U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

A -- INTENT TO NEGOTIATE ON A SOLE SOURCE BASIS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMFLO-2000 SOFTWARE FOR PREDICTING WATER AND CHEMICAL MOVEMENT IN SOILS SOL RFQ-OH-00-00184 DUE 080800 POC Kathleen Roe, phone: (513)487-2144, fax: (513)487-2109 WEB: Office of Aquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, This acquisition will not appear on the web site.. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, roe.kathleen@epa.gov. The U.S. EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Oklahoma State University for the development Chemflo-2000 software. This requirement is to update the original software model developed by Oklahoma State for EPA as an MS-DOS platform. The University maintains the intellectual rights to the model and owns the source code for the Java applet required. No other source has access to the source information required to produce this software. The contractor shall (1) replace the current MS-DOS version and develop executable software suitable for use as an Internet applet and as a stand-alone application on computers supporting the Java virtual machine, capable of running on the following operating systems: Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000; Unix; and Linux, (2) Incorporate the model into educational applets for web-based instruction, (3) Incorporate the model into decision-support systems, (4) Incorporate it into new web-based educational software and (5) provide support documentation. This acquisition is being processed under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. EPA believes Oklahoma State University is uniquely qualified to meet this requirement for the reasons given. However, any firm believing itself capable of meeting EPA requirements may submit technical documentation to establish the potential of complying with the statement of work. Such documentation must be submitted to the POC within 15 days of electronic posting of this notice. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within fifteen days after date of electronic publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 07/19/00 (W-SN476364). (0201)

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