B -- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR OBTAINING & ANALYZING SEDIMENT, WATER, AND BIOASSAY SAMPLES FOR CIVIL WORKS ACTIVITIES FOR THE JACKSONVILLE DISTRICT

Notice Date

June 20, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, P.O. Box 4970, Jacksonville, Florida 32232-0019

ZIP Code

32232-0019

Solicitation Number

DACW17-01-R-0027

Response Due

August 6, 2001

Point of Contact

Beth Myers (904) 232-3712

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the contract specialist (elizabeth.r.myers@SAJ02.usace.army.mil)

Description

Award of an Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract is anticipated for Professional Services to perform obtaining and analyzing sediment samples, water samples, and bioassay samples for civil works activities for the Jacksonville District. Work includes collection and analyzing sediment samples, water column samples, ground water samples, and tissue samples, conduct vegetation surveys and conduct 24-hour air and water quality monitoring programs if required. The analyses will include evaluation of physical, biological and chemical samples. Work may include evaluation of acute biological toxicity by performance of bioassays on elutriate and solid phases of dredged material and chemical analysis on liquid phase of dredged material and benthic organisms. The study area consists of Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Georgia south of the St. Mary's River, and peninsular Florida east of Appalachicola. The successful offeror must be prepared to respond on short notice to requirements resulting from national disasters such as floods or hurricanes. The contract is for a period of one year from date of award, with options to extend for four additional years; not to exceed a total of five years. The Government reserves the right to exercise the contract options before the expiration of the base contract or preceding option period, if the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. The Government reserves the right to award the contract, based on initial offers received, without discussion of such offers. The contract shall be awarded to that responsible offeror whose offer conforming to the solicitation is considered to be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The RFP will be issued on or about 9 July 2001 and close on or about 06 August 2001. Solicitation will be issued in electronic format only. Interested offerors must register electronically. The registration form is located at http://www.saj.usace.army.mil/ (Select Contracts/Business Opportunities, and then EBS). This acquisition is 100% set-aside for small business concerns, therefore all responsible small business sources may submit an offer which will be considered by this agency. The NAIC code is 541380 and the size standard is $5 Million. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which will be considered. You must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration in order to be eligible to receive an award from this solicitation. Call 1-888-227-2423 or go to http://www.ccr2000.com for more information.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010622/BSOL014.HTM (W-171 SN50P4Z5)