U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

R -- TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR WATER MEDIA (ECOLOGICAL EMPHASIS) SOL PR-CI-97-10785 POC Dot Reynolds WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Dot Reynolds, Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, Reynolds.Dortha@epamail.epa.gov. THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. NO TELEPHONE CALLS REQUESTING A BID PACKAGE OR SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ACKNOWLEDGED. THERE IS NO BID PACKAGE OR SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.THIS IS A MARKET SEARCH WHEREBY THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a "market search" for a contractor to provide technical and regulatory support services to the EPA Office of Water (OW), Health and Ecological Criteria Division(HECD), Office of Science and Technology (OST), during the development of human health criteria, ecological criteria, health advisories, and pollutant limits, with an emphasis on ecological criteria. Criteria are developed under the authority of both the Clean Water Act and Safe Drinking Water Act. The successful contractor will supply all necessary labor, material, services, equipment, and facilities in support of the effort delineated by the statement of work. The successful contractor will be expected to provide technical support services to the Agency in the following task areas: conducting literature searches, conducting risk assessments, performing statistical analyses, evaluating methodologies for criteria development, evaluating pollutants selected for review by EPA, evaluating risk assessment endpoints, assessing the impact of criteria on sensitive populations, preparing criteria documents, preparing health advisories, preparing technical guidance documents, preparing technical support documents for regulatory requirements, analyzing samples for chemicals or microorganisms, evaluating procedures for bioassay and toxicity testing, validating analytical methods for chemicals or microorganisms, conducting laboratory and field studies, preparing the index of references for proposed and final regulations, summarizing comments on proposed regulations, estimating the costs and benefits of proposed and final regulations, and preparing presentation materials. Criteria may be developed for surface water (i.e., water quality criteria), drinking water (i.e., maximum contaminant level goal), microorganisms, sewage sludge (i.e., pollutant limits), wildlife, sediment, wetlands, nutrients, and biological communities. The applicable SIC Code is 8999 with a size standard of $5 million in average annual receipts over the preceding three years. It is anticipated that an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract will result from the award of this solicitation. The Government anticipates a total maximum potential level of effort of 98,000 direct labor hours over sixty months. ANY INTERESTED FIRM SHOULD SUBMIT A CAPABILITY STATEMENT WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE FIRM'S ABILITY TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT. FIRMS SHALL INDICATE THEIR SIZE STATUS FOR THE ABOVE REFERENCED SIC CODE (LARGE, SMALL, 8(a) SMALL DISADVANTAGED). THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE CAPABILITY STATEMENT IS 9/19/97. THIS DOCUMENTATION SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN DUPLICATE TO NORM WHITE, OSDBU, 25 W. MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE, CINCINNATI, OH 45268. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED IN MIDDLE OCTOBER 1997. (0247)

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