SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- DAYCENT Modeling & Analysis of N2O Emission Mitigation Options
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- HPODUS Environmental Protection AgencyAriel Rios Building1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.Mail Code: 3803RWashingtonDC20460USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- SOL-DC-12-FS001
- Response Due
- 4/9/2012
- Archive Date
- 5/9/2012
- Point of Contact
- Faye Sas, Contracting Officer, EPA
- E-Mail Address
-
Contracting Officer
(sas.faye@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Title:Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Purchase Order to the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL) at Colorado State University for DAYCENT Modeling and Analysis of N2O Emission Mitigation Options for Non-Rice Agricultural Lands. Posting Date:26 March 2012 Response Date:09 April 2012 Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Administrative Contract Service Center (3803R), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation (OAR), Office of Atmospheric Programs (OAP), Climate Change Division (CCD) intends to award a sole source, fixed price purchase order under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13: Simplified Acquisition Procedures to Colorado State University for DAYCENT modeling results and analysis of non-CO2 agricultural emissions and mitigation scenarios. DAYCENT is a process-based, biogeochemical model that has the ability to investigate the mitigation potential, as well as the effects on crop yields for both irrigated and non-irrigated crops, of different land management scenarios at the global and regional level. EPA plans to utilize the global non-CO2 soils data and marginal abatement cost information from the DAYCENT modeling results to update EPA?s 2012 non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Report. The Statement of Work (SOW) outlines 6 major tasks: 1) the acquisition and formatting of activity data required to run DAYCENT at the global scale; 2) conducting global simulations of business-as-usual cropping and related non-CO2 and soil carbon emissions levels; 3) validating simulated business-as-usual N2O emissions; 4) conducting national and regional N2O mitigation simulations; 5) compiling and explaining of model results to contribute to EPA?s report on non-CO2 emissions; and, 6) conducting model output analysis, report writing and responding to comments. Developed and maintained by the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL) at Colorado State University, DAYCENT is the only model qualified in this application to simulate N2O and carbon fluxes for major crop types at the desired level of detail with global and regional coverage. While it is the government?s intent to issue a purchase order on a sole source basis to NREL, interested parties with the capacity and technical capability necessary to successfully perform this requirement are invited to submit a response, which if received within 15 calendar days of the date of this announcement, will be considered. Responses to this posting must be in writing. This is not a request for quotation (RFQ). No contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed purchase order based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. All questions and responses should be directed to Faye Sas via e-mail at sas.faye@epa.gov. The point of contact for this requirement is Faye Sas, Contract Specialist, at sas.faye@epa.gov.
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