Clean Air Status and Trends Network PreSolicitation Conference

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Clean Air Status and Trends Network
Pre-Solicitation Conference

• November 8, 2007

http//www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placement/081005
5/index.htm
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Agenda

• Introduction/Welcome
• Overview of Contract
• Andrea Brunsman
• Overview of Requirement
• Gary Lear
• Brian Lee
• Melissa Rury
• Additional Questions

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Welcome

• Information exchange
• Please ask question! If you have any ideas to
  make this requirement better, let us know.

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IDIQ Contracts

• Each Task Order (TO) is a mini-contract
  contract for services that does not procure or
  specify a firm quantity (other than min or max)
  and provides for the issuance of orders for the
  performance of tasks during the period of the
  contract (FAR 16.501)
• Only awarding one Contract

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IDIQ Contracts

• IDIQ limits the Governments obligation to the
  minimum quantity specified in the contract.
• Quantity may be stated as a number of units or as
  a dollar value.
• Minimum more than a nominal quantity, but not
  more than the Government is fairly certain to
  order.

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IDIQ Contracts

• CLINs (contract line item number) to propose cost
  estimate
• CLIN for each labor category and/or task (i.e.
  base program)
• Labor category category of work, not individual
  performing work defines rate paid
• Rates include hourly wage, overhead, program
  management, GA, and profit

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IDIQ Contracts

• Rates are subject to annual economic price
  adjustment
• ODCs travel, equipment, non-team subcontractors,
  and supplies are included
• ODCs are billed at cost NO profit

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IDIQ Contracts

• Any communication with the contractor shall come
  form the EPA CO, PO or TOPO
• Technical Directions can only be given by the
  PO/TOPO to the Contractors POC NOT to
  individual contract employees or from other EPA
  employees
• Subcontractors can only receive TD from prime

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IDIQ Contracts

• Each Task Order billed on a separate invoice
• TO for each site

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Questions?
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Statement of Work

• SOW includes specific requirements for the Core
  operation of the CASTNET program (Task 1) with
  additional tasks following to account for the
  number of EPA-sponsored CASTNET sites
• Additional tasks funded incrementally

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Statement of Work

• In preparing cost estimates for the additional
  tasks, the offeror shall compensate for any
  incremental costs to the Core program (Task 1)
  incurred by adding the additional task at one
  site

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Statement of Work

• Many of the activities associated with the
  additional tasks are dependent on whether the
  offeror will be required to provide an operator
  at the site to perform the duties or if a local
  collaborator will perform the on-site duties for
  the task

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Task 1 Core Operations

• Task 1, Core operations of the CASTNET Program
  includes requirements such as database
  management, quality assurance, training, data
  acquisition, field calibrations, reporting and
  participation in scientific meetings/conferences
• Task 1 includes all procedures that are
  independent of or only partially dependent on the
  number of monitoring sites or execution of
  additional tasks

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Task 2 Dry Deposition Filterpack

• With or without operator
• Alternative technologies to the traditional
  CASTNET filterpack measurement system may be
  proposed
• New technologies must capture CASTNET pollutants
  (NOy for HNO3 ok)
• New technologies must be field worthy with
  documented performance, preferably an established
  method or in published literature

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Task 4 Ozone Monitoring

• With or without operator
• 40 CFR 58 and current CASTNET protocol

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Task 8 Meteorology

• With or without operator
• Wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity,
  solar radiation, precipitation, surface wetness,
  temperature and delta-temperature (QA Handbook
  Volume IV )
• Alternative technologies
• (cost reduction, ease of use or decreased field
  calibration hours)

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NCore Measurements

• Task 11 Trace gas NOy
• Task 12 Trace gas SO2
• Task 14 Trace gas CO
• Task 16 PM2.5 FRM mass
• Task 18 PM2.5 speciation (STN)
• Task 20 PM10-2.5 FRM
• Task 22 PM10-2.5 speciation
• Task 24 Continuous PM2.5 mass

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Task 26 Filterpack preparation and laboratory
analysis

• Task 26 may need to be altered in accordance with
  alternative technology proposed for Task 2
  (filterpack or alternative task)

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Other Tasks

• Task 27 Operation of NADP sites
• Task 28 Operation of NADP sites
• Task 31 Acquisition Management of NPS data
• Level of Effort - non-routine monitoring
  activities, special studies or analyses
  associated with CASTNET or other assessments of
  emission control programs

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Questions?