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B -- HEAVY DUTY VEHICLE AND NONROAD ENGINE TESTING SUPPORT SOL PR-CI-98-10291 POC Lynne W. Lewis (513) 487-2007 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Contracts Management Division -- Cincinnati, http://www.epa.gov/OAM/CINN_CMD. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA Contracts Management Division -- Cincinnati, Lewis.Lynne@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Assessment and Modeling Division is seeking a contractor to provide technical support in testing, analyses, and emissions characterization needed to implement requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990. The contractor shall also provide analytical support for regulations developed by EPA and the Division using expertise in statistical analysis, technical writing, and engineering. Such projects will be specified under a level of effort contract, sometimes with a short turnaround time requirement. The testing support shall be provided on such tasks as development of instrumentation packages to determine operating parameters and characterize emissions for highway and nonroad engines, including marine engines, alternate cycle testing for the revised Federal Test Procedure (FTP), the analysis of vehicle, engine and catalyst testing data, conducting specialized tests to support CAAA mandated studies or regulations, and other tasks related toregulation development. The contract shall not be required to produce feasibility studies or make decisions on regulations or policy. Therefore, all testing analyses and support are limited to technical issues; advice or assistance relative to policy development, decision-making, management and/or administration issues shall not be provided under this contract. A second synopsis will be issued specifying the type of contract and amount of hours needed for this requirement. The requirement will be solicited on a full and open competitive basis using procedures set forth in FAR Part 15. Solicitation no. PR-CI-98-10291 will appear on the Internet. It may be accessed through the EPA's home page on the World Wide Web at the following direct link URL: http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. It is anticipated that this RFP will be available in mid March. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. See Note 26. (0043)

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