U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268-7001

B -- FEDERAL FACILITIES POLLUTION PREVENTION RESEARCH SUPPORT SOL C500485T1 POC Contact Point, Donna Zeher, (513)366-2114 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Pollution Prevention Research Branch of the Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory is charged with providing support for research, development and demonstration of promising pollution prevention techniques and technologies. The purpose of this procurement is to provide technical support for the Agency's pollution prevention research program, including support to any USEPA office engaged in pollution prevention work, and to other Federal agencies and industry in cooperative research. The support to be provided will fall under five separate program areas: (1) Scientific and Engineering Research to develop the scientific base for evaluating pollution prevention options and for facilitating the development of pollution prevention technologies; (2) Operating Systems Evaluation to provide information to identify credible and efficient technologies for system upgrades; (3) Technology Development support to creating cleaner products and innovative processing technologies; (4) Technology Demonstations to facilitate the adoption of environmentally preferable products and processes; (5) Technical support to the pollution prevention research development and demonstration mission of the Agency. In accordance with FAR 6.1 the procurement will be processed under full and open competition procedures. The proposed contract anticipates a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF), level of effort (LOE) term type contract with a base period of 12 months and four 12-month option periods. The base level of effort will be approximately 30,000 hours with a quantity option of 15,000. Option I will contain the same hours as the base. Options II, III and IV are for approximately 26,000 hours with a quantity option of 13,000 hours. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be evaluated and considered by the EPA in accordance with the technical evaluation criteria specified in the RFP. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing; NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED; Facsimile requests can be sent to (513) 366-2004. (0181)

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