J--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE

NAICS Code: 811219 NAICS Code: 811219 The United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) intends to award a sole source purchase order to Dr. Kazim Konyar and Dr. Richard Howitt of California State University in San Bernadino, CA. The purpose of this acquisition is to update the United States Agricultural and Resource Model (USARM)- a large-scale calibrated mathematical programming model of regional crop production in the United States. This model is used for a variety of economic analyses related to current issues of technological change, pesticide use/withdrawals, farm programs and environmental degradation. All data shall be supplied by the contractor. Crops included are barley, corn, cotton hay, oats, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat. These crops shall be updated fron 1990 to 2000. The full code version the new USARM will be available to EPA staff and will become EPA property. Questions about this procurement can be directed to Alan Scanio at (202) 564-9616. Please refer to Numbered Note 22.