U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

A -- NORTH AMERICAN RESEARCH STRATEGY FOR TROPOSPHERIC OZONE SYNTHESIS TEAM CO-LEADER SOL E3819 DUE 020497 POC Karen Z. Gibson, Contract Specialist (919)541-4556/Vickie Presnell, Contracting Officer. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail., gibson.karen@epamail.epa.gov.. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for a senior air quality scientist to serve as co-leader of the North American Research Strategy for Tropospheric Ozone (NARSTO) Synthesis Team, participate in the writing, and facilitate the production of the NARSTO State-of-Science Assessment Report. NARSTO is a 10-year research program to improve the basic science and understanding of the urban/regional ozone problem, and to develop tools and methods to use for its assessment and for mitigation strategies. One of the principal goals of NARSTO is to develop a state-of-science assessment for tropospheric ozone by 1998. The major components of the NARSTO state-of-science assessment have been decided upon by the NARSTO Analysis and Assessment Team and ratified by the Science and Resource Planning Group. The components include 15 critical review papers, to be submitted for journal publication, on specific aspects of tropospheric ozone science. It also includes an Assessment Report, written by theNARSTO Synthesis Team, that will integrate the scientific information contained in the critical reviews toward addressing the overarching NARSTO policy and science assessment questions. This report will synthesize the information contained in the set of Critical Review papers and summarize how the present body of tropospheric ozone science is able to address the key ozone air quality management and policy issues facing the U.S., Canada, and Mexico today. The NARSTO Synthesis Team is composed of about 10 senior air quality scientists and policy analysts from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, representing government, academic, and private sector interests. The Synthesis Team will be responsible for refining the particular policy and science questions that the Assessment Report will address. It will also produce a detailed outline of the Assessment Report, conduct several writing Workshops to help produce a draft report, and revise the report based upon comments received during the review process. The contractor shall be required to provide strong leadership and direction to the Synthesis Team. The contractor shall be responsible for communicating with team members, setting up teleconferences and face-to-face meetings with Team members, coordinating responsibilities among Team members toward producing the Assessment Report, and communicating progress of the Team to the NARSTO leadership, including the Management Coordinator and Analysis and Assessment Team leaders. At least 3 meeting of the Synthesis Team are expected to occur during 1997, including a winter meeting for discussion of policy issues, and summer and fall writing workshops to help produce the initial draft of the Assessment Report. The Synthesis Team will be expected to attend the fall 1997 NARSTO Science Symposium, at which the Critical Review papers will be formally presented. A final meeting of the Synthesis Team in 1998 will coordinate revisions for the third draft of the report to be reviewed by the National Academy of Sciences. Specific qualificationrequirements for the work to be performed are as follows: (1) be a well-established ozone air quality scientist who is knowledgeable of all relevant aspects of tropospheric ozone science, including ambient air instrumental methods, monitoring, observations, filed studies, atmospheric chemical and meteorological processes and modeling, and source emissions estimates from anthropogenic and biogenic sources, (2) have had experience in bringing current science to bear on significant policy issues in air quality management and articulating the relevant science concepts to a policy audience (3) have demonstrated leadership skills appropriate to leading a team such as the NARSTO Synthesis Team composed of persons with interdisciplinary knowledge, (4) be unbiased in reviewing the current state-of-science, and (5) have had previous experience in assessing the state-of-science in tropospheric ozone, including serving on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Tropospheric Ozone Formation and Measurement which produced the 1991 assessment report "Rethinking the Ozone Problem in Urban and Regional Air Pollution." To fulfill this requirements means that the contractor must be at the top of his/her field, respected by colleagues internationally for his/her scientific and leadership skills in the tropospheric ozone field, and able to integrate policy and science issues in a clear and meaningful manner. The solicitation will be issued approximately 1/21/97, and proposals will be due approximately 2/4/97. Interested parties may obtain a copy of the solicitation by submitting a written request. No telephonic requests will be honored. (0006)

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