SOURCES SOUGHT
99 -- Trinidad Head Atmospheric Baseline Observatory Management & Operation
- Notice Date
- 2/18/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division-Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- THD2014-201900155
- Archive Date
- 3/20/2014
- Point of Contact
- Mark Caban, Phone: 303-497-6875
- E-Mail Address
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mark.caban@noaa.gov
(mark.caban@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. The Department of Commerce (DOC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are seeking sources capable of performing the requirements necessary to maintain the Trinidad Head Observatory facility (THD) and instrumentation year round; site must be staffed 7 days a week to verify instrumentation, security, calibrations, and maintenance. The mission is to acquire, evaluate and make available accurate, long-term records of atmospheric gases, aerosol particles, and solar radiation in a manner that allows the causes of the change to be understood. The Government is especially interested in responses from SBA certified small business concerns that are capable of performing the work described within this notice. Trinidad Head Observatory (THD) is located on a point jutting into the ocean along the remote northern coast of California approximately 40 km (25 miles) north of Eureka, California, and the main regional population center. To the immediate west of Trinidad Head is the unobstructed Pacific Ocean and to the east are redwood-dominated forestlands. Because of the characteristics of a relatively remote coastal location (insignificant anthropogenic influences and prevailing maritime airflow) the Trinidad Head site is an important location, providing an opportunity to observe and monitor both regional and global influences. An instrument trailer was installed in April 2002 allowing measurements of aerosols, surface ozone, radiation, and flask sampling for halocarbons and carbon cycle gases. Bi-weekly airborne vertical profile measurements will provide a continuous baseline of pollution and climate forcing agents in air entering the U.S. Already, at this location, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is operating two in situ instruments that complement the NOAA measurements, one as part of the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment (AGAGE), the other for measuring changes in atmospheric oxygen concentrations. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: Instrument suite is highly specialized and requires a skilled technician to operate. The government does not provide training on the instrumentation. Vehicle access to Trinidad Head is gated and the City of Trinidad issues the key. Vehicle access is required by the contractor to meet the NOAA mission at Trinidad Head. The contractor shall provide all supervision, material, and labor necessary to maintain the THD. The anticipated period of performance is a one-year base period with four-one year option periods. The planned work may include, but is not limited to, the following: Maintain the observatory facility and instrumentation year round; site must be staffed 7 days a week to verify instrumentation, security, calibrations, and maintenance. Facility maintenance includes, but not limited to, general upkeep and rust mitigation for the NOAA trailer, tower, and electric vehicle. Instrument operations include: 1. Condensation Nuclei Counter (CNC). • A CNC is used to measure particle number concentrations. Particles are drawn into the CNC and vapor is condensed on the particles so that they grow to a size detectable by the instrument optics and thus can be counted. 2. Aerosol Nephelometer, Pump Box and associated electronics. • The TSI nephelometer (TSI Model#3563) measures total scattering (between 7 and 170 degrees) and backscattering (between 90 and 170 degrees) by aerosol particles at three wavelengths: blue (450 nm), green (550 nm) and red (700 nm). 3. Aerosol air-intake stack and blower. • Specially designed aerosol stack and inlet system that provides excellent sampling efficiency for sub-10um aerosol. It is less effective for ultra-fine aerosol. The high sample flow (150 lpm) allows for multiple instruments to get their sample from the same inlet. 4. Meteorology system (data logger, wind, pressure, temp, relative humidity). • Coastal Environmental data logger connected to RM Young 05103 wind bird, Setra Pressure model 270 sensor, Logan Enterprises platinum resistance probes (temp), and a Vaisala HMP50 relative humidity probe. 5.NASA Micropulse LIDAR. • The NASA Micro Pulse Lidar Network (MPLNET) (Welton et al., 2001) is a federated network of Micro Pulse Lidar (MPL) systems designed to measure aerosol and cloud vertical structure continuously, day and night, over long time periods required to contribute to climate change studies and provide ground validation for models and satellite sensors in the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS). 6. Solar Radiation Array. • The Precision Spectral Pyranometer is a World Meteorological Organization First Class Radiometer designed for the measurement of sun and sky radiation, totally or in defined broad wavelength bands. It comprises a circular multi-junction wire-wound Eppley thermopile, which has the ability to withstand severe mechanical vibration and shock. Its receiver is coated with Parson's black lacquer (non wavelength selective absorption). This instrument is supplied with a pair of removable precision ground and polished hemispheres of Schott optical glass. Both hemispheres are made of clear WG295 glass, which is uniformly transparent to energy between 0.285 to 2.8µm. • The Precision Infrared Radiometer, Pyrgeometer, is intended for unidirectional operation in the measurement, separately, of incoming or outgoing terrestrial radiation as distinct from net long-wave flux. The PIR comprises a circular multi-junction wire-wound Eppley thermopile that has the ability to withstand severe mechanical vibration and shock. Its receiver is coated with Parson's black lacquer (non-wavelength selective absorption). Temperature compensation of detector response is incorporated. Radiation emitted by the detector in its corresponding orientation is automatically compensated, eliminating that portion of the signal. A battery voltage, precisely controlled by a thermistor, which senses detector temperature continuously, is introduced into the principle electrical circuit. Isolation of long-wave radiation from solar short-wave radiation in daytime is accomplished by using a silicone dome. The inner surface of this hemisphere has a vacuum-deposited interference filter with a transmission range of approximately 3.5 to 50 µm. 7. CIMEL robotic sun photometer. • The AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) program is a federation of ground-based remote sensing aerosol networks established by NASA and PHOTONS (Univ. of Lille 1, CNES, and CNRS-INSU) and is greatly expanded by collaborators from national agencies, institutes, universities, individual scientists, and partners. The system provides a long-term, continuous and readily accessible public domain database of aerosol optical, microphysical and radiative properties for aerosol research and characterization, validation of satellite retrievals, and synergism with other databases. AERONET collaboration provides globally distributed observations of spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD), inversion products, and precipitable water in diverse aerosol regimes. Aerosol optical depth data are computed for three data quality levels: Level 1.0 (unscreened), Level 1.5 (cloud-screened), and Level 2.0 (cloud-screened and quality-assured). Inversions, precipitable water, and other AOD-dependent products are derived from these levels and may implement additional quality checks. 8. TEI surface ozone detector. • Near ground level ozone is currently monitored using ultraviolet absorption photometers (TEI model 49i) at >0.5ppb precision at eight sites that are generally representative of background global conditions. These sites, including Trinidad Head, provide information on possible long-term changes in tropospheric ozone near the surface. 9. Greenhouse Gas Flask sampling pump, glass flasks, and shipping supplies. • The Global Greenhouse Gas Reference Network measures the atmospheric distribution and trends of the three main long-term drivers of climate change, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as carbon monoxide (CO) which is an important indicator of air pollution. The network is a part of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. The measurement program includes around the clock measurements at 4 baseline observatories and 8 tall towers, air samples collected by volunteers at more than 50 sites, and air samples collected regularly from small aircraft mostly in North America. The air samples are returned to Boulder for analysis. All measurements of up to ~55 trace gases are subject to stringent quality control procedures, and are directly traceable to internationally accepted calibration scales where possible. Measurements are made in custom glass flasks and filled by NOAA designed and built pump boxes deployed to all field locations. 10. Logistical support/supplies for other episodic sampling campaigns conducted by NOAA as well as non-NOAA entities (partners). The NAICS code for this requirement is 541990, Professional, Scientific and Technical Services and the small-business size standard is $14.0. The Government anticipates awarding a fixed-price service contract for maintaining the THD. This request for information does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will be issued. Nor does this request for information constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise that any procurement action that may be issued for the Government's requirements related to any THD maintenance. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of contractor's information. The Government shall not be liable for or suffer any consequential damages for proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Please submit information to include: 1) Your firm's DUNS number & CAGE code; 2) Your firm's SBA certified small business concern status. Specifically identify if your firm is HUBZone-certified, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, or SBA 8(a) program certified; 3) A brief description of your firm's recent past experience (within past 3 years) performing complex similar work as described above; 4) Identify from the list of major work components above those that your firm would likely subcontract out. Any subsequent contract will contain the mandatory FAR clause 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, which limits subcontracting costs to 50% of the price of the contract. Information must be received by the Contract Specialist, Mr. Mark Caban, at mark.caban@noaa.gov by close-of-business on Wednesday, March 05, 2014. Do not call regarding this sources sought notice. Any questions or responses regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via e-mail to the above e-mail address. Firms that are interested in sub-contracting opportunities related to this project should contact interested contractors with inquiries, not the Contracting Officer.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Northern coast of California approximately 40 km (25 miles) north of Eureka, California. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/obop/thd/, United States
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