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R -- TECHNICAL AND ANYLITICAL SUPPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TEST METHODS ANALYSIS AND LISTING PROCEDURES FOR EPA'S OFFICE OF SOLID WASTE CHARACTERIZATION AND ASSESSMENT DIVISION SOL W502059-G1 DUE 110695 POC Contact Point, Susan Neiheisel, (202)260-1424, Contracting Officer, Martin J. Jakim The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking analytical and technical assistance to support functions within the Characterization and Assessment Division (CAD) of the Office of Solid Waste (OSW). CAD is responsible for developing and evaluating test methods, refining the test methods for the characterization of hazardous waste, training manual preparation, quality assurance and quality control, and other aspects of the hazardous waste regulations promulgated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. Under this procurement the offeror will develop and evaluate new test methods, analyze and evaluate existing methods, develop quality assurance programs and quality control materials, and conduct environmental, economic and regulatory analyses to access the impact of policies, programs, and regulations in the area of hazardous waste. Offerors submitting written proposals will be required to perform two preaward audit sample analyses. One sample will be tested for those metals listed in 40 CFR Part 261.24 and the second sample will involve the determination of twenty (20) or fewer organic compounds in a waste sample. The contract to be awarded will be a cost-plus-fixed-fee with a period of performance of one (1) twenty-four (24) month base period and three (3) twelve (12) month option periods. The contract has a potential maximum level-of-effort of eighty-seven thousand and seven hundred and fifty (87,750) labor hours, a potential thirty-five thousand and five hundred (35,500) labor hours within the base period and seventeen thousand and seven hundred and fifty (17,750) in each option period. The Standard Industrial Classification for this effort is 8741. It is anticipated that the Request-for-Proposal for this effort will be released approximately forty-five (45) days after the publication of this announcement. Request for the RFP shall be in writing, referencing the RFP number, W502059-G1, and shall be sent to the Environmental Protection Agency, SF/RCA HQ Contracts Operations Branch, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460, Attn: Susan Neiheisel, Mail Code 3805F. Telephone or facsimile requests will not be honored. (0279)

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