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R -- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SUPPORT FOR REGULATORY ACTIONS SOL PR-HQ-99-15595 DUE 060199 POC John J. Nanartowicz III, 202-564-4756 WEB: Chemical Engineering Support for Regulatory Actions, http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/dc9915595/index.html. E-MAIL: John J. Nanartowicz III, Contracting Officer, nanartowicz.john@epamail.epa.gov. THIS REQUIREMENT WILL BE PROCURED AS A SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE COMPETITIVE ACTION. THE APPLICABLE SIC CODE IS 8731 WITH A SIZE STANDARD OF 500 EMPLOYEES!! The Chemical Engineering Branch (CEB) of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) is responsible for performing work under a number of statutes including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), and the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA). Key programs administered by OPPT include the new chemicals and existing chemicals review programs and the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). The Office also provides technical support to regulatory programs administered by other offices such as the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER). The activities of OPPT require a number of different types of analyses including assessments of hazard, exposure, risk, pollution prevention opportunities and the economic impact of proposed regulatory actions. The CEB is one of several groups within the OPPT that provides technical support. CEB's areas of expertise include the characterization of methods for manufacturing and using industrial chemicals; and assessments of the potential for occupational exposure and environmental releases resulting from these industrial operations. CEB also identifies methods for reducing the potential for exposure and environmental release. These analyses help the OPPT to better understand the risks from the chemicals being evaluated and make decisions on appropriate actions to take. The purpose of this procurement is provide engineering support services which may include but are not necessarily limited to the assessments of hazard, exposure, risk, pollution prevention opportunities, and economic impact of proposed regulatory actions in support of the CEB mission as well as potentially supporting other branches within OPPT in areas defined through the contract's statement of work and its respective work assignments. Examples include: A) Environmental Release Assessment; B) Occupational Exposure Assessment; C) Use of Clusters and other Ranking system; D) Research and Estimation Methodology Development; E) General Outreach and Presentation Support; F) Green Engineering, Design for Environment and Other Pollution Prevention Support; G) Support to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Program; H) General Site Surveys. A prerequisite of performing any environmental measurement work will be a quality assurance system that meets ANSI standard E4-1994. It should be noted that hard copies of the Request for Proposals (RFP) will not be mailed out, but will be available for down-loading from the EPA website. The EPA website address is: http//www.epa.gov/oam/hpod. Email the Contracting Officer at "nanartowicz.john@epamail.epa.gov" to express your interest in this solicitation package. Please include in your e-mail your firms complete name and address for Source List purposes. Due to the anticipated large volume of interest, we will be unable to return phone calls for this procurement. You may be able to retrieve a copy of the RFP package on or about April 30, 1999. See Note # 01. Posted 03/24/99 (W-SN311909). (0083)

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