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R -- SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ECONOMIC AND REGULATORY ANALYTICAL ANALYSIS SOL PR-CI-98-10437 POC Matthew J. Growney (513) 487-2029 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, Http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Matthew J. Growney, Contract Specialist, Growney.Matthew@epamail.epa.gov. THIS IS A NOTICE TO A FORTHCOMING SOLICITATION. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA) Office of Water (OW), Office of Science and Technology (OST), Engineering and Analysis Division (EAD), Economic and Statistical Analysis Branch (ESAB), is seeking a contractor to provide economic, regulatory, and analytical technical support needed to meet the Agency's requirements under the Clean Water Act, executive orders, and, as appropriate, other environmental statutes. The successful contractor will supply all necessary labor, material, services, equipment, and facilities in support of the effort delineated by the statement of work. The contractor will provide technical and analytical support for the following general program areas: industrial effluent limitations guidelines and standards; water quality standards, contaminated sediment, and biological criteria and standards; multimedia analysis; pollution prevention; economic and market incentives; treatment and disposition; water permits and pretreatment standards analysis; other OW projects; Administrator's priorities; economic methodologies; training; risk analysis; small business analysis, and peer review. The successful contractor will be expected to provide technical support services to aid the Agency in the following task areas: (1) Industry Profiles, (2) Economic and Regulatory Analysis, (3) Cost Analysis, (4) Benefits Analysis, (5) Cost-Benefit Analysis, (6) Economic Analyses, (7) Methodology Development, (8) Regulatory Flexibility/SBREFA Analysis, (9) Financial Analysis of Industry, (10) State and Local Governments, (11) Information Collection, (12) Risk Assessments, (12) Technical/Economic Review, (13) Multi-Media Programs, (14) Review and Analysis of Public Comments, (15) Quick Turnaround, (16) Collection/Preparation of Reports, (17) Databases, (18) Expert/ Peer Review Support. The proposed contract will be a cost plus fixed fee term form with a base period of one year and four one year option periods. The base level of effort (LOE) for each of the five periods will be approximately 15,000 direct labor hours with options for an additional LOE of up to 100% in each period, for a total potential of 150,000 direct productive labor hours over the five years. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT AN OFFER WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. The incumbent on the contract currently fulfilling this requirement is ABT Associates Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Solicitation PR-CI-98-10437 will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through the EPA's home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is anticipated that this solicitation will be issued on the first week in January. Only a limited number of hard copies of the solicitation will be available on a first come first serve basis. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing, telephone requests for the solicitation will not be honored. You may fax your request to Matthew Growney at 513-487-2115. Posted 11/25/98 (W-SN274948). (0329)

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