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

B -- EMISSION FACTOR TESTING SUPPORT POC Donna Reinhart (513)487-2114 WEB: Office of Aquisition Management- Contracts Management, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA Contracts Management Division-Cincinnati, Reinhart.Donna@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Assessment and Modeling Division is seeking a contractor from a non-California, low-altitude area, within 100 miles of a centralized Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) location. The contractor shall provide technical support in emission testing to implement requirements of the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990. 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: vehicle emission testing, performing exhaust and evaporative emission tests as described in Subpart B to 40 CFR Part 86 for gasoline, diesel, and alternative fueled vehicles, testing of new technologies such as, remote sensing devices, onboard emission data loggers, onboard diagnostic equipment, etc., recruitment of vehicles and other tasks to assist in the reduction of mobile source emissions. 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. The base period will consist of 12 months. It is anticipated there will be four options, each option will also consist of 12 months. It is anticipated the level of effort for the base period will consist of 10,000 hours and include a quantity option of 15,000 hours. Each option will contain the same level of effort. NOTE: THIS REQUEST IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND NO PROPOSAL SHOULD BE PREPARED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THIS SYNOPSIS. Small business and firms with a SBA classification of 8(a) should respond by submitting 2 copies of company brochures, or other written materials which describes your organization and its services relative to the areas of expertise described above. Responses must be received no later that 14 days after publication of this synopsis. Faxed responses are not permitted. Responses should be sent to the Contracts Management Division, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, ATT: Donna Reinhart. The sic code is 8711. Posted 10/19/98 (W-SN263159). (0292)

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