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B -- NATIONAL WATERSHED PROTECTION PROGRAM SOL PR-CI-99-13507 POC Richard Makepeace (513) 487-2044 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, makepeace.richard@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water (OW), Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (OWOW), Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD) has a requirement for a support services contract. This contract will support AWPD in its mission to advance the protection and restoration of the nation's watersheds and waterbodies through the use of point and nonpoint source pollution controls, water quality monitoring, and development of tools for ecosystem restoration. The contractor must be capable of providing technical support for Total Maximum Daily Loads development and implementation. Major support activities will include: technical, logistical, and administrative support for water quality assessments, economic modeling, cost and benefit analysis, and the development of technical guidance workshops and training on water quality monitoring. The successful contractor will also be required to provide workshop and meeting logistic support as well as maintain and enhance Internet web sites. The EPA anticipates a cost type, level of effort contract, for a base period of one year and two option periods of one year each for a total contract period of performance of three years. Each contract period will consist of approximately 147,000 professional man-hours with options for an additional 73,500 professional man-hours per period. All responsible sources who submit a proposal will be considered by the Agency. Solicitation PR-CI-99-13507 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. This site may include other information related to this acquisition. It is anticipated that this RFP will be available in mid May, 1999. No bidders list will be maintained. It is not necessary to submit a written request for proposal. See Note 26. Posted 04/21/99 (W-SN322570). (0111)

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