U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: CMB-A, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

66 -- NATIONAL CONTRACTS FOR PM2.5 MONITORS SOL PR-NC-97-10411 POC Kathy Moore, Contract Specialist, (919) 541-3504/Sue Miller, Contracting Officer (919) 541-3504 WEB: Click here to go to the web page where the draft solicitation will be posted., http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via e-mail., moore.kathyh@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a requirement for a series of National Contracts for PM2.5 Monitors. Under these contracts, four different ambient air particulate pollution monitors would be procured: single channel, sequential, portable audit samplers, and speciation monitors, along with operating manuals for the monitors. The EPA intends to issue a draft solicitation on or around July 31, 1997. NO PROPOSALS ARE DESIRED AS A RESULT OF THIS DRAFT SOLICITATION. The draft will be issued for the purpose of obtaining comments from potential offerors, and will be available for comment until approximately August 15, 1997. The draft solicitation will be available via the Internet World Wide Web at http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the draft solicitation via Internet. Firms who do not have the capability to obtain the draft solicitation from Internet, may submit a written request for a diskette with the draft solicitation in WordPerfect 6.1 format from the contact point at the address above -- however only those firms who do not have the capability to obtain the draft solicitation from the Internet should request diskettes. EPA anticipates the award of multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity with fixed prices contracts as a result of the solicitation. It is currently anticipated that the final solicitation will be issued on or around October 30, 1997, with proposals due thirty days later. Contract award is planned for March 31, 1998. It is currently planned that the contracts will have a five year ordering period. The maximum number of monitors to be procured across all awarded contracts during the five year period is as follows: single channel (807), sequential (1641), portable audit sampler (381) and speciation (782). Multiple contracts will be awarded for each of the monitor types. It is currently anticipated that approximately five single channel, four sequential, five portable audit sampler and three speciation monitor contracts will be awarded. SIC No. 3829 applies; size standard of 500 employees. This requirement represents a continued requirement of the following purchase orders (which were awarded June 23, 1997) for First Article Units and designation packages of two of the four types of monitors required under this procurement: 1) 7D-0594-NTLX and 7D-0598-NTLX with Thermo Environmental Instruments, Inc., 2) 7D-0595-NTSA and 7D-0600-NTSA with Graseby, 3) 7D-0595-TTSA with BGI Incorporated, 4) 7D-0597-NTSA and 7D-0593-NTSA with Rupprecht and Patashnik Co., Inc. and 5) 7D-0599-NTSA with URG Corporation. All responsible sources are invited to submit comments.***** (0209)

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