SOURCES SOUGHT
H -- Quality Assurance Testing
- Notice Date
- 12/5/2019 3:16:48 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- W075 ENDIST LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES CA 90017-5000 USA
- ZIP Code
- 90017-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W912PL20RSS05
- Response Due
- 12/6/2019 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/21/2019
- Point of Contact
- Ruth Johnson
- E-Mail Address
-
ruth.a.johnson@usace.army.mil
(ruth.a.johnson@usace.army.mil)
- Description
- Description:The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District is seeking sources for a project entitled Quality Assurance (QA) Testing-Task Force Barrier. The work is located close to the border between the United States and Mexico in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. This will be a firm-fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541380 Testing Laboratories and the associated small business size standard is $16.5 million.Anticipated contract award January 2020.This sources-sought announcement is a tool to identify businesses with the capability to accomplish the work. This is not a solicitation. Only firms who respond to this announcement by submitting the following information will be used in determining whether to set aside this requirement. Please do not respond to this notice unless you intend to respond to the solicitation.A) A list of current or past projects demonstrating technical experience with work of a similar nature to that listed in the Summary Scope of Work. Include a statement detailing any special qualifications and certifications, applicable to the scope of this project, held by your firm and/or in-house personnel.B) A reference list for each of the projects submitted in A) above.C) Provide a statement of your firm’s business size (HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), small disadvantaged, or woman-owned) with regards to the NAICS code listed above.D) Provide a statement that your firm intends to submit an offer on the project when it is advertised.E) CAGE Code and DUNS number.Submit this information to Ruth Johnson, Contract Specialist, via email to ruth.a.johnson@usace.army.mil. Your response to this notice must be received on or before 2:00 on Friday, December 6, 2019. Summary Scope of Work:This agreement covers requirements for BPA Holder(s) field and lab testing of soil/aggregate, riprap, concrete, and structural steel field testing in strict compliance to the test methods specified in the Price Schedule. Sampling and testing will be performed within the USACE and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) area of responsibility (AOR). The BPA Holder shall provide and/or procure all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and non-personal services necessary to perform the field and laboratory test methods and to report results according to the applicable industry standard test method reporting requirements. All of the testing will require sampling by the BPA Holder(s). Pricing shall include all required sampling and testing required of the specified test method, except as specifically stated in the Price Schedule.The BPA Holder(s) shall sample and test construction materials in strict compliance with the standard test method, and report the results of the tests to USACE. See the Price Schedule for more information.Price Schedule:Line Item No.Test ProcedureSouth Western Region1ASTM C 40 - Test Method for Organic Impurities in Fine Aggregates forConcrete2ASTM C 88 - Sodium Sulfate Soundness, Coarse Aggregate3ASTM C 88 - Sodium Sulfate Soundness, Fine Aggregate4ASTM C 88 - Magnesium Sulfate Soundness, Coarse Aggregate5ASTM C 88 - Magnesium Sulfate Soundness, Fine Aggregate6ASTM C 123 - Lightweight Particles in Coarse Aggregate7ASTM C 123 - Lightweight Particles in Fine Aggregate8ASTM C 117 -Test Method for Material Finer than 75 µm (No. 200) Sieve in Mineral Aggregates by Washing9ASTM C 127 - Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate10ASTM C 128 - Test Method for Density, Relative Density (SpecificGravity), and Absorption of Fine Aggregate11ASTM C 131 - Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Small-SizeCoarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine12ASTM C 136 -Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Fine and CoarseAggregates: Coarse aggregate (1-1/2" to #200 Sieve)13ASTM C 142 - Clay Lumps & Friable Particles, Coarse Aggregate14ASTM C 142 - Clay Lumps & Friable Particles, Fine Aggregate15ASTM C 566 - Total Moisture Content in Coarse Aggregate16ASTM C 566 - Total Moisture Content in Fine Aggregate17ASTM D 1556 - Test Methods for Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Placeby Sand-Cone Method18ASTM D 1557 - Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort (Method C - 6" Diameter Mold)19ASTM D 2216 - Test Methods for Laboratory Determination of Water(Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass (Jar or Bag)20ASTM D2487 - Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for EngineeringPurposes (Unified Soil Classification System)21Direct Shear Test, Controlled Strain - 3 Specimens: Compacted (2.8" or 24"Diameter)22ASTM D 4318 - Test Methods for Liquid and Plastic Limits (Atterberg,includes All Soil Classification) EM 1110-2-1906 Appendix IIIA - One- Point Liquid and Plastic Limit Test Method (Washed through No. 40 sieve)23ASTM D 4791 - Test Method for Flat Particles, Elongated Particles, or Flat and Elongated Particles in Coarse Aggregate Each sieve size - CoarseAggregate24ASTM D 5821 Percentage of Fractured Particles in Coarse Aggregate (pricing per sieve tested; test can be performed on any number of sieves)25ASTM D 6913 - Test Methods for Particle Size Distribution (Gradation) of Soils Using Sieve Analysis26ASTM D 6938 - Test Methods for In-Place Density and Water Content ofSoil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth)27ASTM G 51/T289 - Test Method for Measuring pH of Soil for Use inCorrosion Testing28AASHTO T 290 - Method of Test for Determining Water-Soluble Sulfate Ion Content in Soil29AASHTO T 291 - Method of Test for Determining Water-Soluble ChlorideIon Content in SoilRIPRAP TESTING 30ASTM C 88 - Test Method for Soundness of Aggregates by Use of Sodium Sulfate (at least 5 cycles and 5 different sizes)31ASTM C 88 - Test Method for Soundness of Aggregates by Use of Magnesium Sulfate (at least 5 cycles and 5 different sizes)32ASTM C 127 - Test Method for Density, Relative Density (SpecificGravity), and Absorption of Coarse Aggregate33ASTM C 535 - Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of Large-SizeCoarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine34ASTM D 5519 - Standard Test Method for Particle Size Analysis of Natural and Man-Made Riprap MaterialsCONCRETE TESTING35ASTM C 31 - Practice for Making and Curing Test Specimens (Set of two6"x12" Cylinders) in the Field. (Also Includes Slump, Air and Temperature Tests.)36ASTM C 39 - Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens: (Per set of two 6"x12" Specimens)37ASTM C 39 - Test Method for Compressive Strength of CylindricalConcrete Specimens: (Per set of three 4"x8" Specimen)38ASTM C 42 - Test Method for Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams of Concrete ( 4" Diameter Core Specimens) - per core39ASTM C 42 - Test Method for Obtaining and Testing Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams of Concrete: Compressive Strength (6" Diameter CoreSpecimens) - per core40ASTM C 109 - Compressive Strength of Cement Mortars Using CubeSpecimens (price per cube)(2-3 minimum must be run per ASTM)41ASTM C 138 - Standard Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, andAir Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete42ASTM C 143 -Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic-Cement Concrete (when not ordered as a part of ASTM C31)43ASTM C 174 - Concrete Thickness by Drilled Cores44ASTM C 231 - Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete bythe Pressure Method (when not ordered as a part of ASTM C31)45ASTM C 1019 - Sampling and Testing Grout46ASTM C 1064 - Temperature of Concrete (when not ordered as a part ofASTM C31)47ASTM C 1138 - Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Concrete(Underwater Method)48ASTM D 4832 - Test Method for Preparation and testing of Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM) Test Cylinders
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