Region 10, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Management Programs, Acquisition Team, 1200 6th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101

B -- AMBIENT AIR MONITORING SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT SOL RFQ-98 DUE 033098 POC Joanne Shea, Contract Specialist, (206) 553-0310 E-MAIL: click here to contact the Contract Specialist via email, Shea.Joanne@epamail.epa.gov. The Environmental Protection Agency has a requirement for air monitoring equipment and services for Ambient Air Monitoring on Northwest Tribal Lands. This is a contemplated sole source acquisition to Airmetrics, 225 North 5th, Suite 501, Springfield, Oregon 97477. Airmetrics is the only known source from which to acquire the Mini-VOL Portable Samplers, and to perform upgrades, maintenance and training on this equipment. The sampler has the following mix of features: lightweight, portable, weatherproof, rugged, capable of 24+hours operation on a single battery charge (rechargeable), DC or AC power adaptable, remote and variable operation mode programmable, multi-pollutant sampling capable, capable of separate, sequential or simultaneous whole-air and/or filter sampling for one or more pollutants, dynamic flow-control. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quotes (RFQ) and is a combined synopsis/solicitation. The statement of work is available upon request. The following FAR clauses apply to this acquisition: 52.212-1 (Instructions to Offerors Commercial), 52.212-4 (Contract Terms and Conditions Items), 52.212-5 (Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items). Simplified Acquisition procedures will be used. The Statement of Work includes: 1)Purchase of 25 each Mini-Vol Samplers and related parts, 2)Equipment Maintenance and Repair Services, 3)Training Services for the following tribes (but not limited too) Umatilla, Warm Springs, Colville, Quinault, 4)Shipping, Receiving, Inventory and Reporting Services. Bids must be submitted no later than 5:00pm PST on March 30, 1998 to U.S. EPA, Region 10, Joanne Shea, Contract Specialist, (206) 553-0310, (206) 553-6647 fax, 1200 Sixth Avenue, OMP-148, Seattle, WA 98101. Faxed or mailed bids are acceptable. Contact Regina Thompson, EPA Project Officer (206) 553-1498 for questions regarding the statement of work. (0076)

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