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

R -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE MINIMIZATION AND MANAGEMENT SOL HQ-97-11546 POC Kristin Wright, Contracting Officer, (202) 260-9197 or Doreen Stern, Contract Specialist (202) 260-9259 WEB: click here for information on RFP #HQ-97-11546, http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, wright.kristin@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) desires Technical Support for Hazardous Waste Minimization and Management to assist the Agency in carrying out the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended by the 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) as well as those imposed under subsequent reauthorizations. Under this procurement, the contractor will assist in providing a broad range of technical support activities including: the collection and analysis of hazardous waste management data; the development and evaluation of waste minimization and management alternatives; the development and delivery of training programs; technical assistance to EPA, other federal, state, tribal, and local governments, and industry; and the development of regulations, guidance documents, regulatory options, outreach materials and publications. The contractor must also possess specialized knowledge in generation, prevention, waste minimization, hazardous waste management facilities/systems, and in conducting environmental, economic, regulatory and risk analyses. It is anticipated that this will be a competitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The anticipated release date for the Request for Proposals (RFP) is July 10, 1997. The anticipated level-of-effort provides for a one-year base period of 19,954 direct labor hours in the base quantity, with optional quantities potentially totaling 9,977 direct labor hours; a one-year Option Period 1 base quantity of 18,880 direct labor hours, with optional quantities potentially totaling 9,440 direct labor hours; a one-year Option Period 2 base quantity of 21,846 direct labor hours, with optional quantities potentially totaling 10,923 direct labor hours; and a one-year Option Period 3 base quantity of 20,498 direct labor hours, with optional quantities potentially totaling 10,249 direct labor hours. The total potential level-of-effort is 121,767 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 (http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod)for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list to either via Internet E-mail as stated below, via facsimile to (202) 260-1880, or to the mailing address that follows: U.S. EPA, 401 M St. SW, Superfund/RCRA Procurement Operations Division, Headquarters Contract Service Center, Superfund Procurement (3805F), Washington, DC 20460-0001, ATTN: Kristin S. Wright. In an effort to streamline the procurement process, and to utilize the Internet and electronic communications to the maximum extent possible, the subject RFP, amendments and other related items for this procurement will be posted on the EPA Office of Acquisition Management's (OAM) homepage, under the area entitled "Doing Business with EPA." Also posted on the Internet will be an ongoing status update to inform interested parties of current information related to the procurement. EPA does not anticipate printing hundreds of copies of the RFP, therefore, Potential Offerors are requested to download the RFP and amendments from this location, rather than requesting hard copies from this office. If a Potential Offeror does not have the capability to access this information on the Internet, they are asked to submit written certification of this fact, via E-Mail or FAX to the Contracting Officer. Only those companies without Internet capabilities will be provided hard copies of the RFP. (0181)

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