U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCPB Superfund Procurement (3805R), 401 M St. SW, Washington, DC 20460-0001

R -- OSW- HAZARDOUS WASTE METHODS SUPPORT SOL PR-HQ-99-16258 POC Celia Vaughn, Contracting Officer, (202) 654-1047 or Gloria Hilliard, Contract Specialist (202) 564-4437 WEB: Click here to download information on RFP #PR-HQ-99-16258, http://www.epa.gov/oamsrpod/hilliard/emrad/index.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact Gloria Hilliard, hilliard.gloria@epamail.epa.gov. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Acquisition Management (OAM) will issue a solicitation supporting the Office of Solid Waste (OSW), Economic, Methods and Risk Analysis Division (EMRAD). The Methods Team is the focal point within OSW for expertise in analytical chemistry and hazardous waste characteristic testing methodologies, environmental sampling and monitoring, and quality assurance/quality control. OSW plays a vital role in implementing the hazardous waste management and contaminated site cleanup programs under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The Methods Team program provides technical support to other OSW Divisions, EPA Program Offices and Regions, state regulatory agencies, and the regulated community. The purpose of the program is as follows: (1) develop and evaluate analytical and test methods to identify and characterize hazardous wastes, environmental samples and contaminated materials; (2) produce guidance documents and technical transfer programs to foster the development and use of innovative, cost-effective approaches (such as through Performance -Based Measurement Systems, PBMS) for waste and site characterization, monitoring and remediation; (3) analyze and interpret data from RCRA monitoring activities; (4) maintain "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods, (SW-846)", a multi-volume manual of EPA-approved methods and monitoring guidance; (5) foster public outreach and communication regarding RCRA-related monitoring activities such as through the annual Waste Testing and Quality Assurance (WTQA) Symposium and the Methods Information Communications Exchange (MICE) service line. It is the Government's intent to award one cost-plus-fixed fee, level of effort contract. The contract period of performance shall be for a two-year base period with three one-year options. The contract will have an estimated total level-of-effort of 27,000 professional and technical hours for the base period and 13,500 hours for each of the option periods. The anticipated release date for the Request for Proposal (RFP) PR-HQ-99-16258 is October 8, 1999. The purpose of the CBD annoucement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirements, generate the source list, and to direct interest to EPA's "Doing Business with EPA" Internet World Wide site at (http://www.epa.gov/oam/srpod) for futher information on this procurement as it becomes available. The RFP, amendements and other related items for this procurement will be posted on this WEB site and can be downloaded/viewed. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list via Internet E-mial below, via facsimile (202) 565-2557, or to mailing address that follows: U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, Superfund/RCRA Procurement Operations Division, Headquarters Contract service Center, Superfund Procurement (3805 R), Washington, DC 20460-0001, ATTN: Gloria Hilliard. EPA does not anticipate printing copies of the RFP, therefore, Potential Offerors are requested to download the RFP and amendments from this office. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) for this procurement will be -- 8741. Posted 09/01/99 (W-SN375447). (0244)

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