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R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES -- REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES DUE 021398 POC Patricia J. Serie, President, Phone: 206-343-7701, Fax: 206-343-0448, e-mail: envissue@halcyon.com E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail., envissue@halcyon.com. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Thea Foss/Wheeler Osgood Waterways Participants Group have initiated an alternate dispute resolution process. The process will help resolve Potentially Responsible Parties' (PRPs) liability under the federal and state "Superfund" laws for costs associated with cleaning up contaminated sediments in the Thea Foss/Wheeler Osgood Waterways, located within the Commencement Bay Nearshore/Tideflats Superfund site near Tacoma, Washington. The Foss Participants Group is seeking proposals from consultants or consultant teams to serve as a cost allocator for the project. The cost allocator is a neutral third party whose role it is to recommend a percentage share of responsibility for the response costs for approximately 70 to 100 parties. The report produced by the cost allocation process will serve as the basis for negotiating a settlement agreement with EPA. The period of performance will be March through December 1998. Qualified consultants and consultant teams shall have legal and technical experience in conducting, multi-party liability assessments under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Preferably, the candidate will have experience with CERCLA allocations in contaminated sediments media or in media that exhibit a mixed harm and multi source character. Evaluation criteria will include: (1) Capability to assess legal issues, particularly CERCLA statutory liability and current case law interpretation of that liability; (2) Capability to assess complex technical material involving chemistry, hydrology, hydrogeology and geochemistry; (3) Capability to assess historical activities that may have contributed to response costs; (4) Experience with multi-party cost/liability allocation processes; (5) Experience with cleanup issues, preferably multiple source sediment cleanup; (6) No conflict of interest with Thea Foss Waterway parties; willingness to disclose relationships; (7) Ability to start March 1st and provide full-time support from key persons through end of 1998. Proposals shall be limited to 25 pages on 81/2 by 11" paper. Resumes for proposed personnel should be included and are outside the page limitation. The following items shall be included in the proposal: (1) Firm/team profile and summary of key personnel experience; (2) Project approach and schedule; (3) References with phone numbers; (4) Billing rates and proposed total cost A copy of the full solicitation can be requested from Patricia J. Serie, EnviroIssues, at 206-343-7701, fax 206-343-0448, e-mail envissue@halcyon.com. An original and seven copies of the proposal must be received no later than 4:00 pm on February 13, 1998 at EnviroIssues, 101 Stewart Street, Suite 1101, Seattle, WA 98101. No contacts with EPA or the participants are authorized. (0026)

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