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A -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND EXPOSURE RISK ASESSMENT SOL PR-CI-99-13304 POC Hans Schellhas WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, schellhas.hans@epamail.epa.gov. The United States Enironmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), National Center for Environmental Assessment-Washington is seeking a contractor to provide technical support in developing human health and exposure risk assessment information for assessments, methods and guidance. The contractor shall be responsible for related activities and research to improve the science of risk assessment. Services will include: 1) Designing and conducting of sampling studies for monitoring/measuring an environmental medium or multimedia involved in human exposures; 2) chemical- specific assessments and documents; 3) risk assessment methodologies to reduce uncertainties in risk assessments; 4) scientific reviews; 5) science writing; 6) risk communication; 7) the successful contractor will supply preparation of draft responses in support of the Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center focussing on the human health risk characterization, hazard identification, and exposure analysis pertinent to single and multiple contaminant groups at Superfund sites; 8) development and maintenance of risk assessment data bases, 9) risk characterization, and 10) literature searching. A detailed statement of work will be issued with the solicitation. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued in the third week of January, 1999, providing for a response time of a minimum of thirty 30 days. The proposed contract will be a cost plus fixed fee/level-of-effort term contract, with a base period of one year and three option periods, for a total of 48 months. The base level-of-effort for each of the five years will be approximately 8,800 direct labor hours with options for an additional 10,000 direct labor hours in each 12 month term, for a potential of 75,200 direct labor hours over the four years, if all options are exercised. This is a new requirement, thus, there is no incumbent contractor. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT AN OFFER WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. The applicable SIC Code is 8742 with a size standard of $5 million. Solicitation PR-CI-99-13304 and any amendments to it will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through EPA's homepage on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. Hard copies of the RFP, amendments and other related items will not be provided without written certification that Internet capability is unavailable. This certification must be submitted via facsimile stating such so that hard copies of these documents may be provided. Note 26 APPLIES. Posted 12/17/98 (W-SN281231). (0351)

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