SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- AMS Ground Water Samples
- Notice Date
- 8/1/2011
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- 95819
- ZIP Code
- 95819
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Special Notice =BF G11PS00807Req # 0040013679Response Date: August 15, 2011 The United States Geological Survey, Idaho National Laboratory Project Office of Idaho Falls, ID intends to make a non-competitive award to PRIME Laboratory at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana for the chemical preparation and Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) of ground water samples. The contract laboratory shall analyze 58 ground water samples, 4 replicate samples and 2 field blanks for the ratio of 129I / 127I using AMS methods. The data obtained under this procurement must be fully comparable with the data obtained under previous orders; therefore, laboratory continuity is very crucial. Purdue University=BFs PRIME Laboratory possesses unique capabilities, which are: (1) the only known commercial AMS laboratory in the United States capable of providing attocurie (10-18)) per liter measurements of 129I in aqueous samples, (2) can provide comparable data to previous orders, and (3) acceptance criteria are 95% confidence that the analyses are within the above error tolerance. A new contractor will be required to produce quality-control samples to assure the output will be fully comparable to previously produced data. The period of performance shall begin on October 1, 2011 and end on December 31, 2012.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, =BFAcquisition of Commercial Items.=BF Other interested concerns having the ability to furnish these services shall submit a capabilities statement to the Contract Specialist no later than the closing date of this announcement. All submissions will be evaluated to determine if competitive opportunities exist. If no competitive opportunities exist, request for quotation (RFQ) G11PS00807will be made available to PRIME through the Government-wide Point of Entry (GPE) on or about August 10, 2011, IAW FAR 5.102(a)(1). All responses must be in writing by facsimile to the Contract Specialist at (916) 278-9339 or by email to glewando@usgs.govTHIS PROCUREMENT ACTION IS SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.NAICS: 541380 =BF Testing Laboratories
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