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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 25,1999 PSA#2353USDI, 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) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0296 19990525\99-0001.SOL)
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