SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- EPAct Technical Services
- Notice Date
- 4/18/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Midwest Research Institute (DOE Contractor), National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO, 80401
- ZIP Code
- 80401
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-SS06-80089KR
- Response Due
- 5/17/2006
- Archive Date
- 6/1/2006
- Description
- Sources Sought for EPAct Technical Assistance Public and private vehicle fleets continue to be the subject of broad interest as a test bed for implementing and evaluating new vehicle and fuel technologies. Federal legislation has established a variety of requirements for fleets with the goal of reducing the nation?s petroleum consumption through the Energy Policy Acts (EPAct) of 1992 and 2005. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) implements these requirements through its FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies Program. These activities are described in more detail at: http://www.eere.doe.gov/vehiclesandfuels/epact/index.shtml The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) provides technical, regulatory and analytic support to these activities. NREL?s role is to analyze and report on fleet progress on reducing petroleum usage, analyze and propose innovations to accelerate progress, and provide tools and resources to enable fleets to meet and exceed their requirements. NREL also assesses the impact of proposed legislation and program strategies on vehicular petroleum consumption, drafts guidance for fleets on new requirements, and provides technical evaluations of proposed new alternative fuels. In addition, NREL is tasked with integrating work across several related petroleum-displacement programs, to leverage resources and ensure analytic work is synchronized with technical work in related R&D programs. NREL is seeking individuals or organizations that have the required expertise to provide technical, regulatory and analytic support and assistance to NREL?s EPAct activities. These individuals or organizations will be tasked with specific projects or project elements to support NREL?s annual operating plan. Possible tasks for this project may include: (i) regulatory analysis of existing or proposed AFV or petroleum reduction legislation; (ii) development of draft guidance for regulated fleets; (iii) analysis of fleet requests for exemption from requirements based on technical data related to fleet and market characteristics; (iv) analysis of petroleum reduction potential of proposed strategies; (v) analysis of program data; and, (vi) coordination of specialized training for fleet representatives to help increase compliance. Consequently, a detailed accounting of skills related to these areas is requested from interested sources. Organizations or individuals responding to this Sources Sought request must have some or all of the following capabilities, attributes, and skills, and specify the activity(ies) to which their qualifications would best apply: 1. The organization/individual will demonstrate a historical involvement in, and extensive knowledge of, the alternative fuels and/or vehicle industry. The organization/individual will describe its practical applied field experience or expertise with alternative fuel in specific fleet operations, particularly in designing and implementing AFV projects and in facilitating solutions to operational problems of AFV applications. 2. The organization/individual will show that it has significant background and experience in analyzing legislation and regulations impacting AFVs, alternative fuels, fleets and petroleum reduction approaches. 3. The organization/individual will demonstrate its capabilities in analyzing data, including data related to AFVs and alternative fuel use, and petroleum reduction strategies. This may include technical and/or economic data. 4. The organization/individual will describe its abilities and expertise in the area of operating and managing alternative fuel workshops or training sessions at a local or regional level where attendance exceeds 50 people, and/or with smaller groups of AFV stakeholders or individual fleets. Any organizations or individuals interested in working with NREL to provide technical assistance and consultation to EPAct as described above should mail a list of qualifications or business profile, and their specific area(s) of interest to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory / ATTN: Kathee Flanagan Roque /1617 Cole Boulevard, MS 1632 / Golden, CO 80401-3391. Telephone calls will not be accepted; however, submittals by e-mail should be sent to: kathee_roque@nrel.gov. Electronic format should be MSWord/Excel, not .pdf (in-box space restrictions). The list of qualifications should be responsive to the specific areas of qualification listed above. This synopsis is not a request for proposal.
- Place of Performance
- Address: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, Colorado,
- Zip Code: 80401
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 80401
- Record
- SN01029956-W 20060420/060418220451 (fbodaily.com)
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