Notice of Intent to Sole Source: Eklutna Glacier Data and Access

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center – Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (ERDC-CRREL) requires a comprehensive long-term time-series of co-located glacial watershed parameters from Eklutna Glacier in Alaska, USA. The services will include in-person remote field guidance at the remote measurement site on Eklutna Glacier. The USACE intends to award a purchase order on a sole source basis to Alaska Pacific University. • The requirement includes accurately measured, in-situ collection of field observations, consisting of quantitative measurements from instrumentation related to hydrology, weather, and glacial snow-ice ablation changes. • The services will also include in-person remote field guidance at the remote measurement site on Eklutna Glacier. • The Eklutna Glacier and Watershed long-term monitoring program is managed and maintained by researchers at Alaska Pacific University (APU) in Anchorage, Alaska. • APU has been operating and maintaining a comprehensive field measurement collection program on Eklutna Glacier since 2008.