SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- TECHNICAL SERVICES
- Notice Date
- 3/27/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Ord Service Center/Nerl, Rtp Procurement Operations Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
- ZIP Code
- 27711
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-RT-03-00158
- Archive Date
- 5/10/2003
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Joy Kimble, Purchasing Agent, Phone (919) 541-2897
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(kimble.joy@epa.gov)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541930 THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION. QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED, AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is RFQ-RT-03-00158, and the solicitation is being issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 01-13. The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541930 which has a small business size standard of 500 employees, however, it is anticipated that the contract will be awarded as a result of full and open competition. The purpose of this notice is to inform all interested parties that the Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC intends to award a Firm-fixed-price purchase order as a result of this solicitation. Award will be made to a single contractor for all tasks. Background: The scope of work supports the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) critical and high priority need to test a range of set up conditions and evaluate the performance of the numerical simulation of airflow and pollution dispersion around buildings produced using the Fluent CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) Software. The numerical simulations resulting from Fluent CFD Software shall be compared with data from field measurement studies, wind tunnel model studies, and applications of routinely available simplified Air Pollution Dispersion Models. This project supports the development and performance assessment of Fluent CFD Software to determine how it may best be applied by EPA to support the assessment of the potential effects on human health following the events at the New York World Trade Center. The EPA will provide the contractor with specifications for the buildings and atmospheric boundary conditions required to set up each case study. The EPA will provide the contractor with a list of software parameters and a numerical range for each parameter that will be tested to assess their resultant effects. The contractor shall meet with the project officer weekly to present and review results from the previous weeks work. At this meeting, the project officer shall provide new specifications for the next weeks work. The EPA has a Human Exposure Modeling Facility that contains several EPA maintained workstations including a the SGI workstation with licensed Fluent Software and networked to the EPA IBM SP multiprocessor computer. Sole use of this workstation will be provided to the contractor as needed 3 days each week. The contractor shall work on site at EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC in order to meet with the project officer as needed since many of the computer jobs submitted each week may require time for completion before results are available for processing and to include in the weekly and monthly progress reports. The contractor is also required to work with the licensed Fluent CFD Software on the SGI workstation and to submit runs on the EPA SP multiprocessor computer. Access to the EPA computers is not possible off site due to EPA security systems. The primary focuses of this procurement requires the contractor to 1) receive and review written instructions defining specifications for Fluent CFD Software set up including the buildings and atmospheric boundary conditions for each case study, the physical processes, list of software parameters and a numerical range for each parameter to be evaluated. Analyses and preparation of reports on the results of this project may be completed off sight. 2) The results of the Fluent CFD computer runs completed under Task 1 shall be analyzed and compared with measurement data from EPA field measurement studies, EPA Wind Tunnel model studies, and simple Air Pollution Dispersion Models. EPA will provide the contractor with all data to be used to support these comparisons. EPA will provide the contractor the software code and users guide for the AERMOD and other simple air pollution dispersion models which will be run to provide other model data for comparison. The contractor shall prepare written descriptions that are sufficient in detail to report observed effects on the airflow and pollutant dispersion due to differences in set up and boundary condition parameters. The report shall include written documentation of all computer files (input, set up and output) prepared or produced. The copy of files shall be maintained on a designated EPA computer storage system. The contractor shall prepare monthly progress reports on technical progress. Deliverables and Schedule: 1) Weekly Technical Reports summarizing case studies set up and results including a brief description for the previous weeks work with documentation of prepared and produced computer files under Task 1. 2) Monthly Progress Reports referencing and integrating the technical progress provided by the Weekly Technical Reports along with the analyses and comparisons with other data under Task 2. The monthly progress reports shall form the technical basic for monthly payments for competed work under this contract. Meetings: Weekly Meeting to review technical progress and receive technical direction for the next series of computer runs and comparisons. Performance Period: Seven (7) months from date of award. The work performed under this contract requires the knowledge and expertise covering the routine set up and application of the Fluent Incorporated Software for simulating air pollution dispersion near buildings. The contract work will be at the level of a Physical Scientist with an advanced degree with research experience using Fluent Inc Software for simulating dispersion near buildings. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Item; 52.212-2, Evaluation-Commercial Item. Evaluation criteria to be included in paragraph (a) of provision 52.212-2 are as follows: (i) Technical Skills which applicants will be evaluated: a) Expert knowledge, understanding and proficiency in applying Fluent CFD Software for simulating airflow around buildings; b) Demonstrated proficiency in applying the AERMOD and similar air pollution dispersion models; c) Efficiency in the use of SGI workstation and the ability to submit jobs over the network to EPA's IBM SP multiprocessor computer; and d) Demonstrated knowledge and the ability to effectively communicate the effects of changing set up conditions on the Fluent CFD software results and comparison with other model and/or measurement data. (ii) Past Performance - will be used as an indicator of the offeror's ability to meet prior contract commitments and perform the contract successfully. Each offeror submitting a technically acceptable proposal shall be evaluated on performance under existing and prior contracts/subcontracts/orders for services similar to that described in the Statement of Work for this requirement. Provide at least 2 references for related projects conducted within the last 3 years. Include project description, contact person and telephone number; and (iii) PRICE Award will be made to the offeror whose offer represents the best value to the Government, price and other factors considered. Price each task separately. Technical capability and past performance when combined are significantly more important than price. All offerors are to include with their response a completed copy of provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, 52.246-11, Higher Level Contract Quality Requirement, 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders--Commercial Items and the following additional FAR clauses which are cited in clauses 52.212-5: 52.222-1, Child Labor; 52.222-21, Prohibition of Segregated Facilities; 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans; 52.222-36 Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers; 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.222-41, Service Contract Act of 1965, As Amended, and 52.232-34, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer. Any applicable wage determination(s)(if required) will be made a part of the resultant purchase order. Technical questions are to be forwarded via email no later 3 April 2003 to the Contract Specialist at the following email address: kimble.joy@epa.gov. In addition to this Request for Quotation, offerors should review the Statement of Work and other information posted with this Request for Quotation on EPA's web site at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Arrow down to the REQUEST FOR QUOTATION section and click on the solicitation. Arrow down below that section to COMMERCIAL BUY CLAUSES AND FORMS which are provided for your convenience. Please submit two copies of the technical proposal and two copies of the price proposal to Joy Kimble, Contract Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP-POD, D143-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Courier Delivery Address is: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RTP-POD, D143-01, 4930 Old Page Road, Attn: Joy Kimble, E105-02, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. All offers are due by April 10, 2003, 12:00 p.m. EST. No telephonic or faxed requests or offers will be honored.
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