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A -- TECHNICAL SUPPT. FOR REGULATORY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ENERGY & MINING INDUSTRIES SOL PR-CI-97-10294 POC Andre Reinhart (513) 366-2119 WEB: EPA Office of Acquisition Mgt. -- Cincinnati Contracts Mgt. Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Contract specialist e-mail address, reinhart.andre@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection is Agency, Office of Water, requires support services to connected with the study, technical documentation, and regulation of hazardous and toxic wastes from direct dischargers and sources discharging into municipal treatment systems from the Energy and Mining Industries. This effort will require the development of information relating to applicable levels of technology by evaluating, documenting, and verifying the full range of wastewater control and treatment technologies that may be available to these industries, as well as the development of cost data for alternative pollution control options including pollution prevention options. The contractor must have a demonstrated high level of technical expertise in the fields of chemical, mining, petroleum, metallurgical, environmental, civil, sanitary, and industrial engineering, and water pollution analysis and control. The energy industries of Petroleum Refining and/or Steam Electric Manufacturing are candidates currently being considered for a rulemaking effort. The Agency may subsequently initiate rulemakings under another of the energy and mining industries, or may support industry studies to identify other industrial categories for which rulemaking should be performed. It is anticipated that a cost plus fixed fee/level-of-effort contract will result from the award of this solicitation. The Government anticipates a maximum level of effort of 15,000 direct labor hours for an estimated eighteen month base contract period. Six option periods will be included. Option periods 1 through 5 will be of a 12 month duration each, and are anticipated to contain 15,000, 10,000, 10,000, 10,000, 8,000 labor hours each. Option Period 6 is estimated to be of a six month duration and is estimated to contain 4,000 labor hours. The Government also anticipates including quantity options amounts of 30,000, 20,000, 20,000, 20,000, 20,000, 16,000, and 8,000 hours for the base period through option period 6, respectively. The maximum estimated total potential level of effort for the contract is 206,000 direct labor hours over 84 months. The requirement will be solicited on a full and open competitive basis. Solicitation no. PR-CI-97-10294 will appear on the internet. It may be accessed through the EPA's home page on the World Wide Web at the following direct link URL: http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. Only a limited number of hard copies of the RFP will be available on a first come, fisrt serve, basis. It is anticipated that this RFP will be available in late September, 1997. (0238)

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