SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Global Forestry and Agriculture Climate Economic Model Development and Analysis
- Notice Date
- 6/16/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Administrative Contract Service Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Washington, DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-06-00306
- Response Due
- 7/3/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/3/2006
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541620 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Economics Branch (CEB) in Washington, DC intends to award a Purchase Order to Ohio State University's Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Developmental Economics, of Columbus OH, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Under this purchase order, the contractor shall provide current analysis from a peer reviewed analytical tool of global detailed agriculture and forestry sector land-use activity, greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon sequestration. Furthermore, the contractor shall: 1) Develop a combined forest and agriculture secytoral model for detailed analysis of global net GHG emissions and mitigation across the forest and agriculture sectors, 2) Develop the forest sector of a global dynamic general equilibrium model; and 3) Implement, evaluate, and revise the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) land-use forestry database. These analyses are needed for global GHG inventories, soil, and forest carbon sequestration estimates, comprehensive forest and agricultural mitigation assessment, and land-use impact analysis. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541620. NO SOLICITATIONS OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) IS AVAILABLE. It has been determined that Ohio State University is uniquely qualified to satisfy the Government's requirement as the Global Timber Model (GTM) is maintained by one of it's staff. The GTM, invaluable in this project, is regarded as the premier economic model for global forest carbon sequestration analysis. This model captures the complex biophysical and economic dynamics of forest management with a forward-looking model of world timber markets that considers future timber and land prices in managing timber stocks. Furthermore, within the field of international forestry modeling, no other US research or consulting group has equivalent expertise in estimating the potential for carbon sequestration from global forests, nor the detailed forest data stratified by land-cover and age-class cohorts and agro-ecological zones. No other group has such a highly regarded, and dynamic, economic model as the GTM, which takes into account the necessary international timber trade and temporal aspects of global forest management and carbon sequestration. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting EPA's requirement as stated herein may submit a capabilities statement, which if received by the response date of this announcement may be considered. Responses to posting must be in writing and submitted to Nicole Humphrey, Contract Specialist at humphrey.nicole@epa.gov. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions should be directed to Nicole Humphrey, Contract Specialist via e-mail at humphrey.nicole@epa.gov
- Record
- SN01072105-W 20060618/060616221823 (fbodaily.com)
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