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

B -- STATISTICAL APPROACHES TO CHARACTERIZE AIR QUALITY SOL PR-NC-97-10078 POC Sandra Holland, Contract Specialist, (919)541-2213/Sue Miller, Contracting Officer (919)541-2213 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail., HOLLAND.SANDRA@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for the development and application of statistical approaches to characterize air quality for the analysis of air quality data, air toxics, and developing alterative environmental indicators. The successful offeror will 1) prepare, write or edit reports relating to the statistical or mathematical analysis of ambient air quality data, meteorological data, emissions data, and modeling results; 2) prepare supporting information and user level documentation explaining and justifying the underlying statistical framework and assumptions and illustrating the applications of probabilistic or statistical techniques (including examples); 3) produce graphics to support the analyses of ambient air quality, emissions, meteorological, and modeling data; and 4) identify other data series to be used in environmental indicator analyses to better explain air quality trends and evaluate programmatic success. Specific qualifications desired include: 1) familiarity withEPA's aerometric data base structure and experience in extraction and utilization of subsets of those data; 2) experience in the statistical analysis and interpretation of aerometric, emission and meteorological data and the use of probabilistic methods; 3) experience in arranging and conducting workshops related to statistical techniques as applied to data analysis; 4) familiarity with both deterministic and statistical forms of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards and the implications on design values; 5) experience in report preparation and demonstrated writing and editing ability; 6) familiarity with data analysis issues associated with visibility data and non-criteria air pollutants (e.g., volatile organic compounds (VOC), benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) and trace element data); and 7) experience in preparing graphical displays, particularly presentations of air quality maps. EPA anticipates the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort type contract for a total of 14,500 labor hours consisting of a base requirement of 2,900 labor hours. In addition, the contract will allow for four twelve-month options for 2,900 labor hours each. SIC No. 8748 applies; size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. This requirement is a follow-on to contract number 68D30101 with Systems Applications International, which expires on September 30, 1997. RFP will be issued approximately 4/28/97 under full and open competition. Proposals will be due thirty (30) days after the RFP issuance date. The solicitation and amendments will be available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation and amendments via Internet. If you will be obtaining a copy of the solicitation via Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. However, firms who do not have the capability to obtain the solicitation from Internet, may submit a written request for a diskette with the solicitation in WordPerfect 6.1 format from the contact point at the address above. If you request a diskette of the solicitation, you will receive amendments by mail, unless you notify us otherwise. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Only one copy shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. A copy of the preliminary source list will be issued to all prospective offerors along with the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note 26. (0084)

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