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

B -- TEMPORAL ASPECTS OF PESTICIDE APPLICATION IN ARIZONA ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER SOL PR-RT-98-E2G230 DUE 092598 POC Starry M. Jones, Contract Administrator, (919)541-2897, Julio Lopez, Contracting Officer, (919)541-4474 E-MAIL: Click here to visit the site that has information, jones.starry@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to negotiate sole source with Arizona Dept. of Health Services Bureau Office, Epidemiology and Disease Program Control Services, 3815 N. Black Canyon Highway, Phoenix, Arizona 85015 for "Temporal Aspects of Pesticide Application in Arizona Along the U.S./Mexico Border". The overall objectives of this procurement are to: (1) gather information about the timing of pesticide applications on agricultural fields in agriculturally-active counties along Arizona/Mexico border (within 100 km of the U.S./Mexico border) and (2) to present this information in the same GIS format and on the standardized base map series developed for the previous GIS contract between the state of Arizona and the U.S. EPA. The contractor is required to perform the following tasks: Task 1. Gather information on the location and rotation of crop types, pesticide usage, application methods, quantity of pesticides used, and dates of application by crop type in the agriculturally-active counties along the Arizona/Mexico Border. The agriculturally-active counties shall be defined as Cochise, Pima, Santa Cruz, and Yuma counties. Data shall be collected on a monthly basis beginning in January 1995 and continuing through and including June 1999, where the historic information is available. If historic information is not available, the contractor shall inform the U.S. EPA and gather the necessary information from the date of the contract's approval through and including June 1999. Data gathered for this contract shall be assessed and presented as map coverages in GIS formal presenting: (1) the location of crop types (and thus agricultural fields); (2) rotation of crops by month, if multi-cropping systems are used; (3) typical pesticide application methods; and (4) location, quantity, type, and timing of pesticide application by month for the specified time frame. GIS coverages shall be presented on the standardized base maps and contain the metadata information agreed upon by the Border-wide GIS working group. GIS Map coverages shall be delivered on 3.5 inch disk or CD-ROMs. Tasks 2. Prepare a brief final report summarizing and describing the techniques used to gather the required data. Task 3. Participate in conference calls, present status and updates on progress made, discuss problems encountered during data collection associated with the project and discuss other relevant issues. Copies of all products will be submitted to the project manager . Preliminary draft documents shall be submitted to the project manager as hard copy only, unless disk versions are requested by the project manager. Revised and final versions of documents will be submitted in both hard copy and on computer 3.5 inch disks in WordPerfect 6.0 or higher format. EPA believes the Arizona Dept. of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona, is the only vendor capable of satisfying the requirements stated above. The state is required to routinely collect the requisite data and to produce GIS similar maps for their own needs. The period of performance is expected to be from date of award to October 15, 1999. No solicitation is available. All interested parties must respond within 15 days of the date of this announcement. Interested vendors shall: (1) include information on the proposed services which clearly supports the requirements outlined above and; (2) provide itemized pricing that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. Submit response to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Attn: Starry M. Jones (MD-33), Contracts Management Division, Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27711 within 15 days. No telephone or facsimile request will be honored. Posted 09/10/98 (W-SN248054). (0253)

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