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The US Geological Survey USGS anticipates entering into noncompetitive negotiations with the University of Idaho UI located at the University of Idaho Research Park in Post Falls Idaho for 3786 square feet of office and 4000 square feet of parkingoutside storage space The subject space will be in support of an ongoing cooperative project between USGS and the University of Idaho and will be located directly on the University of Idaho Research Park 721 Lochsa Street Post Falls USGS and UI routinely collaborate on projects associated with the evaluation of metal contaminants in the Spokane and Coeur dAlene River Basins and the protection of endangered fish species in the Kootenai River Projects benefiting USGS by working directly at the Research Park include the Lower Coeur dAlene metals transport study Coeur dAlene Basin abandoned mine lands studies and the Kootenai River white sturgeon recovery study Colocation of USGS and UI scientists jointly working on these projects will greatly improve their ability to share information and ideas which in turn will result in better scientific understanding of the processes being studied Other benefits include USGS participation in UI graduate programs as both students and instructors Onsite shared resources available to USGS personnel at the Research Park include access to the UIs interactive compressed video system a stateoftheart telecommunications system that would facilitate realtime meetings conferences workshops and training with interactive access to participants throughout the state USGS will gain access to the University of Idahos laboratory located in the Research Park to perform various water quality analyses and water sample preparation processes USGS will have access to University owned scientific and research equipment such as surveygrade GPSs and acoustic Doppler velocimeters that would enhance ability to conduct water resources investigations in the area The lease term will be ten years Suppliers who believe they can provide the required space with the same university privileges are invited to submit an affirmative response by January 4 2002 in accordance with note 22 All such responses will be evaluated in order to determine whether that supplier has full knowledge and capabilities to meet requirements of USGS An affirmative response should be provided to the point of contact Kevin Brenot Phone 6503294126 or Susan Moser Phone 6503294051 This notice is for information purposes only Request for Proposal RFP is not available This notice may represent the Governments only official notice of this procurement See note 22

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The Office of Surface Water OSW Water Resources Division WRD U S Geological Survey intends to award a noncompetitive contract to CODAR Ocean Sensors Ltd Los Altos CA to perform the Phase II field evaluation of radar technology to remotely measure river total discharge streamgaging without any instruments in the water Noncontact River Discharge Measurement CODAR has successfully completed Phase I of the evaluation Preliminary testing of radar system A formal 2day test period will be conducted in JanuaryFebruary 2002 to establish feasibility and preliminary accuracy of UHF Backscatter RiverSonde approach to monitoring surface flow with distance across river This field experiment will presumably be done at a site selected by the USGS near Vernalis gaging station in California where the same site will be used for the subsequent deployment during Spring runoff period During the field experiment the USGS technical staff will also participate to collect groundtruth data in support of CODAR Ocean Sensors evaluating their radar systems CODAR will be free to conduct their own further tests at this location before and after the twoday formal test period to gather data and experience A twomonth deployment of the same radar system after modifications to both hardware and software suggested by the findings from the preliminary test periods This will be done at a site selected by the USGS presumably the Vernalis gaging station Power and phone lines will be available as well as some measure of security for the equipment afforded by cognizant locals near the site The system will be programmed to run automatically for measuring water surface velocity distribution at the site recording data throughout the day and nighttime periods Nearrealtime processing of the data for the site will occur so that the velocity distribution data can be examined within days of acquisition The ultimate goal of course is to achieve an onsite realtime dataprocessing capability A report will be written by CODAR Ocean Sensors at the end of this phase highlighting the results and assessing its operational potential for the intended purpose of continuously measuring river water surface velocity distribution The report will contain a specific section comparing CODAR surfacevelocity data with groundtruth data as collected by USGS THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS Information will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement Determination to compete this requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government Responses to this notice must be submitted via email to fyeeusgsgov by 12282001 No additional synopsis will be published See Numbered Note 22

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Amendments A01 A02 and Answers to questions 1 2 are available If you have signed the NDA and have not receive the solicitation andor documents lister herein please send an email message to pross3emailuspsgov

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NASALaRC plans to issue a Request for Quotation RFQ for FULL SERVICE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT FOR GOVERNMENTOWNED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN ONE YEAR WITH OPTIONS TO EXTEND THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE FOR FOUR 4 ONEYEAR PERIODS This procurement is being conducted under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures SAP NASALaRC intends to purchase the items from BRUKER INSTRUMENTS BILLERICA MA 01821 AS THE ONLY KNOWN SOURCE WHO CAN MEET AGENCY REQUIREMENTS THE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROMETER WAS MANUFACTURED BY BRUKER BRUKER AS THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER IS THE ONLY SOURCE WHO CAN PROVIDE THE HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12 Interested organizations may submit their capabilities and qualifications to perform the effort in writing to the identified point of contact not later than 430 pm local time on JANUARY 2 2002 Such capabilitiesqualifications will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed effort on a full and open competition basis based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered by the agency An Ombudsman has been appointed See NASA Specific Note B

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DESIGN BUILD SERVICES FOR FORT DEFIANCE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE FACILITY STAFF QUARTERS PROJECT FORT DEFIANCE ARIZONAThe Indian Health Service IHS Engineering Services Dallas ESD is soliciting proposals from qualified firms for the design and construction of 193 Government Staff Quarters to support the Ft Defiance Hospital Estimated project range is 22M to 32M Project scope will also include but is not limited to utility and road infrastructure recreational items such as playgrounds and sport courts The contractor must meet the requirements of the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority for water sewer and electrical utility construction Quarters units range from singlefamily housing units to fourplexs with from one to four bedrooms This project will be negotiated as a complete design build contract with multiyear funding Funds are available to begin the project immediately upon contract award The infrastructure package will be released for construction starts as soon as practicable The hospital that these quarters are supporting will be operational in August 2002 The North American Industry Classification System NAICS Code is 233310 and the size standard is 275 million Performance and payment bonds both 100 will be required prior to the issuance of the Notice to Proceed for the construction phase This is an unrestricted solicitation and is open to all qualified responsible sources A two phase procurement process will be used Phase One will be to determine which offerors will be requested to submit proposals for Phase Two Selected offerors for involvement in Phase Two stage will be established based on technical approach and performance capability Detailed project design requirements and minimum specifications will be added at the start of Phase Two stage of the Request for Proposal A limited number of firms will be invited to participate in Phase Two There will be no preproposal conference on the Phase One portion of the project A preproposal conference will be held on the Phase Two portion of the project only The date time and location will be determined at a later date Competitive formal source selection procedures will be used in accordance with Part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR The qualifications submitted by each firm will be reviewed and evaluated to identify the most highly qualified firm When responding to this announcement firms should fully address their capability and qualifications with regard to each of the following evaluation factors 1 Design Builder experience Experience of designer and builder on designbuild projects 2 Construction experience on quarters projects of similar size and scope Elaborate on projects that have been completed in the last 3 years 3 Experience of DesignBuilders professional staff that will be assigned to this project ie Project Manager Superintendent Estimator Registered Architect of Record Architects Construction Administrative Representatives etc 4 Management Plan project approach design construction administration by Designer of Record Include Teaming plan between constructor and designer 5 Cost management Critical path scheduling Value engineering Fast track experience The top rated firms may be interviewed at the discretion of the Government Firms should submit their complete qualifications as they may be evaluated solely on their written responses to this announcement Qualification packages are due January 17 2002 at 200 PM Packages are to be delivered to Mr Barry Prince Contracting Officer US Indian Health Service Division of Engineering Services 1301 Young Street Suite 1071 Dallas Texas 752025433 214 7676613

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This is a sole source combined synopsissolicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 126 and the test program outlined in FAR 133 as well as supplemental information provided herein This noncompetitive action will be processed in accordance with FAR 63011 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements The United States Patent and Trademark Office plans to issue this requirement as a firm fixed price purchase order utilizing simplified acquisition procedures which will be awarded to AccuSoft Corporation 71 Lyman Street Northborough MA AccuSoft is the developer and sole provider of ImageGear 98 Active X 1632 Pro Gold software utilized by the U S Patent and Trademark Office The USPTO intends to award a purchase order to AccuSoft which will redefine correct and modify its site license as well as adjust pricing to align with the usage of the ImageGear software The purchase order will incorporate a new site license agreement which is now based on the number of locations where the software is utilized The number of sites will be established at no more than 500 with unlimited users at each site for the ImageGear software The total estimate for this procurement is approximately 13700000 This announcement constitutes the RFP and is the only solicitation that will be issued A sole source proposal is being requested pursuant to this announcement and shall reference requisition number 192P0111111 This solicitation incorporates all of the applicable provisions and clauses in effect through FAC 9727 as if stated in full text as well as the terms and conditions of FAR 522121 A proposal shall be delivered to the Patent and Trademark Office Office of Procurement 2011 Crystal Drive CPK 1 Suite 810 Arlington VA 22202 Attention Ms Joan Hanicak no later than 200 PM EST on December 20 2001 A purchase order will be awarded by December 21 2001 The point of contact for information regarding this procurement is Joan Hanicak at 7033058069 See Note 22

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• Subtier US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
• Office DEPT OF COMMERCE PTO

The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6302 Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement Specifically interested parties must provide their experience with the same or similar projects to developing an Anthrax Western Blot test kit under quality standardized reagents The purpose of this project is to obtain FDA approval for a Anthrax Western Blot test kit Interested parties must prove their capability to conduct the requirements of this project electronically by January 3 2002 by emailing the information to arbrowncdcgov A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement Please contact Allyson Brown 7704882649 with any questions Numbered Note 22

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THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SOLICITATION DTFA0102R00173 HAS BEEN AMENDED TO ADD THE FOLLOWING CHANGES 1 To extend the proposal due date from December 21 2001 at 200 PM EST to January 4 2002 at 200 PM EST All other proposal instructions remain unchanged 2 Add additional attachment of contractors questions and answers 3 PART I SECTION B SUPPLIESSERVICES PRICECOST pages 13 have been changed as follow a Daily Rate changed to Hourly Rate 4 PART I SECTION C SCOPE OF WORK page 5 C4 Experience and Educational Requirements the following statement has been deleted a The programproject manager must be an accountant with experience in data conversion and project management 5 Page 37 L15 INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARATION OF PROPOSALS Volume 4 Price Proposal should be changed as follows a Identify the rates used to escalate the base year rates to each of the option year on through option year two rates

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