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

B -- IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMS FOR STRATOSPHERIC PROTECTION SOL PR-NC-00-10300 POC Eugenia Lee King, Contracting Officer, (919) 541-3021 WEB: Click here to go to the web page where the RFP will, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, king.eugenia@epa.gov. EPA has a requirement for technical and analytic support concerning new technologies and alternatives to ozone depleting substances (ODS) and their use in designated sectors to support regulatory and programmatic decisions, both domestic and international. A major part of the work involves the assessment of the technical feasibility of a variety of options to reduce ozone depleting and global warming gases. The work will: 1.) evaluate the overall risk of implementing each technical option by determining the impact on ozone depletion, direct and indirect global warming, toxicity, safety, flammability, and contribution of increased air pollution by direct emission or by indirect increases in energy demand; and 2.)examine the capacity of these options to technically limit changes and assess the regulatory requirements, obstacles and institutional barriers for their development. EPA anticipates the award of a cost-plus- fixed-fee level of effort type contract with a base period of performance for the contract of twelve months, with four additional twelve-month options for a total of 100,000 labor hours. The level of effort requirement of each contract is 14,000 labor hours with 6,000 optional quantity labor hours. The solicitation is expected to be issued approximately 4/21/00 and proposals will be due approximately 30 days after issuance of the solicitation. The award will be through full and open competition and the SIC code number is 8731 with a size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the preceding three fiscal years. This procurement is a follow-on to contract 68D50147 with ICF, Inc. The solicitation and amendments will be available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp/cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation and amendments via Internet. If you will be obtaining a copy of the solicitation via Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. However, firms who do not have the capability to obtain the solicitation from Internet, may submit a written request for a diskette with the solicitation in WordPerfect 6.1 format from the contact point at the address above. 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 issued to all prospective offerors along with the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Note(s) 26. Posted 02/25/00 (W-SN428687). (0056)

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