National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393

B -- AMFA AND EPACT IMPLEMENTATION ASSISTANCE DUE 011599 POC K. Flanagan Roque, Subcontract Administrator, Kathee_Roque@nrel.gov E-MAIL: Kathee_Roque@nrel.gov, Kathee_Roque@nrel.gov. Sources Sought: BACKGROUND. Under the Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1988 (AMFA), the Clean Air Act Admendments of 1990, and the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPAct), the federal government has demonstrated its resolve to reduce petroleum usage by promoting the use of alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs). The objectives of the legislation are to clean up the environment, achieve energy independence, and improve national security. Through Titles III, IV, and V of EPAct, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with developing and implementing rules in support of the above legislation to require the acquisition of AFVs by federal agency fleets, certain state government fleets, and private alternative fuel provider fleets. In addition to this, Section V of EPAct directs DOE to assess whether sufficient progress is being made towards achieving the goals of EPAct, and, if not, to determine if and how the goals and/or the existing rules should be changed (e.g., expand covered fleets to include municipal and private fleets other than alternative fuel providers). ACTIVITIES. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been designated "Program Manager" by DOE to implement various parts of AMFA and EPAct. NREL is seeking organizations to assist it in this effort by participating in the following categories of activities: 1) fleet information development and dissemination; 2) fleet communications; 3) annual reporting; 4) compliance investigations; and 5) analysis of the economic and environmental impacts of proposed rules and legislation. Examples of specific activities include: the preparation of fleet guidance and general awareness documents; providing annual report filing assistance to covered and potentially covered fleets; processing of individual fleet annual reports, including quality assurance, and summarizing the information for required status reports; maintenance of databases that track AFV purchases for each fleet type (general federal, DOE-specific, state and alternative fuel providers); attendance at designated meetings and conferences, and preparation of presentations and meeting summary notes for same; analysis and review of fuel rulemaking petitions to designate proposed fuels as "alternative fuels"; review and maintenance of interactive web-based tools that provide EPAct-related information for fleet managers and government officials and allow web-based submission of data and reports. QUALIFICATIONS. Organizations that respond to this Sources Sought request will have the following capabilities, attributes, and skills: 1) extensive knowledge of the alternative fuels industry (include the list of personnel with this attribute and publications in this area); 2) extensive knowledge of and experience with LAN- and internet-based relational databases (Unix-based Oracle, MS Acces); 3) high comfort level in working on the Internet (describe access/connecivity to the Web), including site development capabilities; 4) experience with quality assured data entry and customer service via internet or phone assistance; 5) demonstrated experience with the analysis of policies and legislation related to transportation issues (include list of personnel and publications); 6) knowledge of EPAct and the federal rulemaking process. Please mail your response to the above qualifications to: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)/ATTN: Kathee Flanagan Roque/1617 Cole Blvd., MS 1632/Golden, CO 80401-3393. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Please note that this synopsis is NOT a Request for Proposal. Posted 12/11/98 (W-SN279776). (0345)

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