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R -- DATA MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL PR-HQ-98-14841 POC Valoree S. Lilley -- lilley.valoree@epamail.epa.gov WEB: click here for information on this requirement, http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/9814841/index.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer, lilley.valoree@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a contractor to provide in-processing and indexing support for studies and other technical documents of archival significance, in-processing and data capture support for regulatory applications and decisions, and operational data entry support and staffing for the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) computer terminal room. The EPA's Office Of Pesticide Programs is responsible for regulating the supply and use of chemical and biological agents produced, marketed, or used for pest control in the Unites States. Under the authority of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), OPP registers and classifies pesticide residues in food or feed commodities, and as appropriate, suspends or cancels registrations and other regulatory clearances of pesticides found likely to cause unreasonable adverse effects on man or the environment. In carrying out these responsibilities, OPP makes thousands of discrete regulatory decisions each year. Some decisions are of narrow scope and impact and relatively simple; others are of very broad scope and impact and are extremely complex. Most of these decisions are based on review of applications submitted by regulated firms and of supporting technical data describing the properties, effects, and other characteristics of the pesticides. In reaching its decisions OPP assesses potential risk of pesticide use, estimates the countervailing benefits of pesticide use, develops criteria and standards for regulation, and documents both its regulatory conclusions and their rationale. All these operations are information intensive, requiring substantial amounts of technical information from pesticide firms and other sources, and generating substantial amounts of output information describing OPP's scientific and regulatory decisions. OPP's changing needs for information management support have been met over the years through many discrete automated and manual systems and files. Although these files were developed independently, OPP is currently migrating them into a single fully integrated database which will operate under ORACLE on OPP's Local Area Network. THIS IS A 100% SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. The anticipated period of performance is a one year base period, plus four one year options. The SIC code for this requirement is 7374. You may contact the contract specialist Valoree S. Lilley at lilley.valoree@epamail.epa.gov. Please include the following: Company name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. NO PHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED. The anticipated issue date for this solicitation is March 29, 1999. A copy of the this solicitation will be posted on the EPA web site at http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/9814841/index.htm. All responsible small business offerors may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. See Note 1 Posted 01/14/99 (W-SN288029). (0014)

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