B -- TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA FOR WATER MEDIA (HUMAN HEALTH EMPHASIS)

Notice Date

February 22, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

45268

Solicitation Number

PR-CI-01-11821

Response Due

March 15, 2001

Point of Contact

Michael Brinkmiller, (513)487-2013

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contracting officer by e-mail (brinkmiller.michael@epa.gov)

Description

This announcement is for planning purposes only. It is intended to assist the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its preparation for this future procurement which includes the identification of qualified sources. The EPA has a requirement for scientific analyses to support national environmental assessment of human health risk for development of nationally applicable criteria and contaminant limits for water under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act. The assessments support the Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology (OST), Health and Ecological Criteria Division (HECD) in Washington, DC. The contractor shall provide personnel and services required during the development of human health criteria, health advisories, maximum contaminant level goals and assessments of chemical hazard and dose response to support toxicological profile development for the EPA Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) which provides support to all EPA programs. Examples of the types of activities the contractor shall perform and expertise required under this contract are as follows: (A) Critical reviews of published and unpublished microbial and toxicological studies to identify data that can be used as the basis of national hazard, dose-response and exposure assessment for a specific chemical or microbial agent. The contractor must have expert knowledge and experience analyzing data from standard toxicological and microbiological protocols and assessing good laboratory practice standards for quality assurance and quality control in order to be able to judge the completeness, quality and applicability of the data. (B) Extensive experience and expertise using published Agency procedures and policies for national chemical and microbial risk assessment and risk characterization as they apply to contaminants in drinking water, ambient waters, sewage sludge, including pesticides. Familiarity with the EPA Human Health Methodology 2000 and underlying procedures and guidelines is necessary. Knowledge of comparable procedures and policies of the Food and Drug Administration, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Consumer Product Safety Commission, Agency of Toxic Substances and Disease Control is beneficial. (C) Extensive experience and expertise in modeling of toxicological data, exposure data, and epidemiologic data as well as uncertainty analysis using EPA practices for such statistical analysis. (D) Expertise in exposure analyses supporting regulations and guidance establishing national contaminant level goals (chemical and microbiological) found in drinking water, ambient waters, and sludge, including pesticides, as compared to exposures from other media. (E) Strong writing skills and experience applicable to the preparations of Criteria Documents, Health Advisories, Technical Support Documents, Fact Sheets, Toxicological Profiles for IRIS and other regulatory support materials. (G) Expertise and experience in arranging, facilitating, and preparing final reports for meetings, workshops, conferences and training. (H) Knowledge and experience in providing outreach support as needed. (i.e., presentations, videos, posters, as related to above tasks). Interested parties are requested to submit to the Contracting Officer a capability statement that includes: (1)Name of firm, mailing address, point of contact's phone number and e-mail address: identity and position of person(s) preparing the statement; (2 ) North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code that best describes the firm's business and the firm's size status under that code; (3) whether the firm is a small disadvantage business and/or woman-owned business; (4) a statement of experience/qualifications including the capacity (including level of effort and dollar amount) of projects completed demonstrating experience in performing work as outlined above. The statement of experience/qualifications should include a description of the firm's staff members with advanced degree education and experience in the areas of toxicology, epidemiology, biochemistry, biostatistics, or chemistry. The statement of experience/qualifications should also include a description of the firm's experience in the development of national as opposed to site-specific environmental health risk assessments. E-mail is the preferred method of receipt for a detailed capability statement (brinkmiller.michael@epa.gov). The deadline for receipt of this information is no later than March 15, 2001. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

Web Link

U.S. EPA, Office of Acquisition Management, Contracts (http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010226/BSOL007.HTM (W-053 SN50E3O2)