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

B -- REGULATORY ANALYTICAL AND EVALUATION SUPPORT FOR RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS SOL PR-NC-99-13374 POC Lenora Hilliar, Contract Specialist, (919) 541-4392,Kathleen H. Moore, Contracting Officer, (919)-541-4392 o c WEB: Click here to visit the site that has EPA-RTP solicitations., http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, hilliard.lenora.epa.gov. NOTE: EPA is currently unable to post solicitations and/or amendments to solicitations electronically. It is expected that EPA will be able to make electronic postings by the time this solicitation is issued. However, in an effort to assure that EPA is able to issue this solicitation, firms must submit a written request via email to the contact point at the following email address: hilliard.lenora@epa.gov to allow for the solicitation to be issued by other means. Your email request should include the firm's: 1) email address, 2) mailing address, and 3) telephone number. Omission of any of this information may result in failure to receive the solicitation. If another means is the only way of issuing the solicitation, only those firms who submit an email request will be sent a copy. If electronic posting is possible at the time the solicitation is issued, it will ONLY be issued electronically; copies will not be sent. Firms should, therefore, submit a written request AND continue to monitor the website noted below. If a firm does not have email capability, they must submit a written request to the address above. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) has a requirement for a contractor to provide technical support to the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA). Contractor support is required for the development of guidance and traditional rulemaking activities related to accomplishing the Office of Radiation and Indoor Air's mission and meeting program goals in the area of Radiation Protection. Specific support shall include but not be limited to the following: Develop technical documents, including, conducting underlying research and compiling data, draft and revise technical documents including Technical Supports Documents, gather and/or analyze radiation- related data, information, and reports from stakeholders, and identify and evaluate approaches to resolve technical, economic and radiation-specific problems/issues. Assess, revise, edit, compile, format, excerpt from, and respond to comments on radiation-related regulatory and technical documents. Develop and implement models and other methods to assess radiation risks. Assess or analyze transport of radioactive materials. Evaluate and conduct technical assessments, radiation-related studies, analyses, modeling or environmental impacts, and investigations and/or feasibility studies. Evaluate the effectiveness of groundwater and soil contaminated with radionuclides and hazardous waste. Conduct site investigations and audits. Evaluate the Adequacy of Compliance Materials. Conduct emergency response exercises to include the planning, executing, and evaluating radiological emergency response exercises/including tabletop, command-post, and field exercises. Develop and conduct technical training modules to support training in areas of but not limited to capability development and the implementation/enforcement of radiation criteria. Design, develop, refine and maintain databases and provide date use and data management support on any relevant facet of radiation and/or radioactive materials in the human and natural environments. The EPA anticipates award of a cost-plus-fixed fee/level-of-effort/work assignment type contract. The Government anticipates award of a total level-of-effort of 112,000 direct labor hours consisting of a base requirement of 20,000 labor hours, and three twelve month options of 20,000 labor hours each. In addition, the contract allows for options to increase the quantity of hours for the base and three option periods by 8,000 labor hours in each period. A Draft copy of the Conflict of Interest (COI) relates clauses are posted on the Internet for information purposes at: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. The SIC code 8999 applies with a size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. The solicitation is expected to be issued approximately March 15, 2000, as a total small business setaside. Proposals will be due approximately 30 days after issuance of the solicitation. The solicitation and amendments will beavailable via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd . Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation and amendments via the Internet. If 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. Firms who do NOT have the capability to obtain the solicitation from the Internet may submit a written request for a diskette with the solicitation in Wordperfect 8.0 format from the contact point at the address above. However, only those firms who do not have the capability to obtain the solicitation from the Internet should request a copy of the diskette. Diskettes will not be sent to those firms who have internet access. If you request a diskette of the solicitation, you will receive amendments by mail, unless you notify us otherwise. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Only one copy shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. A copy of the preliminary source list will be posted along with the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Notes 1 and 26. Firms must identify their size status when requesting a copy of the solicitation. Firms who fail to do so shall be considered to be large businesses. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will beconsidered by the Agency. Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429634). (0060)

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