RECOVERY - "THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO CONTRACTORS UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, NATIOANAL BUSINESS CENTER, ACQUISITIONS SERVICES DIRECTORATE INDEFINATE QUANTITY, INDEFINATE DELIVERY CONTRACTS. The National Business Center, Acquisitions Service Directorate will issue a task order under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act as follows: TASK ORDER: G09PG00163-01CONTRACT NUMBER: 1406-09-81-0027AWARD AMOUNT:: $16,038.00AWARD DATE 09/11/2009VENDOR NAME PATHFINDER AVIATIONVENDOR ADRESS PO BOX 375 HOMER, AK 99603 ISSUING CONTRACT OFFICE: NATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER ACQUISITION SERVICES, ANCHORAGE 4405 LEAR COURT ANCORAGE, AK 99502CONTRACT OFFICER: V. MICHELE WATERSPHONE/FAX 907-271-5021/907-271-6446EMAIL
[email protected] DESCRIPTION OF TASK UNDER ORDER: The U.S. Geological Survey (Alaska Volcano Observatory, Alaska Science Center) has a requirement for rotary wing flight services using a Bell Long Ranger to perform geologic field work at Mt. Redoubt, AK, a 10,000 ft. high active volcano in the Cook Inlet area of Alaska some 100 miles SW of Anchorage. The work will consist of 3 days of work at the volcano with the field crew to be picked up in Anchorage in the morning and returned each evening. The work and flights will be weather dependent but would occur sometime in the block September 10 through October 10 2009. The work will entail landing at unprepared landing sites in mountainous terrain including ridge tops and glaciers on the flanks of the volcano and in the drainages below the volcano. The work will include but is not limited to air observation and landing on volcanic deposits produced during the 2009 eruption of Mt. Redoubt. This contract and resulting tasks orders are not fixed priced due to the expectant readiness of the aircraft upon a Government order, and the utilization of the aircraft (flight) being dependant upon other mission factors. The contract schedule includes a price for; daily availability of the aircraft/crew, price per flight hour for non-volcanic, and volcanic activity missions. Pricing includes wages for pilots, and all additional crew, overhead, general and administrative expenses and profit (16.601 (e) (1)), and the base and all options are pre-priced. The contract award amounts are based on an estimated amount of flight hours multiplied by the contractors flight and availability rate, with not to exceed maximums.