L16PS00080 Smoke Monitoring Services

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon State Office intends to award one (1) firm fixed price commercial items services contract for smoke monitoring services located in Northeast and Southwest Oregon as a sole source to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), 811 SW 6th Avenue, Portland 97204 as the only responsible source pursuant to FAR subpart 13.106(b). The Oregon DEQ is the only one responsible source that has ability to: (a) expand a state-operated air quality monitoring network that has passed state quality assurance and quality control criteria; (b) provide data from the existing DEQ database containing related data from other locations; and (c) utilize a data collection process sanctioned by the state DEQ free of actual or perceived bias by federal land managers. Furthermore, The Oregon DEQ is the only responsible source that has the capability of meeting the requirements of the work plan that includes relocating and servicing smoke monitoring equipment, periodically reviewing the site operations procedures with BLM land managers, and providing technical support for the network each year including web-site development for real-time data acquisition and use. The Oregon DEQ has been directed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement that portion of the Federal Clean Air Act required to protect the citizens of Oregon from the potential detrimental impacts of pollutants identified under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter. The performance period is from date of award through the year of 2021 if all options are exercised. The NAICS code is 115310 and the small business size standard is $7.5 million. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation in writing specifically addressing the criteria described above, which shall be considered by the agency. Responses shall be received by December 26, 2015, 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time in order to be considered. Email responses to knguyen@blm.gov, with the subject line entitled ¿L16PS00080 Smoke Monitoring Services.¿