Analysis and Support Services for the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Offi

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is performing a ?market search? for large and small businesses in preparation for a future procurement. The EPA has a need for a contractor to provide analytical support for the Transportation and Climate Division (TCD) of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ) located in the Office of Air and Radiation (OAR).

OTAQ has national responsibility for analyzing, monitoring, controlling and reducing emissions from all non-stationary sources of air pollution. Among other transportation-related activities, the Transportation and Climate Division is responsible for: performing technical analyses of the potential vehicle technology, renewable and alternative fuel pathways and transportation demand options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector; identifying and evaluating various policy options to promote the technology, fuel, and transportation demand pathways; the development of technical and economic modeling tools for transportation analyses; and the maintenance of transportation greenhouse gas emission inventories.

Specific areas to be addressed in capability statements submitted by respondents are as follows: (1) economic analysis and modeling; (2) GHG Life Cycle Analysis of Renewable/Alternative/Petroleum Fuels; (3) vehicle technology assessment; (4) transportation demand assessment; (3) greenhouse gas transportation inventory; (4) outreach and facilitation support; (5) peer review and; (6) public comments/dockets support. The successful contractor of any resultant contract will be expected to provide all necessary labor, materials, and services in support of the efforts delineated by the Performance Work Statement (PWS). A draft PWS can be obtained from the FEDCONNECT website, https://www.fedconnect.net/

Any interested firm should submit a capability statement with information that clearly demonstrates their capabilities to provide the services described above, including facilities, personnel, experience and qualifications. Standard company brochures will not be considered a sufficient response to this Sources Sought Synopsis. It is anticipated that any future contract for these services will be a Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF), Level-of-Effort (LOE) type with five one-year periods, each period with LOE of approximately 31,000 hours including increased quantity options. The applicable NAICS code is 541990 (All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services) with a size standard of $15 million.

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. As a reminder, small businesses are required to perform at least 50 percent of the costs of the contract performance with their own personnel.

The EPA reserves the right to set this action aside for small businesses. Responses to the above shall be submitted to kreacic.michael@epa.gov no later than 15 calendar days from the date of posting. A separate synopsis will be issued for the Request for Proposal (RFP), resulting from this sources sought synopsis.