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

A -- ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTION/STREAM TEMPERATURE DATABASE DEVELOPMENT SOL RFQ-EPA-UGR012 DUE 092998 POC Joanne Shea, 206-553-0310 Contractual, Scott Augustine, 206-553-1795 Technical WEB: To obtain the SF-18, http://www.gsa.gov/forms. E-MAIL: Joanne Shea, Contract Specialist (fax) 206-553-6647, Shea.Joanne@epamail.epa.gov. COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DATA COLLECTION AND STREAM TEMPERATURE DATABASE DEVELOPMENT. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to procure the subject data services in accordance with the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (under $100,000) authorized in FAR Part 13. This announcement constitutes a combined snynopsis/solicitation, and a separate solicitation will not be issued. To obtain a copy of the statement of work contact Joanne Shea, 206-553-0310. The solicitation includes all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAR FAC 97-05. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8999. This requirement is set-aside for small businesses. SIC 8999 dictates Small Business as earning $5M per year or less. BACKGROUND: The databases assembled under this contract will be used to advance the understanding of the temperature regimes of the Columbia and Snake River systems, and the effects on the river's ecosystem caused by changes in the thermal regime. The data will also be used to help establish numerical regional target ranges for incorporation into State/Tribal water quality criteria, standards, NPDES permit limits, and total maximum daily loads (TMDL's). In addition, the data will be used in conjuntion with other datasets as inputs to models and for visualization exercises that support ongoing work within the EPA Region 10. REQUIREMENTS: The contractor will locate, acquire, compile and perform quality assurance services of continuously-recorded water temperature data. The data will have been recorded at the stations located near the mouth of each of the tributary streams and rivers that flow into the Columbia and Snake Rivers in Oregon and Washington. The acquisition, compilation and quality assurance of data will be from existing temparature data sets from sources that do not currently put their data into the EPA STORage and RETrevial (STORET) database. All temperature data will be submitted to the EPA as celsius values. All data will be submitted in digital form. All submitted data must be in Dbase version III or IV format, and all files should have a .dbf extension. PROVISIONS AND CLAUSES: The solicitation incorporates the EPA REPRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATIONS AND OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS OR QUOTERS (SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS). The award document will incorporate the requirements of the clause FAR 52.213-4, TERMS AND CONDITIONS -- SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITIONS. TECHNICAL EVALUATION CRITERIA: The technical portion of quotations will receive paramount consideration in selecting a vendor. However, price will also be a significant factor in the event that two or more vendors are determined to be essentially equal following the evaluation of technical factors. In any event, the Government reserves the right to make award to the vendor whose offer provides the greatest overall value to the Government. Offers will be evaluated based on the following technical evaluation criteria: (1)Industry specific expertise -- water temperature data collection, environmental database knowledge, preferably with STORET database (50%) (2) Past performance -- knowledge of stream/river recording stations (Columbia and upper Snake River in Oregon and Washington) (50%) OFFERS: Offers must be submitted on an SF-18 that is signed by an authorized representative of the offeror and includes a completed "Schedule of Offered Supplies/Services". You can locate a copy of the SF-18 on http://www.gsa.gov/forms. The offer price must include all materials, labor hours, contractor personnel hourly rates, travel costs, indirect costs and total contract cost. Offers must be accompanied by materials demonstrating that the offer and offeror meet the foregoing requirements and evaluation criteria. Offers and related materials must be received in this office by 4:00 pm PST on September 29, 1998. Faxed bids are acceptable. If requesting a copy of the statement of work please indicate your name, address, telephone and fax numbers. Posted 09/18/98 (W-SN251934). (0261)

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