B--Support for Human Health and Exposure Risk Assessment

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), National Center for Environmental Assessment-Washington, is seeking a contractor to provide technical support in developing human health and exposure risk assessment information for assessments, methods and guidance. The contractor shall be responsible for the following: 1) Designing and conducting of sampling studies; 2) chemical-specific assessments and documents; 3) risk assessment methodologies; 4) scientific reviews; 5) science writing; 6) risk communication; 7) supply support in performing exposure factors and assessment research, site-specific exposure assessments and design and implementation of field studies; 8) provide support in the development of, refinement and maintenance of information databases and analysis systems with the Agency; 9) support development of new qualitative or quantitative models and/or refinement of existing ones for use in risk assessment methodologies; and 10) provide support in the development of improvements to existing or validation of alternative methods, models or approaches for use in risk assessment for single contaminant, mixtures or site-specific situations, including evaluation of methods and procedures proposed or used by others. This procurement will be processed using full and open competition. A detailed statement of work will be issued with the solicitation. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued in the third week of October 2003, providing for a response time of a minimum of thirty (30) days. The proposed contract will be a cost plus fixed fee/level-of-effort term contract, with a base period of one year and four, twelve month option periods, for a total of 60 months ( five years). The base level-of-effort for each of the five years will be approximately 10,000 direct labor hours with options for an additional 10,000 direct labor hours in each 12 month term, for a potential of 100,000 direct labor hours over the five years, if all options are exercised. ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT AN OFFER WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE AGENCY. The applicable NAICS Code is 54199, with a size standard of $6M. Solicitation No. PR-CI-03-10593 and any amendments to it will appear on the internet. It may be accessed through EPA's homepage on the World Wide Webb (www.epa.gov). The direct link URL is http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is the responsibility of offerors to frequently check FEDBIZOPPS or the EPA Web Site address for updates or changes. Hard copies of the RFP, amendments and other related items will not be provided without written certification that Internet capability is unavailable. This certification must be submitted via facsimile stating such so that hard copies of these documents may be provided. TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. See Government Wide Numbered Note 26.