FBO_Announcement_-_Intent_to_Award_Notice_1.pdf

Intent to Award Notice – 140G0124Q0285

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has a requirement for a new 2-year contract for ACID

PRECIPITATION Monitoring.

Mr. Welsh has been granted permission from the landowner to access the designated site GA99 in Tift

County in Chula, Georgia. The land is owned by the University of Georgia. The precipitation monitoring equipment operated by Mr. Welsh is located on land controlled by the university. Access to this site, land, and equipment is restricted due to security measures in place by the university. Mr. Welsh is not an employee of the university but has been granted access and permission to access the site to perform the tasks necessary for site operation. Mr. Welsh will receive appropriate training to operate this site. The site is not open and available to the public.

The total anticipated period of performance will be Date of Award – 09/09/2024.

The USGS is aware of no other source that can provide the above. Therefore, it intends to make an award to Charles Welsh unless it is contacted by any vendor who believes they have can provide a service that can meet the needs of this requirement. Vendors are invited to contact the Contract Specialist, Tricia

Rampersad via email at trampersad@usgs.gov no later than 3:00 PM EDT, Wednesday, August 28, 2024, with an affirmative answer.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) considers employee signatures to be Personal Protected Information, and therefore all employee signatures have been redacted. By posting this document, the Contracting

Officer attests all appropriate signatures have been obtained.

JUSTIFICATION FOR OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION (FAR 13.1)

The following information is provided to demonstrate the proposed contractor’s unique qualifications:

The NADP is a public, nonprofit, unincorporated, interstate association of parties interested in atmospheric deposition and its effects. It is structured as a cooperative program that represents coordinated efforts of many federal, state, academic, and private organizations, and individuals to operate monitoring sites, report data, and oversee research activities related to atmospheric deposition. Membership in NADP is open to individuals and institutions interested in participating in any aspect of atmospheric deposition monitoring and/or research stemming from NADP data. This organizational structure is consistent with State

Agricultural Experiment Station (SAES) Guidelines for Multi-state Research Activities. The contract the

USGS seeks to award represent partnerships to support sites in the most efficient manner with organizations and individuals that own and control the local site locations. Under the interagency National Acidic

Precipitation Assessment Program established in 1981, the USGS is the designated lead agency for the monitoring of atmospheric deposition and NADP is the operational organization through which the USGS and other participating organizations accomplish this national-scale monitoring in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

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