R--Technical Support - Effects of Water Contaminants on Humans

The US Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Human Studies Division has a requirement for technical support for the effects of water contaminants in humans for the Human Studies Division located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The contractor shall provide technical support for 1) site assessment for possible sites and communities to conduct epidemiologic studies of drinking water, recreational water and shellfish waters to include editorial support on manuscripts, books, standard operating procedures (SOPs), field implementation plans; 2) waterborne disease outbreaks, endemic waterborne disease, database maintenance, analysis, and report writing to include editorial support on manuscripts, books, standard operating procedures (SOPs), field implementation plans and other documents, plus the necessary services to conduct related symposia, workshops, seminars, meetings and conferences; 3) health effects associated with exposure to chemicals and microbes in drinking water, shellfish harvesting waters and recreational waters to include literature searches, obtaining copies of pertinent articles, obtaining copyright permission to reproduce and summarizing the literature into various reports, editorial support on manuscripts, books, standard operating procedures (SOPs), field implementation plans, plus the necessary services to conduct related symposia, workshops, seminars, meetings and conferences and peer review panels. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541620 with a small business size standard of $6.5M in average annual receipts over the preceding three fiscal years. EPA has determined that this action will be processed as a 100% small business set-aside competition. This requirement is a follow-on to EPA Contract 68-D02045 with Gunther F. Craun & Associates. It is anticipated the contract will have an effective date of September 11, 2007. EPA anticipates awarding a Cost plus fixed- fee, level-of-effort type contract with a 12-month base period and four (4) option periods of 12 months each. The Government anticipates a total level-of-effort of 6,000 direct labor hours consisting of 300 base hours and 900 optional hours for each 12-month period. The solicitation, PR-NC-07-10329, will be available on or around April 25, 2007. Proposals will be due approximately 30 days after the RFP issue date. No further synopsis will be issued. The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will only be available via the EPA RTP Procurement Website at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd . Hard copies or diskettes will not be available. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. It will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site for any amendments or additional information that may become relevant. All responsible Small-Business sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. See numbered notes 1 and 26.