MAS - University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill - 47QRAA18D00CA

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UNC Institute for the Environment│10

UNC Institute for the Environment│10

UNC Institute for the Environment│10

UNC Institute for the Environment│10

INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL

GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

Federal Acquisition Service

Federal Supply Group: Professional Services

Price list current as of Modification #PA-0002 effective January 8, 2019 and #PO-0009 effective July 15, 2023

https://ie.unc.edu/research/environmental-modeling/

104 Airport Drive Suite 2200 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350

Authorized Federal Supply Schedule Pricelist

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Table of Contents

22b. If applicable, indicate that Section 508 compliance information is available on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supplies and services and show where full details can be found (e.g. contractor’s website or other location). The ICT standards can be found at: www.Section508.gov/ and https://digitalaccess.unc.edu/

23. Unique Entity Identifier (UIE number)

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the nation’s first public university, serves North Carolina, the United States and the world through teaching, research, and public service. Founded in 1793 as the first public university in the United States, UNC is the 5th top-ranked university in the United States for federal research totaling $701 million annually. UNC conducts more than one billion dollars of sponsored research from all sources annually, making it the 12th largest US research university in research volume and annual expenditures.

UNC Institute for the Environment Within the University, the UNC Institute for the Environment (IE) (http://www.ie.unc.edu ) was formed with a vision of a world-renowned community at Carolina that is leading in innovative research, educating future leaders, and engaging the public to solve major environmental, energy, and development challenges.

Our mission it to strengthen environmental research capacity across UNC by supporting a multi-disciplinary community of scholars that enhances collaboration, increases sharing of knowledge, and identifies solutions to the world’s critical environmental problems. Further, to work in partnership across UNC and with external partners to coordinate and deliver 21st century educational programs that provide students with the experience and skills to thrive in a growing global economy. And lastly, to put new environmental knowledge into action by engaging and serving communities, here in North Carolina and around the world.

IE is leading UNC's world-renowned environmental community in developing solutions to these critical challenges. In doing so, it educates future environmental leaders and engages with the people of North Carolina and the nation to address and solve environmental challenges.

IE Center for Environmental Modeling for Policy Development IE’s Center for Environmental Modeling for Policy Development (CEMPD), is a team of research faculty, scientists and engineers dedicated to supporting sound policy making through the development and application of environmental software and models. Our clients and collaborators include government, industrial and academic professionals who utilize our services to generate and understand environmental information.

With a strong reputation in emissions, meteorology, air quality modeling, and extensive experience with the latest suite of models, CEMPD provides research, development, and application expertise in air quality modeling and related applications to federal, state, and local agencies, to regional planning organizations, to private research organizations and corporations, and to international groups.

Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Center

For Environmental Consulting, IE has an infrastructure in place with the Community Modeling and Analysis System (CMAS) Center. Under a cooperative agreement and earlier contracts with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the University of North Carolina’s Institute for the Environment has hosted the CMAS Center since 2001. IE performs CMAS activities within four main components: user support and training, software development, basic model research, and outreach.

The CMAS Center is designed to leverage the modeling community’s intellectual capital in air quality modeling and analyses and to continually refine the tools available for addressing air quality issues. At the core of the Center is the distribution and support of the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s state-of-the-science air quality model; the Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) model, an advanced emissions processor; and the Meteorology- Chemistry Interface Processor (MCIP).

The CMAS center’s analysis tools include:

Figure 1: CMAS C-Line Map to find air quality monitoring locations

The Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) Model;

The Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) modeling system;

The Multimedia Integrated Modeling System (MIMS) Spatial Allocator;

The Atmospheric Model Evaluation Tool (AMET); and The Visualization Environment for Rich Data Interpretation (VERDI).

In addition, the Center distributes and supports the following models and tools:

Figure 2: TracyMyAir – Smart Phone App for Personal Exposure monitoring.

The Emissions Modeling Framework (EMF)’s Control Strategy Tool (CoST) (EMF/CoST);

The Input/Output Applications Programming Interface (I/O API);

The WRF-CMAQ system, which couples CMAQ with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model;

Figure 3: CMAS C-PORT Tool to estimate impacts of different port-related planning scenarios.

The Research LINE (R-LINE) dispersion model for near-surface releases;

The Community-LINE (C-LINE) model; the Community modeling system for near-PORT (C-PORT);

The Fertilizer Emission scenario Tool for CMAQ (FEST-C); and The Speciation Tool, which generates the factors needed to convert emissions inventory species to the lumped species used in air quality models.

Advancing Environmental Informatics Computational and big data methodologies are at the core of supporting environmental research, impact analysis, and environmental policy decisions utilizing advanced statistical and dynamical modeling tools. IE uses these tools to monitor how the environment changes and is affected by human society.

Improving Public Health Air and water pollution are among the world’s largest environmental health concerns, directly impacting respiratory health, and the safety and reliability of the food we eat and the water we drink. IE designs decision-support systems that help local and state health officials assess and develop policies to mitigate and improve environmental health, and to increase public awareness of potentially unhealthy and hazardous conditions.

Managing Environmental Risk Understanding the nature and sources of these environmental risks, particularly under conditions of climate change, is a topic of growing importance to many businesses, government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. This work identifies and characterizes financial risks linked to environmental events and transfers this work into practical application through relationships with industry and government.

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1. Customer Information

10. Delivery

12.

Ordering

a. Ordering Address David Paul, Executive Director Office of Sponsored Programs 104 Airport Drive, Suite 2200 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1350

919-966-3411, Fax 919-962-5011 gsaosr@unc.edu

13. Payment Addresses

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Office of Sponsored Programs C/O Bank of America Lock Box Service P.O. Box 402420, Atlanta, GA 30384-2420

Bank of America Lock Box Service Lock Box 402420, 6000 Feldwood Road, College Park, GA 30349

14.

Warranty Provision Not applicable

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Table 1. Table of Awarded GSA Schedule MAS hourly rates The unit of issue in Table 1 per the provided “price offered to GSA (including IFF)” is an hourly rate. All service proposed categories are contractors and based domestically. All “Most Favored Commercial Customer (MFC)” pricing and discounts offered through the GSA schedule is not applicable (N/A) for services provided by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Labor Categories Pricing for SIN 541620

Education

July 2023- July 2024 Year 7 July 2024- July 2025 Year 8 July 2025- July 2026 Year 9 July 2026- July 2027 Year 10 July 2027- July 2028

Service Contract Labor Standards (SCLS) The Service Contract Labor Standards, formerly the Service Contract Act (SCA), is applicable to this contract as it applies to the entire Multiple Award Schedule and all services provided. While no specific labor categories have been identified as being subject to SCLS due to exemptions for professional employees (FAR 22.1101, 22.1102 and 29 CRF 541.300), this contract still maintains the provisions and protections for SCLS eligible labor categories. If and/or when the contractor adds SCLS labor categories/employees to the contract through the modification process, the contractor must inform the Contracting Officer and establish a SCLS matrix identifying the GSA labor category titles, the occupational code, SCLS labor category titles and the applicable WD number. Failure to do so may result in cancellation of the contract.

Table 2. Labor Category Descriptions - SIN 541620

Scientist 1 Under direct supervision, assists in providing analysis, guidance, and insight into the environmental, scientific, or technical discipline under evaluation.

Scientist 2 As part of a team, contributes analysis, guidance, and insight into the environmental, scientific, or technical discipline under evaluation. Serves as a scientific or technical resource on a task.

Scientist 3 Serves as a senior scientific or technical resource on a task or tasks. Provides analysis, guidance, and insight into the environmental, scientific, or technical discipline under evaluation.

Scientist 4 Generally regarded as an expert in the field. Serves as a lead or senior scientific or technical resource on a task or tasks. Provides analysis, guidance, and insight into the environmental, scientific, or technical discipline under evaluation.

Research Assistant 1 Provides general research support to projects. Produces training reports. Conducts related research. Maintains program databases, libraries, and filing systems.

Analyst 2 Leads and coordinates components of large projects or series of smaller projects with responsibility for budget management, project deliverables, client relations, and staff supervision or with responsibility for the application of advanced methods and techniques in a particular field of specialization. Review the work and provide technical guidance to less senior staff. Serves as a resource capable of applying advanced techniques, concepts, and methods related to a particular field of specialization. Serves as a scientific/technical resource in a particular field of specialization and supervises less senior staff in application of quantitative and qualitative analysis, techniques, and methods.

Project Manager 1 Oversees the successful completion of single projects. Develops scope for field and office tasks. Oversees and directs field exploration, sampling, inspection, analysis, and report production. Organizes resources, delegates staff assignments, prepares work plans and monitors schedules. Provides training for entry- level technicians and professional staff as needed. Oversees and monitors project budgets and reports to senior staff and clients. Conducts ongoing business development and ensures client satisfaction, technical excellence, and company reputation

Project Manager 2 Responsible for complex projects and multiple tasks and locations. Responsibilities include establishing project benchmarks and goals, quality control protocols, customer relations, general oversight of operations and related activities. Has overall cost and schedule responsibility, as well as working knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidance related to the work to ensure compliance at all times.

Subject Matter Expert 2 Provides expertise and experience in analyzing subject-specific literature, data, and innovations. Provides technical review, technical writing, and generates summaries, reports and presentations. Conducts data analysis and prepares data summaries and interpretations.

Subject Matter Expert 3 Has extensive expertise and experience in analyzing subject-specific literature, data, and innovations. Provides technical review, technical writing, and generates summaries, reports and presentations, such as technology assessments and program audits. Writes or edits technical materials, such as experimental design protocols, survey questions, equipment manuals, web pages, appendices, and operating and maintenance instructions. Translates technical information into readable documents to be used by technical and non-technical personnel. Conducts data analysis and prepares data summaries and interpretations. Has extensive publication record in peer-review publications. Works independently with client management staff. Responsible for quality control of technical reports. Provides technical and management skills for managing complex technical projects. Responsible for management of Subject Matter Experts 1 and 2.

Subject Matter Expert 4 Has extensive expertise and experience in analyzing subject-specific literature, data, and innovations. Provides technical review, technical writing, and generates summaries, reports and presentations, such as technology assessments and program audits. Writes or edits technical materials, such as experimental design protocols, survey questions, equipment manuals, web pages, appendices, and operating and maintenance instructions. Translates technical information into clear, readable documents to be used by technical and non-technical personnel. Conducts data analysis and prepares data summaries and interpretations. Has extensive publication record in peer-review publications. Works independently, directly with client management staff. Responsible for quality control of technical reports. Provides technical and management skills for managing large, complex technical projects. Responsible for management of Subject Matter Experts 1, 2, and 3.

GIS Analyst 2 Provides expertise and experience in developing, supporting, maintaining, and improving a variety of GIS services. This includes the production of maps, reports, modeling, and analysis by using database software. Researches, compiles, and evaluates source data using routine methods. Researches, and maintains data layers. Consults with users and other GIS systems to facilitate data sharing and resolves data acquisition issues. Has contributed to peer- review publications.

GIS Analyst 4 Has extensive expertise and experience in developing, supporting, maintaining, and improving a variety of GIS services. Designs and implements user-oriented databases, application programs, and documentation. Develops user-oriented programs to create and maintain data layers. Provides significant contributions to and develops peer review publications. Responsible for quality control of technical reports and presentations.

Tech Editor 3 Has extensive expertise and experience in preparing government, business-to-business, and business- to-consumer documents. This includes research proposals, reports, and technical articles for publication. Manages the publication process for technical documents. Editorial responsibility for content of documentation and presentations. Translates technical and scientific data into clear, readable documents to be used by technical and non- technical personnel. Works independently, directly with client management staff.

Please note the following regarding substitutions:

1. For all categories, a Master’s degree may be substituted for 3 years of experience.

2. For all categories, a Ph.D. degree may be substituted for 4 years of experience.

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