Delivery Order EPD10078-0002

This federal contract award to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) aims to quantify and attribute past air quality trends in ozone and particulate matter over the United States from 2005 to 2018. The $696,948 grant will fund the use of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model, constrained by NASA satellite data, to generate daily air quality analyses at the county level. The effort will disentangle the contribution of individual physical and chemical processes...

The Environmental Protection Agency Office for Air and Radiation awarded a $552,228 firm fixed price delivery order to Eastern Research Group Inc. to provide laboratory support services for the agency's Urban Air Toxics Monitoring Program, Photochemical Assessment Monitoring Stations Program, and National Monitoring of Community Scale Air Toxics Program. The delivery order was issued against the agency's Environmental Services Contract Vehicle and will cover work to be performed from May through...

This is a $1,607,640 Cooperative Agreement awarded by NASA to the non-profit Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) to collect and analyze data from low-cost air quality sensors deployed by citizen scientists in three regions (Raleigh, Los Angeles, and Delhi) to improve the ability to estimate fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations from satellite aerosol measurements. The goal is to enhance the value of NASA's Earth science data products for monitoring air quality near the...

This is a $929,964.70 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York to conduct research on using satellite products and models to quantify changes in air pollution levels and associated health effects in New York State over the past decade. The research aims to: 1) conduct a multi-pollutant health impact analysis, 2) attribute background versus U.S. anthropogenic sources, and 3) estimate uncertainties in...

The Department of Commerce Office of the Secretary awarded a $81,489 delivery order against the Applied Environmental, Inc.'s Multiple Award Schedule contract to conduct an air quality survey in Washington, DC. The firm fixed price order runs from March 2020 through March 2021 and calls for Applied Environmental, Inc. to assess air quality and perform related tasks to support the Department of Commerce's environmental monitoring programs in the nation's capital. No subcontractors or set aside...

The Environmental Protection Agency awarded a firm fixed price delivery order valued at approximately $1.7 million to Eastern Research Group Inc. to provide laboratory support services for the National Air Toxics Trends Stations, Urban Air Toxics Monitoring Program, and National Monitoring Consortium programs. The one-month order was issued against an existing indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract vehicle and will support the agency's efforts to monitor air quality and track trends...

The Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 awarded a $347,400 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Aerodyne Research Inc. of Seattle, Washington to provide a Time of Flight Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor with PM 2.5 Lens, Capture Vaporizer, Sampling System, and Dryer System, as well as associated training at the contractor's facility. The products and services will support EPA's air quality monitoring efforts and help characterize particulate matter and aerosol composition from...

This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to North Carolina State University (NC State) supports research to improve surface particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution modeling using satellite remote sensing data. The $89,250.78 grant aims to develop methods for linking aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements from high-spectral-resolution lidar (HSRL) with the chemical composition of PM2.5 as modeled by the Environmental Protection Agency's Community...

The Environmental Protection Agency Office for Air and Radiation awarded a $3.6 million delivery order contract to WSP USA Environment & Infrastructure Inc. to operate the Clean Air Status and Trends Network program from July 9, 2022 through July 8, 2023. The contract will fund WSP USA to provide operation and maintenance services for the Clean Air Status and Trends Network, which monitors concentrations and trends of air pollutants across the United States and Canada. The contract was...

This federal contract award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development to Ludlum Measurements, Inc. and its 2B Technologies Division is for the procurement of one Aqlite Standard air monitoring system and two AqSync complete air monitoring packages, with a total ceiling value of $90,500.00. The purchase order is a firm fixed-price contract with no set-aside designation. Ludlum Measurements, Inc. is a specialized provider of advanced atmospheric and air...