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PR-HQ-06-14054 - Semi-Continuous Ambient Air Monitoring System
Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Administrative Contract Service Center (3803R), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460
Welcome to the Status Page for PR-HQ-06-14054. Please check this site periodically for status updates and additional downloadable files.
** Please note that questions regarding the solicitation are due to DEBBIE MILLER (miller.debbie@epa.gov) no later than 5:00 PM EDT March 23, 2007**
Status Updates:
April 19, 2007 Amendment 4 was posted today.
April 10, 2007 Amendment 3 was posted today.
April 6, 2007 Amendment 2 was posted today.
March 28, 2007 Amendment 1 was posted today.
March 8, 2007 The RFP was posted today.
- Amendment 4 Posted in Word Perfect format, 3 pp, 781K, April 19, 2007
- Amendment 4 Posted in Adobe Acrobat pdf format, 3 pp, 95K, About PDF, April 19, 2007
- Amendment 3 Posted in Word Perfect format, 2 pp, 15K, April 10, 2007
- Amendment 3 Posted in Adobe Acrobat pdf format, 2 pp, 47K, About PDF, April 10, 2007
- Amendment 2 Posted in Word Perfect format, 8 pp, 44K, April 6, 2007
- Amendment 2 Posted in Adobe Acrobat pdf format, 8 pp, 108K, About PDF, April 6, 2007
- Amendment 1 Posted in Word Perfect format, 4 pp, 24K, March 28, 2007
- Amendment 1 Posted in Adobe Acrobat pdf format, 4 pp, 71K, About PDF, March 28, 2007
- Request for Proposal Posted in Word Perfect format, 143 pp, 1.07MB, March 8, 2007
- Request for Proposal Posted in Adobe Acrobat pdf format, 143 pp, 408K, About PDF, March 8, 2007
Previous Update: Posted March 2, 2007, responses were due March 7, 2007
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) Office of Air Programs (OAP), Clean Air Markets Division (CAMD) has changed the contracting method previously advertised under this synopsis. The US EPA now intends to competitively award up to 2 Research and Development contracts, under Federal Acquisition Regulations Part 35, to obtain equipment, develop new equipment, and purchase and maintain equipment for the next generation of the Clean Air Status Trends Network (CASTNET) program.
The intended contracts are to be performance-based and set-up in the following manner:
Base Period: Fixed Price, 6 months - Includes the purchase and testing of two monitors. From the testing that occurs in this period 1 contractor will be chosen to exercise the next option period for development.
Option Period I: Cost-Reimbursement, 12 months - Development of equipment to meet Government specifications
Option Period II: Fixed Price, 3 months - For testing period after the development stage. This testing will determine if Option Period III - for purchase and maintenance of equipment - will be exercised.
Option Period III - V: ID/IQ, 12 months each - For the purchase and maintenance of equipment.
This procurement will be conducted as a small business set-aside competition under the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Part 15: Contracting by Negotiation. The formal solicitation and other related information and items will be posted at this website on or about March 8, 2007. Interested parties are advised to periodically monitor this website for updates concerning this procurement. Telephone inquiries will not be taken.
The purpose of the contract is to purchase air monitoring equipment with robust, high-temporal resolution ambient air measurements for use in long term, routine monitoring networks. A draft statement of work and draft performance standards for the equipment can be found below
- FedBizOpps Sources Sought Announcment Posted in Adobe Acrobat pdf format, 2 pp, 52K, About PDF, December 18, 2006.
- Draft Statement of Work Posted in Microsoft Word format, 16 pp, 290K, December 18, 2006.
The point of contact for this procurement is Andrea L. Brunsman, Contracting Officer, at brunsman.andrea@epa.gov.