This is a $100,000.00 firm-fixed-price delivery order awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Land and Emergency Management to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), a non-profit organization. The task order is issued under the EPA's Ensuring Credible Science for Science-Based Decision-Making at EPA contract (Contract No. EP-C-14-005).
The purpose of this task order is for NAS to assess the effects and efficacy of dispersants as an oil spill response tool. NAS will review and evaluate domestic and international research reports and results, including both field and laboratory studies, to identify and evaluate the trade-offs associated with dispersant use. This evaluation will include a comparison of chemically dispersed oil with the fate and effects of untreated oil. There is no set-aside designation for this contract award.