SOLICITATION NOTICE
F -- Particulate Monitoring and Elemental Analysis Program (IMPROVE)
- Notice Date
- 4/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- WASO-WCP Denver Contracting & Procurement P.O. Box 25287 MS WCP Denver CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- N2350064026
- Response Due
- 6/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/14/2007
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Park Service, Department of Interior, is planning to solicit proposals from potential contractors for its particulate monitoring and elemental analysis program (IMPROVE). This solicitation will be issued electronically, on the Department of Interior's National Business Center (NBC) web site at http://ideasec.nbc.gov and at the Government-wide Point of Entry at http://www.fbo.gov/. Paper copies of this solicitation will not be made available. Proposal documents will be available in Microsoft Word, HTML, and/or Adobe PDF formats. Offerors wishing to receive electronic notification of changes will need to register to receive notification of this specific solicitation at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. This service is provided for convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee of notification. Subscribers to this service are ultimately responsible for reviewing the http://ideasec.nbc.gov site for all information relevant to this solicitation. Potential offerors should visit this website periodically to check for amendments and other changes to the contract documents. IT IS THE OFFEROR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PERIODICALLY CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE SOLICITATION. No other notifications will be sent. " Proposed Issue Date: May 12, 2006 " Title of Project: Particulate Monitoring and Elemental Analysis Program (IMPROVE) " Approximate Proposal Receipt Date: June 15, 2006 " Description: The National Park Service (NPS), Natural Resources Program Center (NRPC-Denver) Air Resources Division proposes to award a contract for the operation and maintenance of its nationwide IMPROVE (Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments) fine particle monitoring network. The purpose of this contract is to deploy and service equipment, analyze samples for mass and elemental concentrations (hydrogen and sodium through lead) and optical absorptions, to coordinate analyses of same for certain ions and carbonaceous materials, to establish and conduct an internal quality assurance program, to conduct inter-laboratory comparisons, and to prepare summary analyses of all particulate data including ions and carbonaceous material. This network, which was established by NPS in 1981, currently consists of 164 stations located on NPS, U.S. Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, tribal, and state lands. The IMPROVE program is a cooperative measurement effort designed to establish current visibility and aerosol conditions in mandatory VPFAs to identify chemical species and emission sources responsible for existing man-made visibility impairment and to document long-term trends for assessing progress toward the national visibility goal. The IMPROVE program is managed by a Steering Committee; the National Park Service manages the IMPROVE monitoring efforts on behalf of the Steering Committee. This National Park Service solicitation covers the monitoring efforts for all mandatory Class I Federal areas, as well as any other monitoring using the IMPROVE monitoring protocols. The successful offeror will work through the National Park Service on all contractual related matters; other agencies sponsoring IMPROVE protocol monitors will work through the National Park Service to access the resources available through the proposed contract. " Type of Procurement: An indefinite quantity indefinite delivery negotiated fixed price contract is anticipated for award requiring submission of both a technical and a price proposal. The government will consider an offeror's technical capability in comparison to its price. The contract award will be for one base year, with four one-year options to extend up to a total of five (5) years. " Estimated price range, $17-19 million (total for 5 years) " Pre-Proposal Meeting: May 17, 2006 (tentative); 10:00 MST, Academy Place, Rm 435, 7333 W. Jefferson, Lakewood, CO 80235 " Proposal receipt date is approximate; actual date will be established at the time proposal documents are available. " All responsible sources may submit an offer that will be considered.
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- Record
- SN01028615-W 20060416/060414221114 (fbodaily.com)
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