SPECIAL NOTICE
B -- B--WATER CHEMISTRY ANALYSIS (sole source notice)
- Notice Date
- 6/21/2021 4:50:05 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- PWR OLYM MABO(83000) PORT ANGELES WA 98362 USA
- ZIP Code
- 98362
- Solicitation Number
- DOIPFBO210052
- Response Due
- 7/6/2021 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 07/21/2021
- Point of Contact
- Welch, Sarah, Phone: (360) 854-7220, Fax: (360)856-1934
- E-Mail Address
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Sarah_Welch@nps.gov
(Sarah_Welch@nps.gov)
- Description
- This publication serves as notice of intent to procure water chemistry analysis for long-term limnological and water quality investigations for the Department of the Interior, National Park Service, on a sole source basis from the Cooperative Chemical Analytical Laboratory at Oregon State University, Corvallis OR (CCAL) under the authority of FAR 13.106-1. The contract will be for sample processing and analysis during a base period; the government will have the option to order additional sample analyses during four subsequent ordering periods with final data due to NPS by 5/31/2026 if orders are placed in each period. A signed Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition for Simplified Acquisitions is on file (excerpts are pasted below). This Notice of Intent is not a request for price quotations, nor will award be made on the basis of quotations received in response to this notice. No solicitation document exists. Parties with questions about this notice may contact the Contracting Officer at sarah_welch@nps.gov. JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION for SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS OVER $10,000 AND UP TO $250,000 (See FAR 13.106-1) Date: May 14, 2021 1. Nature and/or description of the item/service being procured and its intended use (include the anticipated cost): Preparation of consumables and analysis of water chemistry for approximately 50 samples per year, from five parks in the North Coast and Cascades Network: Ebey's Landing National Historic Reserve, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Mount Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park Service Complex, and Olympic National Park. Analyses support the Long-term Mountain Lakes and Water Quality Monitoring Programs in all five parks, along with various additional long-term water quality monitoring aquatic research projects among the parks. The National Park Service's Pacific West Region has been procuring water sample analyses for long-term ecological monitoring programs since 1984, and the five North Coast and Cascades Network parks have been collecting and analyzing samples since 1986. Analyses may include a combination of Total Nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, Orthophosphate, Nitrate + Nitrite, Ammonia, Total Dissolved Solids, Chloride, Sulfate, Sodium, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Dissolved Organic Carbon; although additional analyses and services may be requested per the North Coast and Cascades Network's (NCCN's) Long-term Mountain Lakes and Water Quality Monitoring Programs. Total anticipated cost for five years is $70,000, allowing for slight increases in analyte prices yearly. 2. Sole Source Justification rationale (Check one and explain below): ___X__ Only one responsible source. The North Coast and Cascades Network (NCCN) and additional park projects require the analysis of water chemistry for long-term limnological and water quality investigations. Water from various sources, among all participating parks, is routinely analyzed for water chemistry to assess current status, to detect changes from year to year, and to identify long-term trends in lake, river and stream ecology. Research for the NCCN began in 1986 and Cooperative Chemical Analytical Laboratory (CCAL) has been the sole lab providing water chemistry analysis for 34 years. To identify changes in water quality over time, it is imperative that analytical methods and the lab that conducts them remain identical throughout the duration of the study. Utilizing a single lab throughout the duration of a study provides the precision required to detect changes from year to year and to detect long-term ecological trends, which supports the main purpose of the ecological monitoring conducted by the NCCN. By using the same laboratory from year to year we are ensured that the same process of analysis is being performed on the same instruments from year to year. Noise in the form of decreased precision, introduced by switching labs, even every few years, would make detecting changes, both annual and long-term, impossible; especially given the sensitive nature of some of the environments being studied in the NCCN. The Cooperative Chemical Analytical Laboratory is a non-profit cooperative laboratory operated by the College of Forestry at Oregon State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. CCAL specializes in high quality, trace level in-house analysis of nutrients, ions, and physical properties of lake, stream, precipitation, and groundwater research samples. 3. Market Research. We performed market research online and by inquiry direct to labs, to understand analytical methods and prices. The prices charged by CCAL are fair and reasonable when compared to the pricing structures of other laboratories.
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