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RFQ-DC-09-00298 - Atmospheric Mercury Monitoring Services

Update: September 10, 2009

The purpose of this update is inform interested parties that the following response dates have been extended:

Response Date for Receipt of Questions: October 1, 2009 at 10:00 am EST

Response Date for Receipt of Quotes: October 13, 2009 at 11:00 am EST.

Further information may be found at the website immediately below.

Posted Date: September 3, 2009

Procurement Office: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Headquarters Procurement Operations Division (3803R) 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20460

Response Date: September 25, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking Contractors to provide monitoring services for the acquisition of speciated atmospheric mercury data from sites across the country. Over the past 5 years, a number of states and academic mercury scientists have been measuring speciated atmospheric mercury at sites located throughout the United States and Canada . While most measurements are generally based on automated and/or manual methods as described by Landis et al ., 2002, the specific protocols by which measurements are taken can vary across sites, and in some instances, are undocumented. Thus, accurately comparing measurement data across sites is currently a significant challenge. Common protocols for mercury sampling and analysis are needed to facilitate the site data inter comparison over time. Moreover, a centralized archive for data distribution is needed to enable mercury policy assessments, evaluate and improve mercury deposition models, and enhance mercury research. To meet some of the mercury data and information needs, EPA is collaborating with mercury scientific community, including the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP) membership of federal agencies, states, tribes, academic institutions, and other organizations to establish a new, national, standardized network to monitor mercury in the atmosphere. The network seeks to measure air concentrations of mercury in its gaseous and particulate forms, and other variables needed for estimating dry deposition fluxes. When fully implemented, the network will serve many functions:

•  facilitate the calculation of wet, dry, and total deposition;

•  provide data for evaluating predictive and diagnostic models and for assessing source-receptor relationships;

•  build a data set for analyzing spatial and temporal trends;

Under this FAR Part 13 acquisition, the Contractor shall provide mercury monitoring services, such as the operation of Tekran mercury analyzers (2537, 1130, 1135) to produce and distribute to EPA datasets of raw and validated atmospheric mercury concentrations in speciated forms: elemental, reactive gaseous, and particulate, and meteorology. EPA also requires a quality assurance plan and associated documentation for all aspects of data collection, as required by EPA Order 53601.A2. Awards shall be based on best value for the Government.

Further information is attached in the documents below. 

Questions concerning this requirement may be directed to Sherman Farves, Contract Specialist, at the e-mail address indicated below.

The point of contact for this procurement is Sherman Farves, Contract Specialist, at farves.sherman@epa.gov.

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