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D -- EPM-TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOL EPM-01 DUE 121895 POC Contracting Officer, Brian K. Long, (202)260-2173 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Technical Assessment Systems, Inc. (TAS) of Washington, D.C. for technical support to refine the Exposure Potential Matrix (EPM) model, a dietary exposure database system that correlates food consumption and contaminant residue information in a format that allows the prioritization of highly contaminated foods for use in exposure estimates, and to further maintain, manage, and strengthen the EPM system by incorporating current, future, and past databases. Currently, EPM consumption databases are created through the use of TAS proprietary software (TASDIET), and consumption data is mapped to residues using recipe files created by TAS. The contaminated residue databases available to EPM currently includes the FDA Total Diet Study and monitoring program, the Pesticide Residue Information System, and the California Pesticide Monitoring Program. EPM is used to estimate the importance of dietary exposure in EPA multi-media exposure projects and to identify food categories and items most accountable for these exposures. Interested vendors offering identical or equivalent support as described above, must identify their interest and fully document their capability to meet the agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response within 45 days from publication of this announcement. All requests must be in writing and include company name, point of contact, telephone number, and sufficient technical documentation for the Government to determine the ability to meet the requirement such as evidence of competence in the following areas: identifying and assessing the national food databases; demonstrating the capability of using TASDIET or comparable procedures to extract information from consumption databases compatible for inclusion in EPM; demonstrating capability to evaluate and extract residue data for inclusion in EPM; and citing past clients as references for similar work. The intent of this synopsis is to determine if any source(s) exist and therefore, no RFP is available. Consequently, any response(s) failing to provide the aorementioned data but instead choosing to merely submit their routine letter requesting a copy of the RFP will be ignored. Responses shall be submitted to : U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bid and Proposal Room (3803-F), Attention: Brian K. Long, 401 M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. Vendors responses shall be in writing and reference ''EPM-Technical Support''. Telephone request will not be honored. See numbered Note 22. (0305)

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