SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- YSI EX02 Multiparameter Datasounde
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Portland, Attn: CECT-NWP, PO Box 2946, Portland, Oregon, 97208-2946, United States
- ZIP Code
- 97208-2946
- Solicitation Number
- W9127N18Q0072
- Archive Date
- 9/8/2018
- Point of Contact
- Michael E. Saldana, Phone: 5038084608
- E-Mail Address
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michael.e.saldana@usace.army.mil
(michael.e.saldana@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is NOT a solicitation. This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District intends to award a sole source contract for the purchase of a YSI EX02 multi-parameter sonde. Portland District's Engineering and Construction, Hydraulic Reservoir Regulation and Water Quality Section (CENWP-EC-HR) requires this equipment for monitoring mission-critical water quality data at various locations throughout the Columbia, Willamette, and Rogue Basins. In adherence to Engineering Regulation 1110-2-8154, it is Corps policy to comply with the requirements of the Clean Water Act and not to degrade existing water quality conditions to the maximum extent possible. In addition, it is the Corps responsibility to establish and maintain a water quality monitoring and data evaluation program that ensures the achievement of water quality management objectives, the evaluation of project performance, and the understanding of water quality and associated trends. The Corps also has the obligation to meet the State of Oregon's Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Federal Biological Opinions, including the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative (RPA) 5.1.4 in the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) 2008 Biological Opinion (BiOp), titled Monitoring and reporting of interim water quality improvement measures. Frequent monitoring of Corps reservoirs allows for trends analysis of water and sediment quality over time and provides reliable data for input into water quality models that are required by BiOps and TMDLs. In addition, increases in Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) occurring within Corps reservoirs has become more demanding of current ageing equipment. The mission of this procurement is to be able to correlate the sampling results taken over the last three decades to the best possible results from this year and in the future at the Columbia, Willamette, and Rogue Basin reservoirs. This will give the Corps the opportunity to document water quality fluctuation in the reservoirs and ensure current and future attainment of federal and state regulations. The technology offered by this YSI equipment, including the newer generation Phycocyanin probe and the digitally smart fluorescent dissolved organic matter (FDOM) probe that is only offered by YSI, is capable of providing more reliable and accurate water quality results to aid in data analysis. Additionally, the Xylem YSI product is the version currently being utilized by USACE partner agencies. Utilizing the same product will reduce the likelihood of variances in reporting results. Other features that make this model suited to CENWP-EC-HR's mission: • Combined Blue Green Algae and Chlorophyll sensors in a single device with the newest technology, critical to the Corps mission to provide the most accurate data results. • Wet mateable connections. • Universal ports to accommodate a variety of sensors. • Titanium laser-welded probe housing to resist leaks. • Sensors equipped with microprocessor chips to ensure non-failure. • All calibration data stored internally which ensures non-failure. • Equipment is capable of updating both the sonde and sensor software with newer versions in the field. Servicing the current equipment requires the entire unit be sent in which reduces the time and mission of monitoring Corps reservoirs, which is why the Corps decided to replace it with a YSI multi-parameter unit that requires only single sensors be sent in if needed. Suspending water quality monitoring is not an acceptable alternative since it is part of the Corps Water Quality Program. The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) Soliciting from a Single Source. For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The NAICS code is 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing. The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is 1,000 employees. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS. Responsible sources may submit a capability statement to the Contracting Officer before the notice end date. If no affirmative written responses are received by 12:00 PM PST on 24 August 2018, an award will be made without further notice. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice. Electronic questions shall be submitted via email to michael.e.saldana@usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notices.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Portland, Oregon, 97204, United States
- Zip Code: 97204
- Zip Code: 97204
- Record
- SN05047766-W 20180823/180821231141-2310826051c6abd83b2f634508665d80 (fbodaily.com)
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