Limited_Source_Justification_PR-OAR-19-00991.pdf

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LIMITED SOURCES JUSTIFICATION FOR FSS ORDERS EXCEEDING THE

SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD

In accordance with FAR 8.405-6(c)(2)

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Multiple Award Schedule Program

1. Identification of the agency and the contracting activity, and specific Identification of the document as a "Limited Sources Justification".

Contracting Activity: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Acquisition Management

(OMS/OAS/HQAD}

This limited Source Justification requests a Logical Follow-On Call order to existing call order#

68HEOH18F0175 under Contractor's SPA EP-BPA-18-H-0009, which expires August 30, 2019.

2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved.

The follow-on call order will continue work under the existing call order to assist EPA to improve and develop estimates of greenhouse gas emissions from the following four categories in the Agriculture and Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) chapters of the Inventory of

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2019. See #3 below for a complete description of services to be provided.

Contract type: time and materials

3. A description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs (including the estimated value).

Under this order, ERG (Eastern Research Group) will provide technical support for finalizing the

Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2018 and developing the estimates and documentation for the Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2019. Current and ongoing activities that shall be supported under this Task Order are all linked to the development of specific components of the Agriculture chapter and the Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) chapter of the Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks and include (1) finalizing the documentation and estimates for the following Agriculture and LULUCF categories: Enteric Fermentation, Manure Management, Peatlands, and Landfilled Yard Trimmings and Food Scraps for the 1990-2018 (2) developing carbon stock change and GHG flux estimates and the associated text and documentation for the following Agriculture and LULUCF categories: Enteric Fermentation, Manure Management, Peatlands, and Landfilled Yard Trimmings and Food Scraps for 1990-2019 (3) assisting EPA with continued development and implementation of improved inventory estimation methodologies for Agriculture and LULUCF categories, and (4) Quick