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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 25,1999 PSA#2353

USDI, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon State Office (952), P. O. Box 2965, Portland, Oregon 97208-2965

99 -- SMOKE MONITORING NETWORK FOR OREGON AND WASHINGTON SOL HAR992067 DUE 070899 POC Tom Fulton (503)952-6218, FAX (503) 952-6312 E-MAIL: BLM, or952mb@or.blm.gov. The Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service cooperatively propose to negotiate a noncompetitive award of a five-year incrementally-funded contract with the State of Oregon, Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), for installation, operation, and maintenance of a Government-furnished fixed system composed of 10 nephelometers and one medium-volume PM2.5 sampler covering the period 10/1/98-9/30/2003. This is an expansion of an existing arrangement with DEQ. Services to be performed include: a. Equipment installation and operator training: assemble and configure equipment at contractor lab facility, transport and install equipment at various monitoring locations when ready and available, train BLM and Forest Service site operator(s) at each site, provide filters and holders for PM2.5 sample collection associated with the medium-volume sampler, report PM2.5 mass data electronically each quarter to BLM and Forest Service; b. Site Operations: provide review of operation procedures for BLM and Forest Service staff, ensure that BLM and Forest Service staff have copies of operating procedures, provide technical support for each site, provide monthly site review during operations period, supply routine data quality control, editing, and archiving of the data record, do off-site trouble shooting and network support via site phone, do one non-scheduled repair trip as needed; c. Data Retrieval: ensure that BLM and Forest Service staff have written procedures on retrieval of data from the site(s) datalogers, retrieve hourly data averages twice daily and store for later use, ensure that BLM and Forest Service staff have written procedures on retrieval of hourly data from stored sources, provide any technical assistance needed with data retrieval problems from established site(s) within the network; d. Site Shutdown: following the prescribed operating site season of use, equipment will be shut down and removed for off-season storage in the contractor's laboratory, repairs (if needed) will accomplished along with storage maintenance work. Proposal Area: Fixed nephelometer sites will be established and maintained within the communities of Enterprise, John Day, Baker City, Burns, and La Grande, Oregon from March through November and Asotin, Washington from April through November. In addition, nephelometers will be placed within the rural areas outside of the designated population areas in Oregon at Provolt, the Illinois Valley, Ruch, and Shady Cove Oregon areas on a year-around basis. A medium-volume sampler will also be placed and maintained at Provolt for the same period. The State of Oregon, Department of Environmental Quality, is uniquely qualified to provide the needed support as they are the only contractor known to possess the following qualifications needed to meed the Bureau's requirements: (1) Ability to expand a state-operated air quality monitoring network that has passed state quality assurance and quality control criteria; (2) ability to provide data from the existing DEQ database containing related datafrom other locations; and (3) ability to utilize a data collection process sanctioned by the state DEQ free of actual or perceived bias by federal land managers. Firms which meet the above contract requirements should submit their qualifications in writing specifically addressing the three criteria described above to the Contracting Officer. All responsible sources may submit a response which will be considered. See Numbered Note: 22. Posted 05/21/99 (W-SN334548). (0141)

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