Notice ID
456e6b12368349048f7cc7075b738ac6
PHYTOPLANKTON ANALYSES OF SURFACE WATER SAMPLES Notice of Intent This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source The US Geological Survey USGS intends to award a purchase order to BSA Environmental Services for microscopic identification and enumeration of phytoplankton species in surface water samples collected from the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay BayDelta Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 131061b and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled Simplified Acquisition Procedures BSA Environmental Services is to the USGS knowledge the only source that has the recent and longterm experience in the taxonomic identification and enumeration of phytoplankton species in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay BayDelta In addition the USGS has used BSA Environmental Services for phytoplankton analysis in the SacramentoSan Joaquin Delta Delta projects The Government cannot switch laboratories in the middle of these projects because that would prevent us from achieving our deliverables in the taxonomic identification and enumeration of phytoplankton species in the Sacramento San Joaquin River Delta and San Francisco Bay Therefore BSA is the only laboratory that can analyze these samples to ensure continuity of data for these projects The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5101a1 and FAR 52 This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes However all responsible parties may submit a quotation by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency No solicitation will be issued A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government The NAICS code for this action is 541380 Testing Laboratory 165 million Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to yangzhidengusgsgov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than May 1 2024 at 1500 PST Responses submitted by hardcopy or any web portal shall not be accepted or considered
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Department/Ind.Agency
INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE
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Subtier
US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
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OFFICE OF ACQUISITON GRANTS