U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: OARSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

T -- REMOTE SENSING TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES DIVISION LAS VEGAS SOL PR-NC-99-12840 POC McDonald Morrison (919) 541-4364 WEB: EPA Contracts Management Division, RTP, NC Web Site, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact contract specialist, morrison.mcdonald@epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency intends to award a contract for "Remote Sensing Technical Support" for the Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL) Environmental Sciences Division (ESD). ESD will manage the contract from Las Vegas, NV. The acquisition will be made by way of full and open competition. A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is anticipated to result from the award of this solicitation. The resulting contract is expected to have a base year (beginning on or about August 1, 2000) and four single year option periods (continuing through July 31, 2005 if all options are exercised) The associated Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 7389 with a size standard of $3,500,000. This procurement will not be made under FAR Part 12 provisions. This effort will support monitoring requirements under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act, and other applicable legislation. ESD -- Las Vegas has the responsibility of providing remote monitoring technical support to many of the Agency's regulatory and scientific research programs. The successful contractor shall be required to perform analysis of remote sensing data using active and passive remote sensing hardware and software, photogrammetric and cartographic applications, and operation of a Geographic Information System (GIS). Contractor support to ESD shall require technical services, technology transfer, and support to research and development. The work shall be performed at the contractor's facility. The contractor may be required to place individuals at classified facilities located in the Washington DC metropolitan area for both short (1-3 days) and long (weeks to months) terms to support remote sensing data analysis studies. The contractor shall provide a multi discipline staff skilled in the application of remote sensing technology to natural and cultural resources identification and mapping, as well as personnel with technical capabilities in cartography, geographic information systems (GIS), photogrammetry, and global positioning system (GPS) technology. Primary areas of image interpretation expertise required include: land use/land cover mapping; geological analysis (e.g., fracture trace, geomorpological, and lithologic mapping); ecological analysis (e.g., wetlands mapping); and cultural features mapping (e.g., features and activities of man and his impacts on the landscape). A presolicitation conference will be held in the EPA Administration Building at RTP, NC beginning at 1:00 PM on July 28, 1999. Interested parties shall provide notification, NLT July 15, 1999, of the number of attendees they intend to send. The contact point for notification is: morrison.mcdonald@epa.gov. A draft Statement of Work is posted, for review and comment, at the INTERNET site referenced below. It is estimated that the solicitation will be issued on or about August 31, 1999. Proposals will be due approximately 75 days after the RFP issuance date. This acquisition represents a follow-on to contract 68C50065 with Lockheed Environmental Systems. The solicitation and amendments will be available via the INTERNET World Wide Web at the following site: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms must access the solicitation and amendments via the INTERNET. Once you obtain a copy of the solicitation via the INTERNET, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Posted 06/16/99 (W-SN343818). (0167)

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