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B -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR EFFICACY EVALUATION OF PESTICIDES SOL PR-HQ-00-10069 POC Beverly Hemsley, Contract Specialist (e-mail: hemsley.beverly@epa.gov) WEB: click here to download a copy of the RFP, http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/0010069. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist, hemsley.beverly@epa.gov. The United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPTS), Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Antimicrobial Division (AD), is issuing a request for proposal for technical support for the efficacy evaluation of pesticides. This requirement will be procured utilizing Full and Open Competitive procedures, SIC Code 8731. The proposed contract is anticipated to be a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) level of effort (LOE) contract. The period of performance will consist of a 12-month base period with four one-year option periods. The purpose of this contract is to provide the resources necessary to evaluate the efficacy of pesticides for registration, preregistration and special review efforts. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Pesticide Programs, as required by the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996, institutes procedures for the registration and reregistration of pesticides. OPP develops data requirements and study guidelines that are used to assess the potential impact pesticides may have on human health and the environment. Before using these data for regulatory purposes, OPP must evaluate the studies to determine their adequacy and to guarantee that appropriate quality assurance procedures were carried out. The contractor must be cleared for access to FIFRA confidential business information (CBI) and must control the information in accordance with the EPA publication entitled "FIFRA Information Security Manual." Contractor support will be required for the preparation of Reregistration Eligibility Documents (REDs), reviewing product specific efficacy data, test guideline development, reviewing incident information, conducting literature searches and hard copy acquisition, and conducting workshops and seminars. The RFP will be made available through the Internet and will appear at the EPA Contracts internet Website on or around March 30, 2000. No hard copies of the RFP will be provided without written certification that Internet capability is unavailable. All responsible offerors may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency.The EPA Website is located at http://www.epa.gov/oam/hpod/ under Current Procurements. Posted 02/10/00 (W-SN424245). (0041)

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