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R -- TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR WATER MEDIA (ECOLOGICAL EMPHASIS) SOL PR-CI-10785 POC Matthew Growney (513) 487-2029 WEB: Office of Acquisition Mangement -- Cincinnati Contracts Mgmt. Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Matthew Growney, Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, Growney.Matthew@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA) Office of Water (OW), is seeking 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 ecological criteria and pollutant limits. Criteria are developed under the authority of the Clean Water Act. The successful contractor shall furnish 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: prepare, evaluate, and revise ecological effects criteria documents; prepare, evaluate, and revise risk assessment/characterization techniques or methodologies for ecological protection; analyze ecological risk assessment guidelines and results of ecological risk assessments; prepare, evaluate, and revise proceduresfor selecting pollutants-of-concern in water media for which ecological criteria may be developed; prepare, evaluate, and revise technical guidance documents for surface water criteria, wildlife criteria, sediment quality criteria, biocriteria, wetlands criteria, and nutrient criteria; prepare, evaluate, and revise procedures for selecting pollutants-of-concern in sewage sludge that is used or disposed; conduct exposure pathway risk assessments for pollutants in sewage sludge; support during the development of the rationales for the technology-based requirements in a sewage sludge use or disposal standard for pathogens and vector attraction reduction; prepare, evaluate, and revise technical support documents for a standard for the use or disposal of sewage sludge; conduct laboratory analyses and field studies; administrative record support; rulemaking support; preparation of outreach materials; and arranging and conducting workshops. THE EPA HAS SET THIS ACTION ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESS. 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 five years. All responsible small business sources who submit a proposal will be considered by the Agency. Solicitation PR-CI-97-10785 will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through EPA's home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/ci. It is anticipated that this solicitation will be issued on or around the first of December 1997. (0321)

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