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

B -- IMPLEMENTATION AND STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT SOL PR-NC-00-10096 POC Kelley H. Brown, Contract Specialist, (919)541-2125/Sue Davis, Contracting Officer, (919)541-2125 WEB: Click here to visit the site which has information, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, brown.kelley@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: brown.kelley@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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a technical support requirement for the development, implementation, and communication of environmental policy. This technical support will include program development, review and analysis of data, strategic monitoring and modeling, assessment of emission control techniques and strategies, cost and benefit analysis, and public outreach. Such assessments support the development of criteria pollutant ambient standards under Section 109 of the Clean Air Act (CAA), programs and emission standards under Sections 111 and 112, and the integration of various aspects of the criteria pollutant and hazardous air pollutant programs. The Government intends to award a cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort type contract with a Base Period of 12 months and four (4) twelve-month Option Periods under this solicitation. This procurement will be competed as a total small businessset-aside. Each of the five periods of the contract will consist of a basic requirement of 7,000 labor hours with 14,400 optional quantity labor hours. The total potential labor hours for the total contract period of 5 years is 107,000. A DRAFT copy of the Conflict of Interest (COI) related clauses, provisions, and representations and certifications are posted on the Internet for information purposes at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. SIC No. 8748 applies and the size standard is $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. This requirement is a follow-on to contract number 68D98026 with EC/R, Inc. which will expire on September 30, 2000. It is estimated that the RFP will be issued approximately March 23, 2000. Proposals will be due thirty (30) days after the RFP issuance date. In the event the solicitation and amendments are made available via the Internet, the following information applies: The solicitation and amendments will be available at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. If you obtain 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. 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 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 diskettes. 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 Numbered Notes 1 and 26.***** Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429497). (0060)

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