R--Environmental Risk Assessment Support

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances anticipates conducting a small business set-aside competition to award an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with fixed-labor rates to place task orders for Environmental Risk Assessment Support. This contract is anticipated to have a one-year base period with four (4) one-year option periods for a total potential period of performance of sixty (60) months. The applicable North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541620 "Environmental Consulting Services" with a size standard for small businesses of $6.5 million. The formal solicitation is not available at this time, however it is currently anticipated to be released on or about 28 February 2006. Proposals will be due approximately 45 days after release of the formal solicitation. This procurement will provide support in the areas of review, evaluation, and development of probabilistic risk assessments. These assessments will include data and information pertaining to the chemistry, fate and concentrations of pesticides in the environment, effects to non-target fish, wildlife and plants and use and application technology and probabilistic estimates of exposure and effects derived from this data. It will also provide support in development or enhancement of the tools and methods OPP uses in its risk assessments with a focus on development of statistical and probabilistic risk assessment tools. This procurement will also provide occasional support to EPA in researching science policy issues related to probabilistic risk assessments and the development of science policy options for evaluation and consideration by EPA. The formal solicitation, amendments, procurement updates and other related information and items will be posted on the Internet and downloadable from the following website, "http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/oppts_grp/0511845/index.htm" as they become available. Interested parties are advised to periodically monitor the above website for updates concerning this procurement. Telephonic requests or inquires will not be taken. If Internet capability is unavailable, interested parties must submit an E-mail or written verification stating this fact to Sharon Hargrove or Robert Minjack so that hard copies of downloadable information may be provided. Only one copy of each available document will be issued to any corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic regions.