B -- TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 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-01-11950

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 engineering and economic analytical support for regulations development and related activities such as emissions characterization, technology assessment and test procedure and/or equipment development. Support for these activities shall include engineering/cost assessment of emissions and emission-control systems for both currently-controlled and uncontrolled emissions; analysis/modeling of F/FA regulatory issues such as fuel composition, production and distribution questions and the effects of changes in F/FA formulations on emissions. Also included are environmental/air quality analysis and modeling to determine air quality, health, welfare and safety effects associated with compliance with new emission standards or other applicable CAA provisions; economic analysis and modeling; and safety and/or risk analysis. Many of these activities will require the capability to conduct statistical analyses. Fuels include conventional, reformulated and alternative motor fuels, as well as additives currently used or likely to be used in these fuels. The Government anticipates award of a cost plus fixed fee term (LOE) contract with a twelve-month base term and four (4) twelve month options to extend the term. The base level of effort for each term will consist of 12,000 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 120,000 direct labor hours over five (5) 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 CMD'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 541990.

Web Link

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

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010430/BSOL002.HTM (W-116 SN50K4L2)