Support Contract", will provide support for the OSW to act on RCRA hazardous waste program implementation issues and to provide regulatory support. Such support is in the following areas: 1) technical and regulatory support; 2) toxicological studies; 3) information gathering/analysis; 4) document preparation; and 5) other technical support. The anticipated level-of-effort provides for a two-year base period of 40,000 direct labor hours in the base quantity, with optional quantities potentially totaling 20,000 direct labor hours; and three one-year option periods of 20,000 direct labor hours each in the base quantity, with optional quantities potentially totaling 10,000 hours for each option period. The total potential level-of-effort is 150,000 direct labor hours. The purpose of this CBD announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirement, generate the source list, and to direct interested parties to the EPA's "Doing Business with EPA" Internet World Wide Web site at http://www.epa.gov/oam for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. The RFP, amendments and other related items for this procurement will be posted on this Web site and can be downloaded. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list via Internet E-mail as stated below, via facsimile to (202) 260-6206, or to the mailing address that follows: U.S. EPA, 401 M St. SW, Superfund/RCRA ProcurementOperations Division, Headquarters Contract Service Center, Superfund Procurement (3805F), Washington, DC 20460-0001, ATTN: Lynette Gallion. Hard copies of the RFP, amendments and other related items will not be provided without written certification that internet capability is unavailable. Interested parties must submit this written certification via E-mail or facsimile stating such to Lynette Gallion so that hard copies of these documents may be provided. LINKURL: http://www.epa.gov/oam EMAILADD: gallion.lynette@epamail.gov. (0093)

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