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B -- HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND DOCUMENT PROCESSING SUPPORT FOR NEW AND EXISTING CHEMICALS AND PRODUCTS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY SOL PR-HQ-99-15754 POC David O. Boyd (202/564-4472) EMAIL: boyd.david@epamail.epa.gov WEB: click here for information on this requirement, http://www.epa.gov/oam. E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contracting Officer, boyd.david@epamail.epa.gov. The EPA is seeking a contractor with expertise in the health and environmental sciences, including biotechnology and biostatistics, to perform hazard and exposure assessments at the screening level; to review data and reports from health and environmental studies and perform hazard assessments and risk assessment and characterization of new and existing chemicals ranging from screening level to in-depth assessment; to perform expert analyses of science issues and questions; to conduct workshops/workgroups/symposia using nationally recognized experts; to provide such presentation materials as 35-mm slides, overheads, and camera-ready graphs and figures; to provide automatic data processing support in designing and maintaining tracking systems for data submitted to the Agency and for OPPT evaluations and disposition decisions; and to support preparation or revision of test standards and guidelines. Expertise in all health and environmental scientific disciplines, including environmental exposure and fate, as well as in data base system design and development will be required to perform work assignments under this level-of-effort contract. TSCA CBI clearance is required. Some work may be performed onsite. Basic period of performance is sixty (60) months with no optional periods. Basic level of effort is 18,000 hours with up to 117,000 hours in incremental options contemplated for a total of 135,000 potential hours. A cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is contemplated. The SIC code for this procurement is 8732. This is not a small business set-aside, however, small businesses are encouraged to submit proposals. The purpose of this CBD announcement is to notify potential offerors of EPA's requirement, generate the source list, and to direct interested parties to the EPA's "Doing Business with EPA" Internet World Wide Web site at http://www.epa.gov/oam for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. The RFP, amendments and other related items for this procurement will be posted on this Web site and can be downloaded. Interested parties must forward requests to be placed on the source list via Internet E-mail as stated below, via facsimile to (202) 564-2561, or to the mailing address that follows: U.S. EPA, 401 M St. SW, Headquarters Procurement Operations Division, (3803R), Washington, DC 20460-0001,ATTN: David Boyd (EMAILADD: boyd.david@epamail.epa.gov). Hard copies of the RFP, amendments, and other related items will not be provided without written certification that internet capability is unavailable. Posting of a draft solicitation on the internet site is contemplated in the near future. Posted 02/04/99 (W-SN295113). (0035)

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