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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 04, 2007 FBO #1985
SOURCES SOUGHT

58 -- Portable and Semi-Permanent High Precision Global Positioning Systems for Operational Dam Safety Survey and Monitoring.

Notice Date

5/2/2007
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region Contracting Office, PO Box 61470 Boulder City NV 89006
 

ZIP Code

89006
 

Solicitation Number

07SQ303128
 

Response Due

5/9/2007
 

Archive Date

5/1/2008
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Total Small Business
 

Description

The Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder City Regional Office, Boulder City, Nevada, intends to award on a sole source basis a purchase order to Orion Monitoring Systems, Inc., for unique portable and semi-permanent high precision Global Positioning System (GPS) for Operational Safety Survey and Monitoring equipment and training. This monitoring survey system based on Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, data receiver/transmitter units (RTU), connecting to both GPS receivers and a central processing node, and unique, proprietary local data collection, evaluation, and recording software. This system will support fulfilling statutory and regulatory requirements for condition monitoring of dams under the Safety of Dams Program that the Lower Colorado Region has not fully complied with in recent years due to existing aging and unreliable equipment. This procurement will be awarded using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The anticipated award date is May 11, 2007. Questions may be directed to Carmen Bernhardt at (702) 293-8309 or email to: cbernhardt@lc.usbr.gov. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 334220, and the size standard is 750 employees. Sole Source Justification: THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR POSSESSES THE FOLLOWING UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS WHICHA RE REQUIRED FOR THIS ACQUISITION. Orion has a monitoring survey system appropriate to the above-described purpose. The principal of this firm is an acknowledged expert in the field, with similar (in some cases more complex) systems installed at a variety of facilities worldwide including open-pit mines, hydroelectric and recreational dams, and other facilities. While components of the Orion system are available from other vendors, Orion provides a unique and purpose-specific integration and data post-processing, storage, and presentation that is not available at this time through other potential sources of GPS-based survey and position-locating systems. Additional recent market research determined that other potential sources limit integration of data collection to collection, storage, and downloading with no post-processing, trend analysis, or other additional capabilities that are essential data elements for annual and periodic Dam Safety and Operations and Maintenance reporting. Several vendors can rapidly develop such a capability, but it is a custom development. The Regional Safety Officer has determined that the foregoing market research indicates that the Orion system is the only readily-available system that provides the required capabilities to restore Regional compliance with the requirements (regulatory and statutory) of the Dam Safety Program within the near term since time is of the essence.
 

Web Link

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Place of Performance

Address: BOULDER CITY, NV

Zip Code: 89006

Country: USA
 

Record

SN01286111-W 20070504/070502225648 (fbodaily.com)
 

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