582-27-00014 - Harlingen PM2. 5

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is soliciting proposals for the operation and maintenance of five air quality monitoring stations located in Mission, Brownsville, Harlingen, South Padre, and Edinburg, Texas under solicitation number 582-27-00014. The contractor will be responsible for operating and maintaining comprehensive air monitoring equipment including VOC canister samplers, ozone analyzers, PM10 and PM2.5 continuous monitors, solar radiation sensors, and meteorological equipment across all five sites. Key deliverables include monthly verifications, quarterly calibrations and audits, eight liquid calibration checks annually, preventive maintenance, inventory management, and demonstration of operator competency. The contractor must employ one primary operator with at least six months of experience and one backup operator, both capable of troubleshooting and maintaining continuous and non-continuous air monitoring instrumentation, while achieving at least 85 percent quarterly data return from all monitors and samplers. Proposals will be evaluated on a maximum of 101 points distributed across six criteria: Executive Summary (5 points), Demonstrated Ability to Perform (30 points), References (1 point), Commitment of Qualified Personnel (15 points), Technical Approach (30 points), and Cost to Perform the Service (20 points). The contract period commences September 1, 2026, and continues through August 31, 2028, with options to renew for one two-year period and one one-year period upon mutual written agreement. A pre-proposal conference was held on March 10, 2026, at 11:00 AM Central Time via Microsoft Teams; the deadline for written questions is March 17, 2026, at 3:00 PM Central Time; and proposals must be submitted electronically via TCEQ's FTPS server by April 2, 2026, at 3:00 PM Central Time as a single searchable PDF file with a separate Excel price form.

Responses are subject to Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) requirements, with TCEQ establishing a 1.0 percent HUB utilization goal for Professional Services and Other Services categories; failure to submit a completed HUB Subcontracting Plan will result in rejection of the proposal, with the courtesy review deadline set for March 20, 2026, at 12:00 PM. All respondents must comply with federal requirements including 2 CFR Part 200, EPA General Terms and Conditions, and federal non-discrimination laws, and must maintain Worker's Compensation Insurance, Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance ($500,000 per person/$1,500,000 per occurrence), Commercial General Liability Insurance ($1,000,000 per occurrence or $2,000,000 combined), and $1,000,000 Umbrella Liability Insurance. Pricing must be firm and fixed for the contract term, with all costs including travel, supplies, and other expenses incorporated into the unit price. TCEQ is responsible for providing all equipment, parts, audit equipment, gas standards, sample media, electricity, and modem connectivity, and the contract is funded through the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Specific equipment at monitoring sites includes CAMS 46 Mission (Teledyne T640x sampler), CAMS 323 Isla Blanca (MetOne BAMS 1022), CAMS 1046 Edinburg East Freddy Gonsalez Drive (MetOne BAMS 1022), and CAMS 1098 Brownsville East 6th Street (MetOne BAMS 1022), with all site dataloggers accessible remotely via xterm and gaseous calibrators and ozone analyzers accessible through Teledyne's numaview software. No specific contract value or budget range is identified in the available solicitation documents.