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

B -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR COASTAL POLLUTION ISSUES SOL PR-CI-98-10199 POC Richard Makepeace (513) 487-2044 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management-Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to send an e-mail to Richard Makepeace, makepeace.richard@epamail.epa.gov. This is a market survey for written information only. This is NOT a solicitation announcement for proposals and no contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement and any follow-up information requests. No telephone calls requesting a solicitation will be accepted or acknowledged. There is no solicitation available at this time. This is a market search whereby the Government is seeking written information only. The Office of Water (OW) of the Environmental Protection Agency is seeking sources interested in providing technical support for coastal pollution issues. Services will be required in the following areas: regulation development and legislative analysis; point and nonpoint pollution evaluation, control, and mitigation; information resources management and modeling; technology transfer, public education and outreach. The successful contractor must possess superior levels of technicalexpertise in the fields of chemistry, biology, oceanography, marine and estuarine biology. It is anticipated that the SIC code for this acquisition will be 8742 with a size standard of $5 million. It is also anticipated that a multiple award, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity type of contract will result from the award of the prospective solicitation. The anticipated contract will have a five year period of performance and will have a maximum ordering ceiling in the $10 million range. Any interested firm should submit a capability statement which demonstrates the firm's ability to support this effort. Responding firms should indicate whether they are a large or small business in relation to the above cited SIC code and size standard. The deadline for submission of the capability statement is March 11, 1998. This documentation should be submitted in duplicate to Richard Makepeace, Contracts Management Division, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268. It is anticipated that the solicitationwill be released in April 1998. (0054)

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