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B -- SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF GLACIAL ICE POC T. Wade Hillebrant, (208) 526-0547 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Mr. Hillebrant, T. Wade Hillebrant may be reached via e-mail at hillebtw@inel.gov. (This is not an announcement of the availability of an RFP or RFQ; do not send a request for a copy of a solicitation. This is a notice to proceed on a sole source basis. Sources believing themselves capable may send a statement of capability. DOE will evaluate any statements submitted to determine it this procurement should be changed from sole source to competitive. If changed to competitive, an RFQ would then be issued to those submitting capability statements.) The purpose of this notice is to announce the intent of this office to proceed on a sole source basis to the University of California at Santa Barbara, for the expertise of Dr. Vladimir Aizen to perform: 1) planning the acquisition and sampling of glacial ice at the Upper Fremont Glacier in the Wind River Range of Wyoming and at the Inilcheck Glacier in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgizstan, and 2) interpretation and analysis of the isotopic data relevant to climate change on a regional and global scale. The objectives of the project are to secure data from glacial ice-core on the distribution of specific isotopes produced by the above ground testing of nuclear weapons starting in 1945. These isotopes are used in studies of ground water at the INEEL site to estimate the time to transport any mobile contaminants leached from waste disposed at the site from approximately 1950 to 1970 to down gradient populations. Objective is to also secure information on the distribution of specific isotopes related to annual variations in temperature that can be used to measure past regional climate change, and through numerical models, predict possible future climate change. Dr. Aizen and other principals are believed to be uniquely qualified and the only one(s) capable to perform this work. Reasons are; 1) unique technical skills to measure and intrepret information from glacial ice samples and past related research documented/published in relevant professional literature, 2) Dr. Aizen is skilled in operations in alpine glacial environments and has led expeditions to the candidate sites, 3) Dr. Aizen is a native of Kyrgizstan and provides personal linkage to the national infrastructure, and 4) Dr. Aizen is an acknowledged expert in glaciology and climatology and is well published in these subjects. As stated prior, capable sources should submit statements explaining its capability. DOE will then evaluate the statements to determine if the procurement should be changed to competitive. The procurement is under the simplified acquisition procedures of FAR Part 13 and is estimated to cost less than 100k. (0096)

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