SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Purchase of New Water Quality Sonde and Repair/Upgrade of Existing Sonde
- Notice Date
- 12/30/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334513
— Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables
- Contracting Office
- CPODUS Environmental Protection Agency26 West Martin Luther King DriveMail Code: NWDCincinnatiOH45268USA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-OH-14-00027
- Response Due
- 1/13/2014
- Archive Date
- 4/13/2014
- Point of Contact
- Samantha Fuchs
- E-Mail Address
-
Samantha Fuchs
(Fuchs.Samantha@epamail.epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. EPA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis, under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, with Fondriest Environmental, Inc. to purchase the following items: 1. Upgrade to the existing YSI 6600V2 Water Quality Monitoring Multiprobe (upgrade to V2-4) which will allow for the use of 4 optical probes including turbidity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll a, and phycocyanin. 2.YSI EXO2 water Quality Monitoring Multiprobe including conductivity/temperature, pH/ORP, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, and total algae sensors. 3.Water Quality monitor buoy including costal data buoy, cellular data logger, and mooring hardware. For the past 7 years, the EPA has been using Yellow Springs Instruments (YSI) equipment for year-round data collection in the East Fork Watershed. All the water quality sondes currently used by several Divisions and Labs at ORD-Cincinnati use proprietary YSI hardware and software. While all water quality sondes theoretically yield equivalent data for the multiple water quality measurements they make, a change in hardware manufacturer would raise the question continuity of data from past years into the future in the mind of peer reviewers. Additionally, other manufacturer?s water quality sondes are not compatible with YSI software. Using two different software packages for two different manufacturer?s equipment would increase the possibility of errors during data transfer and compilation, and would negatively affect the quality of the data. YSI does not directly sell their equipment, but uses regional vendors, with only one vendor in each region. Fondriest Environmental, Inc., 2091 Exchange Court, Fairborn, OH 45324 is the vendor for the Cincinnati area. EPA has identified Fondriest Environmental, Inc. as the only contractor able to meet the requirements of this procurement. This procurement will be accomplished under FAR Part 12 Commercial Procedures. Interested firms may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirements. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETATIVE QUOTATIONS. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Sources wishing to be considered by the agency MUST submit documentation to the office identified in this notice. Documentation must be submitted within 15 calendar days of the date of publication of this notice. Submit your request in writing to Samantha Fuchs at the address shown above or email at Fuchs.Samantha@epa.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Environmental Protection AgencyNational Risk ManagementResearch Lab26 W Martin Luther King DrCincinnatiOH45258USA
- Zip Code: 45258
- Zip Code: 45258
- Record
- SN03259102-W 20140101/131230234759-71c577eead72373848f4611f31929b37 (fbodaily.com)
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