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R -- TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR WATER MEDIA (HUMAN HEALTH EMPHASIS) SOL PR-CI-10764 POC Matthew Growney (513) 487-2029 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- 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 human health criteria, health advisories, maximum contaminate level goals, and pollutant limits. 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: prepare summaries of peer-reviewed literature on toxic and clinical endpoints; prepare screening analyses that display and compare all available data for a pollutant; prepare analyses for the purpose of supporting findings; prepare, evaluate, and revise health effects documents; prepare, evaluate, and revise health advisories for chemicals and microorganisms; provide technical support during the preparation, evaluation, and revision of hazard, exposure, or risk assessment/characterization techniques or methodologies for human health protection; analyze human health risk assessment guidelines, results of human health risk assessments, and treatment technology practices and procedures; prepare, evaluate, and revise technical guidance documents for chemicals and microorganisms; evaluate "raw" data from a toxicity test; provide analyses of food consumption patterns and intake of pollutants for the U.S. population; 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; provide 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 115,000 direct labor hours over five years. All responsible small business sources who submit a proposal will be considered by the Agency. Solicitation PR-CI-97-10764 will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through the 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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