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SOLICITATION # 140R4021Q0029 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

WATER & SOIL TESTING WCAO 2022 UPPER COLORADO BASIN

This combined Synopsis / Solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside using NAICS code 541380 Testing Laboratories; This is a total small business set-aside with size standard of $16.50 million. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items is prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-04 effective 1/14/2021. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation to be issued; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation using the Standard Form 1449 will not be issued.

Solicitation Closing Date: Wednesday May 19, 2021 Solicitation Closing Time: 14:00 (2:00 PM) Mountain Time

ONLY ELECTRONIC PROPOSALS will be accepted for this requirement. Proposals must be electronically delivered to:

Mr. Russ Oaks E-mail: rdoaks@usbr.gov

E-mailed proposals must be in the following format: Two (2) PDF documents, technical proposal and pricing as separate documents.

• E-mailed proposals must be received by the Contract Specialist via e-mail no later than 14:00 hours (2:00 PM) MDT May 19, 2021 to be considered for award.

• E-mail subject line should contain the following naming scheme:

Proposal – 140R4021Q0029 –Water & Soil Testing WCAO 2022

Inquiries regarding this Solicitation should be made to:

Mr. Russ Oaks, Contract Specialist

Phone: 801-524-3691

All correspondence regarding this Solicitation should reference the Solicitation Number and Project Name “140R4021Q0029 Water & Soil Testing WCAO 2022” in the subject line.

DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: Questions must be submitted to the Contract Specialist at least 48 business hours prior to the closing. Any questions submitted after the deadline will not be answered.

Please read Clause 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items thoroughly for evaluation of proposal and award information.

NOTE: Vendors must meet ALL hold times to be considered mailto:rdoaks@usbr.gov

SOLICITATION # 140R4021Q0029 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

WATER & SOIL TESTING WCAO 2022 UPPER COLORADO BASIN

This combined Synopsis / Solicitation is a Total Small Business Set-Aside using NAICS code 541380 Testing Laboratories; This is a total small business set-aside with size standard of $16.50 million. This combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items is prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-04 effective 1/14/2021. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation to be issued; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation using the Standard Form 1449 will not be issued.

Solicitation Closing Date: Wednesday May 19, 2021 Solicitation Closing Time: 14:00 (2:00 PM) Mountain Time

ONLY ELECTRONIC PROPOSALS will be accepted for this requirement. Proposals must be electronically delivered to:

Mr. Russ Oaks

E-mailed proposals must be in the following format: Two (2) PDF documents, technical proposal and pricing as separate documents.

• E-mailed proposals must be received by the Contract Specialist via e-mail no later than 14:00 hours (2:00 PM) MDT May 19, 2021 to be considered for award.

• E-mail subject line should contain the following naming scheme:

Proposal – 140R4021Q0029 –Water & Soil Testing WCAO 2022

Inquiries regarding this Solicitation should be made to:

Mr. Russ Oaks, Contract Specialist

Phone: 801-524-3691

All correspondence regarding this Solicitation should reference the Solicitation Number and Project Name “140R4021Q0029 Water & Soil Testing WCAO 2022” in the subject line.

DEADLINE FOR QUESTIONS: Questions must be submitted to the Contract Specialist at least 48 business hours prior to the closing. Any questions submitted after the deadline will not be answered.

Please read Clause 52.212-2 Evaluation – Commercial Items thoroughly for evaluation of proposal and award information.

NOTE: Vendors must meet ALL hold times to be considered mailto:rdoaks@usbr.gov

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Combined Synopsis / SOLICITATION

Water & Soil Testing Western Colorado Area Office (WCAO) 2022

(a) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation to be issued; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation using the Standard Form 1449 will not be issued.

(b) Offers will be considered for award on the following Price Schedule, but no offer will be considered for award on only a part of the Price Schedule.

(1) Offerors shall complete Price Schedule.

(2) Offerors shall review and complete the attached Excel Spreadsheet and return with the quote.

(c) Offers are subject to the terms and conditions of this solicitation. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2021-04 effective 1/14/2021.

(d) CLIN – Contract Line Item Number

Price Schedule

CLIN Item Description Unit of

Measure Quantity

(Lump Sum) Total Price

1) Water and Soil Testing total for all tests listed on Attachment A – Pricing Schedule Excel spreadsheet

AU 1 $

Vendor Name DUNS Point of Contact Name Contact Information

Physical address, phone, email

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STATEMENT OF WORK

WATER & SOIL TESTING SERVICES

1. Background. Bureau of Reclamation’s Western Colorado Area Offices (WCAO) conducts monitoring of water and soil at its project sites in Colorado and New Mexico as required by and in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations. Water and soil samples are collected by Reclamation staff from numerous reservoirs, rivers, creeks, canals, and water wells for routine and impromptu testing and are submitted to an outside laboratory for analysis.

2. Scope. Reclamation will provide water and soil samples to a certified contractor for analysis.

Upon completion of the analysis, the Contractor will submit the results to Reclamation.

3. Objectives. This contract will provide laboratory services for the analysis of water and soil samples which will provide information necessary for the continued operation and maintenance of Reclamation projects.

4. Tasks.

4.1. Contractor shall furnish all sample bottles with appropriate preservatives within 24 hours of request from Reclamation.

4.2. Upon acceptance of the unfiltered samples from Reclamation, the Contractor shall analyze samples for the constituents listed in Attachment A – Pricing Schedule using stated Method Codes and MRLs. Approximately 9,000 tests will be performed during the fiscal year. These tests include but are not limited to: Organics, Inorganics, Metals (Total and Dissolved), Physical and Biological, and Radiochemistry.

4.3. The Contractor shall provide in a timely manner a final report of the testing for each set of samples provided by Reclamation. Results shall be reported to Reclamation only unless otherwise requested.

5. Deliverables. Contractor shall provide a final report of test results with each set of samples provided by Reclamation and shall include a completed Chain of Custody (CoC) with Laboratory Supervisor(s) signature certifying the adequacy and accuracy of procedures and test results. Reports must be electronic and include, at a minimum, results of all analysis including the following information: sample name, matrix, sample date, method, result (including non-detections) reporting limits, and units. The test results shall be in Microsoft Excel in the following format:

6. Government-Furnished Property. No government property will be furnished to the

Contractor. The Contractor shall provide all labor, tools, equipment, materials, and supervision required to test samples for Reclamation specified tests.

7. Security. There are no security requirements as the government will collect all water samples and have them available for the vendor to pick up.

8. Place of Performance. All testing shall be completed at the Contractor’s facility or their subcontractor’s facility.

9. Period of Performance. The period of performance will be federal fiscal year 2022 or, starting October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022.

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10. Quality Assurance. The Government shall evaluate the Contractor’s performance under this contract in accordance with the Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP). This plan is primarily focused on what the Government must do to ensure that the Contractor has performed in accordance with the performance standards. The QASP does not detail how the Contractor accomplishes the work but, goes under the assumption that they are responsible for the management and quality control required to meet the terms of the contract.

Reclamation reserves the right to perform audits of the lab for quality control purposes by a qualified representative. The Contractor will immediately notify Reclamation if the status of their laboratory certification changes. Problems related to the receipt of the sampling materials, the status of the Contractors certification, reports with incorrect results or incorrect format or, test quantities not matching invoices shall be reported by the COR to the Contracting Officer.

11. Contractor’s Unauthorized Work Performance. The Contractor shall not perform work that deviates from contract requirements and specifications. If the contractor deviates from contract requirements and specifications without approval of the Contracting Officer, such deviation shall be at the risk of the Contractor and any cost related thereto shall be borne by the Contractor.

12. Submitting Quotes. Vendors must complete Attachment A - Pricing Schedule which list the types of testing required under this award and an estimated number of tests the Bureau intends to request throughout the fiscal year. These are estimated figures only for award evaluation purposes. The total amount for all tests should be transferred to the Price Schedule of this document (page 1) as a lump sum number. The following items are required for submitting quotes:

12.1 Contractor must currently be certified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) to test for the constituents specified in Attachment A – Price Schedule. Contractor must also follow EPA mandated Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) program requirements to keep and maintain its certification. If subcontractors are used, it shall be the responsibility of the contractor to ensure subcontracted testing laboratories meet certification requirements. Contractor shall provide all transportation to and from subcontractors by way of local pick-up or overnight shipping meeting the necessary preservation and required hold times for each constituent.

12.2 Submit a unit cost per each test for unfiltered samples which consists of all shipping costs, including the following:

12.2.1 Costs associated with shipping sample bottles over night to the Durango, CO Reclamation office (Reclamation will not store bottles, bottles will be delivered to Reclamation within 24 hours of request); and,

12.2.2 Costs of overnight shipping of samples from the Durango, CO Reclamation office to the contractor’s laboratory and, the contractor’s shipping to any subcontractors (Note: the holding time for Coliform/E. Coli MPN Method 9223B is 8 hours per Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE); and, SOLICITATION # 140R4021Q0029 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

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12.2.3 Submittal of costs must be in the same format as Attachment A – Price Schedule.

12.3 A Past Performance list with a minimum of (3) previous contracts with a total of $100,000 each including the customer point of contact information.

CLAUSES

ADDENDUM TO 52.212-4

DOI-AAAP-0028 ELECTRONIC INVOICING AND PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS-INVOICE PROCESSING

PLATFORM (IPP) (APR 2013)

Payment requests must be submitted electronically through the U. S. Department of the Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform System (IPP).

'Payment request' means any request for contract financing payment or invoicing payment by the Contractor. To constitute a proper invoice, the payment request must comply with the requirements identified in the applicable Prompt Payment clause included in the contract, or the clause 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items included in commercial item contracts. The IPP website address is: https://www.ipp.gov.

Under this contract, the following documents are required to be submitted as an attachment to the IPP invoice:

Valid COR approved invoices for all work completed and Monthly reports or more frequently as required by the COR

The Contractor shall also submit an electronic copy of the IPP invoice to the Contract Specialist at rdoaks@usbr.gov and the Contracting Officer Daniel B. Hays at dhays@usbr.gov once the invoice has been signed as approved by the COR and submitted to IPP. Failure to email the invoice may cause significant delay or possible rejection of your payment request.

The Contractor must use the IPP website to register access and use IPP for submitting requests for payment. The Contractor Government Business Point of Contact (as listed in SAM) will receive enrollment instructions via email from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (FRBB) within 3-5 business days of the contract award date. Contractor assistance with enrollment can be obtained by contacting the IPP Production Helpdesk via email ippgroup@bos.frb.org or phone (866) 973-3131.

If the Contractor is unable to comply with the requirement to use IPP for submitting invoices for payment, the Contractor must submit a waiver request in writing to the Contracting Officer with its proposal or quotation.

(End of Local Clause)

52.252-2 CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): FAR Clauses – https://www.acquisition.gov/far/ mailto:dhays@usbr.gov

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52.212-4 - Contract Terms and Conditions – Commercial Items (OCT 2018) 52.204-4 - Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper (MAY 2011) 52.204-13 - System for Award Management Maintenance (OCT 2018) 52.204-18 - Commercial and Government Entity Code Maintenance (AUG 2020) 52.223-2 - Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts (Sep 2013) 52.232-40 - Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (DEC 2013) 52.233-4 - Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim (OCT 2004) 52.242-15 - Stop-Work Order (AUG 1989) 52.252-6 - Authorized Deviations in Clauses (NOV 2020) DOI-AAAP-0050 - Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (Dec 2015) WBR 1452.201-80 - Contracting Officer’s Representative’s Authorities and Limitations -- Bureau of Reclamation (MAY 2018) 52.212-5 - Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders- Commercial Items (JAN 2021) 52.203-6 - Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government (Sept 2006), with Alternate I (Oct 1995) (41 U.S.C. 4704 and 10 U.S.C. 2402) 52.204-10, Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards (Oct 2018) (Pub. L.

109-282) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) 52.209-6 -Protecting the Government’s Interest When Subcontracting with Contractors Debarred, Suspended, or Proposed for Debarment. (Oct 2015) (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) 52.219-6 - Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C.644) 52.219-8 - Utilization of Small Business Concerns (Oct 2018) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(2) and (3)) 52.219-28 - Post Award Small Business Program Re-representation (NOV 2020) (15 U.S.C. 632(a)(2)).

52.222-3 - Convict Labor (June 2003) (E.O.11755) 52.222-19 - Child Labor-Cooperation with Authorities and Remedies (Jan 2020) (E.O.13126).

52.222-21 - Prohibition of Segregated Facilities (Apr 2015) 52.222-26 - Equal Opportunity (SEPT 2016) (E.O. 11246) (ii) Alternate I (FEB 1999) of 52.222-26 52.222-35 - Equal Opportunity for Veterans (OCT 2015) (38 U.S.C. 4212) 52.222-35 - (ii) Alternate I of EEO for Veterans (JULY 2014) 52.222-36 - Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities (JULY 2014) (29 U.S.C. 793)

(ii) Alternate I (JULY 2014) of 52.222-36 52.222-37 - Employment Reports on Veterans (FEB 2016) (38 U.S.C. 4212).

52.222-40 - Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act (DEC 2010) (E.O.

13496) 52.222-50 - Combating Trafficking in Persons (OCT 2020) (22 U.S.C. chapter 78 and E.O. 13627) 52.223-18 - Encouraging Contractor Policies to Ban Text Messaging While Driving (AUG 2011) (E.O.

13513) 52.225-1 - Buy American—Supplies (JAN 2021) (41 U.S.C. chapter 83) 52.225-5 - Trade Agreements (Oct 2019) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq., 19 U.S.C. 3301 note) 52.225-13 - Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases (JUNE 2008) (E.O.’s, proclamations, and statutes administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury) 52.232-33, Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer—System for Award Management (OCT 2018) (31 U.S.C. 3332) 52.242-5 - Payments to Small Business Subcontractors (JAN 2017) (15 U.S.C. 637(d)(13)) 52.222-41 - Service Contract Labor Standards (AUG 2018) (41 U.S.C. chapter 67)

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52.222-42 - Statement of Equivalent Rates for Federal Hires (May 2014) (29 U.S.C. 206 and 41 U.S.C.

chapter 67)

WG Grade WG Rates

Level 1 2 3 4 5

7 $20.93 $21.63 $22.33 $23.02 $24.42

9 $25.60 $26.46 $27.31 $28.16 $29.02

52.222-55 - Minimum Wages Under Executive Order 13658 (NOV 2020) 52.222-62 - Paid Sick Leave Under Executive Order 13706 (JAN 2017) (E.O. 13706) 52.219-6 - Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside (DEVIATION 2019-01) (JUL 2019) 52.222-99 - Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping [(DEVIATION 20-09)] (NOV 2020)

The following wage determinations apply to this contract and shall be included with any award.

Vendors are expected that any quoted price for their services under this contract shall include at a minimum these wages for any personnel performing services under this contract:

2015-5435 Revision No. 13 12/21/2020

(End of clause)

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PROVISIONS

52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 2014)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the most technically responsive offeror conforming to the solicitation, offering the lowest price. The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers to determine technical acceptability: The contract will be awarded to the lowest price technically acceptable.

To be considered technically qualified, proposals shall include the following:

a. Copies of current certifications from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), and certification of the National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) and must meet all hold times.

b. Previous Experience – Provide a list with a minimum of (3) previous relevant contracts totaling $100,000 each.

• Contractor must provide the name of contract; agency/state/county of contract owner; and point of contact name, phone and email.

Vendor must receive positive feedback from reference to be considered as contractor previous experience.

(End of provision)

52.252-1 - Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference (FEB 1998)

52.212-1 - Instructions to Offerors – Commercial Items (JUN 2020)

52.204-7 - System for Award Management (Oct 2018)

52.204-16 - Commercial and Government Entity Code Reporting (AUG 2020)

52.252-5 - Authorized Deviations in Provisions (NOV 2020)

1452.215-71 - Use and Disclosure of Proposal Information--Department of the Interior (Apr 1984)

WBR 1452.225-82 - Notice of World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement Evaluations--Bureau of Reclamation (May 2005)

52.212-3 - Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items (FEB 2021)

52.203-18 - Prohibition on Contracting with Entities That Require Certain Internal Confidentiality Agreements or Statements-Representation (JAN 2017)

52.204-24 - Representation Regarding Certain Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (OCT 2020)

(End of provision)

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