U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

A -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR RSKERC/TATT PROGRAM IN ADA, OKLAHOMA SOL PR-CI-99-13292 DUE 121798 POC J. Deanna Easley, 513-487-2027 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, easley.deanna@epamail.epa.gov. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. NO TELEPHONE CALLS REQUESTING A SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ACKNOWLEDGED. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a market search for contractors who can provide technical support services to the EPA Office of Research & Development (ORD), National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL), Subsurface Protection and Remediation Division (SPRD) located at Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center (RSKERC) in Ada, Oklahoma. The EPA has mandated programs directed toward implementation of efficient and cost effective remediation of hazardous waste sites, protection of ground-water resources and restoration of ecosystems. The RSKERC is the Agency's center of expertise pertaining to fate, transport and in situ remediation of contaminants in the subsurface environment. The NRMRL/SPRD operates a dedicated Technical Assistance and Technology Transfer (TATT) Program to provide technical support to EPA, other Federal and State offices responsible for making decisions pertaining to remediation of contaminated subsurface media, protection of strategic ground-water resource areas, and restoration of damaged ecosystems. The TATT Program activities center around four primary functional components: 1) Subsurface Fate, Transport and Remediation Technology Support Center (TSC) consisting of two functional elements: the Technical Support Team (TST) and Subsurface Remediation Information Center (SRIC); 2) Center for Subsurface Modeling Support (CSMoS); 3) Drinking Water Research (DWR) Support Program; and 4) Ecosystem Restoration in Watersheds Program. The TST, with input by experts from the subsurface environmental research community, provides an avenue for site-specific technical support to the user community. The SRIC provides a forum for location, collection, assembly and transfer of the rapidly developing, highly-specialized research, development and demonstration (R&D) information in this highly complex scientific arena to the subsurface remediation user community. The CSMoS provides a forum for identification of sources of subsurface fate and transport models; transfer of NRMRL/SPRD supported models and databases to the subsurface remediation user community; and provision of technical support to hazardous waste site model selection, application, and results interpretation. The DWR Support Program provides information transfer and technical support to EPA and State personnel responsible for establishing and maintaining safe sources of drinking water. With the addition of the Ecosystem Restoration in Watersheds Program, NRMRL will, in partnership with other ORD Laboratories, focus on developing needed data and quantitative support tools to enable good decisions by stakeholder groups for frequently occurring and critical ecosystem restoration situations. The SPRD is seeking contractor support for the TATT Program components and associated elements. One goal of the NRMRL/SPRD is to provide high quality technical support to its clients (EPA, other Federal and state agencies, and the private sector). Up to 50% of the work requires quick response, ranging from 5 to 20 working days, relative to remediation activities at specific Superfund sites, other RCRA and hazardous waste sites, and for ecological restoration project areas. The required services include scientific and technical support related to implementation of efficient and cost effective remediation of hazardous waste sites, protection of ground-water resources and restoration of ecosystems. The applicable SIC Code is 8742 with a size standard of $3.5 million. EPA intends to award a single contract with a total maximum potential effort of 160,000 technical hours over five years. Interested offerors should provide information that demonstrates corporate background and experience in the following scientific/technical areas 1) Technical support relative to remediation and waste management activities; 2) Hydrogeological and geophysical sampling, and analytical support; 3) Subsurface remediation technology treatability studies and field performance evaluations; 4) Technical information transfer; and 5) Technical support relative to ecosystem restoration activities, including sampling and technical information review and analysis. Additionally, interested offerors should provide information that demonstrates availability of highly competent and experienced scientific and technical personnel to perform the types of activities described above. Offerors should provide the background, experience, and skills of the various disciplines required to perform the work (i.e., microbiologist, ecologist, geochemist, hydrogeologist, hydrologist, soil scientist, environmental engineer, scientific technical editor, technical information specialist). The contractor shall perform technical support activities at the contractor site or in the field, as defined in written work assignments approved by the Contracting Officer including Technical Support for Hazardous Waste Site Remediation/Management Activities, Ecosystem Restoration Sites, Drinking Water Protection Sites, and technical review of documents and data associated with remediation and corrective action activities; Technical Information Transfer, Technical Support for Ecosystem Restoration in Watersheds; Technical Support for Subsurface Sampling and Analysis; Technical Support for Ecosystem Sampling and Analysis, and Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC). ANY INTERESTED FIRM SHOULD SUBMIT A CAPABILITY STATEMENT WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE FIRM'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE REQUIREMENT DISCUSSED ABOVE. Standard company brochures are not desired. Information should focus on the capability to provide the technical services identified above. FIRMS SHALL INDICATE THEIR SIZE STATUS FOR THE ABOVE-REFERENCED SIC CODE (LARGE, SMALL, 8(a), SMALL DISADVANTAGED). THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE CAPABILITY STATEMENT IS DECEMBER 18, 1998. This documentation should be submitted in duplicate to J. Deanna Easley, Contracting Officer, Contracts Management Division, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268-7001. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued in February 1999. Posted 12/02/98 (W-SN276374). (0336)

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