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B -- DEVELOPMENT OF INTERACTIVE DATA COLLECTION AND ERROR CHECKING SYSTEM SOL 97-40 POC Pam Legare (513-366-2015) E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, legare.pamela@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Mobile Sources (OMS) is seeking expert assistance in improving the emission factors (EF) database it uses to store information from vehicle and engine testing. It is estimated that approximately 600 hours of analysis/programming will be needed for this requirement. The overall period of performance will be approximately 12 months. The EF Database is managed by the OMS Assessment and Modeling Division (AMD), located at the National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The successful bidder on this project will work primarily with AMD's data Acquisition and Management Team to develop a system that is a real time data entry and error checking system that will operate on an IBM comparable PC running under Windows 3.1 or higher, Windows NT, or Windows 95. Award will be based on a best value basis, which will consider factors in addition to price. Issue date for the solicitation document will be approximately July 23, 1997. This isa small business set-aside. The applicable sic code is 8999. All interested parties should submit a request in writing to Pam Legare at the above address or by fax (513-366-2107). TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL NOT BE HONORED. (0190)

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