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B -- INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF PERCUTANEOUS ABSORPTION DATA SOL RFQ-DC-00-00051 DUE 022300 POC Sharon Hargrove Contracting Officer 202-564-43764 hargrove.sharon@epamail.epa.gov WEB: B -- Investigation and Analysis of Percutaneous Absorption, http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/dc0000051/index.htm. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, hargrove.sharon @epamail.epa.gov. DESC: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13. This is a synopsis (RFQ-DC-00-00051) for services in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 13.1, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice and the RFQ. STATEMENT OF WORK: SCOPE -- The contractor shall provide support to the U.S. EPA in development of a percutaneous absorption database. Data will be extracted from dermal absorption studies for specific pesticides and combined with chemical characteristics information from the technical literature. This database will be used to investigate fundamental relationships that might exist to permit calculation of scientifically acceptable approximations of the dose related flux of chemicals not yet tested. The OPP Technical Contact will supply the contractor with the list of chemicals for this project. The project duration is approximately six months from the date of award. (The complete Statement of Work (SOW) is available upon request.) QUOTATION SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: (1) Contractors shall provide a written proposal that addresses each task described in the SOW, a schedule of deliverables and a budget. As a guideline, proposals (not including resumes) should be fewer than 10 pages, however, contractors shall not be penalized for exceeding 10 pages; (2) Contractors shall include a budget that documents that projected expenditures by task clearly displaying wage rates, labor hours, Other Direct Costs, and any anticipated travel expenditures. For copies of the complete Request for Quotation, please visit the U.S. EPA Website at http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/dc0000051/index.htm, or E-mail the Contracting Officer at "hargrove.sharon@epamail.epa.gov" for a copy of the RFQ package. The Contracting Officer can be reached at 202-564-4764. You may be able to retrieve a copy of the request for quotation package on or about February 4, 2000. Quotations may be faxed to 202-565-2561. Quotations by e-mail are not acceptable. Quotations can also be delivered to the following address -- U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, S.W., Mail Code 3803R (Attn: Ms. Sharon Hargrove), Washington, DC 20460, or HANDCARRY QUOTATIONS TO -- 1300 Pennsylvannia Avenue, N.W., Bid and Proposal Room/6th Floor (Attn: Ms. Sharon Hargrove), Washington, DC 20003. Posted 02/03/00 (W-SN421409). (0034)

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