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F -- EMERGENCY AND RAPID RESPONSE SERVICES (48 HOUR RESPONSE) IN REGION III SOL PR-R3-98-10057 DUE 113098 POC Andrew J. Blaney, 215-566-5196 or H. L. Murray, 215-566-5304 Three (3) Time and Materials contracts are contemplated for emergency and rapid response services for the removal of hazardous substances to be conducted under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund"). RFP number PR-R3-98-10057, issue date on or about March 13, 1998. The proposed contracts will each include a minimum of $100,000 of cleanup work and a maximum to be negotiated. The period of performance will be one year with three-one year options. The contractors will provide needed cleanup equipment, personnel, materials and other resources to accomplish containment, countermeasures, cleanup, mitigation, restoration, transportation and disposal of hazardous substances releases in EPA, Region III (Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia). It is anticipated that the procurement will result in three contract awards with primary response coverage as follows: Area 1 -- Pennsylvania west of Harrisburg and all of West Virginia; Area 2 -- Pennsylvania east of Harrisburg, the entire State of Delaware, the District of Columbia and the entire State of Maryland; Area 3 -- the entire State of Virginia. The response time requirement is 48 hours. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) for this action is 8744, Environmental Remediation, size standard -- 500 employees. See Note 1. (0030)

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