U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCPB Superfund Procurement (3805R), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

R -- INDUSTRIAL SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE CHARACTERIZATION SUPPORT SOL PR-HQ-97-11621 POC Kristin S. Wright, Contracting Officer (202) 564-4467 or Doreen Stern, Contract Specialist (202) 564-4466 WEB: click here for information on RFP #PR-HQ-97-11621, http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, wright.kristin@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste (OSW) desires Industrial Solid and Hazardous Waste Characterization Support for the Waste Identification Branch, the Generator and Recycling Branch and the International and Special Projects Branch. Under this procurement, the contractor will provide technical support to assist the Agency in completing hazardous waste listing determinations and defining hazardous waste characteristics; developing the hazardous waste identification rule; reviewing petitions and supporting rules for excluding or exempting wastes; and developing rules and reports pertaining to the definition of solid waste, medical waste, used oil, waste generation and transportation, universal wastes, the international and special projects waste management initiatives, and the export and import of solid and hazardous wastes. The anticipated release date for the Request for Proposals (RFP) is on or before March 26, 1998. The anticipated level-of-effort provides for a one-year base period of 47,700 direct labor hours in the base quantity, with optional quantities potentially totaling 5,700 direct labor hours; a one-year Option Period 1 base quantity of 47,700 direct labor hours, with optional quantities potentially totaling 5,700 direct labor hours; and a one-year Option Period 2 base quantity of 47,700 direct labor hours, with optional quantities potentially totaling 5,700 direct labor. The total potential level-of-effort is 160,200 direct labor hours. The purpose of this CBD announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirement, generate the source list, and to direct interested parties to the EPA's "Doing Business with EPA" Internet World Wide Web site (http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod)for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list to the Contracting Officer either via Internet E-mail as stated below, via facsimile to (202) 565-2557, or to the mailing address that follows: U.S. EPA, 401 M St. SW, Superfund/RCRA Regional Procurement Operations Division, Headquarters Contract Service Center,(3805R), Washington, DC 20460-0001, ATTN: Kristin S. Wright. In an effort to streamline the procurement process, and to utilize the Internet and electronic communications to the maximum extent possible, the subject RFP, amendments and other related items for this procurement will be posted on the EPA Office of Acquisition Management's (OAM) homepage, under the area entitled "Doing Business with EPA." Also posted on the Internet will be an ongoing status update to inform interested parties of current information related to the procurement. Potential offerors are requested to download the RFP and amendments from this internet location rather than requesting hard copies from this office. If an offeror does not have the capability to access this information on the Internet, they are asked to submit written certification of this fact, via E-Mail or FAX to the Contracting Officer. Only those companies without Internet capabilities will be provided hard copies of the RFP. (0051)

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