**ATTACHMENT 1**

**RFQ-DC-08-00118**

**Geographic System Development, Analysis and Training**

**Statement of Work**

Level of Effort: 300 hours

Project Manager: To be disclosed at time of award

Issuing Officer: Clean Air Markets Division (6204J)

Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Programs

> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
>
> Washington DC 20460

**I. Background**

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Markets Division
(CAMD) is responsible for collecting and reporting on stationary source
emissions under the Acid Rain Program, NOx Budget Program, Clean Air
Interstate Rule and the Clean Air Mercury Rule. CAMD also manages the
Clean Air Status and Trends Network (CASTNET) to monitor ambient air
concentration and deposition of pollutants and to determine the
effectiveness of nationwide emission reduction programs. Information
presented in papers, the division web site and progress reports
frequently relies on geographic information systems (GIS) geospatial
analyses. The tasks in this Statement of Work (SOW) involve providing
GIS support to CAMD.

The tasks described below should conform to the National Geospatial Data
Policy, Classification No.: 2121, August 24, 2005.

The National Geospatial Data Policy (NGDP) establishes principles,
responsibilities, and requirements for collecting and managing
geospatial data used by Federal environmental programs and projects
within the jurisdiction of the EPA. This Policy also establishes the
requirement of collecting and managing geospatial metadata describing
the Agency's geospatial assets to underscore EPA's commitment to data
sharing, promoting secondary data use, and supporting the National
Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

The NGDP addresses geospatial data represented by points, lines,
polygons, and complex geographic features. This Policy additionally
encompasses original and interpreted geospatial data derived through
remote sensing including but not limited to images and raster data sets,
aerial photographs, and other forms of geospatial data or data sets in
both digitized and non-digitized forms.

The NGDP addresses geospatial data operations in the context of data
life cycle phases, consisting of (1) planning, (2) collection and
acquisition, (3) processing and documentation, (4) storage and access,
and (5) maintenance and retirement. This Policy applies to all EPA
organizations, grantees, agents working on behalf of EPA, tribes,
localities and partner states of EPA who design, develop directly or
indirectly, compile, operate, or maintain EPA information collections
developed for environmental program support. This Policy establishes
specific requirements under which EPA program offices and laboratory
procedures will adhere in the planning, collecting, acquiring, National
Geospatial Data Policy processing, documenting, storing, accessing,
maintaining, and retiring of geospatial data. This Policy is built upon
an integrated foundation of technical data standards, content standards
for geospatial metadata, and implementation procedures and guidance.

The NGDP requires EPA to plan for, collect, and manage geospatial
information in a way that builds information partnerships across EPA
organizations, multiple levels of government, including the public and
private sectors, avoids wasteful duplication of effort and ensures
effective and economical management of geospatial resources in meeting
essential primary and secondary uses. This policy requires that
locational information, such as latitude/longitude coordinates be
collected and documented with environmental and related data, and not
precluding, other critical location identification data, such as depth,
height, elevation, altitude and/or street address, that may be needed to
satisfy individual program or project needs.

The NGDP requires that EPA programs' investment in geospatial data be
leveraged for enterprise use and will be managed per Enterprise
Architecture guidance. Geospatial data shall be developed and maintained
in accordance with the key data life cycle phases: Data Planning; Data
Collection and Acquisition; Data Processing and Documentation; Data
Storage and Access, and; Data Maintenance and Retirement

**II. Tasks**

**Task 1 -- ArcGIS Software Development Support**

1.  The contractor shall provide consulting support for:

    1.  .NET ArcGIS custom desktop applications that can act as ArcGIS
        Server or standalone clients consuming spatial data;

    2.  design of the underlying architecture including use of the
        Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) to access ArcGIS APIs;

    3.  custom ArcGIS components and ArcObjects, including application
        level, such as custom buttons, toolbars, windows, and
        extensions, and geodatabase level, such as custom feature class
        extensions and custom features.

    4.  software development toolkits, APIs, and other resources for
        both desktop, web, geodatabase, and geoprocessing applications.

    5.  conversion of HYSPLIT modelc binary output to shape or other
        suitable file formats for loading into ArcSDE;

    6.  planning, developing, and maintaining application development
        life cycle;

    7.  ensuring that application design and procedures comply with
        National Geospatial Data Policy Procedure for Geospatial
        Metadata Management Issued by the EPA Chief Information Officer,
        Pursuant to Delegation 1-19, dated 07/07/2005; EPA
        Classification No.: CIO 2131-P-01-0; CIO Transmittal No.:
        08-004.

Deliverables: sample code

**Task 2 -- ArcGIS Geo-Spatial Analysis Support**

2.  The contractor shall provide support for CAMD personnel performing
    ad-hoc analyses using ArcGIS ArcEditor, ArcGIS Engine, ArcSDE,
    Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst and other ESRI tools. Specific
    knowledge of the following will be required:

    1.  line density and probability density maps created with
        line-distance weights of HYSPLIT forward trajectories and
        emissions quantities of specific pollutants

    2.  concentration maps created with backward HYSPLIT particle
        concentration probabilities weighted by emissions quantities of
        specific pollutants

    3.  source-receptor analysis created using geostatistical
        correlation between pollution concentrations and deposition
        concentrations for various combinations of single chemicals or
        pollutants.

    4.  continuous raster concentration map for emission quantities over
        a specified period of time

    5.  choropleth map representing state-by-state, region-by-region or
        percent change mean emissions levels for a single pollutant

    6.  two- and three-dimensional "movies" of airshed pollution and its
        effects

> Deliverables: answered questions, documents, sample code

**Task 3 -- ArcSDE Server and Geodatabase Support**

3.  The contractor shall provide support for Solaris 10 (Oracle 10g)
    servers running ArcSDE including:

    1.  design of geodatabase and best practices and patterns for
        accessing and creating data, querying, editing, and data
        loading;

    2.  recommendations for using ArcGIS server to share spatial
        information among division or other EPA users via HTTP to GIS
        Web services running on a Web service or over a local area
        network (LAN);

    3.  ensure compliance with the EPA Geospatial Metadata Technical
        Specification requirements for publishing geospatial metadata
        for data sets, applications, and services and the National
        Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) established under Executive
        Order 12906, technologies, policies, to promote sharing of
        geospatial developed by the Environmental Protection Agency
        (EPA).

    4.  optimization of oracle ArcSDE including disk partitioning,
        tablespaces, pagefile, indexes and control files on an iSCSI
        storage array.

Deliverables: documentation

**III. Report Distribution List**

Send vial email (1) copy of monthly progress reports, (1) copy of all
draft products and (2) copies of all final products to the Contracting
Officer's Representative.

**ATTACHMENT II**

**RFQ-DC-08-00118**

**EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD**

The Government will award one (1) Purchase Order to a responsive,
responsible bidder whose quotation is the most advantageous to the
Government, price and other factors considered. Award will be made on a
best-value basis. The Government may or may not award to the
lowest-priced quotation. For this requirement, all evaluation factors
other than price, when combined, are significantly more important than
price. The Government will use the following evaluation criteria.
Following are the Evaluation Factors listed in descending order of
importance.

**Proposed Key Personnel:**

Offerors will be evaluated on the lead and other consultants' relevant
knowledge, education, and experience, including documentation that the
lead personnel performing services are certified as GISP (GIS
Professional). Offerors will also be evaluated on their demonstrated
certifications in task related technologies such as Oracle and Microsoft
.NET.

**Technical Capabilities:**

Offerors will be evaluated on their demonstrated resources with
technical expertise in:

1.  developing ArcGIS desktop applications using ArcEditor, Spatial
    Analyst and other tools;

2.  conversion of HYSPLIT model output to shape or other file formats;

3.  creating line density and probability density maps;

4.  EPA's Geospatial Data Policy Procedure and the National Spatial Data
    Infrastructure;

**Relevant Experience:**

Offerors will be evaluated on their demonstrated experience in providing
GIS development support including their approach to:

1.  geodatabase architecture, design and the optimization of ArcSDE in
    Oracle 10g database management system;

2.  supporting desktop GIS application development through the use of
    controls, libraries, extensions or other methods;

3.  documenting procedures and policies.

**Past Performance:**

Past performance focuses on how well the offeror has performed like
requirements in the past. Number range CHAPTERThe offeror shall include
a representative list of contracts or orders completed during the past
two (2) years or currently in progress, as well as performance scenarios
similar in scope, magnitude and complexity to the requirements set
forth. For each contract or order identified, the offeror shall include
a brief synopsis which includes the date the work was performed, the
client for whom the work was performed (include client name, e-mail and
telephone number) and a description of the work performed.

**ATTACHMENT III\
RFQ-DC-08-00118**

**QUOTE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS**

1.  Offerors shall provide a detailed project plan (no more than 7
    double-sided pages, excluding resumes and past performance
    references) that describes their technical approach, resources, and
    timeline for deliverables for this requirement.

2.  Offeror shall submit a fixed-rate labor-hour quote by task, which
    includes a ceiling price, for this requirement. Include proposed
    amounts for any indirect costs and other direct costs, including
    travel if applicable. The estimated level of effort for this
    requirement is 300 hours.

3.  Offerors shall identify up to three (3) contracts, which have
    recently been performed (within the past 2 years), or current
    contracts which are similar in scope for services of this magnitude
    and complexity. Offerors shall provide the following information
    with respect to each of these contracts:

-   Contract number, contract type, and dollar value

-   Date of contract award and period of performance

-   Name, address, and telephone number of all applicable contract
    points of contact.

-   Brief description of contract work, scope, and responsibilities.

An electronic copy of the project plan, quote, past performance
information, and a signed copy of Standard Form 18 (RFQ) shall be
submitted by **March 28, 2008 at 4:00 PM EDT** to the Contracting
Officer, Andrea L. Brunsman, at Brunsman.andrea@epa.gov.