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B -- TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS SUPPORT FOR REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, ENGINES, FUELS, & FUEL ADDITIVES SOL CI-98-10109 POC Pam Legare (513-487-2015) WEB: "Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division", http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, Legare.pamela@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking a contractor to provide comprehensive technical and analytical support to assist the Agency in the development of regulations for motor vehicles, motor vehicle engines, fuels and fuel additives. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and other requirements have placed regulatory responsibilities on EPA for development of more stringent emission standards, test procedures and other regulations for motor vehicles and engines. The 1990 Amendments also mandated development of programs for regulation of motor vehicle fuels and fuel additives. To meet these and other responsibilities, the Agency will require a broad range of technical support in areas such as the following: 1) Engineering/cost assessment of emissions and emission-control systems for currently-controlled and uncontrolled emissions; 2)Analysis/modeling of fuel composition, production and distribution issues; 3)Environmental/air quality analysis and modeling; 4)Economic analysis and modeling; 5)Selection or design of suitable test procedures and protocols to determine health, welfare and emissions effects of fuels and fuel additives; and 6)Safety/risk analysis. Fuels include conventional, reformulated and alternative motor fuels as well as additives currently used or likely to be used in these fuels. The required support will take the form of work assignments concerning issues of regulatory significance, which will be issued periodically as the need arises. Due to the short time frames mandated for many of the above requirements, the contractor will be called upon to provide rapid-turnaround response in many instances, and to work on multiple work assignments concurrently. It is anticipated that the Government will award a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract with two twelve-month option periods. The contract will also include options to increase the level of effort within each contract term. The total level of effort is anticipated to be 45,000 professional labor hours, inclusive of quantity options.Award of a contract is contingent upon receiving appropriated funds for this work. All interested parties should submit a request in writing at the above address or by fax (513-487-2107 or 2004) to Pam Legare referencing solicitation number CI-98-10109. Telephone requests will not be honored. (0330)

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