Administrative Contracts Service Center (3803R), Environmental Protection Agency, Ronald Reagan Building -- 7th Floor, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20460

R -- METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT, LAND USE AND PLANNING SOL PR-HQ-98-14340 DUE 123198 POC Rodney Magee, Contracting Officer, (202)564-4793 WEB: click here for further information on this RFP., http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placment/9814340/index.htm. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, Magee.Rodney@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Policy (OP) conducts programs and develops policies regarding the impacts of and alternatives to urban sprawl (low-density greenfield development where residential, commercial and industrial land uses are isolated from each other). The purpose of this contract is to provide OP with data analysis and management, policy development and analysis and outreach regarding the environmental social and economic impacts of metropolitan planning and development plans, policies and practices. This includes the effects of low density versus high density, sprawl versus compact development, mixed use versus single use developments as well as alternative development patterns and projects. This procurement will support the development of the UEDD's programs and tools related to policy, planning and design alternatives to sprawl. The range of work entails educating the public, developing analytic and policy tools and encouraging partnerships and collaboration among different smart growth stakeholders (e.g., developers, business groups, citizen activists, financiers, and government officials). This contract requires an inter-disciplinary approach to identifying and analyzing metropolitan development and planning issues and their environmental, economic and social impacts. Examples of potential work projects include: Evaluations of zoning, urban growth boundaries, regional development plans; Analyses of compact, mixed-use or infill development; Data collection on environmental performance in communities with contrasting development patterns;Analysis of distributional impacts of different forms of development;Research on energy and environmental impacts of land use changes, such as mixed-use development; Projections of loss of habitat and green spaces due to prevailing patterns of development; Reports on municipal fiscal performance of fringe versus infill development; Assessments of economic impacts of development on the real-estate an business sectors; Financing alternatives for compact, mixed use or infill development; Case studies, or analyses of pilot projects in particular developments, cities or states. Brownfields and infill redevelopment, Industrial ecology and Eco-Industrial Parks as alternative development models; Incentives for private sector support of financing for infill or brownfields redevelopment; Fiscal issues such as municipal taxation and real estate development and public sector infrastructure investment; Comparative advantages and disadvantages of housing and business location by development density; Distribution and environmental justice concerns(e.g., suburbs versus urban); The impact of development on efficiency of government and utility services as well as infrastructure investment and investment. Relevant authorities for this contract include Clean Water Act (CWA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA/Superfund), Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA), Clean Air Act (CAA), National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAA QS), Internal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), Federal Housing Act (FHA), Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA), Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Endangered Species Act (ESA), Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) various zoning laws, and related housing and urban development legislation and initiative (e.g., the Brownfields Initiative or the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities programs). Project Managers and team leaders chosen for this assignment are required to have advanced knowledge, in depth experience, and demonstrated ability in originating an applying new and unique methods and procedures to urban and metropolitan planning and development issues. Strong economic, quantitative social science skills, excellent report writing, and modeling skills in environment, natural resource energy and socio-economic issues is required. Expertise or in depth of knowledge of the existing literature and analyses pertaining to industrial ecology, metropolitan development, government and private sector finance, real estate sectors, urban environmental and energy issues is important. This procurement has a full and open competition designation. The proposed contract will have a total period of performance of 60 months, to include a twelve (12) month base period, and four (4) twelve (12) month option periods. All parties interested in requesting a copy of the solicitation should submit their request via E-mail to: Magee.Rodney@epamail.epa.gov; or in writing to the following address: US Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW (3803R), Washington, DC 20460. The Request for Proposal (RFP), amendments and other related items will be posted on the Internet and can be easily downloaded from the following website:"http://www.epa.gov/hpod". Interested parties are advised to monitor this website for further information on this procurement as it becomes available. Currently, no information is available. A copy of the interested firms list will be issued to all prospective offerors as an attachment to the solicitation. If Internet capability is unavailable, interested parties must submit written verification stating such to Rodney Magee so that hard copies of the solicitation may be provided. Only one copy of the solicitation will be issued to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographical locations. Telephonic requests will not be honored. Posted 07/22/98 (W-SN226783). (0203)

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