F--IMPLEMENTATION AND STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is conducting a competitive procurement for Implementation and Strategies Development. The effort includes support for the technical functions of the EPA in carrying out programs as specified in the Clean Air Act as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. This includes all activities undertaken by EPA to implement standards that have been established to protect human health and welfare, and to address ecological concerns effectively and efficiently. The technical support may include the review and analysis of data, strategic monitoring and modeling, assessment of emission control techniques and strategies, cost and benefit analysis, and public outreach. The Government intends to award a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Level of Effort type contract with a Base Period of 12 months and four (4) twelve-month Option Periods under this solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541620 and this procurement will be competed as a Total Small Business Set-aside. Each of the five periods of the contract will consist of a basic requirement of 7,000 labor hours with 14,400 optional quantity labor hours. The potential labor hours for the total contract period of (5) years is 107,000 hours. This requirement will be a follow-on to EPA contract number 68D00265 with E. H. Pechan & Associates which will expire September 30, 2005. The official Request for Proposal is scheduled to be posted on the internet in late May, 2005. Proposals shall be due approximately thirty (30) days after the RFP issuance date. The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will be available at (http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd) only. Printed hard copies, disketts or CD-ROMs will not be available. The Government is not obligated or committed to award any contract as a result of this notice.