SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- STUDENT SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 8/2/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nheerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-05-00305
- Response Due
- 8/31/2005
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2005
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541710 The Western Ecology Division (WED) of the National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL), Office of Research and Development (ORD) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking a recent Ph.D. graduate to provide services under a contractual agreement to assist with development of GIS databases and their application to ecological simulation models. The goal is to assess the effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors on grassland ecosystems in the Central Great Plains. Contractors must have received a Ph.D. within the past 2 years in ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, soil science, environmental science, biology or related field. Contractors must be proficient in the development of regional-scale GIS (ArcInfo/ArcGIS) databases and their application to ecological simulation models, as demonstrated by coursework and/or thesis project work. The contract performance period will begin approximately September 15, 2005 through September 14, 2006, with an option for an additional 12-month period of performance. The optional period of performance will be exercised at the discretion of the Government. It is anticipated that the contractor will work approximately 40 hours per week but not more than 1,654 hours per year. The primary duty station shall be at the Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS, where the primary database resources and scientific expertise in Central Great Plains ecology is located. The solicitation documents will be posted on or around August 17, 2005 at the EPA's website http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Interested parties should review all materials posted on the website relevant to this requirement under Request for Quotation section, the link entitled "Student Services RFQ-RT-05-00305". The website should be visited periodically to check the status of this procurement and to ascertain if any amendments have been issued. All technical questions are to be forwarded via email to the contract specialist at hill.jennifer@epa.gov.
- Record
- SN00860710-W 20050804/050802212901 (fbodaily.com)
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