Environmental Laboratory Services for Chemical and Biological Analysis

The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District (LRC) is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for enivornmental laboratory services for water and sediment sampling analysis. The intention is to procure these services on a competitive basis BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION, and multiple awards MAY be made. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE Contractor facilities. DISCLAIMER “THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.” PROGRAM

BACKGROUND The USACE Civil Works and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) missions that necessitate this Analytical Services Contract are designated as programs that focus on water resource development, navigation, and environmental stewardship. Site characterization via analytical services performed on sampled environmental media provides projects under these missions the ability to plan long-term dredging strategies, inform construction projects, and determine the environmental impacts of water control features through water quality monitoring. In accordance with these assignments, the

objective of each sampling project is to obtain technically valid and legally defensible environmental data that will meet or exceed the site-specific Data Quality

Objectives (DQOs) as identified in each task order. Since litigation over possible environmental effects may arise, it is essential that laboratory tests ensure that the production of data is to the highest degree of confidence, reproducibility, and reliability achievable by approved state-of-the-art and current methodologies. Full control over sample integrity and/or loss of sample constituents during the total process of sampling, sample handling and preservation, and testing, is necessary to obtain the quality of results the USACE requires. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES Our needs require the Contractor’s laboratory services to provide analytical services support and supplies to characterize environmental material collected by USACE-LRC or another USACE-LRD District (Great Lakes and Ohio Rivers Division) The

objective of each sampling project is to obtain technically valid and legally defensible environmental data that will meet or exceed the site-specific Data Quality