115970 | Air Quality Action Supplemental Services (Various)

This project will improve the region's air quality by encouraging public action to reduce air pollution and protect public health through the Air Quality Action program, an episodic, voluntary program for ground-level ozone and fine particulate matter (PM 2.5).
This project will fund supplemental services performed by contractors in the implementation of the Air Quality Action program. Services may include design and production of education and outreach materials; advertising, printing, and placement of advertising through the media (television, online, radio, and in newspapers), social media (ads, sponsored posts, short videos, and text messages), and placebased advertisements.
Advertisements will educate the public about ozone and PM 2.5 pollution and encourage actions to reduce activities that contribute to air pollution, especially on days that are forecast as unhealthy for people susceptible to ozone and PM 2.5 pollution.
This project will support partner efforts to discourage idling, utilize alternative commuting strategies, take public transit, and to alert the public of poor air quality days based on the air quality index; focus of materials may change depending on the audience and messaging from EPA/DEP.
Tasks
1. Contract for the design and production of advertisements and promotional literature such as brochures, posters, flags, anti-idling signage, and educational materials including social media posts, texts messages and videos.
2. Contract for the placement of advertising on radio, television, web, place-based, or newspapers.
See also MPMS #17928.