SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- SOLE SOURCE TO HUBBARD BROOK RESEARCH FOUNDATION
- Notice Date
- 6/18/2014
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 611699
— All Other Miscellaneous Schools and Instruction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 1992 Folwell Avenue -, Acquisition Management, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55108
- ZIP Code
- 55108
- Solicitation Number
- AG-63PX-P-14-0057
- Archive Date
- 7/10/2014
- Point of Contact
- David Easter, Phone: 651-649-5236
- E-Mail Address
-
dceaster@fs.fed.us
(dceaster@fs.fed.us)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The purpose of this announcement is to provide notice that the USDA Forest Service intends to make a firm fixed price, sole source award to Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, Thornton, NH for the purchase of annual consortium fees. The intent to make this sole source award is based on an unsolicited proposal received which demonstrates meritorious methods, approaches, concepts, socioeconomic merits, and the potential contribution of the effort to the USDA Forest Service mission. For 43 years, hundreds of scientists working at the 7,600-hundred acre Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire have studied the ecological patterns and processes that characterize forests in eastern North America, assembling a massive, uninterrupted data record of meteorology, hydrology, biogeochemistry, forest growth, and population dynamics of key wildlife species. Quite simply, what goes on in bowl-shaped Hubbard Brook valley is the longest running, most comprehensive ecosystem study in the world. The continuing ecological record has proven to be invaluable for identifying and helping to solve vexing environmental problems and for pursuing significant new research questions. The variety of scientific endeavors known collectively as the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study has become a world force in ecosystem thinking. Over the years, hundreds of scientists, representing more than 40 universities, government agencies, and other institutions, have conducted research at Hubbard Brook. Over 90 Ph.D. dissertations, 52 Master's theses, 44 Senior Honors theses, 1,260 scientific papers and numerous books have been published based on studies conducted at Hubbard Brook. Since precipitation and stream studies were initiated in 1963, scientists have collected more that 40,000 water samples at Hubbard Brook. Each water sample is typically analyzed for 17 different chemical constituents. Monitoring is conducted on a year-round basis with support from the USDA Forest Service, National Science Foundation, and private funding sources. This announcement is published as a sole source in accordance with FAR 13.106-1. This is not a request for competitive quotes. The intent of this announcement is for informational purposes only. However, all information received by 10:00 a.m. (CST), June 25, 2014 will be considered by the Government.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA FOREST SERVICE, NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION, DURHAM, New Hampshire, 03824, United States
- Zip Code: 03824
- Zip Code: 03824
- Record
- SN03399188-W 20140620/140619022119-6cdf5577d02dfbc3704b3e1d51b5e1de (fbodaily.com)
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