U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

A -- ENGINE AND VEHICLE DEVELOMENT ENGINEERING SUPPORT SOL PR-CI-98-10405 POC Cynthia Johnson at (513) 487-2040 WEB: Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, johnson.cynthia@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a need for a contractor to provide the Office of Air and Radiation, National Vehicle Fuel Emissions Laboratory, Advanced Technology Support Division, with flexible engineering support related to vehicles and engines, with efforts focused on reducing emissions and improving efficiency (to lower carbon dioxide emissions). Work may include design, fabrication, development and testing support on vehicles, engines, components, subsystems, control systems, and fuel systems. The contractor shall provide all personnel, materials, services, equipment and facilities to design, develop, modify, fabricate, procure, test, calibrate, and perform engineering tasks on the requisite components. All vehicle, engine, components, subsystems, control systems, and fuel systems required to initiate/perform work will either be comercially acquired, designed/developed/fabricated by the contractor or furnished by the Government. The contractor may be required to convert appropriate equipment to alternate-fuel operation. The Government anticipates the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee term (LOE) contract with a twelve-month base term and two (2) twelve month options to extend the term. The base level of effort for each term will consist of 9,000 direct labor hours. In addition, options will be included to grant the Government the opportunity to increase the level of effort by up to 22,500 direct labor hours during each period. The solicitation is subject to full and open competition. All responsible offerors may submit a proposal. Copies of the solicitation will be available to all offerors on the Internet. Offerors should visit the EPA's Home Page (http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd) for continuous update of RFP's status. No RFP release date and closure have yet been established. Anticipated release is mid-late March 1998. The sic code is 8711. "See Note 26." (0057)

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