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B -- ANALYTICAL SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF MOBILE SOURCE EMISSION FACTORS AND EMISSION INVENTORIES SOL PR-CI-99-13650 POC Cynthia Johnson (513) 487-2040 WEB: Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, johnson.cynthia@epamail.epa.gov. The US Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Mobile Sources (OMS), Assessment and Modeling Division (AMD) is responsible for the collection, organization, and analysis of emissions data from mobile sources of all types (highway vehicles, construction and agricultural equipment, airplanes, locomotives, marine vessels, and a wide variety of other non-road sources), as well as for the evaluation of control strategies applicable to such sources (including both currently effective and proposed strategies). Other responsibilities of the division include tracking and monitoring of developments in the areas of health effects of mobile source emissions, air toxicities, and atmospheric science; and assisting States and others in the development of accurate emission inventories for mobile sources. These projects often require the development or refinement of databases collecting and summarizing available data on a given mobile source-related issue from various literature and/or testing programs and the development or improvement of in-use emission factor estimates based on such databases; and may also require analyses evaluating the scope and impacts of unregulated pollutants and sources, revised regulations, and other proposed control strategies. AMD has need of a contractor to provide technical support in the development and refinement of in-use emission factor estimates, and the performance of related analyses for both highway vehicle and non-road mobile sources. The contractor shall provide the Division with technical support in the development and improvement of emission inventories, in air quality-related analyses, and in the development of guidance documents on the use of EPA's emission factor models (MOBILE, PART, NONROAD, MOBTOX) and the development of input data for use with these models. Such projects will be specified under a level of effort (LOE) contract, sometimes with short turnaround time requirements. Individual tasks may take such forms as: creation of databases from various sources and formats, analysis of existing or newly augmented data, development or refinement of modeling techniques for unregulated or newly regulated mobile sources, and the application of emission factor and air quality models to specific analyses. Other tasks may include the development of technical guidance documents to be used by States and other parties with air-quality responsibilities in applying and using EPA's emission factor models. All large-volume and small-volume automotive manufacturers, all on-road and non-road engine and vehicle manufacturers, all oil companies (petroleum refiners, fuel manufacturers or distributors, and fuel marketers), and any firms whose primary business involves the manufacture, sale, or resale of emission testing equipment (including IM240 equipment), shall be considered ineligible for award of any contract resulting from this solicitation. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort, term-type contract is contemplated with a 12-month base term plus four (4) 12-month options to extend the term at the choice of the Government. The base level of effort for each term is approximately 2,400 direct labor hours. Options to increase the level of effort within each term by up to an additional 2,400 direct labor hours will also be included. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be evaluated by the EPA in accordance with the technical evaluation criteria specified in the RFP. RFP PR-CI-99-13650 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 the RFP's status (release/amendments/closure) and to retrieve the solicitation document. The sic code is 8711. See Note 26. Posted 06/10/99 (W-SN341600). (0161)

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