MODIFICATION
99 -- Student Services
- Notice Date
- 5/7/2004
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-04-00279
- Response Due
- 6/2/2004
- Archive Date
- 7/2/2004
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Rebecca Clausen, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-3002
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(clausen.rebecca@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541710 AMENDMENT 1: THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE STUDENT IS CHANGED (SEE FULL SYNOPSIS TEXT BELOW). THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS FOR STUDENT LABORATORY SERVICES TO BE HIRED ON A CONTRACT BASIS BY THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY. The solicitation number is UKE028 (RFQ-RT-04-00279). The Ecosystems Research Division (ERD), Athens, GA, of the National Exposure Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is seeking one student or recent graduate with a minimum of two years of college education (no maximum) in Environmental Engineering/Science or a related discipline (e.g., Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, etc.) to provide services under a contractual agreement in support of a research project focusing on development of environmental model evaluation hardware and software. The preferred student must possess skills/experience in PC-based computing for both Windows and Linux operating systems, software development and testing, and will have a working knowledge of C++, Java, FORTRAN, Visual Basic. In support of its mission, the Regulatory Support Branch, RSB, is currently evaluating and developing innovative methods and associated software tools for conducting uncertainty analysis, sensitivity analysis, and parameter estimation for simple and complex environmental models. For additional information regarding ERD, visit its home page at http://www.epa.gov/athens/. The student contractor will assist the mentor in performing tasks involved with upgrading existing state-of-the-science hardware and software methodologies in uncertainty and sensitivity analyses, parameter estimation, and parallel/grid computing. Tasks to be performed include, but are not limited to: (1) investigating screening, local, and global sensitivity analysis methods; parameter estimation techniques; model calibration strategies; statistical sampling methods; parameter distribution transformations, and PC-based parallel computing approaches; (2) evaluating algorithms in the context of performing single-medium and multimedia fate and transport modeling, coupled with model-based exposure and risk assessments addressing ecological and human health concerns; (3) conducting simulation experiments and data analysis; (4) expanding ERD's Supercomputer for Model Uncertainty and Sensitivity Evaluation from 180 to 400 client nodes; and (5) assisting in the maintenance of SuperMUSE hardware and software. All necessary instructions and training, including training in the use of related SuperMUSE software and hardware tools, will be provided by Dr. Justin Babendreier who will also serve as the student mentor. All technical questions are to be forwarded via email to the contract specialist at the following e-mail address: clausen.rebecca@epa.gov. Interested parties should review all material relevant to the requirement by looking under Request for Quotation section of the EPA's website at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. These solicitation documents will be posted to that website 15 days after issuance of this pre-solicitation synopsis. Interested parties should go to the website and click on the link entitled "Student Services UKE028 RFQ-RT-04-00279" to check the status of this procurement and to ascertain when and if any amendments have been issued.
- Record
- SN00582131-W 20040509/040507212507 (fbodaily.com)
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