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L -- MOSCOW MOBILE-SOURCES PROJECT SOL RMR002 DUE 041798 POC Felicia M. Williams E-MAIL: williams.feliciam@epamail.epa.gov, williams.feliciam@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a request for proposals to which the Government intends to award a firm fixed price contract using the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of FAR Part 13. The EPA is FACNET certified. Any contractor/vendor able to meet requirement must demonstrate in writing by closing date. You may E-mail the contracting officer at williams.feliciam@epamail.epa.gov. Please include the following: Company Name; Address; Phone Number; Business Class; and E-mail Address. NO PHONE CALLS ACCEPTED. All questions must be addressed in writing and will be answered in writing. Quotes are due in writing no later than 15 days of notice of this solicitation. This is a combination synopsis/solicitation for these services and will be the only solicitation to be issued. Award will be made to the firm whose offer provides the greatest value to the Government, price, quality and delivery performance considered. Award may be based on lowest overall evaluated cost and/or cost relatedfactors. Two copies of all proposals, for the following statement of work, should be delivered to the following address, (fax/e-mail copies will not be accepted): Mail to: US EPA; 401 M Street, SW; Bid and proposal Room -- 6th Floor; Mail Code 3803R; Washington, DC 20460 Attn: Felicia M. Williams -- HAND CARRY TO: 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW; Bid and Proposal Room -- 6th Floor; Washington, DC 20003; Attn: Felicia M. Williams -- Due Date: April 17, 1998; 2:30 pm EST (Any proposal received after the due date will not be considered.) STATEMENT OF WORK TITLE: Moscow Mobile-Sources Project. PURPOSE: To plan and design a large, comprehensive, multi-year mobile-sources project proposal for the city of Moscow, for EPA submission to the Department of State in the latter half of 1998. BACKGROUND: EPA is part of an international team consisting of the World Bank, and city and federal agencies in Moscow, Russia, to design a mobile-sources component for the World Bank's proposed transportation loan to the city of Moscow and to incorporate an environmental component into the Bank's loan package so as to include projects that reduce mobile-source air pollution in Moscow. STATEMENT OF WORK: 1.The contractor shall develop a set of recommendations for mobile-source projects that can be funded by the loan, in an amount to be agreed on with EPA and the Bank's report for each mission, during the three World Bank appraisal missions to Moscow in spring and summer 1998. The report for each mission must be completed and submitted to the Russian government before the appraisal team departs Moscow. Lacking accurate and reliable air monitoring data and the benefit of a comprehensive air quality strategy for Moscow, the report will require a seat-of-the-pants, intuitive judgement as to which recommendations are most useful and feasible. 2. The contractor shall complete a report that identifies trade and investment opportunities for U.S. business in the city of Moscow and in the Russian automotive, fuels, environmental and related industries. 3. The contractor along with the World Bank shall: (a) work with Moscow city environmental authorities to design a $5 million dollar project to control mobile-source pollution in Moscow (the design for a comprehensive multi-year cooperative project can be done during the three Bank Missions, as a deepening and expansion of the conception that underlies the environmental recommendations for the Bank loan); and (b) submit to EPA three versions of the proposal, by mid-summer 1998, as follows: (i) 2-3 pages, (ii) 10-12 pages, and (iii) 25 pages, or a general work plan; and (c)present several briefings on the proposal to the Office of International Activities senior management, the Department of State (especially S/NISC), and perhaps AID. 4. The contractor shall complete the environmental review of the World Bank's transportation loan for Moscow, subject to agreement with the World Bank. The environmental review should be begun during each of the three missions, and the appropriate texts can be submitted to the Bank slightly after each submission. DELIVERABLES: 1. The contractor will provide the EPA project officer with a brief trip report of 4-6 pages for each trip, due within ten days after the conclusion of each Bank mission or other trips to Moscow. 2. The contractor will provide the EPA project officer with Bank reports after each mission, due within ten days after the conclusion of each mission or other trip to Moscow. 3. The contractor will supply the EPA project officer copies of all translations done for the project upon the EPA project officer's request. 4. The Contractor will provide the EPA project officer with a detailed report on opportunities for U.S. business in the motor-vehicle pollution control industry and related industries upon the EPA project officer's request. 5. The Contractor will supply the EPA project officer with the appropriate text to meet environmental review requirements of the World Bank, done in agreement with and upon the EPA project officer's and the Bank Project Manager's request. BUDGET: Key elements of a proposed budget should include: 1. Travel -- 3 round trips from Washington, DC to Moscow & elsewhere in Russia for stays of up to two week periods. 2. Incidental expenses- interpretation and intracity transportation. 3. Level of effort-documentation supporting rate must be included. 4. Translation Services-necessary texts from Russian to English. COST REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURES: The EPA will pay the contractor an agreed upon fixed fee. This fee is intended to cover the contractor's fee for the indicated deliverables, this negotiated fee includes expenses for economy round-trip (coach class) airfare, lodging, M&IE, and incidental expenses. Once the deliverables that are listed above have been provided, the contractor may submit an invoice to EPA for reimbursement of a properly justified sum up to the negotiated amount. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Upon award of the contract through October 1998. NOTICE REGARDING GUIDANCE PROVIDED UNDER THIS STATEMENT OF WORK: Guidance is strictly limited to technical and analytical support. The contractor shall not engage in activities of an inherently governmental nature such as the following: 1)Formation of Agency policy 2) Selection of Agency priorities 3) Development of Agency regulations. Should the contractor receive any instruction from an EPA staff person that The contractor ascertains to fall into any of these categories or goes beyond the scope of the contract or work assignment, the contractor shall immediately contact the EPA contracting officer. The contractor shall also ensure that the work under this purchase order does not contain any apparent or real personnel or organizational conflict of interest. The contractor shall certify that none exists. Proposed Selection Criteria for the contractor for the "Moscow Mobile-Sources Project": 1. Substantive technical knowledge: The contractor must be comprehensive, experienced, and have expert knowledge of mobile-source issues, with the ability to arrive at a reasoned, defensible "seat-of-the-pants" judgement in a short period of time about recommendations to be submitted to the Bank; have an articulate and persuasive manner of presenting recommendations, both oral and written; have the ability to write quickly on transportation and mobile-source issues in clear and cogent English; have excellent negotiating skills, especially in interaction with foreign governments and cultures; have experience and a sense of ease in foreign cultures, unfamiliar circumstances, and an often demanding work environment. 2. Record of publications: The contractor must have a strong record of publications in the mobile-source pollution control area(20 or more in internationally recognized newspapers, journals, other serial publications, and academic publications). 3. Experience working with EPA: The contractor must have at least five years' experience working with EPA, including three years at the senior-management level, preferably in Senior Executive Service or the equivalent (primarily in the Office of Mobile Sources (OMS). 4. Experience with World Bank: The contractor must have substantial previous experience with the World Bank, provide evidence of previous participation in one or more World Bank missions (preferably transportation and mobile-source pollution control area, regular interaction in workshops). 5. Considerable foreign experience: The contractor must provide a record of constructive work in the mobile-source pollution field in at least three foreign countries, long-term or a series of short-term assignments. Record must include high-level negotiations and discussions with senior municipal and national officials, and the submission of reports and recommendations to such officials. **All questions and answers regarding this solicitation will be posted in the CBD as they come in. (0083)

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