Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement & Grants Office, Program Acquisition Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd, NE, Rm 500, Atlanta, GA 30305

B -- LOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL DOCUMENT RETRIEVAL AND ASSESSMENT SOL 98B136(N) DUE 060198 POC Vicki Vandermier, Contract Specialist, (404) 842-6779 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking small businesses with the capability to locate, copy and evaluate documents which contain information about historical chemical and radionuclide releases from facilities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory since its inception. The Government will evaluate the contractor's corporate experience as it relates to successful completion of projects involving environmental health physics, nuclear engineering (especially source term modeling), chemical engineering (especially source term modeling), industrial hygiene, environmental toxicology, hydrology (modeling of contaminant transport in the atmosphere), statistics, database design, compilation and administration, and evidence that the contractor has successfully worked with the public, including news media, special interest groups and local governments. Familiarity with Los Alamos National Laboratory and the surrounding area is highly desirable. Evidence that the contractor has enough staff with Top Secret and DOE Q clearance in order to review classified documents during performance of the contract is also highly desirable. The capability statement forwarded in response to this synopsis shall also include the total number of employees involved; professional qualification of technical personnel; a description of general and specific facilities and equipment available. The standard industrial classification code (SIC) is 8748 and the size standard is $5.0 million. Only small businesses, as defined pursuant to Section 3 of the Small Business Act, are asked to respond to this synopsis. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) and the Government is not committed to award a contract pursuant to this announcement. Small business concerns that believe they possess the capabilities necessary to accomplish the tasks stated herein should submit five copies of a capability statement addressing the items above no later than 4:00 p.m local time on April 13, 1998 to Vicki Vandermier, Contract Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office, 255 East Paces Ferry Road, N.E. Room 500, M/S E-26, Atlanta, Georgia 30305. The information must also establish the organization's status as a small business. Interested firms wishing to submit a capability statement should contact the Contract Specialist at (404) 842-6779 for additional information, if necessary. If the program is determined to be a small business set-aside, a competitive RFP will be sent to all qualified small business offerors. (0082)

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