U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

B -- ECONOMIC ANALYSES AND CONTROL AND INNOVATIVE REGULATORY STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT FOR APC REGULATIONS SOL PR-NC-97-10101 POC Sandra Clark, Contract Specialist (919)541-2213/Sue Miller, Contracting Officer (919)541-2213 WEB: click here to go to the web page where the solicitation will be posted, http://www..epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail, clark.sandra@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for providing technical support for EPA projects, principally by gathering scientific/technical data as directed and preparing reports and analyses detailing results, including support for and analysis of economic incentives and control measures and components of Reports to Congress. The successful offeror will provide technical assistance to include support in reviewing regulatory support documents; preparing profiles of affected industries; establishing and/or reviewing analysis parameters; developing and analyzing innovative regulatory strategies; estimating and validating the cost and benefit of innovative regulatory strategies; preparing control strategy cost methodologies; preparing control strategy cost analyses; preparing economic impact analysis methodologies; performing economic impact analyses; preparing benefit analysis methodologies; performing benefits analyses; developing analytical computer models; preparing regulatory impact analyses; revising analyses and related documentation; reviewing and/or developing cost, economic impact, and benefit analysis tools, techniques, and approaches; reviewing and revising OAQPS Control Cost Manual; reviewing and revising analytical methods manual; preparing, compiling, and tabulating information collection requests; estimating the burden of information collection; providing cost, economic and benefit analysis for litigated standards; project team support; meetings support; and preparing reference documents and docket materials. EPA anticipates the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort type contract for a total of 120,000 labor hours consisting of a base requirement of 24,000 labor hours. In addition, the contract will allow for four twelve-month options for 24,000 labor hours each. SIC No. 8748 applies; size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. The RFP will be issued approximately 6/15/97 under full and open competition. Proposals will be due thirty (30) days after the RFP issuance date. The solicitation and amendments will be available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation and amendments via Internet. If you will be obtaining a copy of the solicitation via Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. Firms who do not have the capability to obtain the solicitation from Internet, may submit a written request for a diskette with the solicitation in WordPerfect 6.1 format from the contact point at the address above; however, only those firms who do NOT have the capability to obtain the solicitation from the Internet should request diskettes. Diskettes will not be sent to those firms who have Internet access. If you request a diskette of the solicitation, you will receive amendments by mail, unless you notify us otherwise. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Only one copy shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. A copy of the preliminary source list will be issued to all prospective offerors along with the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note 26. (0142)

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