SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- National Deployment of Portable Emissions and Activity Measurement Systems in Support of the Development and Improvement of Mobile Source Emission Factors and Emission Inventories
- Notice Date
- 9/9/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Cincinnati Procurement Operations Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-10-10761
- Response Due
- 9/23/2010
- Archive Date
- 10/23/2010
- Point of Contact
- ADAM M. MEIER, Contract Specialist, Phone: 513 487 2852, E-Mail: meier.adam@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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ADAM M. MEIER
(meier.adam@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Synopsis THIS IS NOT AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY FOLLOW-UP REQUESTS. No telephone calls requesting a solicitation will be accepted or acknowledged. There is no solicitation available at this time. Standard company brochures will not be reviewed. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing market research to determine potential Small Business sources in preparation for future procurement. A brief description of the work is as follows: The EPA, Assessment and Standards Division (ASD) of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) is responsible for the collection, organization, and analysis of emissions data from mobile sources of all types. Pollutants of interest include the criteria pollutants CO, HC, NOx, and PM, as well as mobile-source air toxics (MSATS). Due to the nature of changing regulations, aging of the fleet, introduction of new vehicle technologies, changing driving behaviors, and increased levels of congestion, it is necessary to continually measure emission levels and activity. These measurements are collected to populate the EPA emission inventory models: NONROAD, MOVES (Motor Vehicle Emissions Simulator), and NMIM (National Mobile Source Inventory Model), which are used by states, local planners and researchers to estimate the emissions from mobile sources. Many factors affect real-world results differently from laboratory tests: driving patterns, driving behavior, road grade, wind, weather, temperature, extra loading (passengers, cargo, or trailers), mal-maintenance, roadway surface, altitude, fuel, accessory usage, etc. Because of these ?uncontrolled? factors, it is important to determine the emissions from the real-world in order to populate a model that quantifies what is actually in the inventory. The goal of this multi-year contract is to obtain representative and random sampling of emissions and vehicle activity from the United States on-road and non-road vehicle fleet as the vehicles are used in real-world operation. Modern technologies have allowed for Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS) to be installed on a vehicle adding minimal weight and load. These systems also have the capability to monitor the activity of the vehicle (such as speed and location), which is an important factor in understanding how and where the emissions are formed. Portable Activity Monitoring Systems (PAMS) can also be deployed to measure only activity. In recent years ASD has explored the use of Remote Sensing Devices (RSD) as a screening tool for vehicle populations in metropolitan areas for heavy duty exhaust, light duty exhaust and evaporative emissions. This contract shall be supporting further development of this methodology. Such projects will be specified under a level of effort (LOE) contract, sometimes with short turnaround time requirements. Individual tasks might be literature review, developing comprehensive sampling plans and methodology, vehicle recruitment, preparing Information Collection Request (ICR) documents, emissions and activity measurements, delivering quality assurance and controlled (QA/QC) and formatted data to EPA, mobile source emission factor and inventory model support analysis for MOVES or NMIM, vehicle fleet and population characterization analyses, or activity data analysis. Specific areas to be addressed in the capability packages submitted by respondents are as follows: (1) Capabilities to provide literature review, analysis and web design/ maintenance, (2) Capabilities to develop comprehensive sampling plans and methodology, (3) Capabilities to provide comprehensive data collection, (4) Capabilities to deliver quality assurance and controlled and formatted data, (5) Capabilities to provide mobile source emission factor and inventory model support analysis; and (6) Capabilities to provide meeting support. The successful contractor on any resultant contract will be expected to provide all necessary labor, materials, and services, unless otherwise noted in the final solicitation (it is expected that there will be some government furnished property in regards to some specialized testing equipment). A draft copy of the Statement of Work can be obtained from the OAM website: http://epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/. A cost-plus-fixed-fee, level of effort, term-type contract is contemplated with one 12-month base terms plus four (4) 12-month options to extend the term at the choice of the Government. The base level of effort for each term is approximately 2,500 direct labor hours. Options to increase the level of effort for each term by up to an additional 10,000 direct labor hours will also be included. The applicable NAICS code is 541710 with an applicable size standard of 500 employees. In the capabilities statements, contractors should provide their size status for the above referenced NAICS, (i.e. large, small) and whether or not they are a certified hubzone, 8(a), women-owned, small disadvantaged and/or disabled veteran owned concern. The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses. Due to actual conflict of interest concerns, the Government anticipates exclusion from award all large-volume and small-volume automotive manufacturers, all on-road and non-road engine and vehicle manufacturers, all oil companies (petroleum refiners, fuel distributers, and fuel sellers), and any firms whose primary business involves the manufacture, sale, or resale of emission testing equipment (including IM240 equipment). Specific excluded sources shall be identified in the solicitation. ANY INTERESTED FIRM should submit a capability statement which demonstrates the firm?s ability to perform the key requirements described above. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. Responses to the above should be submitted electronically to meier.adam@epa.gov no later September 23, 2009. The pre-solicitation synopsis for this Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the FEDBIZOPPS Website.
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