SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Technical and Field Support
- Notice Date
- 11/17/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Interior, U. S. Geological Survey, U. S. Geological Survey, U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS BRANCH OF ACQUISITION AND GRANTS3020 STATE UNIVERSITY DR. EAST, MODOC HALL STE 2002 SACRAMENTO CA 95819
- ZIP Code
- 95819
- Solicitation Number
- 09WRQQ0018
- Response Due
- 11/24/2008
- Archive Date
- 11/17/2009
- Point of Contact
- VERITA FRIESNER CONTRACTING SPECIALIST 9162789328 vfriesner@usgs.gov;<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The U.S. Geological Survey, Western Earthquakes Hazards, Menlo Park, CA has a requirement for a base and one (1) option year for technical and field support for the Sacramento/San Joaquin and North Bay Projects and development and maintenance of portable recorders and playback facility. This task is accomplished in part by gathering new data on the mechanisms that contribute to the character of shaking at a particular site whether from source properties or from effects due to the propagation path. The Contractor shall have a working knowledge of seismic instrumentation that includes Refraction Technology recorders, Kinemetrics recorders; Guralp and Streckheisen sensors; driver's license; familiarity with computers and PASSCAL software. Contractor to maintain the 11 station array in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta. Troubleshoot problems with Quanterra and Refraction Technology recorders. Maintain 14 station array in North San Francisco Bay. Stations are equipped with Refraction Technology recorders and accelerometers. Help Maintain and resite 40 station array in San Jose. Instruments are Kinemtrics K-2s with episenors. Playback data into Antelope database running on Linux PC system. Archive data and distribute data in SAC and DR100 format. Calibrate Guralp cmg-40t, Kinemetrics episenors, Mark products L-4, and L-22 geophones. The Contractor will be required to deploy seismic recorders, change records at field sites, play data back, archive data, distribute data, calibrate instruments, maintain contact with the PASSCAL organization, and troubleshoot problems with field recorders. The Government anticipates award of a commerical item under the simplified acquisition threshold. The Request for Quote (RFQ) 09WRQQ0018 will be posted on or about 11/21/2008. Once issued, the RFQ may be viewed on the Department of the Interior Business Opportunities Web Page at http://ideasec.nbc.gov. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the Agency. Vendors are encouraged to notify the Contracting Officer of their interest in this acquisition. The Contracting Officer may be contacted via email at vfriesner@usgs.gov. THIS REQUIREMENT IS SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
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