PROPOSAL:
Issue Level of Effort RFP for Technical Assistance in Goods Movement
and Fuel Ethanol and Administrative Assistance in Organizing Air Quality
Related Conferences
SYNPOSIS:
The RFP will solicit statements of qualifications from individuals and
organizations potentially capable of providing: (1) expert technical
consultation in goods movement and fuel ethanol to support AQMD technology
advancement activities, and (2) assistance in organizing conferences
related to port emission controls and health effects of air pollution. It
is anticipated that multiple awards of Level of Effort contracts will be
made from this solicitation. Sufficient funds are available from the Clean
Fuels Fund to support this work in an amount not to exceed $525,000.
COMMITTEE:
No action on RFP; Contractor selection to be reviewed by Technology
Committee and Governing Board.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Approve the release of the attached Request for Proposals #P2006-17 for
technical assistance and organizational support in areas of goods
movement, fuel ethanol, and air quality-related conferences in an amount
not to exceed $525,000 from the Clean Fuels Fund (Fund 31).
Barry R. Wallerstein, D.Env.
Executive Officer
Background
Because of the significant growth in regional goods movement, and the
projected growth in the introduction of fuel ethanol in our transportation
fuel usage, AQMD staff believes that the emissions and air quality impacts
from these two activities are very significant and need to be addressed
expeditiously. In addition, multiple efforts related to these topics are
currently underway at the State and local levels that require timely AQMD
input. It is essential for the AQMD to have additional technical expertise
to address the air quality impacts and potential mitigations related to thee
two issues.
AQMD hosted a successful Asthma Conference on February 17, 2006. Feedback
gathered from the conference attendees indicated a strong desire to have a
follow-up conference on an international scale to gather additional
scientific information and engage in further policy discussions on this
subject. The Chairman’s Clean Port Initiative calls for the AQMD to host an
international port conference to organize ports along the Pacific Rim in a
joint effort to reduce emissions from ocean-going ships as well as in-port
emissions. AQMD staff recommends soliciting assistance to organize these two
international conferences.
Request for Proposals
The RFP #P2006-17 will solicit level-of-effort expertise in three areas,
as follows:
- Technical consultation services related to air quality impacts of
regional goods movement and technology evaluation of potential mitigation;
- Technical consultation services related to the air quality impact of
fuel ethanol usage; and
- Administrative assistance services related to the organization of
international conferences on asthma and port emission controls.
Bid Evaluation
Consultants will be selected through an open bidding process according to
AQMD's Consultant Selection Policy and Proposals, including Board approval
of contractors. Successful bidders shall be retained by level-of-effort
contracts; therefore, work assignments can be issued for specific needs and
projects without requiring lengthy consultant selection processes for each
individual project. It is anticipated that multiple awards for
level-of-effort contracts will be made from this solicitation. The Request
for Proposals will be circulated for 21 days.
Outreach
In accordance with AQMD’s Procurement Policy and Procedure, a public
notice advertising the RFP/RFQ and inviting bids will be published in the
Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register, the San Bernardino Sun, and
Riverside County Press Enterprise newspapers to leverage the most
cost-effective method of outreach to the entire South Coast Basin.
Additionally, potential bidders may be notified utilizing the Los Angeles
County MTA Directory of Certified Firms, the Inland Area Opportunity Pages
Ethnic/Women Business & Professional Directory; and AQMD’s own electronic
listing of certified minority vendors. Notice of the RFP/RFQ will be mailed
to the Black and Latino Legislative Caucuses and various minority chambers
of commerce and business associations, and placed on the Internet at AQMD’s
Web site (http://www.aqmd.gov where it
can be viewed by making menu selections “Inside AQMD”/“Employment and
Business Opportunities”/“Business Opportunities” or by going directly to
http://www.aqmd.gov/rfp/index.html). Information is also available on
AQMD’s bidder’s 24-hour telephone message line (909) 396-2724.
Benefits to AQMD
The proposed projects support the technical assessment of the air quality
impacts of goods movement and fuel ethanol introduction while promoting
emissions reductions at the ports and from on-road gasoline vehicles. The
conferences provide a venue for further enhancing the perception,
understanding, and communication of the health effects of air pollution and
development of recommended AQMD activities and policies. In addition,
outside expertise will provide an effective means for evaluating new control
technology.
Resource Impacts
The total amount of AQMD funding for the level-of-effort contracts will
not exceed $525,000. Of the $525,000, anticipated amounts for each area of
assistance are:
- $250,000 for technical consultation related to the impact of goods
movement;
- $150,000 for technical consultation related to the impact of fuel
ethanol introduction; and
- $125,000 for assistance in conference organization.
Sufficient funds are available from the Clean Fuels Fund, established as
a special revenue fund resulting from the state-mandated Clean Fuels
Program. The Clean Fuels Program, under Health and Safety Code Sections
40448.5 and 40512 and Vehicle Code 9250.11, establishes mechanisms to
collect revenues from mobile sources and stationary sources to support
projects to increase the utilization of clean fuels, including the
development of the necessary advanced enabling technologies. Funds collected
from motor vehicles are restricted, by statute, to be used for projects and
program activities related to motor vehicles that support the objectives of
the Clean Fuels Program.
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RFP #P2006-17 - Technical Assistance in Goods Movement and Fuel Ethanol and
Administrative Assistance in Organizing Air Quality
Related Conferences
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