U.S. ARMY CONSTR ENGRG RES LAB, ATTN: CONTRACTS OFFICE, P.O. BOX 9005, CHAMPAIGN IL 61826-9005

A -- 100% HBCU-MI SETASIDE -- IDIQ FOR RESEARCH SERVICES IN THE AREA OF ARMY TRAINING LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES IMPACT AND RISK ASSESSMENT AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS AND SIMULATION MODELING. SOL DACA88-97-R-0011 DUE 071797 POC Contract Specialist Joyce Roberts (217) 352-6511, ext. 7568 Contracting Officer Deloras J. Adamson (217)373-7297 (Site Code DACA88) The U. S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Land Management Laboratory, requires research services in the following areas: (1) Impact and Risk Assessment; and (2) Ecosystem Dynamics and Simulation Modeling. Typical tasks may include, but not be limited to: conducting research into any or all land factors that influence land carrying capacity for military training and testing, and examine quantifiable data collection methodologies relating to these factors; investigate impacts of installation activities on species, communities, ecosystems, etc.; utilize a risk assessment framework to evaluate and predict the effects of military activities; conduct research techniques for integrating population, community, ecosystem, and adaptive management approaches for carrying capacity, endangered species, and biodiversity management; conduct research in areas of ecosystem analysis and process modeling, soil erosion prediction and modeling, and habitat modeling; investigate applications of population viability analysis and risk assessment modeling and sensitivity analysis as it relates to rare, endangered, and sensitive species and habitats; demonstrate, validate, and invesitgate the applications of vegetation dynamic simulation and risk assessment modeling and sensitivity analysis as it relates to carrying cpacity of military training lands. The Contracts office intends to award firm fixed-price indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts for a base year with four (4) additional one (1) year options. Multiple awards may be made from this solicitation. Awards may be made for one (1) line item or combination of line items. Some positions on this contract will be subject to the Service Contract Act of 1965, as amended. The place of performance is unknown. Possible places or areas of performance which the Contracting Officer has requested wage determinations for include: Ft Hood and Fort Bliss, TX and NM; Yakima Training Center and Fort Lewis, WA; Ft Carson, CO; Ft. Riley, KS; and Aberdeen Proving Grounds, DE. The Contracting Officer will request wage determinations for additional places of performance if asked to do so in writing, however, requests for wage determinations for additional places must be received by the Contracting Officer no later than 2:00 p.m., ten days after issuance of the solicitation. Requests for copies of this solicitation shall be made in writing and addressed to USACERL, Attn: Contracts Office, P.O. Box 9005, Champaign, IL 61826. Requests for the solicitation package may also be made via facsimile at (217)373-6773, Attn: J. Roberts. There will be no telephone requests accepted. Request for proposal (RFP) DACA88-97-R-0011 will be issued on or about 30 May 97 with a closing date on or about 17 Jul 97. See Note 5. (0129)

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