Oppts Contract Support Group, Environmental Protection Agency, Fairchild Building -- 7th Floor, 499 S. Capitol Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20024

R -- TOXIC SUBSTANCES ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SUPPORT SOL PR-HQ-97-10627 DUE 063097 POC Linda Jordan (202) 260-9690 WEB: Not Available, http://www.epa.gov/oam. E-MAIL: Not available, jordan.linda@epamail.epa.gov. Information on this procurement will be listed in current Procurements, under the title "Toxic Substances Economic Analysis Support, RFP # PR-HQ-97-10627." 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 CBI clearance is required. The period of performance will be a 12-month base period, beginning on or about 10/1/97, with four option periods. Base level of effort per year is 18,000 hours with up to 9,000 optional hours for an estimated total of 135,000 hours. It is anticipated that the type of contract will be cost-plus-fixed-fee. The RFP will be made available through the Internet and will appear at the EPA contracts Internet site on or around 31 May 1997. The EPA site is www.epa.gov/oam. Information of this acquisition will be listed under "Headquarters Division" in Current Procurements under the title Toxic Substances Economic Analysis Support. (0108)

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