SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- MONITORING OF THE CHALK POINT OYSTER REEF SANCTUARY PROJECT, MARYLAND
- Notice Date
- 9/2/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Central Administrative Support Center, 601 East 12th Street, Room 1756, Kansas City, MO, 64106
- ZIP Code
- 64106
- Solicitation Number
- WC133F-04-RB-0019
- Response Due
- 9/21/2004
- Archive Date
- 10/6/2004
- Point of Contact
- Jeanie Jennings , Contract Specialist , Phone 816-426-7267, Fax 816-426-7530,
- E-Mail Address
-
Jeanie.M.Jennings@noaa.gov
- Description
- This is an Invitation for Bid (IFB) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) Central Administrative Support Center (CASC) for the Monitoring of the Chalk Point Oyster Reef Sanctuary Project as detailed in the Statement of Work (SOW) below. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared and processed in accordance with (IAW) the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this announcement. This announcement constitutes an Invitation for Bid (IFB), written offers are being requested and a written IFB will not be issued. This notice is hereby issued as IFB No. WC1330-04-RB-0019. This IFB and the incorporated provisions and clauses stated below are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 01-24. The line item will be provided IAW the SOW listed below. The bid price shall be all inclusive of costs. The FAR clauses incorporated into this IFB shall be: 52.203-3 Gratuities; 52.212-1 Instruction to Offerors Commercial Items; 52.212-2 Evaluation of Commercial Items; 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certification Commercial Items; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions Commercial Items; 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items; 52.232-17 Interest; 52.214-21 Descriptive Literature; 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. FAR clauses are available on the Internet Website http://www.arnet.gov/far. The following Commerce Acquisition Regulations (CAR) are also incorporated into this acquisition by reference: 1352.201-70 Contracting Officer?s Authority (Mar 2000); 1352.201-71 Contracting Officer?s Technical Representative (COTR)(Mar 2000); 1352.208-70 Printing (Mar 2000); 1352.209-73 Compliance with the Laws (*Mar 2000); 1352.215-73 Inquires (Mar 2000); 1352.216-70 Contract Type (Mar 2000); 1352.233-70 Harmless From Liability (Mar 2000) 1352.233-71 Service of Protests (Mar 2000). Full text of these CAR clauses is available upon written request by sending an email to jeanie.m.jennings@noaa.gov. Signed and dated bids must be submitted to the DOC, NOAA/CASC, ATTN: Jennings, Room 1756, 601 East 12th St., Kansas City, MO 64106. Offers must be received on or before 2:00 p.m. CDST, Thursday, September 16, 2004. Offers may be faxed to 816-426-7530 ATTN: Jennings. In addition to the price, offers must include: (1) A List of three (3) recently completed similar projects and a point of contact, along with a phone number; (2) A completed copy of the provisions contained in FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items; Certification of Registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. (DOC, CASC requires that all contractors doing business with this office be registered with the CCR). No award can be made to a company not registered in CCR. For additional information and to register in CCR, please access the following web site: http://www.ccr.gov. In order to register, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) Number. A D&B number may be acquired free of charge by contacting D&B on-line at https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html or by phone at (800) 333-0505. This is a firm fixed price solicitation. Award will be made to the lowest price, responsive, responsible offeror who demonstrates compliance with the requirements of this solicitation. Bids must include all costs required to provide the work and services. The NAICS code for this procurement is 541710. BASE BID Line Item No. 0001 Biological, Disease, and Water Quality 5 each Unit Price___________ Total _____________ Line Item No. 0002 Biological and Water Quality Sampling 3 each Unit Price___________ Total _____________ Line Item No. 0003 Disease and Water Quality Sampling 3 each Unit Price____________ Total _____________ TOTAL BASE BID__________________________ Introduction The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the lead administrative natural resource trustee for natural resource restoration arising out of the April 7, 2000 pipeline rupture at Pepco?s Chalk Point Generating Facility in Aquasco, Maryland. The spill released about 140,000 gallons of oil into the Patuxent River and associated shoreline areas. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 authorizes designated Natural Resource Trustees (Trustees) to collect damages from the responsible parties in order to restore the injured natural resources. Along with NOAA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources are Trustees. Pursuant to the terms of the Consent Decree settling the claims of the United States and state of Maryland for natural resource damages, monies were provided to the Trustees to undertake specific restoration projects. (United States v. Potomac Electric Power Co.) One of those projects entailed creation of a five acre oyster sanctuary known as the Chalk Point Oyster Reef Sanctuary Project. The oyster sanctuary is intended to partially compensate for lost ecological services to fish, shellfish, benthic communities, and birds. An entity within NOAA, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Restoration Center (RC), has been designated as the lead implementing trustee for this project on behalf of the Trustees The project consists of using a site named Kitt?s Marsh on historical oyster bottom within the Patuxent River in the area between Broomes Island and Sheridan Point. Final site selection was determined by NOAA and Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) staff, using available scientific information, collaboration with scientists and local watermen, and a public meeting process before the site was formally designated as a sanctuary. The project consists of different individual sequential components. Suitability of the site was documented and analyzed through the use of bottom mapping and profiling technologies. The site was planted with about a 4-inch layer of dredged oyster shell and fines to prepare it to receive spat-on-shell oyster seed. Eyed larvae were set on clean oyster shell and planted on the bottom throughout the 5-acre site. Post-planting monitoring, to include both bathymetric mapping and biological sampling, will be conducted to evaluate project success and determine the need for potential corrective actions. This Statement of Work is limited to that portion of the work-plan requiring biological monitoring of the site for oyster survival, growth, density, biomass, disease, and related water quality parameters. Background The goal of the restoration project is to create a functional oyster reef sanctuary, and there are strict monitoring requirements to ensure a minimum density of live oysters on the reef throughout the life of the project. The project has the potential to benefit from natural spatset in subsequent years if it is located in high enough salinity, but higher salinities in downriver locations could also leave the project more vulnerable to either Dermo and/or MSX disease. Requirements The contractor shall provide monitoring services according to the following schedule. Actual tasks within each scheduled sampling event are defined in detail below Event 1 Year 0- 2004 (Fall) Biological, Disease, and Water Quality Event 2a Year 1- 2005 (Spring) Biological and Water Quality sampling Event 2b Year 1- 2005 (Summer) Disease and Water Quality sampling Event 3 Year 1- 2005 (Fall) Biological, Disease, and Water Quality Event 4a Year 2- 2006 (Spring) Biological and Water Quality sampling Event 4b Year 2- 2006 (Summer) Disease and Water Quality sampling Event 5 Year 2- 2006 (Fall) Biological, Disease, and Water Quality Event 6a Year 3- 2007 (Spring) Biological and Water Quality sampling Event 6b Year 3- 2007 (Summer) Disease and Water Quality sampling Event 7 Year 3- 2007 (Fall) Biological, Disease, and Water Quality Event 8 Year 4- 2008 (Fall) Biological, Disease, and Water Quality Fall is defined as October-November, Spring is defined as late April-May, and Summer is defined as July-early August. This SOW consists of a total of 8 complete sampling events (noting that the spring and summer events are separated into two phases to document distinct monitoring criteria) The sampling schedule under the initial restoration plan would continue outward through the lifespan of the project to include the following sampling events (noted for planning purposes only, not a portion of this contract). Requirements of Each sampling event: Water Quality Water Quality sampling shall consist of bottom sampling dissolved oxygen, salinity, and temperature during each site visit (a minimum of 5 replicate readings from within the project site shall be taken). The Contractor shall analyze the temperature and salinity data in relation to data from nearby long-term monitoring stations in place in the Patuxent River to determine any causative factors due to water quality (if such stations remain in place through adequate funding). Biological sampling shall consist of: Abundance At the time the oysters were planted, accurate DGPS marks were made on the corners of the ground so that future sampling efforts will be conducted in the right area. These marks will be provided to the Contractor. The contractor will then provide divers to collect samples to monitor oyster abundance according to the schedule. At least 10 and up to 20 random points will be sampled widely over the 5-acre planted area during the first sampling period using .33-m2 quadrats, and a minimum of ten random points will be sampled within the project area during each subsequent sampling period. Divers will remove all materials from within each quadrat including oysters, cultch, boxes and any other material found in the quadrat, and place them in a mesh catch bag. If abundance is low (mean <5 oysters or spat/quadrat ) then additional grabs may be collected. The bags will be brought to the surface for examination. All oysters, including boxes and scars will be counted and recorded. Data reported will be number/m2 -based on size classes, including live, and boxes, and scars for spat. Up to 100 live oysters and 100 boxes or scars will be measured and recorded, with no more than 25 from each quadrat. Size and Mortality The Contractor will measure the length from the bill to the umbo of up to 50 oysters from each sample to determine size. (See previous paragraph.) The difference in mean length between sampling periods will provide an estimate of growth, and the difference in mean density between sampling periods will estimate mortality. Mortality can also be derived by the increase in box counts, but since boxes eventually disarticulate, the change in density is a more accurate estimate of mortality. Disease During summer and fall sampling events, the Contractor will collect a minimum of 5 oysters from each quadrat sample to be analyzed for the prevalence of Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) and intensity on a modified Mackin scale of 0 to 7. Regardless of the number of quadrats sampled during any sampling period, a total of 30 oysters will be randomly selected for analysis. Samples will be tested with the RFTM method (Ray, 1966). When very small, this will be almost whole-body analysis. As the oysters grow larger (>1 inch), the standard rectal tissue assay will be used. Biomass The contractor will also provide a biomass (regression estimate) for the project site, using the site-specific size-class and abundance data and the regression curve established for Patuxent River oysters, in order to evaluate reef biomass over the life of the project. This will be based on lengths and whole weights of sampled oysters. Reef Structure During each site visit, the Contractor shall make and record qualitative visual observations as to the overall contiguous structure of the project site. This evaluation is intended to analyze general characteristics including site fouling by epibethic organism communities, sedimentation and shell embeddedness, vertical accretion of reef height from shell formation, etc. The Contractor shall present these results as part of the reports following each site visit. Deliverables and Schedule The contract total deliverable consists of 8 complete sampling events (note three events have two components each for a total of 11 site visits) according to the dates specified within the monitoring schedule. The contractor shall provide a complete trip report, including summary water quality parameters, size-classed abundance/density analysis, and disease results within 60 days of each site visit. These reports are envisioned to be summary (2-3 pages) in nature, with detailed numerical data available upon request if project success is compromised or contingency benchmarks are reached.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Aquasco, Maryland
- Country: USA
- Country: USA
- Record
- SN00664034-W 20040904/040902211733 (fbodaily.com)
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