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

B -- CREATE AN ORGANOCHLORINE DATABASE OF ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS IN ARCTIC ALASKA AND SIBERIA SOL MW0074 DUE 072298 POC Phyllis Roberts, Contracting Officer, (919) 541-3564, fax (919) 541-4273 WEB: Click here to visit the site that has information about, roberts.phyllis@epamail.epa.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, roberts.phyllis@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory/Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, Oregon is seeking qualified sources to create a fully documented organochlorine database of organochlorine contaminants in Arctic Alaska and Siberia. Lichens, mosses, and soils obtained from arctic Alaska and Siberia were collected and analyzed for pesticide and PCB residues under the US EPA Office of Research and Development funding Arctic Contaminants Research Program (ACRP) from 1991 to 1995. All sampling and analysis were completed in accordance with EPA approved Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/AC) plans developed by the analytical laboratory and the principle investigators. Companion field variability studies were implemented to identify source of natural variability in the data. Documentation exists regarding the ACRP strategy (Landers et al. 1992) and the annual sampling plans that were implemented from 1991 to 1993 to collect the data. Raw electronic data files delivered to the US EPA from the analytical laboratory (then GERG at Texas A & M) are also available and contain about 16,800 data entries. The contractor shall perform data validation/verification, reduction, evaluation of comparability and data base preparation. Raw data shall be reviewed for completeness, precision (field and laboratory duplicates), accuracy, contamination (blanks), internal consistency, logical and ecological coherence, and calculated recoveries (spiked blanks, matrices). The contractor shall perform the following six tasks: (1) Prepare a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) following EPA guidelines (Quality Management Plan for US EPA National Health and Environmental Research Laboratory/Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, OR) which describes how the work will be accomplished, how the quality of the data will be evaluated, and what decisions accompany the various quality parameters; (2) Prepare a QA Report for EPA which contains accuracy and precision estimates foreach analyte and matrix considering both field and laboratory duplicates; (3) Consolidate data set; (4) Independently re-analyze 20 samples (including examples of all primary matrices: lichens, mosses, organic-rich surface soil, inorganic soils from depth) shall be made by a state-of-the-art laboratory with current experience and publication history in organochlorine analyses of lichens and other matrices collected from the arctic; (5) Produce a final integrated database document which shall incorporate the results of the four previous tasks; and (6) Provide a written reconciliation memo documenting comments and the response/action taken to comments from peer reviewers. The contractor shall then organize the organochlorine data base for incorporation into a CD-ROM and Web site of meta data to be produced by EPA. The period of performance shall be date of award through November 30, 1999. The US EPA anticipates awarding a firm-fixed price purchase order. This procurement is a small business set-aside. The SIC code number is 8731 with a size standard of not more than 500 employees. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) is expected to be issued on or about 7/15/98 with quotations due approximately 7/22/98. Telephone and fax requests will be honored, including faxed quotations. The fax number is (919) 541-4273 or (919) 541-1075 and should be sent to the attention of Phyllis Roberts. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the Agency. See numbered Notes 1 and 26. Posted 07/01/98. (0182)

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