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GSA Contract Services

Environmental Advisory Services
General Services Administration

Contract No. GS-10F-0319M
Federal Supply Group 899, Class F999

Available to all Federal Agencies September 2002
Contract Period: 1 June 2002 through 31 May 2007

Summary

Normandeau Associates has been awarded a 5-year, $5 million, indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery contract with the General Services Administration (GSA) for environmental services.

The GSA has prequalified Normandeau to make it easier for Federal contracting officers to award environmental contracts, i.e., capabilities have been reviewed and rates have been negotiated. All a Federal customer must do is place an order directly with a GSA schedule contractor, such as Normandeau. Federal customers can significantly reduce the time required to obtain services to as little as two weeks. Lastly, the relationship between the contractor and the customer is a direct one - the customer need not transfer funds to GSA.

Online access to contract ordering information is available at: www.GSAAdvantage.gov

This multiple award contract covers the following Special Item Numbers (SIN).

SIN 899-1 Environmental Planning Services and Documentation

Over the last five years, Normandeau Associates has completed hundreds of projects throughout country encompassing environmental assessments, impact statements, and specialized studies in support planning activities. Our substantial number broadly trained professionals, including scientists, planners engineers, possess technical training expertise particular disciplines required to perform EIAs, as well broad-based assessment experience on diverse a wide array locations environments. success providing services stems from credentials staff ability routinely apply an integrated multidisciplinary approach projects. professional is also intimately familiar with regulatory requirements that define context within which many EIA activities must be performed.

Among the types of studies and support services we offer to help customers meet these requirements are:

  • Formal EA/EIS documentation;
  • Endangered Species field surveys and support for informal or formal agency consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act;
  • Habitat restoration planning and implementation;
  • Wetlands delineations and permitting support;
  • Natural Resource and Watershed management plans, studies, and consultations, including regulatory analyses, feasibility assessments, exposure assessments, and risk analyses, and
  • Modeling of surface and ground water resources, biological resources, and impact assessment.

SIN 899-7 Geographic Information Systems

Normandeau Associates provides a variety of GIS services for utility, public agency, and industrial clients. These services range from the specification and acquisition of original aerial photography and digitization to comprehensive GIs systems development required for a specific project. GIs projects in aquatic and terrestrial ecology, geology, and natural resource inventory and management benefit from the depth of scientific experience of the Normandeau staff. Combining the experience of these scientists with an experienced GIs staff, Normandeau has been able to develop cutting-edge GIs applications for its clients. Our systems are PC-based which allows many clients to access data in applications especially developed by our staff.

SIN 899-99 Miscellaneous New Services and Technologies

Under this SIN are the following items.

HI-Z Turb'N Tag Technology: Many of the studies of fish passage through turbines, spillways, and bypasses have been possible only through the use of Normandeau's patented tag-recapture technology (HI-Z Turb'N Tag, U. S. Patent No. 4,970,988). Past studies using other tag-recapture techniques required the use of thousands of fish, producing uncertain results with no information on fish injury or mortality. Our technology has enhanced the knowledge about areas within hydraulic structures which can be modified for benign fish passage using only a small number of fish; results from these studies are quite precise and direct mitigative measures which provide most benefit to fish communities. It has provided guidance for better operation of turbines, spillways, and bypasses to minimize fish losses. Staff biologists have been utilizing radio telemetry with the Turb'N Tag to investigate fish behavior for over 20 years. Radio telemetry allows biologists to track individual fish equipped with internal or external radio transmitters to determine fish movement, behavior, and exit route selection.

Instream Flow Assessments: The Instream Flow Incremental Methodology (IFIM) is commonly used to quantify relationships between usable aquatic habitat and alternative flow regimes at projects which store, divert, or otherwise regulate stream flow. Applications are varied and always incorporate site-specific circumstances. Management problems typically include evaluating minimum stream flow required to preserve, restore, or enhance instream values using a measure of aquatic habitat that may incorporate aspects of both quantity and quality. Many projects require assessments focused on problems other than minimum flow, such as evaluating effects of alternatives on channel morphology, impacts from hydropeaking operations, or long-term changes to flow regimes across an entire watershed or river basin.

Biological Laboratories: Normandeau has been involved in the identification of freshwater, marine and estuarine flora and fauna since the company was founded in 1970. Over the years, Normandeau scientists have developed techniques to improve overall efficiency of processing efforts. In addition, we have become experts with certain difficult taxonomic groups that are extremely important in the determination of impacts. Our taxonomic skills include identification of soft and hard bottom benthos, zooplankton, phytoplankton, and ichthyoplankton.

Our staff is also uniquely qualified to conduct endangered mussels surveys and is recognized by state and Federal agencies for this expertise. They also are highly experienced in conducting EPA RBP analysis at levels I, II and III. Normandeau has ensured the continuous quality of this program by developing rigorous training procedures and detailed SOPs for all the field and laboratory procedures.

How to Use the GSA Schedule

  1. Identify your short-term and long-term requirements.
  2. Prepare a statement of work (scope, schedule, and deliverables) and establish a funding mechanism.
  3. Have your contracting officers issue the statement of work.
  4. Contact Normandeau directly (Mr. Peter Kinner, Bedford, New Hampshire) or access the GSA Advantage website (www.GSAAdvantage.gov) and locate Normandeau Associates, Inc. for contact information.