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

B -- ANALYTICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR AIR AND RADIATION SOL PR-NC-98-10901 POC Kelley Brown, Contract Specialist, (919)541-2125/Kathleen H. Moore, Contracting Officer, (919)541-2125 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, brown.kelley@epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a technical support requirement for (1) human health, welfare, ecological, and environmental impact assessment, (2) comparative and synthesizing analyses of energy production, use, conservation, and distribution; including liquid, solid, and gaseous fuels; and renewable energy, (3) economic and financial analysis of pollution control programs and policies, (4) engineering and cost assessment of pollution control equipment and production processes, (5) programmatic and policy analytical support related to implementation of air and radiation control programs, and (6) analytical, program management, and communications support related to development, evaluation, implementation of air and radiation protection programs and policies. The Government reserves the right to award multiple cost-plus-fixed fee level of effort type contracts each with a Base Period of 12 months and three (3), twelve (12) month Option Periods under this solicitation. EPA anticipates awarding two (2) full and open competition (FAOC) contracts and one (1) small business contract as a result of this single solicitation. An offeror may only receive one (1) award as a result of this solicitation. Each of the FAOC contracts will have a Base Period and three (3) Option Periods consisting of a basic requirement of 10,139 labor hours with 5,000 optional quantity labor hours each. The small business contract will have a Base Period and three (3) Option Periods consisting of a basic requirement of 2,570 labor hours with 1,000 optional quantity labor hours. The total labor hours for all three (3) contracts is 135,392. A DRAFT copy of the statement of work and the Conflict of Interest (COI) related DRAFT clauses, provisions, and representations and certifications are posted on the Internet for information purposes at: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. SIC No. 8748 applies and the size standard is $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. This requirement is a follow-on to contract numbers 68D40102 with Industrial Economics, Inc. (IEc) and 68D40103 with ICF, Inc. which will expire on June 30, 1999. It is estimated that the RFP will be issued approximately December 7, 1998. A pre-proposal conference is expected to be held within approximately a week of issuance of the solicitation in Washington, D.C. Please note that information regarding the specific date, time, and location of the pre-proposal conference will be posted at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd in the next week and will additionally be included in the solicitation. Proposals will be due thirty (30) days after the RFP issuance date. The solicitation and amendments will be available via the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation and amendments via Internet. If you will be obtaining a copy of the solicitation via Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. Firms who do not have the capability to obtain thesolicitation from Internet, may submit a written request for a diskette with the solicitation in WordPerfect 6.1 format from the contact point at the address above; however, only those firms who do NOT have the capability to obtain the solicitation from the Internet should request diskettes. Diskettes will not be sent to those firms who have Internet access. If you request a diskette of the solicitation, you will receive amendments by mail, unless you notify us otherwise. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Only one copy shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. A copy of the preliminary source list will be posted along with the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note 26.***** Posted 11/19/98 (W-SN272925). (0323)

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