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

B -- ON-SITE TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE SUBSURFACE PROTECTION AND REMEDIATION DIVISION IN ADA, OK SOL PR-CI-98-7 POC Ruby Sugg (513) 366-2146 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Ruby Sugg, Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, sugg.ruby@epamail.epa.gov. The Subsurface Protection and Remediation Division(SPRD)of the National Risk Management Research Laboratory located in the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center -- Ada, Oklahoma needs on-site contract services to provide technical support of the research that is directed toward solving environmental problems national in scope and importance. The SPRD serves as the U.S. EPA's center for risk management research on the subsurface environment and the interface of that environment with other environmental compartments such as surface water and the atmosphere. The Division's research supports EPA's programs to protect and restore subsurface environments and to manage and restore watershed ecosystems. The SPRD focuses its efforts on research studies of: the transport and fate of contaminants in the subsurface and at the interface of the subsurface with other environmental compartments; methodologies to protect and restore ground-water quality; biogeochemical cycling of mass and energy through natural soil and subsurface processes, and methodologies for the restoration of watershed ecosystems. Services required will include the following: analytical support; field technical support; ground-water chemistry research support; biotransformations research support; ecosystem restoration protection research support. U.S. EPA intends to award a Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract consisting of a fifteen(15) month base period, three (3) twelve (12) month option periods and one(1)nine (9) month option period for a total potential contract term of 60 months. EPA's requirement is for a maximum of 437,100 labor hours over the five year period. A pre-proposal conference/site visit may occur, details will be included in the RFP. The purpose of this CBD announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirement, generate a source list, and to direct interested parties to the EPA's "Doing Business with EPA" Internet World Wide Web site at http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. The RFP, amendments and other related items for this procurement will be posted to the Web site and can be downloaded. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list via Internet E-mail as stated below, via facsimile to (513) 366-2004, or to the following mailing address: U.S. EPA, Contracts Management Division West Martin L. King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268, Attn: Ruby Sugg. Hard copies of the RFP, amendments and other related items will not be provided without written certification that Internet capability is unavailable. The RFP will be issued on or about November 24, 1997. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. No telephone requests will be accepted. (0279)

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