The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Water (OW), Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds (OWOW), Assessment and Watershed Protection Division (AWPD) has a requirement for certain types of support services. It is the intention of the EPA to make multiple awards from this one solicitation and compete subsequent task orders among the successful contractors. The EPA reserves the right to award contracts to two or more independent offerors depending on the level of competition. These contracts will support AWPD's mission to aid States, Territories and authorized Tribes in developing methods to determine water quality, to identify impaired water bodies, and to advance the protection and restoration of the nation's watersheds and waterbodies through the use of point and nonpoint source pollution controls, water quality monitoring, and development of tools for ecosystem restoration. The successful contractors must be capable of providing technical support for Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) development and implementation. Major support activities will include: (1) technical, logistical, and administrative support for water quality monitoring and assessments; (2) economic modeling, cost and benefit analysis; (3) development of technical guidance(s); and (4) technical, logistical and administrative support for workshops and training on water quality technical and monitoring components. The successful contractors must also be capable of providing logistical support for workshops and meetings, as well as technical support to maintain and enhance Internet web sites. The EPA anticipates that there will be a multiple award of a single IDIQ contract with a five-year ordering period. The total number of required manhours is estimated to be 750,000 to 1,000,000 hours over the five-year ordering period. All responsible sources who submit a proposal will be considered for one of the awards by the EPA. Questions and suggestions may be e-mailed to
[email protected]. All items of correspondence concerning this solicitation which are received at the email address will be posted, together with all corresponding answers, at this Internet address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd . Solicitation PR-CI-02-10515 will also be posted at this site. It is anticipated that this RFP will be available by the end of May, 2002. See Note 26.