Early Warning Systems--Dams

2.1       STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES (SOO)

Request for Quotation (RFQ) to meet the following objectives. AMCi Wireless’ response to this RFQ shall include a list of the materials and equipment furnished to accomplish the objectives.

2.2       SUMMARY

Furnish and install a remote sensing and early warning system at the following USDA Forest Service dams in Oregon and Washington. Note: There are two optional dam locations in Alaska.

1. D1 Big Meadow – Pend Oreille County, WA
2. J Herbert Stone Nursery – Jackson County, OR
3. Squaw Lake – Jackson County, OR
4. Olive Lake – Grant County, OR
5. Three Creeks (Optional) – Deschutes County, OR
6. Explorer Glacier Pond (Optional) – Anchorage Borough, AK
7. Nugget Creek (Optional) – Juneau Borough, AK

Install Government Furnished Equipment (GFE), remote sensing and early warning system, at the following US Forest Service dam:

Olive Lake—

1. Refer to Attachment.
2. The GFE is located at Portland, OR, 97206.

Provide communications and monitoring for remote sensing and early warning systems for one year after installation.

2.3       PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Remote sensing and early warning system shall monitor reservoir pool water elevation data and transmit data to USDA Forest Service. Requirements and pertinent information include the following: 

1. Units shall include all equipment necessary to reliably transmit reservoir pool elevation information (either directly or indirectly as head over transducer) to remotely located personnel responsible for the safety of the dams. 
2. Data will be received through computer via an encrypted secure data portal and/or mobile devices. 
3. Data measurement and transmission rate shall be minimum once per hour.
4. Sensors and sensor cables: Sensors shall be factory calibrated. Accuracy and precision as follows:

Piezometer or other lake water level sensor, atmospheric pressure: +/- 0.1 ft water head.

1. The units shall be installed at dams located in the Pacific Northwest Region (R6). If option items are awarded, they will be installed in the Alaska Region as well. Installations must be able to transmit in all weather and lighting conditions year-round. Conditions such as snowpack and freezing conditions (freeze proof transducer) will be accounted for. Units will be proofed against wildlife damage.
2. Security from the public, hazard trees, snow depth (which would interfere with transmission and charging), avalanche hazards, wildfire potential, rockfall, flooding and any other factor that may damage or threaten the installation should be considered.
3. Variation in lake levels will be accounted during sensor placement.  Sensor placement will ensure submergence year-round, unless otherwise noted or agreed upon in writing.  The sensor will be installed in a vented protective enclosure. The Contractor will evaluate existing historical photography to assess low lake levels and target those locations for final placement. COR approval is required in instances where the sensor is not submerged due to variations in the water level.  The Contractor will submit recommendations to protect the sensor if, at anytime, it is exposed. 
4. The system shall be portable between monitoring service providers. 
5. Systems shall have a minimum 3 analog and 3 digital channels to allow expanded monitoring.    

Awarded contract 1240BD21P0088 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2021-09-23.