USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office(952), P. O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965

R -- STREAMFLOW AND TEMPERATURE MONITORING JOHN DAY RIVER BASIN SOL 1422H952-RP6-2002 DUE 092195 POC Pierre Mathies, 503-952-6226/Contracting Officer, Robert Heato 952-6224. The Bureau of Land Management proposes to noncompetitively negotiate a five-year sole source contract with Grant County, Oregon, to conduct all necessary work to construct, operate, maintain, service, calibrate and monitor 5 existing streamflow gauges, air temperature and water temperature monitoring stations and 4 new gauging and temperature monitoring stations on the John Day River basin. Contractor will be required to provide raw electronic data of streamflow, air and water temperature quarterly, supply provisional records of daily and monthly discharge and air and water temperature quarterly, develop a water use reporting program and furnish annually a basin level water use report. In addition, the contractor must characterize the basin's hydrographic features based upon a minimum of a five-year period of record and insure validity and security of data by following direction or procedures established by the Water Resource Director. Reporting of temperature and river discharge records shall include at least the following and be based upon recognized or accepted hydrological techniques: A. A review of field surveys or levels and verification of data accuracy. B. A review of discharge measurements, staff gauge measurements and temperature measurements. C. A list and plot of gauge height and discharge, or rating curves and rating tables. D. Verifying, documenting and reporting all required control shifts. E. Modification or updating of rating curve and rating tables. F. Verification of the validity of gauge height and temperature measurements. G. Verification of primary computation of discharge data. H. Validation of primary records. I. Estimation of missing data points. Prospective contractors will be evaluated on (1) their ability to provide the services listed above, (2) their authorization to provide this service by the State of Oregon, and (3) their access to previous years' streamflow and temperature data to prepare the reports and records required. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0216)

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