MODIFICATION
A -- Student Services
- Notice Date
- 9/18/2014
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- RTPPODUS Environmental Protection Agency109 T.W. Alexander DriveMail Code: E105-02Research Triangle ParkNC27709USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-14-00065
- Response Due
- 10/9/2014
- Archive Date
- 11/8/2014
- Point of Contact
- Sammie Jones
- E-Mail Address
-
Contract Specialist
(Jones.Sammie@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Please visit http://www.epa.gov/oamrtpnc/student/howto.pdf for pertinent information on what you must do in order to apply for this opportunity. The Systems Biology Branch of the Integrated Systems Toxicology Division (ISTD, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking individuals, at least 18 years of age who have completed a Bachelor's degree in computer science, bioinformatics, statistics, computational biology or a related field of study to provide services under a contractual agreement to assist in the development of bioinformatics software to support work on using genomics data to develop systems models for understanding mode of action of chemicals. Students or recent graduates, who are EPA ORD employees, or the spouse or child of an EPA ORD employee, are not eligible to participate. This contract is expected to begin approximately October 2014. The hourly rate is commensurate with the minimum required level of education and experience, as follows: $22.05 per hour for a student who has completed a Bachelor's degree. The student contractor must be currently enrolled in a degree program at an accredited University/College or a recent graduate within the last 24 months. The student contractor will be paid the basic hourly rate only for the number of hours worked and will not receive overtime pay for any hours worked beyond the 40-hour work week. The student contractor does not accrue leave or holiday benefits and are not paid for any non-work days, regardless of the reason. The student contractor is considered an independent contractor; therefore, Federal, State, Local, Social Security, and Medicare taxes will not be withheld. The student contractor is responsible for reporting income to authorities and paying all taxes. Prior to applying for this position, you will need go to the following website and follow the instructions on how to obtain a Dun & Bradstreet number, register with the Government's System for Award Management (SAM), and register with the Government's FedConnect business web portal: http://www.epa.gov/oamrtpnc/student/howto.pdf. This is a one-time only requirement. Once completed, you will be able to visit the FedConnect web portal, https://www.fedconnect.net/Fedconnect/, to learn the full details of the proposed contract. Please read all of the attached documents under EPA solicitation RFQ-RT-14-00065. This website should be visited periodically to check the status of this procurement and to see whether or not any amendments (changes to the requirement of the posted position) have been issued. Questions regarding this student contract should be directed to the contract specialist Sammie Jones, at jones.sammie@epa.gov. Questions regarding the technical aspects of the contracted duties and responsibilities should be directed to Stephen Edwards, the EPA technical mentor for the contracted activities, at edwards.stephen@epa.gov or (919)541-0514.
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