SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Hydrochemical Modeling
- Notice Date
- 9/1/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCHPO BOX 25046204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTERDENVERCO80225-0046US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 11GDB029NoSolicitation
- Response Due
- 9/15/2011
- Archive Date
- 10/15/2011
- Point of Contact
- cclark@usgs.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Buyer's Email
(cclark@usgs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Concerns having the ability to furnish the services and supplies described herein are requested to give written notification (including the name, email address, and telephone number of a point of contact) to the contract specialist listed in the announcement within 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Central Region, Crustal Geophysics and Geochemistry Science Center (CGGSC), Denver, CO has a requirement for hydrochemical modeling of groundwater in the regional carbonate aquifer system in southern Nevada. The modeling will use a statistical methodology with software developed by the Swedish Nuclear Fuel Company (SKB) called Multivariate Mixing and Mass Balance or M3 for short as described by Laaksoharju and others in the journal Applied Geochemistry, v. 14, p. 861-872, and previously used at Yucca Mountain, NV by the GMG and reported in SKB report TR-11-02 (Gmez and others, 2011). Hydrochemical data to use in the modeling will be provided to the USGS in Microsoft EXCEL format. The original contract for the Yucca Mountain modeling was to Geopoint AB in Stockholm, which comprises a group of international hydrochemical specialists from Canada, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The actual modeling was done by the Geochemical Modelling Group at the University of Zaragoza in Spain, and the study was completed and the final report published by the SKB (Svensk Krnbrnslehandering AB, the Swedish company responsible for nuclear fuel and disposal of nuclear waste in Sweden). The M3 software was developed through and continues to receive the support of SKB. There is no other comparable technique that has the modeling capability and is currently available in the discipline of hydrochemistry. The M3 approach to groundwater modeling with special emphasis on the identification of end-member composition groundwaters and mixing among these end members has been applied extensively in Sweden and other countries including Canada, Finland, and Japan. Several of these investigations are described in special issues of Applied Geochemistry (v. 14, issue 7, 1999 and v. 23, issue 7, 2008). Further, the previously funded M3 study has been reported as SKB Report TR-11-02 entitled Assessment of the Importance of Mixing in the Yucca Mountain Hydrogeoloogical System. As noted above, the GMG has developed a thorough and unique knowledge of the hydrochemistry of flow systems in the Yucca Mountain area through completion of the previous project for the USGS. This knowledge and experience will allow GMG to undertake the new study with minimal start-up delay, and then integrate the results of the new modeling (Ash Meadows system) with the previous modeling of the Yucca MountainAmargosa Desert system. Based on the information at this time, the Government considers the product and services specified as a sole source from Geochemical Modelling Group University of Zaragoza c/ Pedro Cerbuna 12 50009-Zaragoza, Spain, and proposes to negotiate a contract with the firm on that basis. However, should additional sources be identified, they will be considered. Firms who feel that they can furnish the required services and supplies or its functional equivalent (based on the criteria specified herein) are invited to submit, in writing, an affirmative response to this announcement. An affirmative response would include literature, brochures and other such materials which correspond to the required services and supplies stated herein. This information will be evaluated and used to determine if competitive opportunities exist. Since no solicitation document exists, request for such documents without accompanying information will be considered non-responsive to this request without further consideration. Affirmative response shall be received by this office by close of business September 15, 2011 by 3:00 P.M. Mountain Standard Time. This notice may represent the Governments only official notice of this procurement.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: DenverCO80225USA
- Zip Code: 80225
- Zip Code: 80225
- Record
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