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B -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR COASTAL POLLUTION ISSUES SOL PR-CI-99-14252 POC Richard Makepeace (513) 487-2044 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd.html}. 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), Oceans and Coastal Protection Division (OCPD) has a requirement for a technical support contract. OCPD support is required in specific program areas including the National Estuary Program, ocean disposal, pollution control, technology transfer, marine debris, coral reefs, and impact assessments and monitoring of marine discharges. The successful contractor shall be capable of performing field work, laboratory analysis, environmental, ecological and health risk assessments, data base development and modeling, and other technical support tasks. 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 57,000 professional man-hours. All responsible sources who submit a proposal will be considered by the Agency. Solicitation PR-CI-99-14252 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. It is anticipated that this RFP will be available early November, 1999. See Note 26. Posted 09/27/99 (W-SN385049). (0270)

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