Draft SOW EMARIS 2026.pdf

EMARIS II

Environmental Management, Analysis, Research, and International Support II

Statement of Work

1.0 Background

This Statement of Work (SOW) combines aerospace (aviation, unmanned aircraft systems, advanced air mobility, and commercial space) requirements for environmental management, analysis, research, and support for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Environment and Energy (AEE) and other FAA offices including but not limited to the Office of Airports (ARP), Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST), Office of Aviation Safety (AVS), and the Air Traffic Organization (ATO).

FAA’s Office of Environment and Energy (AEE) develops, recommends, coordinates, and implements national aviation policy relating to environmental and energy matters. AEE conducts analyses and studies of aircraft (including legacy and emerging technology aircraft) and airport operations (including those at heliports and vertiports), air traffic procedures, and airspace to develop programs with an environmental focus to improve the efficiency and capacity of the National Airspace System (NAS). AEE provides technical support and policy guidance to FAA Lines of Business on environmental review of FAA actions, compliance with environmental requirements and initiatives to reduce energy consumption and waste. AEE works with domestic and international partners, (e.g., International Civil Aviation Organization), to develop international environmental standards and recommended practices, guidance, and research. AEE also coordinates with the Department of Transportation’s Office of the Secretary and other agencies to develop and implement domestic aviation-related environmental and energy policies, goals, and priorities.

Other FAA offices may require similar environmental management, analysis, and research contract support to fulfill their missions. The support need areas may include but are not limited to: environmental management systems, environmental reviews, community engagement, modeling research and development, modeling analysis, operations research, environmental cleanup, and environmental compliance.

2.0 Scope

The Scope of this section covers the requirements for supporting FAA on environmental management, analysis, research, and international activities and related work.

3.0 Statement of Work

The work to be performed under this contract must be within the general scope of this Statement of Work (SOW) as described herein. All work to be performed under this contract must be ordered pursuant to procedures established in Section 3. The Contractor must furnish and make available all personnel, supplies, equipment, material, data, facilities, and services necessary to ensure that all work is performed as prescribed and according to the terms and conditions of this contract.

3.1 Environmental Management

3.1.1 FAA Environmental Management and Energy Support

The Contractor must provide technical assistance in support of compliance with environmental requirements and initiatives to reduce energy consumption and waste. Support activities will be focused on facilitating Agency compliance with relevant Executive Orders, DOT directives, and the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, and they must include, but not be limited to:

Supporting planning, evaluation, and implementation of environmental and energy initiatives consistent with relevant Executive Orders and statutes;

Gathering Agency-wide data on a recurring basis to support reporting and assessing compliance with Federal requirements, and managing supporting data records;

Supporting FAA in administration, analysis, or other work related to compliance with current policies, regulations, laws, and administration goals;

Providing specialized knowledge on related topics such as energy efficiency, water conservation, pollution prevention, emissions, electronics stewardship, acquisition, high performance buildings, and state, regional and local environmental requirements and programs;

Providing program management, development, and reporting support;

Supporting the development and review of agency and departmental level policy, guidance, and strategies; and

Supporting oversight and implementation of Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

3.1.2 Environmental Review Support

The contractor must provide support to FAA by providing technical assistance to aid in FAA’s development, evaluation, and application of environmental rulemaking, policy, and guidance with respect to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), special purpose environmental statutes, related rulemaking and regulations, and Executive Orders related to FAA environmental review and infrastructure permitting. This assistance must include, but not be limited to:

Supporting development, implementation and assessment of initiatives intended to expedite environmental reviews and improve intergovernmental and interagency coordination;

Technical, research, and analytical support for environmental review of proposed actions subject to NEPA;

Designing, developing, and conducting environmental analyses aerospace requirements, policies and strategies. This could include, but not be limited to, analyses of environmental impacts and economic tradeoffs, mitigation strategies, and cost-benefit assessments;

Providing technical expertise to develop, review, and edit environmental policies, regulations and orders, program guidance, supporting documentation, and other resource materials or tools;

Providing support to develop or assess methodologies for new or emerging technology or new or amended environmental review requirements;

Providing support to develop a digital platform to store FAA’s environmental documents and also train agency personnel to maintain and use such a platform.

3.1.3 Community Engagement, Communications, Technical Tools, and Training Support

The Contractor must provide support to FAA in the development, implementation, and improvement of community engagement, public communication, stakeholder outreach, and related technical support activities associated with aircraft noise, environmental issues, and other public-facing FAA matters. This support must include, but is not limited to:

Supporting FAA’s community engagement and noise complaint initiatives;

Developing, implementing, and assessing guidance, templates, toolkits, standard operating procedures, and training materials for effective community engagement;

Providing communications-focused training for FAA staff, including training on public engagement best practices, message discipline, plain-language communication, difficult conversations, community meeting preparation, stakeholder response strategies, and effective use of approved technical tools;

Supporting the development of public-facing messaging, talking points, frequently asked questions, briefing materials, meeting materials, web content, visual aids, dashboards, and other communications products;

Providing specialized knowledge and advice in strategic communications, public affairs coordination, stakeholder engagement, risk communication, and the use of data-informed communication methods;

Supporting internal and external meetings, including preparation of agendas, presentation materials, facilitation support, meeting summaries, action-item tracking, follow-up materials, and technology-enabled meeting support;

Assisting FAA in using approved technical tools to evaluate community feedback, identify recurring themes, monitor trends, support consistent messaging, and improve the clarity, consistency, and usefulness of FAA communications;

Supporting the use of FAA-authorized platforms, dashboards, case management tools, reporting tools, collaboration tools, geospatial tools, data visualization tools, and knowledge management resources to support community engagement activities;

Supporting the development, maintenance, and improvement of communication templates, response libraries, issue taxonomies, stakeholder tracking tools, reporting products, and other structured resources used to support public engagement;

Supporting the development and review of agency and departmental-level policy, guidance, strategies, and communications approaches related to community engagement;

Advising on and supporting compliance with applicable FAA policy, orders, administration goals, public engagement expectations, records management requirements, accessibility requirements, privacy requirements, and security controls when using technical tools for community engagement; and

Planning, evaluating, and implementing community engagement, communications, training, reporting, and tool-related program improvements as directed by FAA.

3.1.4 ANCIR Technical, Operational, and Analytical Support

The Contractor must provide programmatic, technical, analytical, and operational support for the Aircraft Noise Complaint and Inquiry Response (ANCIR) program. Work under this section is limited to implementation, configuration, optimization, testing, reporting, training, governance support, and operational improvement. This work does not include open-ended research, independent software development, or system re-architecture unless separately authorized by FAA. All services must be performed using FAA-authorized systems, platforms, and tools, including ServiceNow PSDS, and in compliance with FAA governance frameworks, AIT requirements, security and privacy controls, and applicable federal AI governance principles.

Services must include, but are not limited to:

ANCIR program and task management support;

ServiceNow PSDS configuration, workflow, dashboard, and operational support;

Noise complaint intake operations and case management support;

Data analysis, reporting, dashboard development, and performance monitoring;

Development and management of reporting tools, metrics, trend reports, and executive-level summaries;

Process assessment, workflow evaluation, and continuous improvement support;

Support for ANCIR knowledge management, template management, taxonomy refinement, and response consistency;

AI Proof of Concept implementation, testing, validation, and user acceptance support;

Support for AI governance documentation, test plans, evaluation criteria, and human-in-the-loop review processes;

Training, demonstrations, and user support for FAA stakeholders on ANCIR tools, workflows, dashboards, and AI-assisted capabilities;

Coordination with FAA headquarters, regional offices, AIT, policy stakeholders, privacy/security stakeholders, and other FAA offices as directed;

Support to FAA in strategic planning and decision-making related to ANCIR modernization, operational performance, and future capability planning; and

Planning, evaluating, and implementing ANCIR program changes as directed by FAA.

3.2 Research, Models Development, and Analysis Support

The Contractor must provide support to FAA in performing research, model development and analysis covering all the aspects of the aerospace system that are related to the operational, environmental, and economic performance of the system, its infrastructure, and its users. The work will fall under the following three overarching categories: research support, model and data development and support, and analysis support.

3.2.1 Research Support

The contractor must provide expertise and support to FAA in developing, conducting, and assessing research focused on improving the understanding of the aerospace system and infrastructure operation, their environmental impacts and mitigation options, and their economic behaviors and performance. The work will be aimed toward the advancement of the science for implementation in tools and use in analysis. The work will include, but not be limited to the following activities:

Provide support in developing and conducting noise and engine emissions measurement campaigns; analyzing measurements data; and advancing the understanding of their effects;

Conduct research to inform the development of FAA noise policies, regulations, and orders, program guidance, supporting documentation, and other resource materials;

Provide independent expertise in aeronautical engineering and NAS operations to support requirements identified by research laboratories such as MITRE Corporation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratories and provide technical recommendations of research laboratory projects;

Conduct research and analyses to support state and regional feedstock-to-finished alternative jet fuel supply chains and deployment efforts; and

Conduct research and analyses related to airport resilience to inform FAA advisory circular guidance, tools, outreach/training, or program initiatives

3.2.2 Model and Data Development and Support

The contractor must provide expertise and support to FAA in the development of data and tools used to perform research and analysis of the aerospace system and infrastructure operation, their environmental impacts and mitigation options, and their economic behaviors and performance.

The work will be aimed towards the development of techniques and tools that are either self-contained or are to be integrated into other software as capability improvements or expansion.

The development activities will follow modern software development methodologies. The developed tools will also be accompanied by the appropriate documentation and technical support as required. The work will include, but not be limited to the following activities:

Design, develop, implement, and maintain computer databases and related software tools, including geospatial applications for the storage and analysis of operational, infrastructure, environmental, and economic data;

Design and develop new software applications to conduct NAS environmental, operational, and economic assessments. The Contractor must provide aeronautical engineering, air traffic control, operational, and economic expertise to investigate candidate enhancements to improve model accuracy and relevance to aviation operations;

Maintain and enhance current FAA models such as the Aviation Environmental Design Tool (AEDT), the Aviation environmental Portfolio Management Tool (APMT), and the Fleet Evolution, Estimation and Evaluation Builder (FLEET-Builder);

Develop and maintain web-based geospatial tools that facilitate integration of system planning and environmental data for decision-making, leveraging available data and services on FAA’s Enterprise Information Management (EIM) systems;

Conduct reviews of third-party tools and algorithms slated for integration into AEE tools such as, but not limited to, updates to Environmental Protection Agency-sanctioned emission and dispersion algorithms for integration with AEDT, and participate in activities related to tools and data validation and verification;

Develop tools and capabilities for data management, analytics, and visualization within the Federal Cloud Service environment, including through cloud-based resources available through AEE as well as through the FAA Enterprise Information Management System;

Develop user documentation, training materials and sessions, and technical support to facilitate and promote proper use of the tools and data and ensure accurate interpretation of the results.

Maintain and enhance the Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) Environmental Prescreening Filter Tool by implementing occasional new features by request, and providing maintenance as needed, including updates to airport lists, navaids, and other relevant data; timely response to bug reports; and requests for support; and

Support the development and enhancement of NAS operational, environmental, and economic models using data from sources such as Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM), Enhanced Traffic Management System (ETMS), Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS), Performance Data Analysis and Reporting System (PDARS), Official Airline Guide (OAG), Aviation Environmental Design Tool – Threaded Track (AEDT- TT), Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Traffic Management Log (NTML), National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), etc., and applying statistical analysis techniques such as exploratory data analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), hypothesis testing, and regression analysis in combination with Geographical Information System (GIS) software to discern patterns and characterize the behavior of various NAS actors, processes, and systems.

3.2.3 Analysis Support

The contractor must provide expertise and support to FAA in developing, conducting, and assessing analysis work aimed at informing the understanding of the aerospace system and infrastructure operation, their environmental impacts and mitigation options, and their economic behaviors and performance. The work will include, but not be limited to the following activities:

Design, plan, and conduct technical environmental consequence, interdependences, and tradeoffs studies for noise, emissions, and fuel burn for airports, airspace, and commercial space projects using operational data and aviation environmental models such as AEDT;

Design, plan, and conduct environmental impact studies or analyses on scales ranging from a single airport to the globe and using operational data and aviation environmental impact models such as APMT;

Design, plan, and conduct environmental and operational analyses of aerospace technology, operations, policies, standards, and strategies. These analyses will include, but not be limited to, environmental impacts and economic tradeoffs, cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit, impacts of proposed alternatives on airline schedules and airline policy changes, and assessments of the impacts of NAS modernization;

Plan and conduct studies on airport capacities using operational data and current airport models;

Assess environmental benefits of aircraft (airframe and engine) technologies, operational concepts, and fuel composition changes at the aircraft and fleet levels and evaluate policy and incentive options that could facilitate their use; and

Conduct analyses to quantify the environmental and economic impacts of alternative jet fuels, including emissions and land, air and water impacts of candidate alternative jet fuel pathways as well as techno-economic analyses of the costs of fuel production.

3.3 Operations Research Support

The Contractor must provide technical support to FAA on research into Air Traffic Management (ATM), Surface Management, Collaborative, and Operational procedures that show potential to reduce noise exposure and/or improve energy efficiency. Support will be used to systematically identify areas where research is needed, establish formal processes and procedures for identifying, conducting, evaluating and transitioning research for implementation, and create an effective process for managing the broader ATM/Ops Research Portfolio from ideation to transition for implementation. Support activities must include, but not be limited to:

Provide independent aviation operations technical expertise and input to ongoing and future research projects;

Explore, develop, and demonstrate, via simulation, flight control algorithms and models that have the potential to improve aircraft and fleet environmental performance;

Design and develop software/analytical tools, as needed, to support aviation environmental operations research activities; and

Support ongoing liaison activities, attend meetings, assist with coordination and logistics, and provide technical review for reports and analyses.

3.4 International Environmental Program Support

The Contractor must provide technical support to FAA on activities involving the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection

(CAEP), its working groups and task forces, as well as other international committees with an environmental mission, as requested. The Contractor must also provide technical support to FAA activities involving other international standards organizations and committees and coordination with other international agencies. Support activities must include, but not be limited to:

Provide research; technical and policy analysis; regulatory impact analysis (RIA); and noise, emissions, market-based measures, alternative fuels, aviation activity forecasting, and modeling expertise in support of FAA’s continued work on compliance with ICAO Annex 16 Volumes I, II, III, and IV, as well as maintaining and revising the associated Environmental Technical Manual guidance documents;

Conduct analyses that FAA can reference to support FAA decision-making on new and revised international environmental priorities;

Evaluate environmental and economic impacts of technical and policy choices at ICAO and within CAEP;

Provide technical and liaison expertise, attend meetings, and assist with coordination and logistics in support FAA international environmental outreach activities and coordination efforts; and

Provide research and technical analysis and support to FAA in activities involving other standards organizations such as SAE International and ASTM International, and in coordinating with international agencies, including but not limited to, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol), and German Aerospace Center (DLR).

3.5 Environmental Cleanup (ECU) Support

The Contractor must provide Project Implementation Manager (PIM) and Engineering Services (ES) onsite Environmental Cleanup (ECU) field support and administrative programmatic technical support to ensure compliance with ECU program policy goals, priorities and efficient project implementation. Activities must include, but not be limited to:

Execute onsite investigative ECU activities in compliance with program requirements;

Support the implementation of national aviation policy relating to ECU program onsite efforts;

Support the development of site-specific guidance documents focused on reducing adverse impacts to the environment;

Support the implementation of ECU program environmental goals and priorities;

Support FAA initiatives related to ECU project reflection in the Corporate Work Plan (CWP) and Data Driven Decision (3D) Budget Labor Unit evaluation of ECU projects;

Support FAA in ensuring overall onsite scope compliance and contractor efficiency, and review and assess potential change order issues;

Support FAA in reducing adverse impacts to the environment and foster site-specific project stakeholder community well-being;

Support Service Area (SA) Federal Environmental Automated Tracking System (FEATS) site inclusion / ECU decision document preparation and technical review;

Provide ECU project estimates in compliance with ECU program policies using approved program tools;

Support FAA in providing technical scope oversight involving non-FAA ES ECU program implementation;

Provide technical support to the development of Corporate Workplan (CWP) based ECU project schedules;

Support PIM in assessing ECU project impacts under NEPA;

Support strategic ECU program SA spend plan forecasting and monitoring focused on the reduction of ECU program liability;

Evaluate, analyze, and administer ECU program activity to ensure compliance with all applicable policies, regulations, and laws;

Spearhead technical interface with other FAA groups - including Engineering Services (ES), ECU Headquarters technical support staff, Tech Operations Staff (SECMs), AEE, and Facilities Decommissioning;

Support ECU PIM regarding the management, development, and reporting in support of FAA AEE’s environmental programs;

Provide independent expertise in the planning and implementation of EMS ECU goals and objectives;

Ensure implementation success of ECU-specific EMS goals, targets, and objectives;

Provide support to aviation-related environmental issues, including the integration of environmental protections objectives

3.6 Environmental Compliance and Environmental Due Diligence Support

The Contractor must provide program support to FAA to support environmental compliance and clean up efforts in areas such as Energy, Hazardous Materials, Solid and Hazardous Waste, Wastewater, Drinking Water, Fuel Storage Tanks, Lead, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) and Air Emissions. Within these areas the Contractor must support policy review, evaluations and audits, environmental sampling, data collection, tracking and reporting, and use of FAA and other software programs. Activities must include, but not be limited to:

Support FAA in executing onsite Comprehensive Environmental Compliance Audits as outlined in applicable FAA Orders. Provide post audit reporting and suggested corrective action(s);

Support non-routine tasks that include client-initiated environmental questions, research, meeting support, and guidance;

Support active environmental projects to facilitate regulatory compliance and the resolution of other identified requirements;

Develop periodic environmental compliance briefings, general report writing, and presentation development for meetings and conferences;

Perform environmental compliance and cleanup site visits/inspections and capture findings using the appropriate check sheets and reporting format; and

Developing and maintaining environmental compliance dashboards on SharePoint sites to manage goals, deadlines, and milestones;

Preparing environmental due diligence documentation and providing related technical support as required by applicable FAA Orders, ASTM International standards, federal, state, and local regulations;

Providing technical oversight and management of construction, demolition, decommissioning, sustainment, and restoration activities by preparing hazardous material surveys/sampling, technical guidance, and other tasks supporting permitting and regulatory compliance; and

Providing ad-hoc engineering and design efficiency support to FAA infrastructure modernization efforts. Design, build, deploy, and integrate various data-driven advanced technical efficiency tools to streamline FAA facility infrastructure projects.

3.7 Emerging Contaminant Technical and Programmatic Support

Contractor must provide support for technical, project, and programmatic needs regarding potential emerging contaminant liabilities, including, but not limited to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Activities must include, but not be limited to:

Providing technical support to address integration of PFAS and other emerging containments considerations into FAA’s due diligence and facility/real property life-cycle processes;

Providing technical expertise and advanced analytics/modeling support regarding the identification, assessment, management, and remediation of emerging contaminants at various airports and off-airport FAA facilities through activities such as the following tasks:

o Monitoring and reporting of federal, state, and international regulatory requirements related to emerging contaminants. Participate in government workgroups and inter-agency forums to advise FAA stakeholders so that FAA internal policies and practices remain aligned with compliance standards;

o Facilitating regular communication and information sharing across multiple FAA Lines of Business. The Contractor shall develop and distribute technical briefings to ensure stakeholders are informed of program status, project status, applicable regulatory requirements, and cross-departmental impacts;

o Conducting technical research and performance testing (pilot studies) of remediation technologies. Providing comparative analyses of remedial alternatives focusing on cost-effectiveness, scalability, and suitability for FAA operational environments; and o Design, build, and deploy a centralized data management framework for FAA emerging contaminant initiatives. This includes the collection, validation, and geospatial analysis of sampling data to support trend identification, plume modeling, remediation performance, mitigation, and long-term risk assessment.

3.8 FAA Project Implementation Support

The Contractor must provide resources to leverage real-time data from FAA’s Corporate Work Plan (CWP) and associated P6 to facilitate stakeholder engagement across multiple Lines of Business. Activities must include, but not be limited to:

Analyze and interpret project data from FAA’s CWP and associated P6 to provide strategic insights that streamline program decision-making, resolve conflicting data, and optimize project resource allocation.

Provide qualified resources to provide on-site monitoring and technical support to ensure field execution activities comply with established scopes. This onsite effort includes proactive identification of schedule risk, technical execution risks, and project constraints to maintain a continuous status reporting and associated feedback loop between site-level execution stakeholders, project personnel, and program leadership.

3.9 Additional Program Support

The Contractor must provide additional program support to other FAA environmental and energy efforts, such as policy review and development, advanced operational procedure development, data tracking and reporting, development, operation, aircraft and engine environmental certifications, and maintenance of FAA environmental tracking systems and databases, support meeting logistics and communications, and internal performance tracking efforts. Activities must include, but not be limited to:

Coordinate activities and manage processes for engaging stakeholders from aviation, energy industry, academia and government to support a broad exchange of information, and advance use and deployment of alternative jet fuels;

Foster effective collaboration and integration with other FAA offices, including ATO, AVS, and ARP, and AST on cross-cutting environmental management initiatives;

Develop and maintain FAA research, FAA policy, and FAA tools roadmaps;

Provide program management support to the research portfolio, including project tracking, expert review, and portfolio development;

Support FAA with aircraft and engine environmental certification activities;

Develop training and outreach materials to support and ensure success of FAA initiatives;

Develop tools and mechanisms to support FAA environmental reporting and tracking requirements, including, but not limited to, nationwide commercial aviation alternative jet fuel production and usage;

Support FAA severe weather resiliency and adaptation actions;

Support FAA/AEE’s annual meetings, as requested, such as the Environmental Forum and the Aviation Emissions Characterization (AEC) Roadmap meetings;

Support FAA with broad policy review activities, including developing recommendations and assisting FAA with the implementation of strategic planning, meeting facilitation, and change management; and

Provide knowledge management support including, but not being limited to, developing knowledge management systems and applications as well as web portals to promote improved information exchange and knowledge management.