U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCPB Superfund Procurement (3805R), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

R -- PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL PR-HQ-98-10457 DUE 111798 POC Jackie Harris, Contract Specialist, (202) 564-4506 or Joan Thurman, Contracting Officer (202) 564-4497 WEB: Enforcement Support Services, http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/thurman/hq9814057/index.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, thurman.joan@epamail.epa.gov or harris.jacqueline@epamail.epa.gov. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) will issue a solicitation supporting the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) to procure advisory and assistance services for Superfund sites located throughout Region 8. Region 8 encompasses the geographic boundaries of the states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. The contractor shall provide support services that include potentially responsible party (PRP) searches, record collection activities, analysis of PRP search information for evidence of liability, development of waste-in and volumetric rankings, corporate research and financial assessments, investigative research, title searches, negotiation of cost recovery, litigation support, expert witnesses/expert consultants, and alternate dispute resolution. It is the Government's intent to award a cost-plus-fixed fee (CPFF), level-of-effort contract with a five year period of performance. The estimated maximumlevel of effort is 120,000 hours. Services shall be performed and products shall be delivered in compliance with all applicable federal environmental statutes, including but not limited to the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA); Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA); Oil Pollution Act and Toxic Substances Control Act; and state, and local laws, guidance and policies which may be adjusted to reflect those applicable laws, regulations, guidance, and policies that become effective after the effective date of this contract. Request for Proposal PR-HQ-98-14057 will be released within approximately 30 days. This procurement is designated as a Small Business Set Aside under SIC code 8999. The purpose of the CBD announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirement, generate the source list, and to direct interested parties to the EPA's "Doing Business with EPA" Internet World Wide Web site at http://www.epa.gov/oam for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. The RFP, amendments and other related items for this procurement will be posted on this Web site and can be downloaded/viewed. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list via Internet E-mail as stated below, via facsimile (202) 565-2557, or to the mailing address that follows: U.S. EPA, 401 M St. SW, Superfund/RCRA Procurement Operations Division, Enforcement and Laboratory Analysis Service Center, (3805R), Washington, DC 20460-0001, ATTN.: Jackie Harris. Hard copies of the RFP, amendment and other related items will not be provided without written certification that INTERNET capability is unavailable. Interested parties must submit their written certification via facsimile stating such to Jackie Harris or Joan Thurman so that hard copies of these documents may be provided. See Notes 1 and 26. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. ***** Posted 09/23/98 (W-SN253251). (0266)

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