Request for Proposals

For the Operation of the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) is requesting Initial Proposals for the management and operation (including field sampling and laboratory analysis) for the Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN). IADN is a cooperative effort between the U.S. EPA and Environment Canada and measures persistent bioaccumulative toxic (PBT) substances in three phases: precipitation, vapor, and particulate. IADN currently collects data on the deposition of toxic pollutants (PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, and PAHs) to the Great Lakes at 5 sites in the U.S.

This Request for Initial Proposals (RFIP) addresses network management and operation including field sampling and sample analysis corresponding to a sample collection period of five years from September 1, 2004 to August 30, 2009 for the five currently operating US sites and other sites as determined by program needs. This RFIP also includes indefinite operation at the network co-location site at Point Petre, ON. 

This RFIP is for a cooperative agreement totaling up to $3,560,000 over five years. The successful applicant will submit quality-assured analytical results within 10 months of receipt of samples in laboratory (i.e., submit data on all 2005 samples to the IADN Data Manager by October 2006). 

Proposals should not exceed fifteen pages in length. Curriculum vitae of principal investigators and other personnel critical to the proposed work should be included as appendices and will not count as proposal pages. The deadline for all Initial Proposals is 5:00 PM Central time, Monday evening, June 7, 2004. Decisions regarding this RFIP will be made by Tuesday, June 22, 2004. If a successful application is selected, a final proposal and documents required for an award will be due by Thursday, July 22, 2004.

Applicants should submit Initial Proposals in Microsoft Word, Wordperfect, or as a PDF file via e-mail to hulting.melissa@epa.gov.

Contact: Melissa Hulting
U.S. EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
77 West Jackson Boulevard
Mail Code G-17J
Chicago, IL 60604
Tel:  (312) 886-2265
Fax: (312) 353-2018
E-mail: hulting.melissa@epa.gov

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