SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- Air Quality Health Risk Assessment
- Notice Date
- 8/21/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG), Commander (flp), USCG Maintenance and Logistics Command - Atlantic, 300 East Main Street Suite 950, Norfolk, VA, 23510-9112, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- HSCG81-07-Q-360318
- Response Due
- 9/7/2007
- Archive Date
- 9/22/2007
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This Request for Quotation (RFQ), HSCG84-07-Q-3P, incorporates FAR provisions and clauses in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 05-18. This is an unrestricted procurement. The applicable North American Industry Classification (NAIC) code is 611699, size standard is $6.5M. An award will be made using simplified acquisition procedures, in accordance with FAR Part 13, as a firm fixed-price purchase order. Description: Provide supplies and services to conduct Air Quality Health Risk Assessment, per following Statement of Work (SOW), at the U. S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston. The period of performance is from 9/24/2007 through 5/23/2008. SCOPE OF WORK (SOW) Provide SECTOR Houston ? Galveston with exposure data and symptom / quality of life data that will be analyzed to identify and determine the statistical significance of short and long term associations or trends that result from working inside the main administrative building. Associations or trends will include but will not be limited to: Outdoor and indoor air quality over time; The concentration ratio of outdoor and indoor airborne chemical contaminants and symptom rates over time; Association between concentration ratios and quality of life indicators over time; and Any combination of the above variables in relation to each other. 1.2 STUDY / STUDY DESIGN. Design will combine environmental and symptom survey data that is temporally matched. Collection of environmental data will be temporally randomized. Coast Guard will add airborne chemical environmental data to the study that is event-driven; resulting from sampling when there is a known chemical release or a significant odor is detected which signals a chemical release. One or more local Houston-area Coast Guard control populations are required; at a minimum the USCG Houston air station at Ellington Field will serve as a control. A control will allow data comparison and determination if relocation would provide a significantly different working environment. Control data can be selected from environmental, symptom and/or quality of life indicators. DATA ANALYSIS. Study data will be analyzed by an Epidemiologist or Biostatistician in conjunction with the study team. SAMPLING. Sampling media and/or instruments will be used to collect a sufficient volume of outdoor and indoor air over a pre-determined period and analyzed by a suitable standard methodology. Sampling will include at least two indoor and one outdoor area. Sampling will be of sufficient volume and duration to allow a limit of quantification at least equal to the exposure criteria. The duration of sampling will match the time-averaging period required by the exposure criteria. Sampling will include a suitable number of field and media blanks. Survey ? accomplished via the internet or by email. Questionnaire will collect building occupant symptoms, metadata, and quality of life indicators. MEASURES. Analysis of at least 30 chemicals by commercial or research laboratory. Chemicals must include: benzene, isopropanol, acetone, xylene, ethylbenzene, toluene, styrene, isobutane, 2-heptanone and total hydrocarbons, pyrene, naphthalene and anthracene as indicators of asphalt-based polyaromatic airborne chemicals. For a period to include the study duration, gather publicly available National Ambient Air Quality Standards data from the closest NAAQS sampling station to Section Houston-Galveston. Indoor and outdoor particulate matter concentrations by particle size as measured by Coast Guard owned TSI Dustraks. Particle size discrimination must include PM 2.5. Indoor and outdoor temperature, relative humidity, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. Symptom Survey ? building occupants will be assigned an online survey account number and will be asked to provide one-time baseline (metadata) information (name, gender, birth date, tenure, position, physical location, work hours, etc?) Quality of Life Indicators (QLI) ? stress, noise, odors, etc. Building occupants will provide this information in addition to symptoms. Noise levels will be assessed during periods of peak outdoor noise associated with the activities of surrounding industrial areas. EVALUATION CRITERIA. Evaluation criteria will include acute and chronic criteria from: Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) health-based Effects Screening Levels (ESL) and ATSDR Minimal Risk Levels (MRLs). ASSUMPTIONS. The outdoor air sampling location will be fixed, and close as possible to the outdoor air intake to the heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system(s). This location will be considered representative of outdoor air locations, even though concentrations of chemicals in other outdoor areas may actually be lower or higher than measured values. Indoor air sampling locations will be of a number such that they are representative of distinct areas of the building. For example, distinct floors or separate built environments within the building that house distinct populations of individuals. These locations will be considered representative of indoor concentrations of chemicals at those locations. 1.3 STUDY TEAM COMPOSITION/STRUCTURE. U. S. Coast Guard Team: Detached Safety and Environmental Health Officer (SEHO), New Orleans, LA; USPHS Environmental Health Officer (EHO), Norfolk VA; SECTOR Project Coordinator (SPC), Houston; and SECTOR Sampling Coordinator (SSC), Houston. Contractor Team: Leaders to include an Industrial Hygienist, Occupational Physician, and Biostatistician or, Epidemiologist. Team leaders must be published researchers recognized in their fields as experts in environmental studies dealing with ambient and indoor air quality. SCHEDULING. Study team members will develop a sampling schedule that provides data for a six-month period. SITE VISITS. All prospective contractors are strongly encouraged to do a site visit before submitting quotes/proposals. To arrange a visit, please contact the Project Officer, LCDR Harrichand Rhambarose at (757) 628-4426 or e-mail: Harrichand.Rhambarose@uscg.mil. The Coast Guard will evaluate quotes/offers and will make a best-value award resulting from this solicitation to the responsible vendor whose quote/offer conforms to this solicitation and is determined to be most advantageous to the Government based on ability to meet basic requirements, delivery, and price. The following FAR provisions and clauses apply to this RFQ, and are incorporated by reference: FAR 52.212-1 Instructions To Offerors Commercial Items (Sept 2006), FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications Commercial Items (Nov 2006), FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions?Commercial Items (Feb 2007), FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders Commercial Items (May 2007), and FAR Clause 52.204-7, Central Contractor Registration. Closing date and time for receipt of quotes is September 07, 2007, 12:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Mail quotes to: Commander (fcp-4), U S Coast Guard MLCA, Attn: Romy Maglalang, 300 East Main St., Suite 950, Norfolk, VA 23510, or email to: romeo.v.maglalang@uscg.mil. Provide DUNS number and Tax ID number in quotes.
- Place of Performance
- Address: U S Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, 9640 Clinton Drive, Houston, TX
- Zip Code: 77029
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 77029
- Record
- SN01379331-W 20070823/070822065200 (fbodaily.com)
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