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A -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR TATT PROGRAM -- ADA, OK SOL PR-CI-99-13292 POC BILLY ODEN -(513)487-2126 -- Contracting Officer WEB: Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, oden.billy@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a requirement for contractor 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 supportedmodels 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. A detailed statement of work will be issued with the Solicitation. It is anticipated that the Solicitation will be issued during late February, 1999, providing for a response time of a minimum of thirty (30) days. The applicable SIC Code is 8744 with a size standard of $20 million. EPA intends to award a single contract with a total maximum potential Level of Effort (LOE) of 161,943 technical hours over three years. The contract period of performance will be a Base period of 15 months, and a total of 49,130 LOE hours, commencing on July 1, 1999. The contract will contain options for four (2) additional performance periods as follows: Option Period I -- 12 months (39,302 LOE hours) and Option Period II -- 9 months (27,960 LOE hours). The Base period and each Option period (I-II) will contain options for additional quantities as follows: Base Period -- 19,430 LOE hours; Option Period I -- 15,273 LOE hours and Option Period II -- 10,848 LOE hours. The contractor shall perform technical support activities at the contractor's site or in the field, as defined in written work assignments approved by the Contracting Officer. EPA uses Electronic Commerce (EC) to issue Solicitations and amendments to Solicitations. The subject Solicitation and any amendments to it will be available via the Internet at the URL address shown below. Paper copies of the Solicitation will not be provided. SEE Notes 1 and 26. Posted 01/27/99 (W-SN291750). (0027)

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