U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division, Cincinnati, OH 45268-7001

B -- ANALYTICAL AND LOGISTICAL SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF MOBILE SOURCE EMISSION FACTORS AND EMISSION INVENTORIES SOL C500062T1 POC Contracting Officer, Sandra V. Savage, (513)366-2046 The EPA, Office of Mobile Source (OMS) is responsible for characterizing and quantifying emissions from mobile sources (construction and agricultural equipment, airplanes, locomotives, marine vessels, and numerous lesser sources), and the development of regulations and other control techniques for reducing such emissions. These projects often require the development or augmentation of databases that collect and summarize available data from various literature or test programs and the development of emission factor estimates, and may require other analyses to evaluate the effects of unregulated pollutants and sources, revised regulations, and potential control strategies. The Emission Planning and Strategies Division has need of a contractor to provide technical support in the development of emission factors and the performance of related analyses for mobile sources, both highway vehicles and non-road sources. The contractor shall provide technical support in the development and refinement of emissions inventories, in air quality-related transportation planning, including evaluation of the impact of transportation control measures, and in the preparation of guidance documents on the use of EPA's emission factor model and the development of input data for use with this model. Such projects will be specified under a level of effort (LOE) contract, sometimes with short turn-around time requirements. Individual tasks may take such forms as: the creation of databases from various sources and formats, analysis of existing or newly augmented data, development of modeling techniques for unregulated pollutants or unregulated mobile sources, application or refinement of existing emission factor and air quality models, compilation and analysis of inspection and maintenance (I/M) program data from various I/M areas, and other related analyses. Other tasks may include development of guidance documents and other training tools (e.g., videotapes) to be used in assisting the States and other governmental units with air quality-related responsibilities in using EPA models and methodologies. All large-volume and small-volume automotive manufacturers, all non-road vehicle and engine manufacturers, all oil companies (petroleum refiners, fuel distributors, and fuel sellers), and any firms whose primary business involves the sale or manufacture or resale of emission testing equipment, including IM240 test equipment shall be considered ineligible for award of any contract resulting from this solicitation. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort, term type contract is contemplated with a 12-month base term, plus two (2) 12-month options to extend the term. The base level of effort for each term is approximately 3,040 direct labor hours. Options to increase the level of effort within each term by up to 1,520 direct labor hours will also be included. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be evaluated by EPA in accordance with technical evaluation criteria specified in the RFP. REquests for RFP C500062T1 must be in writing. No telephone requests will be honores. (0041)

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