B -- TESTING AND ANALYTICAL SUPPORT FOR REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, ENGINES, FUELS AND FUEL ADDITIVES

Notice Date

April 26, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

45268

Solicitation Number

PR-CI-01-11951

Point of Contact

Matthew J. Growney (513) 487-2029

E-Mail Address

Matthew J. Growney, Contracting Officer (growney.matthew&epa.gov)

Description

The U.S. EPA has a requirement for the EPA's Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ). OTAQ has responsibilities under the Clean Air Act (CAA) which include setting emission standards for on- and off-highway motor vehicles /engines and assuring compliance with such standards; characterizing emissions and fuel consumption characteristics of current and prototype on- and off-highway motor vehicles and motor vehicle engines; and assessing the effectiveness and cost of current or potential future motor vehicle emission control systems. Additional OTAQ responsibilities include regulating motor vehicle fuels and fuel additives (F/FA) and assessing the emissions characteristics of current or potential future motor vehicle F/FA. OTAQ also has responsibilities for propulsion system technology development under the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) program initiated by President Clinton on September 29, 1993. The objective of this solicitation is to provide OTAQ with flexible testing and related analytical support for emissions characterization, technology assessment and test procedure and/or equipment development. This requirement encompasses measurement of regulated/unregulated emissions and fuel consumption for a wide variety of highway and non-highway vehicles/engines operating on all types of conventional, reformulated and alternative fuels. Testing requirements apply to vehicles/engines operating in both laboratory and real-world environments. Related analytical support requirements include statistical or other analysis and/or modeling of emissions and other data to determine air quality, health, welfare and safety effects associated with compliance with new emission standards or other applicable CAA provisions. Other related requirements include chemical or other analyses of F/FA and development/evaluation of test protocols for F/FA and their combustion and evaporative products. Also included is analysis/modeling of the effects of changes in F/FA formulations on emissions, emission control systems and on fuel production and distribution systems. Technical support to EPA design and evaluation of prototype vehicle emission-control and propulsion systems and related control, data acquisition and sampling systems will also be required. The Government anticipates award of a cost plus fixed fee term (LOE) contract with a twelve-month base term and two (2) twelve month options to extend the term. The base level of effort for each term will consist of 14,000 direct labor hours. The Government anticipates including quantity option amounts of 100% for the Base and the option periods, which brings the maximum total potential on the contract to 84,000 direct labor hours over three (3) years. The solicitation is subject to full and open competition, all responsible offerors may submit a proposal. Copies of the solicitation will be available to all offerors on the Internet. Offerors should visit EPA's Home Page (http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd) for continuous update of RFP's status. No RFP release date and closure have yet been established. Anticipated release is late May 2001. The NAICS code is 541330.

Web Link

Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts (http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010430/BSOL004.HTM (W-116 SN50K4N3)