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B -- DESIGN, DEPLOYMENT, & RETRIEVAL OF SCIENTIFIC OCEAN INSTRUMENTS!! SOL 99WRSS0020 DUE 081799 POC Bernard S. Jackson at (650) 329-4160 WEB: NA!!, NA!!. E-MAIL: Click here to Contact the Contracting Officer via, sbjackson@usgs.gov. The U.S. Geological Survey has a requirement for the design and fabrication of instrument containers; the deployment and retrieval of the containers; and the download of data from the instruments used to measure directional waves and currents during the fall and winter of 1999 in the vicinity of the Grays Harbor ebb-tidal delta on the Washington State coast.THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS / SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS (SERVICES)PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are bing requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This is Request for Proposals No. 99WRSS0020. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular No. 97-13. This acquisition is a 100% small business set-aside; small business size standard is 500 employees. Standard Industrial Classification is 8731. CONTRACT LINE ITEMS: CLIN 0001 -- Design and Construct Containers: to mount the oceanographic instruments provided as GFE listed herein. Containers must be designed to withstand wave and current conditions off the coast of Washington State and must be designed to minimize flow disturbance. Five (5) of the containers should be designed to hold a Hydra, pressure sensor, upward looking ADP, OBS, and battery packs. Two (2) of the containers should be designed to hold the SBE-26. The containers should be designed to be deployed and recovered without SCUBA divers; should be designed with contractor-provided redundant systems for locating and retrieval; should be designed to withstand multiple deployments in a salt-water environment. CLIN 0002 -- Perform Initial Set-up and Testing: of all GFE oceanographic instruments to be deployed in the Grays Harbor experiment. All instruments will be tested prior to deployment in the ocean. Contractor will program all instruments to sample at times and for durations to be determined by the USGS. CLIN 0003 -- Deploy the Seven (7) GFE Containerized Instruments: in the vicinity of the Grays Harbor ebb-tidal delta in water depths ranging from 10 -- 30 m at precise locations provided by the USGS. The total length of the deployment will be for 3 months starting in mid-September, 1999 with final recovery in mid-December, 1999. One mid-deployment servicing of all seven (7) instruments is anticipated in mid-October, 1999. The servicing will include recovery of the containers; downloading all the data; changing the batteries; cleaning the instruments as needed; and re-deployment of all containerized instruments. CLIN 0004 -- Perform Standard Quality Assurance / Quality Control: of Sontek Hydra and Sontek ADP sensors. Following instrument retrieval, data files are to be downloaded and converted from binary to text (ASCII) file format using standard Sontek software. Wave data from each deployment should be checked for inconsistencies by developing time-series plots of heading, pitch, and roll recorded by each ADVOcean. Pressure time series should be generated and analyzed to find any discrepancies in the data. Initial QA/QC procedures for the ADP current meters should include generating amplitude data files for all beams and to inspect those files to verify that all current meters worked correctly. Pitch, roll, and heading data should be plotted to verify the mooring remained upright and in place throughout the deployment. CLIN 0005 -- Provide all Digital Data to the USGS: on a medium to be directed by the USGS. Write and provide to the USGS a final report addressing the factors identified in an outline provided to the Contractor by the USGS. GFE: (5 ea) Sontek Hydras w/ Ocean ADV probes; (5 ea) Sontek battery packs for Hydras; (5 ea) Parascientific pressure sensors; (3 ea) upward looking Sontek ADPs; (3 ea) Sontek battery packs for ADPs; (2 ea) Seabird SBE-26 Tide/Wave gages; (5 ea) D&A OBS-3s; all batteries; Data Report Outline; deployment / sample time / duration schedule. Offerors shall prepare proposals in accordance with FAR 52.212-1, Instrctions to Offerors-Commercial Items, and include completed FAR 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items; FAR 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items is aplicable. EVALUATION CRITERIA: (a) past performance: contractor must provide evidence of recent successful deployments and recovery of oceanographic instruments similar to those to be deployed in this work in an oceanographic setting with conditions like those found in Grays Harbor ebb-tidal delta, Washington State area. (b) technical: contractor must provide evidence of intimate knowledge of the equipment to be used in this experiment and procedures to deploy and recover the instruments. (c) proximity to work: contractor must provide evidence of proven local logistical support to successfully deploy oceanographic instruments off the coast of Washington State near Grays Harbor. (d) price: where the combination of technical expertise, past performance, and proximity are more important than price alone. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items with addendum, FAR 52.206-, Data Univrersal Numbering System (DUNS). FAR 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items,is applicable. Include the following additional clauses: 52.203-6; 52-219-8; 52.222-36; 52.222-21; 52.222-26; 52.222-35; 52.222-37; 52.225-3. Proposals are to be mailed to the Contracting Officer at the address above so as to arrve by no later than 2:00 pm PDT on 8/17/1999. Facsimile and e-mail respnses are not acceptable. See Note 1***** Posted 07/28/99 (W-SN360266). (0209)

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