U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

A -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR HUMAN HEALTH AND EXPOSURE RISK ASSESSMENT SOL PR-CI-98-10999 DUE 040298 POC Hans Schellhas WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, schellhas.hans@epamail.epa.gov. THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. NO TELEPHONE CALLS REQUESTING A SOLICITATION WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ACKNOWLEDGED. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. STANDARD COMPANY BROCHURES ARE NOT DESIRED. INFORMATION SHOULD FOCUS ON THE CAPABILITY TO PROVIDE THE TECHNICAL SERVICES IDENTIFIED BELOW. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is performing a market search for a contractor to provide technical support to EPA's National Center for Environmental Assessment-Washington in developing human health and Exposure Risk Assessment information for assessments, methods and guidance. The contractor shall be responsible of related activities and research to improve the science of risk assessment. Interested parties must demonstrate experience in the following technical areas: 1) Designing and conducting of sampling studies for monitoring/measuring an environmental medium or multimedia involved in human exposures; 2) chemical- specific assessments and documents; 3) risk assessment methodologies to reduce uncertainties in risk assessments; 4) scientific reviews; 5) science writing; 6) risk communication; 7) the successful contractor will supply preparation of draft responses in support of the Superfund Health Risk Technical Support Center focussing on the human health risk characterization, hazard identification, and exposure analysis pertinent to single and multiple contaminant groups at Superfund sites; 8) development and maintenance of risk assessment data bases, 9) risk characterization, and 10) literature searching. The applicable SIC Code is 8742 with a size standard of $5 million. ALL INTERESTED BUSINESSES SHOULD FURNISH STATEMENTS REFERENCING THEIR CAPABILITIES WITHIN FIFTEEN (15) DAYS OF THE PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. FIRMS SHALL INDICATE THEIR SIZE STATUS FOR THE SIC CODE IDENTIFIED ABOVE (LARGE, SMALL, 8(a)). Supporting documentation should be submitted in duplicate to Hans Schellhas, US EPA, CMD-NORWOOD, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45268. The Government anticipates that a cost-plus fixed fee, level of effort contract will result from the award of the subject solicitation. It is anticipated that the award of the contract will consist of a twelve month base term and 4 twelve month options. The Government anticipates a total maximum potential level of effort of 100,000 direct labor hours over 5 years. Note 26 applies. (0077)

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