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

B -- APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC VISUALIZATION SYSTEM AS AN INTEGRATED STRATEGIES/POLICY ANALYSIS TOOL SOL 7D1604 POC lenora Hilliard, 919-541-4392/James F. Kempf, 919-541-4392 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to negotiate sole source with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) located at 615 Oberlin Road, Suite 300, Raleigh, N.C. for the continuation of the ideas that were identified in the preparation of the document and put into application the "Geographic Visualization System (G.V.S.) as a tool for Scoping PM Target Areas" by two of its Researchers, Mr. Richard Gardner, and Dr. Kenneth Walsh. Mr. Richard Gardner, has been the principle investigator for the work that lead to the development of the G.V.S system. Additionally, he has over four years of working with the data issues that are the underlying structure for the presumptive air quality and the foundational level data. Dr. Kenneth Walsh, developed the graphical output algorithms for the G.V.S. system. Additionally, he has more than two years of development experience on the specific presentation and graphical outputs that the G.V.S. system can produce. The G.V.S system is a computer system designed to assist planners, policy makers, and regulators in the identification of areas of the nation with potential problems meeting particulate matter (PM) standards. The period of performance is expected to be from date of award through April 30, 1998. No solicitation is available. All interested parties must respond within 15 days of the date of this announcement. Interested parties shall: 1) include information on the proposed services which clearly supports the requirements outlined above and; 2) provide itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. Submit response to the U.S. EPA, Attention: Lenora Hilliard (MD-33) Contracts Management Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. No telephonic requests will be honored. See numbered Note 22. E-mail address is Hilliard.Lenora@epamail.epa.gov. (0232)

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