SOLICITATION NOTICE
L -- Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring Services
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Headquarters, Environmental Protection Agency, Administrative Contract Service Center, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Washington, DC 20460
- ZIP Code
- 20460
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-DC-08-00220
- Response Due
- 8/4/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/4/2008
- Point of Contact
- Point of Contact, Nicole Schuller, Purchasing Agent, Phone (202) 564-0966
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NAICS Code: 541620 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking contractors to provide monitoring services for the acquisition of speciated atmospheric mercury data from sites across the country. Over the past 5 years, a number of states and academic mercury scientists havebeen measuring speciated atmospheric mercury at sites located throughout the United States and Canada. While most measurements are generally based on automated and/or manual methods as described by Landis et al., 2002, the specific protocols by which measurements are taken can vary across sites, and in some instances, are undocumented. Thus, accurately comparing measurement data across sites is currently a significant challenge. Common protocols for mercury sampling and analysis are needed to facilitate the site data inter comparison over time. Moreover, a centralized archive for data distribution is needed to enable mercury policy assessments, evaluate and improve mercury deposition models, and enhance mercury research. To meet some of the mercury data and information needs, EPA is collaborating with mercury scientific community, including the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) membership of federal agencies, states, tribes, academic institutions, and other organizations to establish a new, national, standardized network to monitor mercury in the atmosphere. The network seeks to measure air concentrations of mercury in its gaseous and particulate forms, event-based mercury wet deposition, and meteorological and land-cover variables needed for estimating dry deposition fluxes. The network envisioned will serve many functions: 1) facilitate the calculation of wet, dry, and total deposition; 2) provide data for evaluating predictive and diagnostic models and for assessing source-receptor relationships; and 3) build a data set for analyzing spatial and temporal trends. Under this FAR Part 13 acquisition, the contractor shall provide mercury monitoring services, such as the operation of Tekran mercury analyzers (2537A, 1130, 1135) to produce and distribute to EPA datasets of raw and validated atmospheric mercury concentrations in speciated forms: elemental, reactive gaseous, and particulate, and meteorology. EPA also requires a quality assurance plan and associated documentation for all aspects of data collection, as required by EPA Order 53601.A2. Awards shall be based on best value for the Government. Interested parties should navigate to EPA's website http://www.epa.gov/oamhpod1/admin_placement/0800220/index.htm to view the Statement of Work and Evaluation Factors. Offerors should continue to monitor EPA's website for any amendments to the postings.
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