SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Non-personal services to develop procedures for analyzing water quality data.
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, USGS - All Offices, U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS BRANCH OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS3020 STATE UNIVERSITY DR. EAST, MODOC HALL STE 2002 SACRAMENTO CA 95819
- ZIP Code
- 95819
- Solicitation Number
- 09WRQQ0130
- Response Due
- 6/25/2009
- Archive Date
- 6/15/2010
- Point of Contact
- SASHA KLINGLER CONTRACTING SPECIALIST 9162789333 ;<br />
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U. S. Geological Survey, Western Region, Branch of Regional Research, Water Resources Division intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to Dr. Alan Jassby to provide services (comprising of 4 tasks) required to complete a high-priority research project. This project includes the development of procedures for analyzing water quality date series, producing a manual to teach the procedures, apply the procedures to USGS data from the San Francisco Bay, and co-author a peer reviewed journal article. Dr. Jassby has unique skills and knowledge essential for timely completion of all tasks specified. His qualifications include the following: (1) Experience in the compilation and analyses of complex water-quality data sets comprising time series of different constituents including phytoplankton biomass, nutrients, temperature, salinity, turbidity, and dissolved oxygen. This experience includes numerous publications of statistical analyses in peer-reviewed scientific journals that applied novel applications of multivariate and time series analyses of water-quality data. (2) Experience in the creation of original scripts in the R environment and modeling environment to build and analyze water-quality data sets collected from many different places. These analyses identify patterns of variability and compare these patterns across sites. (3) Fundamental knowledge of the hydrology and ecology of river, lake and estuarine ecosystems, providing the foundation of understanding required to discover the underlying causes of variable water-quality patterns across ecosystems and to identify human-caused changes in environments of variable climate and hydrology. (4) Detailed knowledge, and a rich history of publication, about the hydrology, water quality, and ecology of San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. (5) Experience in teaching the structure of the R environment, building scripts to apply analyses embedded in the R environment or contained in libraries of R utilities written by other research groups. Dr. Jassby is identified as the only known candidate who has the unique skills and knowledge essential to this project. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) and the procedures of FAR Part 12, entitled, "Acquisition of Commercial Items." In accordance with FAR 5.207(c)(13)(i), other responsible sources that believe they can meet the requirement described above may submit a capability statement or quotation no later than the closing date of this announcement which will be considered by the USGS. All responses must be in writing, by e-mail to the Contracting Officer at sklingler@usgs.gov. This notice and any resulting solicitation or contract conforms to the requirements in place through FAC 2005-32, Tech Amend Effective 14 May 2009 & FAC 2005-31, Effective 20 Apr 2009. NAICS - 541620, Environmental Consulting Services. No Numbered notes apply.
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