SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- Laboratory Analysis for Water Sampling (Organic) Services
- Notice Date
- 11/4/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation - MP - Regional Office 2800 Cottage Way, Room E-1815 Sacramento CA 95825
- ZIP Code
- 95825
- Solicitation Number
- R11SY20040
- Response Due
- 11/15/2010
- Archive Date
- 11/4/2011
- Point of Contact
- Kara A. Fleming Contract Specialist 9169785132 kfleming@usbr.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This announcement is hereby issued to Small Business (per the NAICS Code below), 8(a) Small Business, HUBZone, Small Business, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concerns that may be interested in performing a contract for the Mid-Pacific Region of the Bureau of Reclamation. The work to be performed is described below. Based upon response to this announcement, the Government may determine to set this acquisition aside or proceed with an unrestricted solicitation. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541380 and the related small business size standard is $12 million. This notice is not a request for proposals and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner. Interested parties should include the following information in their response: (a) Business name, address, cage code, size classification based on NAICS size standard, socioeconomic classification (i.e. HUBZone and/or 8(a)), and a point of contact; (b) A positive statement of your intention to submit an offer for this solicitation as a prime contractor; (c) Evidence of your experience performing work similar in type and scope to the work in this announcement within the last five years. The evidence should include: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts and points of contacts with telephone numbers. Please do not include more than three past projects; and (d) Include attachments cataloging the company's equipment assets, personnel resources and financial resources that demonstrate company responsibility and capability to perform required work. All interested parties are encouraged to respond to this notice, by e-mail to kfleming@usbr.gov no later than 10:00 a.m. on November 15, 2010. The information provided in this announcement is the only information the Government has available at this time. There are no specifications, drawings, bid packages, or source lists available. The principal components of the work to be performed include: 1. Laboratory Analysis of Water (Organic Parameters) as follows: Analyte Maximum Reporting Limit Method (?g/L) 3-Hydroxycarbofuran0.50EPA 531 seriesAldicarb 0.50EPA 531 seriesAldicarb Sulfone 0.50EPA 531 seriesAldicarb Sulfoxide 0.50EPA 531 seriesBaygon 0.50EPA 531 seriesCarbaryl 0.50EPA 531 seriesCarbofuran 0.50EPA 531 seriesMethiocarb 0.50EPA 531 seriesMethomyl 0.50EPA 531 seriesOxamyl 0.50EPA 531 seriesDibromochloropropane0.010EPA 504 seriesEthylene dibromide 0.010EPA 504 series2,4,5-T 0.20EPA 515 series2,4,5-TP 0.20EPA 515 series2,4-D 0.10EPA 515 series2,4-DB 2.0EPA 515 series3,5-Dichlorobenzoic Acid0.50EPA 515 seriesAcifluorfen 0.20EPA 515 seriesBentazon 0.50EPA 515 seriesDalapon 1.0EPA 515 seriesDCPA Acid Metabolites1.0EPA 515 seriesDicamba 0.080EPA 515 seriesDichlorprop 0.50EPA 515 seriesDinoseb 0.20EPA 515 seriesPentachlorophenol 0.040EPA 515 seriesPicloram 0.10EPA 515 seriesAldrin 0.010EPA 505 seriesAroclor 1016 0.070EPA 505 seriesAroclor 1221 0.10EPA 505 seriesAroclor 1232 0.10EPA 505 seriesAroclor 1242 0.10EPA 505 seriesAroclor 1248 0.10EPA 505 seriesAroclor 1254 0.10EPA 505 seriesAroclor 1260 0.10EPA 505 seriesChlordane 0.10EPA 505 seriesDieldrin 0.010EPA 505 seriesEndrin 0.010EPA 505 seriesHeptachlor 0.010EPA 505 seriesHeptachlor Epoxide 0.010EPA 505 seriesLindane 0.010EPA 505 seriesMethoxychlor 0.050EPA 505 seriesTotal PCB 0.070EPA 505 seriesToxaphene 0.50EPA 505 series2,4-Dinitrotoluene 0.10EPA 525 series2,6-Dinitrotoluene 0.10EPA 525 series4,4'-DDD 0.10EPA 525 series4,4'-DDE 0.10EPA 525 series4,4'-DDT 0.10EPA 525 seriesAcenaphthene 0.10EPA 525 seriesAcenaphthylene 0.10EPA 525 seriesAcetochlor 0.10EPA 525 seriesAlachlor 0.050EPA 525 seriesAnthracene 0.020EPA 525 seriesAtrazine 0.050EPA 525 seriesBenz(a)anthracene 0.050EPA 525 seriesBenzo(a)pyrene 0.020EPA 525 seriesBenzo(b)fluoranthene0.020EPA 525 seriesBenzo(g,h,i)perylene0.050EPA 525 seriesBenzo(k)fluoranthene0.020EPA 525 seriesBis(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate0.60EPA 525 seriesbis(2-ethylhexyl)adipate0.60EPA 525 seriesBromacil 0.20EPA 525 seriesButachlor 0.050EPA 525 seriesButyl Benzyl Phthalate0.50EPA 525 seriesCaffeine 0.020EPA 525 seriesChlordane-alpha 0.050EPA 525 seriesChlordane-gamma 0.050EPA 525 seriesChloroneb 0.10EPA 525 seriesChlorobenzilate 0.10EPA 525 seriesChlorothalonil 0.10EPA 525 seriesChlorpyrifos 0.050EPA 525 seriesChrysene 0.020EPA 525 seriesDiazinon 0.10EPA 525 seriesDibenz(a,h)anthracene0.050EPA 525 seriesDichlorvos 0.050EPA 525 seriesDiethyl Phthalate 0.50EPA 525 seriesDimethoate 0.10EPA 525 seriesDimethyl Phthalate 0.50EPA 525 seriesDi-n-butyl Phthalate 1.0EPA 525 seriesDi-n-octyl Phthalate 0.10EPA 525 seriesEndosulfan I 0.10EPA 525 seriesEndosulfan II 0.10EPA 525 seriesEndosulfan Sulfate 0.10EPA 525 seriesEndrin Aldehyde 0.10EPA 525 seriesEPTC 0.10EPA 525 seriesFluoranthene 0.10EPA 525 seriesFluorene 0.050EPA 525 seriesHCH-alpha 0.10EPA 525 seriesHCH-beta 0.10EPA 525 seriesHCH-delta 0.10EPA 525 seriesHeptachlor Epoxide (isomer b)0.020EPA 525 seriesHexachlorobenzene0.050EPA 525 seriesHexachlorocyclopentadiene0.050EPA 525 seriesIndeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene0.050EPA 525 seriesIsophorone 0.50EPA 525 seriesMalathion 0.10EPA 525 seriesMetolachlor 0.050EPA 525 seriesMetribuzin 0.050EPA 525 seriesMolinate 0.10EPA 525 seriesNaphthalene 0.10EPA 525 seriesParathion 0.10EPA 525 seriesPendimethalin 0.10EPA 525 seriesPermethrin (total) 0.10EPA 525 seriesPhenanthrene 0.020EPA 525 seriesPropachlor 0.050EPA 525 seriesPyrene 0.050EPA 525 seriesSimazine 0.050EPA 525 seriesTerbacil 0.10EPA 525 seriesTerbuthylazine 0.10EPA 525 seriesThiobencarb 0.20EPA 525 seriesTrans-Nonachlor 0.050EPA 525 seriesTrifluralin 0.10EPA 525 series1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane0.50EPA 524 series1,1,1-Trichloroethane0.50EPA 524 series1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane0.50EPA 524 series1,1,2-Trichloroethane0.50EPA 524 series1,1-Dichloroethane 0.50EPA 524 series1,1-Dichloroethene 0.50EPA 524 series1,1-Dichloropropene0.50EPA 524 series1,2,3-Trichlorobenzene0.50EPA 524 series1,2,3-Trichloropropane0.50EPA 524 series1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene0.50EPA 524 series1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene0.50EPA 524 series1,2-Dichlorobenzene0.50EPA 524 series1,2-Dichloroethane 0.50EPA 524 series1,2-Dichloropropane0.50EPA 524 series1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene0.50EPA 524 series1,3-Dichlorobenzene0.50EPA 524 series1,3-Dichloropropane0.50EPA 524 series1,3-dichloropropene0.50EPA 524 series1,4-Dichlorobenzene0.50EPA 524 series2,2-Dichloropropane0.50EPA 524 series2-Butanone 5.0EPA 524 series2-Chlorotoluene 0.50EPA 524 series4-Chlorotoluene 0.50EPA 524 series4-Methyl-2-pentanone5.0EPA 524 seriesBenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesBromobenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesBromochloromethane0.50EPA 524 seriesBromodichloromethane0.50EPA 524 seriesBromoethane 0.50EPA 524 seriesBromoform 0.50EPA 524 seriesBromomethane 0.50EPA 524 seriesCarbon Tetrachloride0.50EPA 524 seriesChlorobenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesChloroethane 0.50EPA 524 seriesChloroform 0.50EPA 524 seriesChloromethane 0.50EPA 524 seriesCis-1,2-dichloroethene0.50EPA 524 seriesCis-1,3-dichloropropene0.50EPA 524 seriesDibromochloromethane0.50EPA 524 seriesDibromomethane 0.50EPA 524 seriesDichlorodifluoromethane0.50EPA 524 seriesDichloromethane 0.50EPA 524 seriesEthylbenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesFluorotrichloromethane0.50EPA 524 seriesHexachlorobutadiene0.50EPA 524 seriesIsopropyl ether 3.0EPA 524 seriesIsopropylbenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesMeta, Para-Xylene 0.50EPA 524 seriesMTBE 0.50EPA 524 seriesN-butylbenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesN-propylbenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesOrtho-xylene 0.50EPA 524 seriesp-Isopropyltoluene 0.50EPA 524 seriesSec-butylbenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesStyrene 0.50EPA 524 seriestert-amyl methyl ether3.0EPA 524 seriestert-butyl ethyl ether3.0EPA 524 seriesTert-butylbenzene 0.50EPA 524 seriesTetrachloroethene 0.50EPA 524 seriesToluene 0.50EPA 524 seriesTotal THM 0.50EPA 524 seriesTotal Xylene (o,m,p)0.50EPA 524 seriesTrans-1,2-dichloroethene0.50EPA 524 seriesTrans-1,3-dichloropropene0.50EPA 524 seriesTrichloroethene 0.50EPA 524 seriesTrichlorotrifluoroethane0.50EPA 524 seriesVinyl Chloride 0.30EPA 524 seriesIt is preferred that offerors be capable of providing the following analysis but it is not mandatory.Total Potential Trihalomethane0.5EPA 551.1 SM 5710Total Organic Carbon300SM 5310Perchlorate 0.5EPA 314Glyphosate 6EPA 547 2. Contractor/laboratory shall provide acceptable MDL studies for all parameters. 3. The Contractor/laboratory may not sub contract any analysis out. 4. In order to receive an award the laboratory must be approved by Mid-Pacific Region's Environmental Office MP-157. Approval will include but not be limited to passing a Quality Assurance Audit below, receiving an acceptable review of the laboratory's QA Manual, round-robin performance evaluation samples, and reporting limits. Audit Process: The MP-157 quality assurance (QA) section conducts audits on laboratories involved in analytical activities that support MP-157 Mid-Pacific Region projects. The audit consists of reviewing the laboratory's QA manual and the last three years of approved round-robin performance study results, submitting performance evaluation samples, and conducting an onsite audit. The review process allows the QA section to determine if laboratories are capable of performing quality analyses on Mid-Pacific Region samples while following QA/QC practices that meet or exceed Mid-Pacific Region standards and protocols. Background Review: Prior to the audit, the QA section will contact the laboratory QA officer or the laboratory director and request a copy of both the current QA manual and the last three years of approved round-robin performance study results. The performance study results and QA manual are reviewed by the QA section. Performance Evaluation Samples: Prior to the onsite audit, the QA section conducts a performance audit by submitting performance evaluation samples. The purpose of the performance evaluation samples is to evaluate the laboratory's ability to generate accurate data. If the laboratory performs poorly on the performance evaluation samples, the QA section may consider not conducting the onsite audit. The parameters submitted for the performance evaluation samples will be tailored to reflect those of current Mid-Pacific Region projects and the methods the laboratory performs. If the laboratory does not obtain a result within the acceptance criteria, the laboratory will be directed to reanalyze the sample(s). If the reanalyzed result is within the acceptance criteria, then the performance audit is considered acceptable. If the laboratory still does not meet the acceptance criteria upon reanalysis, a new performance evaluation sample from a different lot or vendor will be submitted. If the laboratory can obtain an acceptable result on the new performance evaluation sample, the performance audit is considered acceptable. If the laboratory does not meet the acceptance on the original, reanalysis, or new performance evaluation sample, the laboratory will not be audited or approved for this method/parameter. Audit Agenda: Approximately one week prior to the audit, the auditor will send the laboratory contact a proposed audit agenda. The audit agenda details the time allotted for the initial meeting with management, analytical method review, document review, and debrief. After laboratory review and approval, the audit agenda will be finalized. Onsite Audit: An onsite laboratory audit is conducted by the QA section to assess the laboratory's expertise in conducting the analyses, the capability for producing valid data, the ability to effectively support the data, and the integrity of the QA/QC practices. Meet with Management: The first step of the audit will be to meet with management and key laboratory personnel to discuss the purpose of the audit and give a general overview about the Mid-Pacific Region and the Environmental Monitoring Branch (MP-157). During this meeting, the audit team will discuss MP-157's policies and requirements, the performance evaluation sample results (if available), document request, and questions for the QA Officer (QAO). Analytical Method and Document Review: During the onsite audit, the QA officer, analysts, and other key laboratory personnel are questioned to determine their overall understanding of the methods and laboratory procedures. Documentation practices are also reviewed. In general, the auditors are checking to see if the laboratory procedures follow the laboratory's QA manual guidelines and the EPA method, Standard method, or other method protocols. Debrief: The most serious deviations are presented to the laboratory as findings in a debrief meeting at the end of the audit; the debrief is generally conducted the day after the audit. All the deviations are written as findings or observations in the final audit report. Audit Report: Any deviations from accepted protocols are written in an audit report as findings. The report can also include good practices for any procedures that the auditors would like the laboratory to continue and observations for any procedures that the auditors would like the laboratory to adopt. Laboratory Audit Response and Final Approval LetterThe laboratory is asked to send a response to each finding detailed in the QA section's audit report. The auditors will review this response and assess if the corrective actions and explanations are acceptable. If any response is questionable, the laboratory is contacted for clarification. Once the review of the laboratory's audit response is complete, the lead auditor will send a final letter addressing whether or not the laboratory is approved for use. Central Contractor Registration (CCR), as required by FAR 4.1102, applies to this procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered prior to award. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on CCR registration can be obtained via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov.
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