The New Mexico Dept. of Health, Public Health Division, Border Health Office is
issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop and publish environmental health
profiles for Lana and Dona Ana counties and to conduct assessments of public water
supplies within each of these counties to determine potential human health risk.

Proposals are sought from eligible applicants meeting the following requirements:
For-profit and non-profit community based organizations, companies, educational
institutions, and governmental entities, including tribal organizations, having conducted
previous engineering and environmental health related research. All interested applicants
must attend the proposal pre-submission conference in order to be eligible for funding.
The pre-submission conference will be held on Tuesday, August 31, 1999 at the Border
Health Office conference room from 9:00 am. to 11:00 am. located at 1170 N. Solano
Drive, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Contracts may be awarded for the period beginning with the date of approval by the Dept.
of Finance and Administration through June 30, 2000 with possible renewal of contract
for a period of up to, but not exceeding, three years from date of contract signature,
contingent on future funding as determined by the Division and satisfactory performance
of contract Scope of Work.

Eligible organizations that wish to receive a complete RFP package should contact:

PROPOSAL DUE DATE:

September 28, 1999 no later than 5:00 p.m. Delivery to office location mentioned above.