U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: ORDSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

A -- ON-SITE TECHNICAL SUPPORT AT US EPA/WESTERN ECOLOGY DIVISION, COASTAL ECOLOGY BRANCH, NEWPORT, OREGON SOL PR-NC-98-10248 DUE 060398 POC Phyllis Roberts, Contract Specialist (919) 541-3564 or Barbara Stearrett, Contracting Officer/Team Leader, (919) 541-3113 WEB: Click here to visit the site that has information about this solicitation, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail, roberts.phyllis@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory/Western Ecology Division (NHEERL/WED), Corvallis, Oregon, is seeking qualified sources to provide on-site physical, chemical, and biological scientific support services at its Coastal Ecology Branch laboratory in Newport, Oregon. The facility is located at 2111 S.E. Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365. The contractor shall develop techniques for analyzing and assessing contaminant exposure and effects on marine environments and biological communities. The contractor shall provide diagnostic marine ecotoxicology research, develop analytical tools and relevant data useful for identifying environmental problems, diagnose causal relationships, determine the extent and severity of problems, and monitor to ensure correction of problems. Methods to be tested, field sites, and test compounds will be selected during the contract period by the EPA. The US EPA anticipates awarding a cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort type contract with a base period of one year and one 15-month option period for a total contract performance period of 27 months. The base contract period will consist of 11,280 hours with an option for up to an additional 7,520 optional hours. The option contract period will consist of 14,100 hours with an option for up to an additional 9,400 optional hours. This procurement is a follow-on to 68C40002 with DynCorp I&ET, Inc. This is a total small-business set-aside. The SIC code is 8731 with a size standard of 500 employees. The release date of this RFP is on or about May 1, 1998. Proposals will be due approximately 30 days later. The RFP and any amendments will be available ONLY via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the RFP and any amendments via the Internet. It is your responsibility to check the same site where the RFP is posted for any amendments frequently. Telephone and fax requests for a copy of the RFP willnot be honored. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note(s) 1 and 26. (0103)

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