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R -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE MONITORING PROGRAM SOL PR-CI-00-10656 POC Point of Contact -- Nancy Muzzy, Contracting Officer, = 513-487-2023 WEB: U.S. EPA Contracts Management Division, Cincinnati, http://www.epa.gov/oam.cinn_cmd/. E-MAIL: click here to e-mail the contracting officer, muzzy.nancy@epa.gov. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water = (OW), Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (OWOW), Assessment and Watershed = Division (AWPD) has a requirement for a support services contract. This = contract will support AWPD in its mission to monitor water quality, manage and = display water quality information, assess water quality conditions, and report on = those conditions to the public and Congress. Major support activities will = include: developing tools, guidance and procedures for water quality monitoring; enhancing water quality assessment and reporting, including = computerized water quality reporting capabilities; providing outreach and education = support on water quality conditions, including workshop and meeting logistics = support; assessing and developing local/state participation programs; = coordinating peer review; supporting electronic communications via the Internet; = supporting existing computerized data management systems (EPA?s STOrage and = RETrieval System, STORET) and others; developing and supporting spatial = assessment information, including enhancements to geographic information systems = and geographic indexing of waterbodies; developing computer applications = for tracking activities; and collecting and sharing water quality = information. The contract will require management of multiple concurrent work = assignments, some with quick turn-around responses. The EPA anticipates a cost type, = level of effort contract, for a base period of one year and two option periods = of one year each for a total contract period of performance of three years. = Each contract period will consist of approximately 42,675 professional = man-hours with options for an additional 42,675 professional man-hours per period, for = a total potential of 256,050 direct productive labor hours over the three years = if all options are exercised.. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES WHO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL = WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. The incumbent of the contract currently = fulfillingthis requirement is Research Triangle Institute (RTI) of RTP, NC. = Solicitation PR-CI-00-10656 will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through = the EPA?s home page on the World Wide Web (www.epa.gov). The direct link = URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is the responsibility of offerors = to frequently check the CBD or the EPA website address for updates or = changes. It is anticipated that this RFP will be available in mid June, 2000. Note = 26 applies. Posted 05/08/00 (D-SN452468). (0129)

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