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 solicitation will be posted, http://www.epa.gov/oa,/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. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be issued on or around October 30, 1997, and that proposals will be due approximately 30 days later. A preproposal conference will be held in the Research Triangle Park area approximately one week after the solicitation is issued. The exact time and location of the conference will be posted before October 30 in the Status file for this procurement which can be located at the following Internet site: http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. Firms are encouraged to access the solicitation via Internet at the same address. 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. If you requst a diskette of the solicitation, you will receive amendments by mail, unless you notify us otherwise. Telephone and fax requests will not be honored. If you will be obtaining a copy of the solicitation via Internet, it will be your responsibility to frequently check the same site where the solicitation is posted for any amendments. EPA anticipates the award of multiple indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts under which fixed priced delivery orders will be issued as a result of the solicitation. 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 (1095), sequential (1755), portable audit sampler (605) and speciation (565). 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 is being conducted as a partial small business set-aside. 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. Only one copy of the solicitation shall be sent to a corporate entity, regardless of the number of requests from one or more different geographic locations. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Agency. See Numbered Note 26.***** (0259)

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