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

A -- BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) DESIGN GUIDE SOL RFQ-OH-00-00215 POC Kathleen Roe, phone: (513)487-2144, fax: (513)487-2109 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, This procurement will not appear on the web site. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, roe.kathleen@epa.gov. The US EPA National Risk Management Research Laboratory's Urban Watershed Management Branch has a requirement for the development of Best Management Practices (BMP) Design Guides. The successful contractor shall (1) compile and critically review available BMP design manuals and practices and (2) develop a practical design protocol(s) that will result in BMP facilities that achieves their intended objectives of pollutant removal, flood control and operation. Design protocols for structural and low structural BMP shall be based on engineering principles (e. g., urban hydrology, hydraulics, particle size and settling velocity distributions). The resulting BMP design protocols shall be presented in a manual that shall include the details of the developed protocols and instructions on how the protocols are to be used. The estimated delivery date for the final product of this project is 16 months from date of purchase order award. The proposed acquisition will be processed in accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. A firm, fixed price purchase order will be issued to the quoter whose quotation offers the best value to the Government. All responsible sources may submit a written quotation which will be considered by the Agency. All requests for the RFQ must be in writing and shall be directed to the POC. Requests via fax or e-mail are acceptable. See Note 26. Posted 08/22/00 (W-SN488915). (0235)

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