DEP invites potential contractors to submit proposals to provide technical assistance to community water systems across the state for the development of voluntary local source water protection programs.

Local source water protection efforts protect public health and safety by preventing costly drinking water contamination. Source water protection programs may involve wellhead protection efforts for ground-water sources (wells and springs), watershed protection efforts for surface-water sources (intakes on streams, rivers and reservoirs) or both approaches if a system has both ground-water and surface-water sources.

Instructions and requirements on submitting proposals can be found in the Request for Proposals webpage.

All proposals must be received by DEP's Bureau of Office Services on or before 2 p.m., April 27. A pre-proposal conference will be held at 1:30 p.m., April 19 in the 2nd Floor Auditorium of the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg. Since facilities are limited, attendance will be restricted to no more than two individuals per interested firm.

All inquiries about the RFP must be directed to John Stefanko, chief, Division of Contracts, Procurement and Bonding, Bureau of Office Services, Department of Environmental Protection, Rachel Carson State Office Building, 400 Market Street, P.O. Box 8473, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8473, send e-mail to: jstefanko@state.pa.us .

4/6/2007