U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Unit, 100 Alabama Street,S.W., Atlanta, GA 30303

T -- DESIGN AND PRINTING OF AN "AGENDA FOR ACTION" AND "STATE OF THE REGION REPORT" FOR EPA REGION 4 SOL RFQEPA98-038 DUE 081898 POC Nancy M. Watkins (404) 562-8377 Please fax your request for this RFQ to (404) 562-8370 PHASE 1 -- Planning Task 1: Planning meetings Contractor should contact project officer to schedule a series of planning meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. EPA planners will decide the technical content of the "Agenda for Action" at this meeting. A second series of meetings to plan the "State of the Region Report" will be held in Atlanta in late 1999. Three planning meetings will be held to plan the "State of the Region Report". No deliverables are expected as the contractor will serve as an observer and will ask questions about content. PHASE 2 -- Design Task 2: Design the "Agenda for Action" for the general public. EPA planners will provide the contractor with a rough draft of the "Agenda for Action" that contains the technical and policy issues related to the environment that EPA would like to explain to the average lay person. The contractor will edit this information so that it is at an appropriate reading level for the average lay person. The contractor will design the look and format of the "Agenda" so that it is appealing to the population of the Southeast. The contractor will include a postage-paid business reply comment card, addressed to the EPA Region 4 Office in Atlanta, in the "Agenda for Action". Deliverables 1. The contractor will prepare a draft "Agenda for Action" within 21 days of receiving the rough draft from the Project Officer. Task 3: Design the "State of the Region Report" for the general public. EPA planners will provide the contractor with a rough draft of the "State of the Region Report" that contains the key issues and environmental indicators that EPA would like to explain to the average lay person. The contractor will edit this information so that it is at an appropriate reading level for the average lay person. The contractor will design the look and format of the "State of the Region Report" so that itis appealing to the population of the Southeast. Deliverables 2. The contractor will prepare a draft "State of the Region Report" within 21 days of receiving the rough draft from the Project Officer. PHASE 3 -- Approval Task 4 -- Presentation of draft to EPA Region 4 Executive Managers. The contractor will present the draft "Agenda" to EPA Executive Managers in Atlanta, Georgia. EPA planners will be present to answer technical, content-related questions, but contractor will conduct the presentation. Executive Managers may request changes to the draft "Agenda" before they approve it for printing. Deliverables 3. The contractor will prepare a presentation for the Executive Managers. The date of the presentation will be determined later. Task 5 -- Preparing the final "Agenda for Action" The contractor will finalize the "Agenda" incorporating changes requested by the Executive Managers. Deliverables 4. The contractor will prepare the final "Agenda" within 7 days of receiving comments from the EPA Executive Managers. Task 6 -- Presentation of draft "State of the Region Report" to EPA Region 4 Executive Managers the contractor will present the draft "State of the Region Report" to EPA Executive Managers in Atlanta, Georgia. EPA planners will be present to answer technical, content-related questions, but contractor will conduct the presentation. Executive Managers may request changes to the draft "State of the Region Report" before they approve it for printing. Deliverables 5. The contractor will prepare a presentation for the Executive Managers. The date of the presentation will be determined later. Task 7 -- Preparing the final "State of the Region Report" The contractor will finalize the "State of the Region Report," incorporating changes requested by the Executive Managers. Deliverables 6. The contractor will prepare the final "State of the Region Report" within 7 days of receiving comments from the EPA Executive Managers. PHASE 4-Production Task 8 -- Printing The EPA Project Officer will provide the contractor with instructions on when to begin printing and how many copies to produce. Printing will be done on recycled paper. The contractor will also provide a copy in ".pdf" electronic format for EPA Region 4 to include on its Internet World Wide Web Site. Deliverables 7. The contractor will deliver all paper and electronic copies of the "Agenda for Action" to the Project Officer no later than March 15, 1999. 8. The contractor will deliver all paper and electronic copies of the "State of the Region Report" to the Project Officer no later than December 31, 1999. PHASE 5 -- Public Comment Review Task 9 -- Review and Summarize Comments The EPA Project Officer will forward any of the "Agenda for Action" reply comment cards received by December 1 to the contractor. The contractor will review those comments and provide a summary of the public comments to the EPA Project Officer. Deliverables 9. The contractor will provide a summary of public comments to the EPA Project Officer within 30 days of receipt of the reply cards from EPA. PLEASE CONTACT PROJECT OFFICER MARK NUHFER (404) 562-8384 for any technical questions. Posted 08/07/98 (W-SN234200). (0219)

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