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

B -- ADMINISTERING CLEAN AIR ACT INFORMATION SOL PR-NC-97-10242 POC Karen Cox, Contract Specialist, 919-541-3114; Sue Miller, Contracting Officer, 919-541-3114 WEB: Click here to visit the site that has information about this solicitation., http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via E-mail, cox.karen@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for support for projects, primarily for providing technical support and performing technical support studies dealing with the inventories in databases; new graphics and database capabilities to Technology Transfer Network (TTN); enhancements to Management and Accountability Information System (MAPS); technical assistance for the Control Technology Center (CTC); and environmental education and outreach for EPA programs and related programs that cut across agency lines. The technical support and studies will promote the development, revision, analysis, and review of various EPA programs. The contractor will be expected to provide reports/studies in a comprehensive and technically accurate manner, yet concise and understandable. These reports/studies will generally undergo public scrutiny; therefore, must be sound and defensible. EPA anticipates the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort type contract for a potential total of 86,040 labor hoursconsisting of a base requirement of 23,680 labor hours plus 5,000 optional hours. In addition, the contract will allow for two (2) 12-month options for 23,680 basic and 5,000 optional hours each. SIC No. 8748 applies; size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. RFP will be issued approximately 6/9/97 as a total small business set-aside action. 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. 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; however, only those firms who do NOT have the capability to obtain the solicitation from the Internet should request diskettes. Diskettes will not be sent to those firms who have Internet access. 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 Notes 1 and 26. (0139)

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