SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Collection of Suspended-Sediment Water Samples at Deer Lodge, MT
- Notice Date
- 5/18/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- USGS OAG DENVER ACQUISITION BRANCHPO BOX 25046204 DENVER FEDERAL CENTERDENVERCO80225-0046US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- G12PS00436
- Response Due
- 5/21/2012
- Archive Date
- 6/20/2012
- Point of Contact
- Lisa Hayes
- E-Mail Address
-
ldhayes@usgs.gov
(ldhayes@usgs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice for Small Business Search The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Montana Water Science Center has a requirement for services to be provided for the collection of suspended sediment samples at one (1) site for Clark Fork River at Deer Lodge, Montana. The USGS has conducted hydrologic data-collection activities in order to estimate loads of suspended sediment transported through the Clark Fork Basin. The surface-water quality monitoring activities includes the collection of suspended sediment samples at one (1) monitoring site at a frequency sufficient to estimate daily, monthly, and annual suspended sediment loads. The USGS is seeking small business sources to provide the following services: Scope Sampling site and methods: The collection of suspended-sediment samples will occur at the following U.S. Geological Survey=BFs gaging station: Clark Fork River at Deer Lodge, Montana (Station ID12324200) Each sample will consist of the collection of water in two (2) sample bottles (collected sequentially from the same sampling location) using a depth-integrated single-vertical collection method. The sampling location will be previously identified by a USGS technical liaison, and in some instances may require the collection of the sample from the bridge. In addition to the collection of a suspended-sediment sample, water temperature and gage readings are also obtained and recorded on a monthly field form at every sampling visit. Sampling Frequency: A guideline for sampling frequency is a follows: March through June: Once daily (2 sample bottles collected once daily from the one (1) site) July through February: Every fourth day Note: During the time period from July to February, the sampling frequency will increase to once daily if the river stage increases by one-half (0.50) foot or more due to significant runoff or ice breakup. The sampling frequency will be reduced to every fourth day once the river stage returns to the pre-event stream stage. Periodically, twice-a-day samples will be requested to better define extreme or unique hydrologic conditions. All determinations of the need to change sampling frequency based on changes in stream stage will be made by USGS project technical liaison. The USGS is in search of small business firms who are able to provide the above mentioned service. Small business firms who feel they can furnish the required service or its functional equivalent (based on criteria specified herein) are invited to submit in writing an affirmative response to this announcement. An affirmative response would include literature, brochures and such other materials, which correspond to the required supply/service stated herein. This information will be used to determine if competitive opportunities exist. Since no solicitation document exists, request for such documents without accompanying information will be considered non-responsive to this request. POC: Lisa D. Hayes, U. S. Geological Survey, P. O. Box 25046, MS-204, Denver, CO 80225, e-mail: ldhayes@usgs.gov
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