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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 09, 2006 FBO #1536
SOURCES SOUGHT

R -- SMOKE MONITORING NETWORK

Notice Date

2/7/2006
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

BLM-OR OREGON STATE OFFICE* 333 SW FIRST AVENUE PORTLAND OR 97208
 

ZIP Code

97208
 

Solicitation Number

HAR064080
 

Response Due

2/21/2006
 

Archive Date

2/7/2007
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service cooperatively propose to negotiate a noncompetitive award of a five-year incrementally-funded contract with the State of Oregon, Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), for operation, and maintenance of existing Government-furnished fixed system composed of 10 nephelometers and one medium-volume PM2.5 sampler covering the period FY2006 to FY2010. This is an expansion of an existing arrangement with DEQ. Services to be performed include: 1) Equipment installation and operator training: assemble and configure equipment at contractor lab facility, transport and install equipment at various monitoring locations when ready and available, train BLM and Forest Service site operator(s) at each site, provide filters and holders for PM2.5 sample collection associated with the medium-volume sampler, report PM2.5 mass data electronically each quarter to BLM and Forest Service; 2) Site Operations: provide review of operation procedures for BLM and Forest Service staff, ensure that BLM and Forest Service staff have copies of operating procedures, provide technical support for each site, provide monthly site review during operations period, supply routine data quality control, editing, and archiving of the data record, do off-site trouble shooting and network support via site phone, do one non-scheduled repair trip as needed; 3) Data Retrieval: ensure that BLM and Forest Service staff have written procedures on retrieval of data from the site(s) datalogers, retrieve hourly data averages twice daily and store for later use, ensure that BLM and Forest Service staff have written procedures on retrieval of hourly data from stored sources, provide any technical assistance needed with data retrieval problems from established site(s) within the network; 4) Site Shutdown: following the prescribed operating site season of use, equipment will be shut down and removed for off-season storage in the contractor's laboratory, repairs (if needed) will accomplished along with storage maintenance work. Proposal Area: Fixed nephelometer sites will be established and maintained within the communities of Enterprise, John Day, Baker City, Burns, and La Grande, Oregon from March through November and Asotin, Washington from April through November. In addition, nephelometers will be placed within the rural areas outside of the designated population areas in Oregon at Provolt, the Illinois Valley, Ruch, and Shady Cove Oregon areas on a year-around basis. A medium-volume sampler will also be placed and maintained at Provolt for the same period. The State of Oregon, Department of Environmental Quality, is uniquely qualified to provide the needed support as they are the only contractor known to possess the following qualifications needed to meet the Bureau's requirements: (a) Ability to expand a state-operated air quality monitoring network that has passed state quality assurance and quality control criteria; (b) ability to provide data from the existing DEQ database containing related data from other locations; and (c) ability to utilize a data collection process sanctioned by the state DEQ free of actual or perceived bias by federal land managers. Firms which meet the above contract requirements should submit their qualifications in writing specifically addressing the three criteria described above to the Contracting Officer. All responsible sources may submit a response which will be considered.
 

Web Link

Please click here to view more details.
(http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/announcementdetail.jsp?serverId=LM142201&objId=1050544)
 

Place of Performance

Address: State of Oregon

Zip Code: 97301

Country: US
 

Record

SN00982660-W 20060209/060207214802 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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