SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Student Services
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-04-00427
- Response Due
- 8/30/2004
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Rebecca Clausen, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-3002
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(clausen.rebecca@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541710 THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS FOR STUDENT LABORATORY SERVICES TO BE HIRED ON A CONTRACT BASIS BY THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. The solicitation number is 14RM17 (RFQ-RT-04-00427). The Human Exposure and Atmospheric Sciences Division (HEASD) of the National Exposure Research Laboratory (NERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Research Triangle Park, NC is seeking an individual, at least 18 years of age who is a recent graduate of a degree program in the chemical or biological sciences, to provide services under a contractual agreement in support of human exposure research. Applicants who are currently enrolled, or plan to enroll, in graduate level programs will be considered. The preferred student/recent graduate will have broad academic training and work experience in Accelerated Solvent Extraction (ASE) and High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), and possess general skills/experience in laboratory work. HEASD's Method Development and Application Branch (MDAB) develops, modifies, improves, evaluates, and validates methods and instrumentation for measuring human and ecosystems exposures, and provides data input for human exposure models. The research focus is to develop and apply methods which will be used by EPA's measurement programs to elucidate source-to-dose pathways and to help define the important and critical routes of exposure. The Branch plans and conducts research and development to advance state-of-the-art sampling technologies, analytical methodologies, and analytical instrumentation for the investigation and characterization of human and ecological exposures to environmental stressors. The Branch designs and field tests screening instruments. The Branch plans and conducts field studies specifically designed to elucidate human and eco-exposure concerns. For additional information regarding HEASD or MDAB, visit the division home page at http://www.epa.gov/heasd/. The student/recent graduate will provide technical support for research focusing on the development of (ASE) and (HPLC) methods. The different tasks include, but are not limited to: 1) Preparation of reagents and standards, 2) Directed development of methods for relevant compendium analytes, 3) Directed sample extraction and quantitative analysis using ASE and HPLC, 4) Routine maintenance and troubleshooting of ASE and HPLC instrumentation, 5) Conducting literature/internet searches and reviewing scientific literature. 6) Collection, processing, and compiling of data or other information into databases/spreadsheets using a variety of Windows-based software (e.g., Microsoft Excel/Word/Access, WordPerfect, EndNote, etc.), 7) Conducting descriptive statistical analyses (i.e., mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, median, etc.) of data. All technical questions are to be forwarded via email to the Contract Specialist at the following e-mail address: clausen.rebecca@epa.gov. Interested parties should review all material relevant to the requirement by looking under Request for Quotation section of the EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. These solicitation documents will be posted to that website August 30, 2004. Interested parties should go to the website and click on the link entitled "Student Services 14RM17, RFQ-RT-04-00427" to check the status of this procurement and to ascertain when and if any amendments have been issued.
- Record
- SN00643921-W 20040815/040813213003 (fbodaily.com)
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