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B -- FISH TISSUE ANALYSIS SOL RFQ 98WRQQ1028 DUE 083198 POC Rita A. Leach E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, rleach@usgs.gov. This synopsis for a Commercial Item is prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6, and supplemented with additional information. Provisions and clauses are in effect through FAC 97-05. This procurement is unrestricted to business size. The sic code is 8999 with corresponding size standard of $5.0 million average sales over each of the preceding three years. Offerors should indicate business size relative to the SIC Code. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Water Resources Division, Tacoma, Washington has a requirement to contract for the services of a laboratory which can demonstrate their ability to perform the laboratory analysis of polychlorinated dibenzo p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzo-p-furans isomers (PCDDs/PCDFs) (EPA Method 1613B), percent lipids, and toxic, dioxin-like, PCB congeners (EPA Method 1668 and/or Method 8080) in ten to thirty fish tissue samples. The analyzes shall be completed by November 30, 1998. Deliver F.O.B Destination to Tacoma, Washington. Qualification Criteria: In order for the Government to determine that a prospective laboratory has the experience, personnel and ability to meet the USGS objectives, offerors must submit the following information with their price quote: 1. Provide a list of senior personnel, and their experience, that will be involved in the analysis of all samples. 2. Provide the number of fish tissue samples your laboratory has analyzed. 3. Provide the number of fish tissue samples your laboratory has analyzed using EPA Method 1613B (dioxins and furans), EPA Method 1668 (dioxin-like PCB congeners), and EPA Method 8080 (Aroclor PCBs). Include the total number of analyses along with the number you have done for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 4. Provide the number of years your laboratory has been in operation and the number of years your laboratory has performed EPA Methods 1613B, 1668, and 8080. 5. Provide the number of fish samples you have homogenized for analysis and what method(s) you use. 6. Provide a copy of the portions of the laboratory's standard operating procedures and quality assurance plan that relate to the above analysis. 7. Provide a copy of the safety plan and waste disposal plan if it is not in the quality assurance plan. 8. Provide a list of the instrumentation you have in your laboratory. The provisions at DIAR 1452.212-1 DEV, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, and FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, apply to this acquisition. Please include a completed copy of the provisions at FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items with offer. Copies of this provision may be obtained by contacting the Contracting Officer. The FAR Clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items, and DIAR 1452.212-5 DEV, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items apply to this acquisition. Proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria in descending order of importance: (a) conformance to the specifications contained in the RFQ, (b) quality of fish tissue analysis, (c) past performance in production of similar services, and (d) price. The Government may award without discussion. Proposals must be received in this office by 2:00 p.m. PST, August 31, 1998. Please contact the Rita Leach, Contracting Officer, for a copy of the Request for Quotation. Posted 08/05/98 (W-SN233276). (0217)

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