U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

B -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE AMBIENT AIR MONITORING PROGRAM, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES SOL PR-NC-97-10161 POC Sandra Holland, Contract Specialist, 919-541-2213 or Sue Miller, Contracting Officer, 919-541-2213 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting offficer via e-mail, HOLLAND.SANDRA@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for regulatory and programmatic support for the ambient air monitoring activities. The successful offeror will provide technical assistance to support the ambient air monitoring and related quality assurance program, including the development of reports relating to ambient air monitoring, the completion of ambient air monitoring network assessments, the development and revision of EPA guidance documentation and technical reports, the development of training materials and workshops on ambient air monitoring, the evaluation of new ambient air monitoring technologies, the analysis of ambient air quality data as needed to support program objectives, and the performance of long-term and short-term ambient air monitoring field studies. Specific qualifications desired include: 1) knowledge of pollutant formation, accumulation, dispersion, and transport for both primarily and secondarily formed air pollutants; 2) familiarity with ambient air monitoring network designs, reference and equivalent methods, experimental measurement techniques, and laboratory analyses; 3) experience with the EPA's computer data bases for ambient air quality and emissions data (the Aerometric Information Retrieval System (AIRS); 4) familiarity with the Code of Federal Regulations Chapter 40 Parts 50, 53, and 58 relating to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, ambient air monitoring, quality assurance, and the federal reference and equivalency methods program; 5) familiarity with the quality assurance issues that are associated with ambient air monitoring; and 6) experience with the Air Monitoring Technology Information Center (AMTIC), U.S. EPA's World Wide Web Internet sites, and familiarity with the technical operation of such electronic bulletin board and Internet Systems. EPA anticipates the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort type contract for a total of 28,500 labor hours consisting of a base requirement of 5,700 labor hours. In addition, the contract will allowfor four twelve-month options for 5,700 labor hours each. SIC No. 8748 applies; size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. RFP will be issued approximately 5/21/97 under full and open competition. Proposals will be due thirty (30) days after the RFP issuance date. The solicitation and amendments will be available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation and amendments via Internet. If you will be obtaining a copy of the solicitation via Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. However, firms who do not have the capability to obtain the solicitation from Internet, may submit a written request for a diskette with the solicitation in WordPerfect 6.1 format from the contact point at the address above. If you request a diskette of the solicitation, you will receive amendments by mail, unless you notify us otherwise.Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Only one copy shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. A copy of the preliminary source list will be issued to all prospective offerors along with the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note 26. (0104)

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