SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Resistance Management Model Enhancement
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Ohio, Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-08-11240
- Response Due
- 8/28/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/27/2008
- Point of Contact
- WILLIAM M. YATES, Contract Specialist, Phone: 513-487-2055, E-Mail: yates.william@epa.gov<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- In accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and FAR Part 12 Commercial Items, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Dr. Michael Caprio c/o Mississippi State University, Department of Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State, MS 39762 to purchase required services to develop a simulation program that will model the development of pest resistance to new plant incorporated protectant crops with new complex pesticidal traits. The population genetics (POPGEN) simulation model is a flexible, spatially complex individually based simulation model. It is capable of simulating a number of different habitats in an area. The POPGEN simulation model is for pest biology and has options for user defined inputs around the properties of the PIP (dose, mode of action), the pest management landscape (i.e., alternate practices, other PIPs etc.), the uncertainties around the genetics of the resistance (SS RS, and RR fitness, cross resistance), and the IRM plan itself (e.g., refuge, stack, mosaic, no plan). A.MINIMUM GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS: Popgen, the population genetics simulation, must be a flexible, spatially complex, individually based simulation model. It should be capable of simulating a number of different habitats in an area. For example, a model of the mid-southern corn-cotton-soybean agroecosystem for Helicoverpa zea can be developed. The model should include at least 40 different habitats (some fields may be described by different habitats at different times of the year depending on the phenology of the plants present). The model should have the capability of examining selections in complex mixtures of habitats. The model shall be able to evaluate potential scenarios designed to examine the impact on the evolution of pest resistance attributable to one or multiple toxins with differing dose introduced sequentially or as a mosaic or as a pyramid. The modeler shall include an explicit description of the underlying assumptions of the model structure and input parameters. The model's output must offer some statistical evaluation of the results by establishing confidence interval around the predictions. Monte Carlo and/or uncertainty approaches may be applicable to the statistical evaluation. The major processes within the model are mating, reproduction, ageing (including pesticide induced mortality), and dispersal. Each of these processes should be stochastic and the result of a binomial draw. The model should be individual-based to the degree that individual insects are maintained (though grouped by age and genotype within a patch), and there are no fractional individuals nor alleles. The North American Industry Classification Code (NAICS) is 541611. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT is not a request for competitive proposals. No solicitation document is available. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability of meeting EPA requirements by submitting technical documentation to William M Yates, Contracting Officer, at the office identified above, by fax (513) 487-2107 or by e-mail yates.william@epa.gov. Anticipated award date is September 5, 2008. Documentation must be submitted to William M Yates by 3:00 PM, August 28, 2008 in order to be considered by EPA. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is 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. Point of Contact for this requirement is William M Yates, Contracting Officer, at (513) 487-2055, or via e-mail at yates.william@epa.gov. Questions must be submitted in writing to William M Yates via Fax (513) 487-2107 or via e-mail. Telephone queries will not be honored.
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