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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 31, 2004 FBO #0978
SOURCES SOUGHT

B -- Consulting Services for Reclamation's Water Treatment Engineering and Research Group (WaTER) Net New Water Supply (NEWAS) Study and Portfolio Approach to Water Supply (PAWS) Planning.

Notice Date

7/29/2004
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PO BOX 25007, D-7810 DENVER CO 80225
 

ZIP Code

80225
 

Solicitation Number

04SQ810164
 

Response Due

8/9/2004
 

Archive Date

7/29/2005
 

Point of Contact

LISA HAYES PURCHASING AGENT 3034452606 lhayes@do.usbr.gov;
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Sources Sought (Best Value) The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) has a requirement for Consulting services to adapt and update existing economic evaluation method and identify additional methods to Reclamation's Water Treatment Engineering and Research Group (WaTER) Net New Water Supply (NEWAS) Study and Portfolio Approach to Water Supply (PAWS) Planning. This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP) and using the best value method. The requirement of this best value method is that contractors interested in this procurement have some knowledge of the following areas and must submit a separate package supporting this to be evaluated. Those areas being evaluated, along with price, are: (a) Must have economic knowledge of water supply reliability concepts and the applied evaluation of this water supply characteristic. (b) Must have familiarity with the unique values associated with locally developed water supplies such as recycled water, desalinated brackish ground and surface waters, and water from polluted sources. (c) Must be able to adapt economic theories of value and theory of the unique values of water supplies to the applied analytical needs of the NEWAS Study and PAWS Planning. (d) Must be capable of converting risk concepts in water supply/management programs to analytical methodologies resulting in benefit/risk tradeoff calculations. (e) Must have experience with local water agency wholesale and retail water management issues and planning challenges. (f) Must have experience in the economic evaluation of water conservation programs, water recycling programs, and desalination programs. (g) Experience with Reclamation facilities desirable but not necessary. (h) Experience and knowledge of contemporary Western water issues is also desirable. (i) Demonstrated capability must be in the form of citable publications. It is anticipated that the performance period shall commence upon date of award through September 30, 2005. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this procurement is 541620, with a small business size standard of $6.0 Million. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued on or about August 16, 2004. Interested sources may access the RFQ No. 04SQ810164 from the internet website address at http://ideasec.nbc.gov/. Inquiries regarding this procurement will only be accepted by FAX at (720) 544-4570, Attention Lisa D. Hayes. See Note 1.
 

Web Link

Please click here to view more details.
(http://ideasec.nbc.gov/j2ee/announcementdetail.jsp?serverId=BR142581&objId=86105)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Denver, CO

Zip Code: 80225

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00633194-W 20040731/040729212734 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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