SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- ARCTIC OCEAN METHANE GASES REPORT
- Notice Date
- 7/16/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, APS PO BOX 25046 MS204ADENVER FEDERAL CENTER DENVER CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- 10CR49-NoSolicitation
- Response Due
- 7/30/2010
- Archive Date
- 7/16/2011
- Point of Contact
- DONALD DOWNEY CONTRACT SPECIALIST 3032369331 ;
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Concerns having the ability to furnish the services described herein are requested to give written notification (including the telephone number for a point of contact) to the procuring office above within 15 calendar days from the date of this synopsis. The U.S. Geological Survey, Central Energy Resources Science Center, Denver, CO has a need to develop methods to document and report on the release of methane in the Arctic Ocean coastal environments. This requirement is intended to understand the role that methane gas as released from the Arctic shelf may have on atmospheric chemistry and potentially climate change. The specific outcome of this effort will be the development of improved remotely operated vehicle (ROV) techniques for surveying underwater gas release on the transgressed shelf of the Beaufort Sea. A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) as supplied by the awarded vendor shall be deployed as part of a planned Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) led expedition to the southern Beaufort Sea in the vicinity of the Mackenzie Delta where sea bed gas release has been observed in various geologic environments. The awarded vendor shall lead the ROV component of the research activities in close association with thee collaborators (1) the Geological Survey of Canada, (2) Fisheries and Oceans Canada and (3) the Canadian Coast Guard Service. The goal of the awarded vendor's ROV dives shall be to characterize the nature of gas release at the seabed and to improve methods and practices for simple ROV operations. The awarded vendor's required Phantom ROV is a small special built ROV that can be relatively easily used in and Arctic setting. The goals of this research are to evaluate if this type of equipment can be used to characterize seabed gas releases and eventually used to survey the Beaufort Sea shelf off the northern coast of Alaska. The research expedition under the direction of (1) the Geological Survey of Canada, (2) Fisheries and Oceans Canada, (3) Canadian Coast Guard Service, and the (4) MBARI (or the awarded vendor) shall visit two areas where sonar data have allowed identification of possible gas plumes emanating from the sea bed. These include gas plumes and surface water gas release in the mid shelf environment (water depths 40-60m) typified by the Kopanoar pingo like feature described by Paull et al., (2007) and gas releases at the shelf edge/shelf break environment (80-120 m water depth) described by Hughes-Clarke et al., (2009). Similar features may exist on the Alaskan shelf, but because of the lack of focused research expeditions and survey data their potential occurrence are uncertain. The ROV as supplied by the awarded vendor shall be equipped with high resolution underwater cameras, imaging sonar, and a new water column gas sampling apparatus as provided by MBARI. The project collaborators, which include the (1) Geological Survey of Canada, (2) Fisheries and Oceans Canada, (3) Canadian Coast Guard Service, and the (4) MBARI (or the awarded vendor) shall undertake ROV surveys where gas plumes have been previously identified. The focus of this effort shall be to evaluate and use visible and imaging ROV sonar techniques to trace the acoustically defined gas plumes to their sea bed source. Once the sea bed source is identified the research collaborators lead by the awarded vendor shall use the capabilities of the small ROV to appraise the character of gas release (bubble size and frequency of emissions), the detailed morphologies related to gas release sites (for instance is the gas being released from orifices or cracks in the sea bed?) and the possible occurrence of unique biologic communities related to gas release and the broad regional character of the sea bed where past gas release may have occurred. Based on the information at this time, the government considers the services specified as a sole source from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039-9644, and proposes to negotiate a contract with the firm on that basis. However, should additional sources be identified, they will be considered. Firms who feel that they can furnish the required products/services are invited to submit in writing an affirmative response to this announcement, and such other materials which correspond to the required items stated herein. This information will be evaluated and used to determine if competitive opportunities exist. Since no solicitation document exists, request for such documents without accompanying information will be considered non-responsive to this request without further consideration. This notice may represent the Governments only official notice of this procurement. Affirmative response shall be received by this office by close of business, July 30, 2010 by 3:00 PM Mountain Standard Time.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ARCTIC OCEAN
- Zip Code: 80225
- Zip Code: 80225
- Record
- SN02208928-W 20100718/100716235300-17598712ef26b12806c6b0ebfe4c086b (fbodaily.com)
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