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R -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS PROGRAM SOL PR-CI-97-10292 POC Nancy Muzzy WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Mgt. Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Nancy Muzzy, Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, muzzy.nancy@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA) Office of Water (OW), Office of Science and Technology (OST), Standards and Applied Science Division (SASD), is seeking a contractor to provide support in performing various programmatic, analytical, and related tasks in support of the national water quality standards program. The national water quality standards program directs and oversees the national program for adoption and revision of water quality standards (WQS) providing management strategies, guidance, assessments, technical support and tools for use by States and Indian Tribes in developing their water quality standards programs. The program also provides programmatic support for the implementation and evaluation of water quality standards by identifying, assessing and controlling risks to aquatic ecosystems. The successful contractor will be expected to provide technical support services to aid the Agency in the following task areas: (1) Prepare, revise, and conduct programmatic and "trainthe trainer" training sessions, interactive workshops, meeting and logistical support, technology transfer activities, public fora, and conferences; (2) Support the determination of water quality standards program priorities and program implementation through the development of data and program information summaries and analyses, economic analyses, case studies and related materials; (3) Compile, categorize and summarize public comments on, and EPA responses thereto, draft and/or proposed rules, policy and guidance developed and published by EPA; (4) Collect, compile, organize, summarize, and format information on components of water quality standards and related programs; (5) Develop public education outreach, and information materials; (6) Develop and maintain information management systems; (7) Provide technical support for developing and managing cross-media and multi-Agency policies; (8) Provide peer review services related to the contract effort; and (9) Provide technical support for implementation of water quality standards including use attainability analyses, environmental assessments, economic and benefits analysis, and total maximum daily load (TMDL) calculations. The proposed contract will be a cost plus fixed fee term form with a base period of 12 months and three twelve month options. The base level of effort (LOE) for each of the four periods will be approximately 4400 direct labor hours with options for an additional LOE of up to 100% in each period, for a total potential of 35,200 direct labor hours over the 48 months. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT AN OFFER WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. The applicable SIC code is 8742. Incumbents on the two contracts currently fulfilling this requirement are TetraTech, of Fairfax, VA, and The Cadmus Group, of Waltham, MA. Solicitation PR-CI-97-10292 will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through the EPA's home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is anticipated that this solicitation will be issued on or around mid September. Only a limited number of hard copies of the solicitation will be available on a first come first serve basis. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing, telephone requests for the solicitation will not be honored. You may fax your request to Nancy Muzzy at 513-366-2004. (0225)

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