2018-009 Developing Improved Methods for Spatially Allocating Emissions to Support Local-Scale Modeling

Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District or District) is requesting proposals from experienced and qualified organizations to develop improved methods for spatially allocating emissions to support community-scale modeling and analyses related to Assembly Bill 617 (C. Garcia, Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017). The selected contractor will update current emissions gridding methods, review and evaluate available spatial datasets, assign location coordinates to point sources with fixed locations, and develop gridded spatial allocation factors for remaining sources using appropriate surrogates such as land use or demographic data. To respond to this Request for Proposals (RFP), an interested company should submit one (1) electronic copy (in Adobe Acrobat PDF file format) of its proposal to the Air District’s Procurement Portal (Portal): Cynthia Zhang, Staff Specialist Bay Area Air Quality Management District 375 Beale Street, Suite 600; San Francisco, CA 94105 Portal link: https://baaqmd.bonfirehub.com Proposals must be submitted and received by 4:00 p.m. on August 30, 2018. Late proposals will not be considered. Proposals must address all information requested in this RFP. A proposal may add https://baaqmd.bonfirehub.com/ Develop Improved Methods for Spatially Allocating Emissions to Support Local-Scale Modeling RFP 2018-009 July 2, 2018 Page 2 of 10 information not requested in this RFP, but the information should be in addition to, not instead of, the requested information and format. Minority business enterprises, women’s business enterprises, veteran’s business enterprises, and Certified Green Businesses are encouraged to submit proposals. Any questions regarding this RFP should be submitted