Water Quality Program Lab Analysis Contract

*AMENDMENT 0001 of Source Sought posted 23 Jan 2025.

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project aside for them. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business and you are interested in this project please respond appropriately.

1. Project Description: Analytical laboratory services for various chemical and biological parameters in water samples. Parameters to be analyzed include: total, dissolved, and suspend solids; common forms of nitrogen and phosphorus; organic carbon; hardness; alkalinity; chloride; sulfate; total and dissolved metals commonly analyzed with EPA 200 and 300 series test methods; chlorophyll a, b, and c and pheophytin a; E. coli; acidity; and taxonomic identification and enumeration of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and benthic macroinvertebrates samples. Total number of samples will vary per year, but an approximate number of samples per year may be around 150 samples for many of the water chemistry parameters, around 50 samples for phytoplankton, and around 30 samples for benthic macroinvertebrates.

The Contractor lab would be required to pickup samples within the Louisville District Area of Responsibility (figure below) within a 24-hours notice. It is expected most sample pickups would be from the Louisville downtown area.

Contract duration is estimated at 1,736 calendar days. The estimated cost range is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (FAR 36.204 & DFARS 236.204). NAICS code is 541380. All interested Small Businesses, certified HUBZONE, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business contractors should respond to this survey via email by Friday, 07 February 2025 at 10:00AM Eastern Time.

Email responses and any questions to Amber Drones amber.l.drones@usace.army.mil. This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately for responses to this market survey.