SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Analysis of the Soil Carbon Stock Change and Soil N20 Emission Estimates Associated with Biofuel Production
- Notice Date
- 1/17/2008
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Specialized Service Center/Cin. Proc. Operations Div., 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-OH-08-00033
- Response Due
- 2/1/2008
- Archive Date
- 3/1/2008
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Scott Tharp, Purchasing Agent, Phone (513) 487-2092
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(THARP.SCOTT@EPA.GOV)
- Description
- NAICS Code: 611310 The U.S. EPA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, with Colorado State University (CSU) for Analysis of the Soil Carbon Stock Change and Soil N20 Emission Estimates associated with Biofuel Production. CSU will be tasked with simulating land use conversions from grassland and forestland, as well as changes in existing cropping rotations that are needed to meet the biofuel market demand. Specifically, CSU will be tasked with providing several key analyses of land use and cropping trends and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions associated with independent agricultural sector analysis provided by EPA. CSU researchers are uniquely qualified for this effort due to their extensive expertise in utilizing the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodology for estimating soil carbon stocks in the U.S. and remains the only entity which has successfully applied the IPCC methodology to the existing U.S. activity data for generation of national soil carbon estimates. EPA has utilized the soil carbon estimates generated by CSU over the last eight years in the annual publication of the U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. The Century/Daycent models, which will be used for the foreseeable future to estimate soil carbon and nitrous oxide flux from soils, were developed by CSU researchers. CSU researchers have recently run these models, and the soil carbon and soil nitrous oxide estimates generated from the models were utilized in the 1990 - 2005 U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks. CSU researchers have been working for over seven years to develop the methodology and associated documentation for the soil carbon estimates and for two years on the soil nitrous oxide estimates used in the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The soil carbon chapter of the recently completed 2006 IPCC Guidelines, amongst many other IPCC publications which are used as the methodological basis for developing the greenhouse gas estimates in national inventories including the U.S. were authored or co-authored by CSU Researchers. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. However, any firm believing itself capable of providing analysis of the soil carbon stock change and soil N20 emission estimates associated with biofuel production may submit appropriate documentation within 15 calendar days of electronic posting of this notice. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses received will normally be considered solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement or to proceed on a sole source basis. Documentation should be submitted in writing to Scott Tharp via Fax (513) 487-2107 or email Tharp.Scott@epa.gov. Telephone responses will not be honored.
- Record
- SN01487967-W 20080119/080117224718 (fbodaily.com)
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