Administrative Contracts Service Center (3803R), Environmental Protection Agency, Ronald Reagan Building -- 7th Floor, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460

R -- NATURAL RESOURCE SECTORS SOL PR-HQ-98-14063 POC Phillip D. Osborne, (202) 564-4782 WEB: Click here for more information on this RFP, http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placement/9814063/index.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to send an e-mail message to the Contracting, Osborne.Phil@epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency plans to award a cost plus fixed fee, Level of Effort contract to support requirements of the Office of Policy (OP) related to Natural Resource Sector issues. Offers will be requested on a Full and Open Competition basis. Support will be in the areas of data acquisition, data base management, training, logistics, administrative assistance, data manipulation, quantitative analysis, implementation support, outreach, policy development and analytical support, ecconomic incentive analysis, benefit analysis, lifecycle analysis pesticide registration assessment, risk communication, financial analysis, science policy, fate and transport. A detailed draft Statement of Work (SOW) has been provided on the internet at http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placement/9814063/drasow.htm. This draft SOW identifies in greater detail the type of work that will be required and the labor classifications. These are too extensive to list completely in this notice. The resulting contract Period of Performance will be a base period of 12 months, commencing in March 1999, which will include a base quantity level of effort (LOE) of 15,000 hours, with an optional quantity of 7,500 hours during the base year. The contract will contain options for four additional years with identical LOE projections, which if exercised makes the potential total contract performance term 5 years (60 months). It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or about September 30, 1998 with proposals due on or about October 30, 1998. All timely proposals will be considered by the Government. Conflict of Interest Plan issues will be posted to the internet site as soon as they are available. The Request for Proposal (RFP), amendments and other related items will be posted on the Internet and can be easily downloaded from the following site: "http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placement/9814063/index.htm". Interested parties are advised to monitor this website for further information on this procurement as it becomesavailable. If Internet capability is unavailable, interested parties must submit a written request stating that, so that hard copies of the solicitation may be provided. All parties interested in requesting a copy of the solicitation, or being included in the interested firms list should submit their request in writing to either of the following addresses: U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Bid and Proposal Room (3803R), Attention: Phillip D. Osborne or via E-mail: Osborne.Phil@epa.gov. A copy of the interested firms list will be available on the internet site and updated periodically. The Point of Contact for this solicitation is Phillip D. Osborne, Contracting Officer, U.S. EPA, 401M St. SW, MC-3803R, Washington, DC 20460. Posted 09/15/98 (W-SN249756). (0258)

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