B -- SAMPLING AND MONITORING FOR DISCHARGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN THROUGH THE SOUTH BAY OCEAN OUTFALL

Notice Date

October 15, 2001

Contracting Office

International Boundary and Water Commission, Information Management Division, Acquisition Division, 4171 North Mesa, Suite C-310, El Paso, TX, 79902

ZIP Code

79902

Solicitation Number

RFP0203

Response Due

October 31, 2001

Point of Contact

Sherrill Brinkley, Contract Specialist, Phone (915) 832-4713, Fax (915) 832-4192, Email sherrybrinkley@ibwc.state.gov -- Irma Gurrola, Office Automation Clerk, Phone (915) 832-4716, Fax (915) 832-4192, Email irmagurrola@ibwc.state.gov

Description

The United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) intends to acquire on the basis of Other Than Full and Open Competition water quality sampling, sediment sampling, benthic monitoring, and fish monitoring for the wastewater discharge to the Pacific Ocean through the South Bay Ocean Outfall in San Diego, San Diego County, California. Laboratory services, data interpretation, trend analyses, and reporting for the sampling monitoring program will be required. This is a Notice of Intent to award a firm-fixed price contract for the above services to The City of San Diego, 600 B Street, San Diego, California 92101-4587, under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-7, Public Interest. In September, 1997 the International Boundary and Water Commission constructed an International Wastewater Treatment Plant (IWTP) in the City of San Diego, California to serve the city of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. This treatment plant was constructed under United States and Mexico Commission Minute No. 283, and is operated under the clauses contained in Commission Minute 296. The IWTP receives and treats raw wastewater generated by the City of Tijuana, and discharges the treated effluent into the Pacific Ocean through a Land Outfall pipeline, and Ocean Outfall. The IWTP is operated under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit No. 96-50, issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board. Identified within the NPDES permit is a Sampling, Monitoring and Reporting program for the receiving waters of the IWTP effluent which extends north and south over an area in the vicinity of the discharge point for the Ocean Outfall. In July, 1990, the International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. Section entered into an agreement with the City of San Diego for sharing of design, and construction cost of the South Bay Land Outfall. Also, as part of this agreement the U.S. Section and the City of San Diego agreed to a 50/50 share in the ownership of the Land Outfall after completion of construction. In January, 1995, the International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. Section entered into an agreement with the City of San Diego for sharing of design, and construction cost of the South Bay Ocean Outfall. As part of this agreement, the U.S. Section and the City of San Diego agreed to share in the ownership of the Ocean Outfall after completion of construction. The City of San Diego participated in the cost sharing of the Land and Ocean Outfalls for the purpose of using these facilities for their future South Bay Reclamation Treatment Plant. The City's South Bay Reclamation Plant is expected to be operational in the spring of 2002, and the City will be discharging treated effluent through the South Bay Land Outfall and the South Bay Ocean Outfall to the Pacific Ocean. The effluent from the two wastewater treatment plants, the IWTP and the City Reclamation Plant, will be combined and will be indistinguishable after discharge into the Pacific Ocean. The City of San Diego South Bay Reclamation Plant will be operated under a NPDES discharge permit similar to the NPDES permit issued for the IWTP. In recognition of the same discharge point for the combined effluent of the two treatment plants, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued the City of San Diego a NPDES permit with a similar, and in many cases an identical, Sampling, Monitoring and Reporting program to that of the IWTP NPDES permit. Since the City of San Diego will be performing the Sampling, Monitoring, and Reporting Program for their own South Bay Reclamation Plant at many of the identical monitoring stations for the International Wastewater Treatment Plant, significant savings to the federal government will be realized by sharing the two programs. In recognition of the co-ownership of the land and ocean outfall facilities, and the substantial savings to both parties as a result of sharing the Sampling, Monitoring, and Reporting Programs, it is in the public interest for the USIBWC and the City of San Diego to enter into a contract for the providing of the receiving water sampling, monitoring, analysis and reporting service for the International Wastewater Treatment Plant. The resultant contract will be for a basic period commencing April 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, with four one year option periods. The proposed action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source. There is no solicitation document available. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, any and all proposals received by 10:00 AM local time on October 31, 2001 will be considered by the Government. Assertion of capability to provide the required service must be submitted in writing to Sherrill Brinkley, International Boundary and Water Commission, 4171 North Mesa, Building C, Suite 310, El Paso, Texas 79902. Information submitted must clearly demonstrate company capabilities to provide the required service. No further synopsis will be published. =20

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20011017/BSOL005.HTM (D-288 SN5106A7)