Federal Supply Schedule GS10F0157T

General Services Administration

Authorized Federal Supply Schedule Price List and Customer Information

Bioeconomics, Inc.

5399 Cold Mountain Road Missoula, MT 59803 406-721-2265 phone & fax

Bioecon@montana.com Schedule for

Environmental Services

Federal Supply Group:

Class:

F999

Contract Number:

GS-10F-0157T

Contract Period:

February 22, 2007 through February 21, 2012

Maximum Order:

$1,000,000

Minimum Order:

$100

Dun’s Number:

60-3462847

Awarded Special Item Numbers (SIN):

SIN 899-1 ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING SERVICES AND DOCUMENTATION

Specific services offered under SIN 899-1 include:

· Assistance in analysis and preparation of Environmental Impact Statements under NEPA

· Economic, Technical and/or Risk Analysis

· Providing expert witness services associated with Economic analyses

· Provide assistance in evaluating economic impacts associated with natural resource damage analyses.

Overview of Bioeconomics, Inc.

Bioeconomics, Inc., its principal and employees have accrued a long history of conducting high-level original economic research and analysis for private parties as well as State and Federal governmental agencies and Tribal governments. The wide range of experience of the firm, as well as our reputation for high-quality work products delivered on schedule and within agreed budgets makes Bioeconomics, Inc. well qualified as a supplier to Federal Government agencies under SIN 899-1.

Bioeconomics- Expertise and Facilities Bioeconomics, Inc, founded in 1989, is a natural resource economics consulting firm specializing in recreational economics, economic impacts, and fish and wildlife issues.

The firm has undertaken numerous large scale multidisciplinary projects in the area of natural resources and environmental economics. Typical projects over the last ten years have included valuation of instream flows, hydroelectric re-licensing, valuation of fishing and hunting resources, economic impacts of recreational resources, endangered species management issues, valuation of subsistence resources, and management issues in the national parks. Previous and current clients and granting agencies include the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, numerous state fish and game agencies (including Montana and Alaska), a number of Indian Tribes, private utilities, and natural resource damage trustees including the State of Montana.

Many projects entail the collection of survey data specific to the task at hand. Bioeconomics is very experienced at designing and implementing complex surveys for various contact modes (mail, phone, in-person) and populations (recreationists, general populations, etc.). Standard statistical techniques are used to analyze this data. The firm is also very experienced in the application of the specialized methodologies commonly applied in this area of natural resource economics including the travel cost method, contingent valuation, the implicit price method, benefit cost analysis, present value analysis, and economic impact analysis (for example, IMPLAN).

Recent projects include an economic analysis of the costs and benefits associated with reconstruction of a large-scale Bureau of Reclamation diversion and irrigation project in Northern Montana, and providing expert analysis and testimony to the State of Ohio on economic losses resulting from groundwater contaminated by uranium. Other recent work includes the development of natural resource damage values for potential oil spill impacts on National Park Service beaches and historic sites on the Eastern Seaboard, evaluation of revised subsistence fishing regulations in Alaska, and providing economic analyses for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service related to critical habitat designation of Federally listed species. In recent years, the firm has participated in economic studies of wolf recovery in Yellowstone National Park, grizzly bear recovery in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, and developed economic methodologies for valuing instream flows. The firm has also estimated fair market values for a variety of uses on Montana school trust lands. A major focus for the firm in recent years has been participation in natural resource damage evaluation including studies on the largest superfund site in the nation (Clark Fork River, Montana) and on the Exxon Valdez case.

Bioeconomics, Inc. operates with a core of professionals who have worked together for over 15 years. Dr. John Duffield is the President and Principal of the firm and is the overall project supervisor of projects undertaken by the firm. Dr. Duffield is a Montana native, holds a Yale PhD. (1974) in economics, and is a Research Professor of Economics at the University of Montana where he taught from 1974-1996. His area if specialization is natural resource economics and policy, working primarily in the northern Rockies, Alaska and the Eastern seaboard. Both in private consulting and in his university capacity, Dr. Duffield has directed many large scale multi-disciplinary projects.

Dr. Duffield’s recent work is largely in the area of non-market valuation and regional economic analysis. He has participated in the development of the key economic methodologies utilized in these fields, including travel cost analysis, contingent valuation and economic impact analysis. He has published extensively in the leading journals in the field of natural resources including Land Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Water Resources Research. He is also an active referee for these and other economics journals.

Dr. Duffield coauthored with Kevin Ward, a Denver attorney, the first book length guideline to natural resource damage assessment, Natural Resource Damages: Law and Economics (John Wiley 1992), and has been a lead economist in several key cases including the Exxon Valdez case and the Clark Fork superfund case in Montana.

Bioeconomics, Inc.

5399 Cold Mountain Road Missoula, MT 59803 406-721-2265 phone & fax

Bioecon@montana.com Labor Categories and Rates:

The following table provides the newly awarded prices for SINs 899-1 and 899-1RC. The prices are inclusive of the 0.75% Industrial Funding Fee.

SIN 899-1 Environmental Planning Services and Documentation

a The higher “Litigation” wage rates are billed for work conducted in direct support of on-going litigation, including research and preparation of Expert Reports and Opinions, Depositions, and court testimony.

BIOECONOMICS, INC. Job titles, education requirements, experience, and responsibility:

PRINCIPAL – John Duffield, the Principal is the owner of the firm. He has overall responsibility for marketing and managing all of the company's projects. Major decisions for the firm are made by the Principal. The Principal has expertise in all of the requisite skill areas for consultants.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities: The Principal has doctoral training in economics. The Principal also belongs to professional organizations, publishes articles, and participates in other activities to establish and maintain his professional reputation. Principal’s work demands a high degree of technical competence, initiative, creativity and problem solving. The Principal is expected to demonstrate excellent management skills.

Typical education/experience: Doctoral Degree, 20+ years professional experience.

STATISTICIAN - Statisticians provide specialized services specific to the use of advanced statistical techniques employed in natural resource economics analyses. Statisticians work closely with the Principal and Senior Economists to review and recommend appropriate statistical analysis tools for a wide variety of applications.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities: Statisticians have graduate and/or doctoral training in mathematics or statistics. Statisticians’ work demands a high degree of technical competence, initiative, creativity and problem solving.

Typical education/experience: Masters or Doctoral Degree, 10+ years professional experience.

SENIOR ECONOMIST - Senior Economists assist the Principal in the areas of project management, project development and staff development by assuming day-to-day management responsibility for specific projects. Senior Associates receive overall guidance from supervising Principals, and must operate with a high degree of independence to complete projects.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities: Senior Economists have graduate and/or doctoral training in economics. Senior Economists’ work demands a high degree of technical competence, initiative, creativity and problem solving. A Senior Economist is expected to demonstrate excellent management skills.

Typical education/experience: Masters Degree, 5-16 years professional experience.

ECONOMIST- Economists carry out major assignments on projects under the general supervision of the Principal and Senior Economists. They design and implement analyses, interpret and communicate results, and recommend modifications to achieve project objectives.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities: In general, new Associates have graduate training in business, public policy, economics, environmental science, or related fields, and have obtained outstanding rank in their graduate studies. Relevant work experience is desirables, but not required. Associates' work demands a high degree of technical competence, initiative and creativity.

Typical education/experience: Masters Degree, 0-5 years experience.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT - Research Assistants work with supervision from consulting staff to gather and evaluate data, perform various analyses, and communicate results in written and oral form.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities: Undergraduate training in a variety of disciplines (e.g., economics, environmental science, mathematics) with an emphasis on quantitative coursework and writing skills.

Typical education/experience: Bachelors Degree, 0-5 years experience.