U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: CMB-A, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

B -- EMISSION INVENTORIES AND TRENDS ANALYSIS SOL PR-NC-97-10099 POC Kathy Moore, Contract Specialist, (919) 541-3504/Sue Miller, Contracting Officer (919) 541-3504 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail, Moore.KathyH@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for the development of guidance materials related to air pollutant emission inventories and in the maintenance of a database to document national trends in air pollutant emissions. The successful contractor shall 1) prepare guidance documents and technical reports for inventorying stationary and area sources of criteria and toxic air pollutant emissions, 2) maintain the database and updates of the air pollutant emissions data in order to document changes in national air pollutant emissions. Specific qualifications desired include: 1) understanding of the requirements and milestones of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, for development of air pollutant emission inventories; 2) experience with development of air pollutant emission inventories for criteria and toxic air pollutants; 3) experience with development and maintenance of software/databases for air pollutant data; 4) familiarity with statistical approaches to evaluating and quality assuring emission inventory data; 5) experience in report preparation and developing graphical displays and 60 demonstrated technical writing and editing ability. EPA anticipates the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort type contract for a total of 114,875 labor hours consisting of a base requirement of 22,975 labor hours. In addition, the contract will allow for four twelve-month options for 22,975 labor hours each. SIC No. 8748 applies; size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the last three years. This requirement is a partial follow-on to Contract numbers 68D20160 with Eastern Research Group, 68D30001 with Pacific Environmental Services and 68D20159 with Midwest Research Institute, which all expire on September 30, 1997. It is estimated that the RFP will be issued approximately 5/02/97 as a 100% small business set-aside. Proposals will be due thirty (30) days after the RFP issuance date. The solicitation and amendments will be available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation and amendments via Internet. If you will be obtaining a copy of the solicitation via Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. However, firms who do not have the capability to obtain the solicitation from Internet, may submit a written request for a diskette with the solicitation in WordPerfect 6.1 format from the contact point at the address above. If you request a diskette of the solicitation, you will receive amendments by mail, unless you notify us otherwise. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. Only one copy shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. A copy of the preliminary source list will be issued to all prospective offerors along with the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note 26.***** (0093)

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