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

B -- EVALUATION AND APPLICATIONS OF AIR QUALITY MODELING SOL PR-NC-97-10079 DUE 072197 POC Eugenia Lee King, 919-541-3021 or Sue Miller, 919-541-3021 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract specialist via e-mail, king.eugenia@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for the evaluation and application of air quality modeling techniques in support of national air pollution control programs. The major work areas will be: (1) industrial source air quality modeling; (2) regional air quality modeling; (3) urban scale modeling of photoreactive pollutants; (4) the evaluation and refinement of performance of air quality models, along with the development of techniques to analyze/interpret model outputs and incorporate model uncertainty into the regulatory process and (5) preparation of emissions, meteorological and air quality information through use of models for subsequent use in air quality dispersion models, including prerequisite analyses of raw data to develop/evaluate model inputs. EPA anticipates the award of a cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort contract for a total of 32,250 labor hours consisting of a base requirement of 4,610 labor hours, and four twelve-month options of 4,610 labor hours each. In addition, the contract allows for Options to Increase the Quantity for the base and four option periods by 1,840 labor hours in each period. This procurement is a total small business set-aside and the SIC code number is 8999 with a size standard of $5M in average annual receipts over the preceding three fiscal years. This procurement is a follow-on to portions of contract numbers 68D30019 with Systems Applications Inc. and 68D30020 with Sonoma Technology, Inc. The solicitation is expected to be issued approximately 6/18/97 and proposals will be due approximately 30 days after issuance of the solicitation. 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. 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; however, only those firms who do NOT have the capability to obtain the solicitation from the Internet should request a copy of the diskette. Diskettes will not be sent to those firms who have Internet access. 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 Note(s) 1 and 26.***** (0160)

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