SPECIAL NOTICE
F -- Intent to Sole Source - Sediment Modeling Study
- Notice Date
- 7/15/2013
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541360
— Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Detroit, 477 Michigan Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 48226, United States
- ZIP Code
- 48226
- Solicitation Number
- W911XK-13-T-0058
- Archive Date
- 7/15/2014
- Point of Contact
- Dean Liguori, Phone: 3132266358, Sandra Marie Kenzie,
- E-Mail Address
-
dean.liguori@usace.army.mil, sandra.m.kenzie@usace.army.mil
(dean.liguori@usace.army.mil, sandra.m.kenzie@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Notice of Intent to Sole Source Wayne State University, Dam Capacity Study for the Great Lakes Region The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District intends to solicit on a sole source basis under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, to Wayne State University (WSU) to provide a dam capacity study for the Great Lakes Region. The proposes of this study is to apply field, laboratory and modeling investigation to determine the historical and predicated future rates of sediment accumulation, as well as the remaining storage capacity, behind the network of dams in the Great Lakes watershed that are tributary to federal harbors. Ten reservoirs have been selected for the detailed field reconnaissance efforts. Information gleaned from these sites will be analyzed for applicability to the more disturbed Great Lakes Watershed. Both historic data and existing samples will be analyzed to determine how the storage capacity has changed over time and to forecast the remaining life-span of the impoundments. The study will be based on an analysis of historic maps/charts and the collection of current bathymetric information, sediment loading rates, and geophysical data in the study impoundments. Sediment loading rates will be determined using direct collection techniques for present conditions, as well as radionuclide dating techniques for historical conditions and will be numerical modeled with Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). Wayne State University has collected approximately 112 sediment cores from eleven selected reservoirs. The reservoirs chosen for this study are from the Great Lakes sub-watersheds that represent "typical" agricultural basins, with unique hydrologic and hydraulic stream features that can be used to identify/associate sedimentation features with watershed features.. Any previously collected data pertaining to this project would be made available to any potential contractors if they were awarded this contract. The following describes the minimum requirements for the sediment yield and dam capacity analysis for the base project contract. The analysis will include: a watershed history analysis, reservoir sediment cores data analysis, suspended and bed load rating curves at selected dams, storage capacity analysis and summary reports. The cores must be assessed using isotropic analyses of Cs137 and Pb210 for determining the temporal loading rates to the impoundment. 10 reservoirs will be studied during this contract and the results will be extrapolated to gain a better understanding of the remaining capacity behind dams in the Great Lakes. In addition to the base contract, there are three options. Option one includes Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) modeling to quantify the net effect that humans have caused to the sediment delivery to the Great Lakes. Option two consists of use of the SWAT to test the following hypothesis: "Within the range of expected variability associated with climate change and land use change expected in the Great Lakes region, significant changes in the quantity and quality of sediment movement will occur". Option three consists of dating up to 60 additional previously collect cores using Pb-210, Cs-127 and Pa-228 techniques. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. The Government intends to negotiate a firm-fixed price contract on a sole source basis. All interested parties who feel they have the capability to perform these services must submit a capability statement no later than 2:00 P.M., Eastern Daylight Time on 29 July 2013. Your response must demonstrate your firm's capabilities and experience. The qualified contractor must have the qualifications in the use of the radio isotope methods to date and quantify the deposition of sediments. All submittals will be considered by the Government and will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort with full and open competition, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. No request for proposal (RFP) will be issued based upon this Notice of Intent. Interested parties may submit any information for consideration by the government to: Dean.Liguori@usace.army.mil and LRE-Quotes@usace.army.mil with "Dam Capacity" in the subject line.
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