Intent_to_Award_Sole_Source_Contract_Streamflow_and_Water_Quality_Equipment_1.pdf

Intent to Award Sole Source Contract WCAO Streamflow & Water Quality Equipment

J&A Statutory Authority:

FAR 13.106-1(b) – Soliciting from a Single Source

Product Service Code:

H943 – Other Quality Control, Testing, And Inspection- Pumps And Compressors

NAICS Code:

333248 – All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing

Contract Award Date:

Estimated 08/2024

Solicitation/Contract Award Number:

140R4024Q0065

Synopsis: ***NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE*** The Bureau of Reclamation Acquisition intends to solicit from a single source – YSI Incoporated/Xylem Inc to provide Water Quality Multiparameter Probe and Handheld equipment with Field Cable Specifications required to monitor major water quality parameters, including depth, temperature, conductivity, pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, and total blue green algae.

The FlowTracker2 with wading rod is required for checking water flows on reclamation projects.

Public Law 87-483 Section 15 requires the Department of the Interior to continue water quality studies of waters of the Colorado River System.

SEC. 15. The Secretary of the Interior is directed to continue his studies of the quality of water of the Colorado River system, to appraise its suitability for municipal, domestic, and industrial use and for irrigation in the various areas in the United States in which it is used or proposed to be used, to estimate the effect of additional developments involving its storage and use (whether heretofore authorized or contemplated for authorization) on the remaining water available for use in United States, to study all possible means of improving the quality of such water and of alleviating the ill effects of water of poor quality, and to report the results of his studies and estimates to the Eighty-seventh Congress and every two years thereafter.

Numerous Reclamation reservoirs and water wells which contribute to the Colorado River System are located within the areas of the Western Colorado Area Offices. These bodies of water require routine water quality testing as well as flow measurements.

The Water Management Groups of the Western Colorado Area Offices perform water quality monitoring on reservoirs and water wells as well as monitoring of flows on canals, rivers, and tributaries in western and southwestern Colorado. The area offices are in Grand Junction and Durango, Colorado.

This notice of intent is NOT a request for competitive quotes/proposals and does not constitute a commitment by the Government. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice.

This requirement will be awarded in accordance with FAR Part 13: Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Any information received from interested parties will only be considered solely for the basis of determining whether a competitive procurement can be conducted. There is no solicitation package available at this time; however, all relevant solicitation documents once issued will be available by contacting the Government’s primary point of contact listed below.

Responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency.

Primary Point of Contact:

Tochi Aniche, Contracting Officer; TAniche@usbr.gov mailto:TAniche@usbr.gov