--Wood Mackenzie Research Agreement

The U.S. EPA/OAR Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD), under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Rules (FAR) Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, intends to issue a sole source purchase order to Wood Mackenzie of Boston, MA for one-year subscriptions to three (3) Wood Mackenzie coal service subscriptions: (1) "Long Term US Steam Coal Outlook" (2) "Western Coal (PRB/WB)" and (3) "Coal Supply Service - US Appalachia." The justification is as follows. These subscriptions are needed to support the Agency"s review of a draft update of the coal supply curves used by EPA in the Integrated Planning Model (IPM) of the U.S. power sector. Those supply curves, were developed for EPA in 2009 and updated in 2012 by Wood Mackenzie. EPA requires the three Wood Mackenzie coal service subscriptions because they use the same underlying approach employed in the development of EPA"s coal supply curves. No other coal projection would provide the required consistency in approach. NO SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR QUOTE IS AVAILABLE. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of meeting this requirement may submit a response, which if received within two days of June 19, 2012, will be considered. Responses to this announcement must be in writing to the contract specialist at [email protected].