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

B -- MDGC-MS ANALYSES FOR EDCS SOL CFX151 DUE 082300 POC Barbara Curtiss at 513-487-2036 or fax at 513-487-2109 E-MAIL: Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, curtiss.barbara@epamail.epa.gov. The US Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) intends to negotiate on a Sole Source basis, without full and open competition, under the Authority of 41 U.S.C 253(c)(1) and pursuant to FAR 6.301-2, with the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI). The objective of this project is to provide initial data identifying EDCs (endocrine disruptor chemicals) from combustion and vehicular sources. STATEMENT OF WORK: The EPA will provide UDRI with 10 samples from the following types of combustion sources and fuel types: (1) rotary kiln, hazardous waste (2) fire-tube boiler, fuel oil (3) diesel truck, highway diesel (4) tube reactor, natural gas and municipal waste simulation (5) power plant, coal (6) forest burn and (7) domestic waste, open burning. The contractor shall perform using conventional sampling methodologies, such as modified method 5 sampling from the rotary kiln. WORK TASKS: Task 1- MDGC-MS description: UDRI shall provide a 2-10 page description of the MDGC-MS technique suitable for answering Quality Assurance related questions. Due date is 30 days after issuance of purchase order. Task 2-UDRI MDGC Analysis: The UDRI laboratory shall analyze the EPA provided samples via MDGC-MS using low-temperature trap for capturing narrow heart cuts from an initial elution. The contents of this -80C trap shall then be re-chromatographed. UDRI shall identify and quantify unambiguous chromatograph peaks from these samles. The contractor shall provide to the Project Officer, the analyses in draft from, eight (8) weeks after receipt of the fifth (5th) sample. Task 3 -- Final Report: UDRI shall submit to the Project Officer a final, compiled writeup of the analyses eight (8) weeks after receipt of the tenth (10th) and final sample. Schedule for Delivery of Samples: Five (5) of the total 10 samples requested shall be received 90 days after receipt of the purchase order. The remaining five (5) samples, for a total of 10, shall be received 270 days from the date of the last sample of five. This CBD notice will also act as the Request for Quotations (RFQ), using FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. NO FORMAL RFQ WILL BE SUBMITTED. Anticipated award date is on or about 25 Aug 00. All responsible sources may submit their written price quotations not later than 24 Aug 00. NO TELEPHONE RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED. FAX RESPONSES ARE ACCEPTABLE and may be faxed to Barbara Curtiss at 513-487-2109. The mailing address is U.S. EPA, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268. Posted 08/09/00 (W-SN484030). (0222)

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