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A -- DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT METHODS SOL 4D1007 DUE 091897 POC Hans Schellhas WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, NA. E-MAIL: NA, schellhas.hans@epamail.epa.gov. The USEPA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR6.302, with Colorado State University personnel, to address the development of analytical, ecological assessment methods for EPA/ORD's National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA) to include (1) the use of the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), not previously used in a significant environmental contexts -- i.e., new basic research for environmental assessment application -- and (2) the development of scaling models from previously-funded soil sustainability research to larger scale environments associated with EPA/ORD's regional geographic foci. Work will attempt to address applicability to ORD's Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program (ReVA). Work will be broken into two primary tasks: 1)development of emerging analytical ecological assessment methods, and 2)development of scaling models for ecological assessment. The basis for sole source negotiations is Colorado State University's special relationship with the National Resource Conservation Service and their data in Temple, Texas, which provided unique access to raw data for the analyses which much of this project draws upon. Colorado State University personnel had to extensively correct this data, creating an extensive data set on soil sustainability and other characteristics. Besides Colorado State University's access and knowledge of the required data, Colorado State University's personnel have intimate knowledge of Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) techniques as they are applied to the field of environmental assessment. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTES. Sources wishing to be considered must submit documentation to the office identified above, which establishes the required knowledge and access of the data set. It must also demonstrate the technical ability to develop the subject analytical ecological assessment methods and scaling models for ecological assessment. Documentation must be submitted within 15 calendar days of publication of this notice. (0246)

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