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

U -- AIR RESOURCES RESEARCH CONSORTIUM LIBRARY SUPPORT SOL UPA403 POC Contact David A. Donnelly Jr.,Contract Specialist, 919-541-7888/Contracting Officer, Vickie Presnell, 919-541-7888 WEB: Click here to visit the site that has information about the this Request For Quotation., http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail., donnelly.dave@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency intends to negotiate a sole source requirement with the Air Resources Research Consortium (ARRC) for Library support. This library will be located at North Carolina State University (NCSU), North Carolina Agricultural Research Services, Department of Plant Pathology. The Period of Performance shall be August 1, 1997 through July 31, 1998. A fully qualified librarian with computer skills is required to run the library. The ARRC Library is a unique facility that provides support to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by supplying reference material for the development of vegetation portions of the Criteria Documents for the National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) and for the Staff Papers of the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards (OAQPS), which are developed from the Criteria Documents. The Library is extensively used by graduate students and faculty at NCSU, and to a lesser extent by students and faculty at UNC and Duke. In addition, the Library is used by researchers in the field throughout the U.S. and Canada, and to some extent by research scientists in foreign countries (i.e., Japan, South Korea, German, UK, Sweden, and others). The Library maintains a substantial number of listings on acidic deposition effects on aquatic systems. The Library has over 30,000 hard copies of research and review papers as well as a reasonably complete file of "gray" literature, that is usually not available with extensive cross referencing and key word search capabilities. The contractor, shall provide support to the EPA ecological research programs by providing material and resources from its unique Air Quality Library collection. The contractor shall provide the following: (1) Bring the library back up to its full potential as rapidly as possible following the reduced operation during the last two years. (2) Continue search of all sources of literature on the effects of air contaminants on terrestrial system. (3) Incorporate new found literature into the reference bibliography with extensive keywording. (4) Obtain and incorporate into the ARRC Library hard copies of the newly found references. (5) Update the computer capabilities of the library and establish a "home page" in order to make information available "on-line." (6) Produce a monthly update of new acquisitions to the library. Initially, this shall be hardcopy only, but as the computer "home page" is developed, it shall appear on the "home page" and be available to scientists throughout the country needing the services of the library. (7) Run literature searches, as required, based on key words supplied by EPA personnel in writing or by phone who are authorized by the EPA Project Officer. (8) Provide hard copy or E-mail search results to the EPA requestor. (9) Supply copies, as required, of individual reference requested by EPA personnel who are authorized by the EPA Project Officer. (10) In addition to the hardcopy monthly update (item6) a brief monthly report shall be submitted to the EPA Project Officer containing a short summary of the progress of items 1-5, a brief numerical summary of requests and responses to items 7-9, and problems (if any) encountered. Any written response to this notice must be received no later than 15 days after publication of this synopsis. In order to be responsive, the correspondence must be accompanied by a written narrative statement of capability and qualifications, including detailed technical information sufficient to permit agency analysis in order to determine a bonafide capability to meet the Government's requirements. Responses without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive. This is NOT a formal notice of solicitation. No telephone or facsimile requests will be honored. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0183)

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