AoI 0006 - Material Laboratory Services rev1.pdf

Federal Agency: Army

Office: Army Contracting Command-Anniston Army Depot (ACC-ANAD)

AoI Title: Material Laboratory Services

CSO AoI Number: AoI 0006

AoI Release Date: 21 April 2026

Responses: See W911KF-25-S-C002 for Procedure Details

UPDATE

ISO/IEC 17025 Standards

1. The contractor must maintain ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. This information provides a comprehensive checklist of the specific operational, structural, and procedural requirements the contractor's laboratory must meet to demonstrate compliance and ensure the validity of testing and calibration results.

1. Core ISO/IEC 17025 Requirements Checklist: The contractor must implement and adhere to all applicable requirements of the standard, which are organized into the following critical areas:

2. Section Requirement Area

Compliance Checkpoint

3. General Impartiality Is the laboratory structured and managed to safeguard impartiality, and are risks to impartiality continually identified and minimized?

4. General Confidentiality Are legally binding procedures in place to protect all customer information, proprietary rights, and test results?

5. Structural Legal Entity Is the laboratory a legally responsible entity (or a defined part of one)?

6. Structural Organization Is the organizational structure clearly defined, including the specific responsibilities and authorities of all key personnel?

7. Resource Personnel Are all personnel impartial, competent, properly trained, and operating strictly in accordance with the management system?

8. Resource Facilities Are the testing facilities and environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.)

monitored, controlled, and suitable to prevent adverse effects on results?

9. Resource Equipment Does the laboratory have access to all necessary equipment, and is there a documented schedule for maintenance and calibration?

10. Resource Traceability Are all measurement results metrologically traceable to the International System of Units (SI) via an unbroken chain of calibrations?

11. Process Contract Review

Is there a documented procedure to review customer requests, tenders, and contracts to ensure capability and resources meet requirements?

12. Process Method Validation

Are all testing and calibration methods appropriate, properly verified, and technically validated?

13. Process Item Handling Are there strict procedures for the transportation, receipt, handling, protection, and storage of test items to maintain their integrity?

14. Process Technical Records

Are technical records comprehensive enough to allow for the identification of factors affecting results and to enable the test to be repeated under identical conditions?

15. Process Reporting Are test reports accurate, clear, and objective, containing all standard-mandated information (e.g., unambiguous item identification, methods used, units of measurement)?

16. Management System Framework

Has the laboratory established a robust management system under either Option A

(ISO 17025 detailed framework) or Option B (ISO 9001 alignment)?

17. Management Document Control

Are all internal and external documents, records, and data effectively controlled and securely stored?

18. Management Audits & Risk Are internal audits, management reviews, corrective actions, and risk-mitigation strategies conducted and documented regularly?

3. Conclusion: Verification of these elements ensures the contractor possesses a robust quality management system and the technical competence to produce precise, accurate test data for all materials and weld procedure qualifications.

1.0 Objective

The Government has a need for materials testing and analysis services to be provided by a qualified contractor to the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD). ANAD requires independent laboratory services to support maintenance, repair, overhaul, and modernization efforts.

2.0 Background

2.1. ANAD is a major Department of Defense (DoD) maintenance facility responsible for the repair, overhaul, and modification of various military vehicles and equipment. Accurate materials identification, verification, and testing are critical to ensuring the quality, safety, and reliability of these systems. ANAD lacks the in-house capacity to perform all required materials testing and therefore requires contracted support.

3. Requirements / Work Tasks

3.1. Weld Procedure Qualification Sample Processing

3.1.1. The contractor may receive weld procedure qualification samples from ANAD that have been welded and non-destructively tested.

3.1.1.2. In the event ANAD’s Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) equipment is unavailable, the Contractor shall provide necessary NDT services, including Visual Testing (VT), Magnetic Particle Testing (MT), Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT), Ultrasonic Testing (UT), Radiographic Testing (RT), and Eddy Current Testing (ET)."

3.1.2. The contractor shall perform all remaining required testing and processing of these samples as specified in the applicable weld code to include AWS American Weld Society, ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Military Standards, including but not limited to: * Tensile Testing * Bend Testing * Macroetch Testing * Visual Inspection* Chemical Analysis * Harness testing *Charpy V notch

3.1.3. The contractor shall provide a comprehensive test report for each welding procedure sample, documenting all testing procedures, results, and conclusions. Reports shall be submitted in electronic format to appropriate point of contact.

3.1.4. ANAD will classify the plates as defined in the applicable weld standard.

3.2 Materials Identification

3.2.1. The contractor shall identify materials submitted by ANAD using appropriate analytical techniques, including but not limited to: * Optical Emission Spectroscopy (OES) * X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) * Positive Material Identification (PMI) * Microscopy (Optical and/or Scanning Electron Microscopy – SEM)

3.2.2. Materials identification shall be performed in accordance with the applicable military and/or all other applicable standards and industry’s best practices.

3.2.3. The contractor shall provide a written report for each material identification request, clearly stating the material composition, applicable standards met, and any relevant observations.

3.3 General Materials Testing, Identification, and Reporting

3.3.1. The contractor shall perform a wide range of materials testing, identification, and reporting services for ferrous and non-ferrous metals, polymers, coatings, and other materials as requested by ANAD. Examples include but are not limited to: * Hardness Testing (Rockwell, Vickers, Brinell) * Tensile Testing * Impact Testing * Corrosion Testing (Salt Spray, Humidity) *

Plating Thickness Measurement * *Plating Adhesion* Plating Analysis * Chemical Analysis * Microstructural Analysis * Failure Analysis.

3.3.2. All testing shall be performed in accordance with applicable military standards, and/or all other applicable standards and industry’s best practices.

3.3.3. The contractor shall provide a detailed written report for each testing request, including: * Description of the test performed * Test setup and procedures * Test results * Analysis and interpretation of results * Applicable standards met or not met * Photographic documentation (as appropriate)

Interested parties are highly encouraged to visit the Government Point of Entry (www.sam.gov) to review the ACC-ANAD CSO special posting in its entirety to obtain more information on the process for submission evaluation of the CSO AoI Responses.

ACC-ANAD is not obligated to extend a request for proposal or make an award as a result of this CSO AoI; all awards are subject to the availability of funds and successful negotiations. This CSO AoI is not an authorization to begin performance, and in no way obligates the Government for any costs incurred by the Offeror associated with developing a Response. Prior to commencement of any activities associated with performance under this CSO AoI, the Government will issue a written directive or contractual document signed by the Contracting Officer with appropriate consideration established. ACC-ANAD reserves the right to modify the requirements of this CSO AoI.

The authority to issue this CSO AoI is derived from ACC-ANAD Commercial Solutions Opening W911KF-25-S-C002, dated 19 May 2025. The CSO authority is Section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2022, Public Law 117-807, and Class Deviation 2022-O0007.

4. AoI Constraints

Any selected company/companies will be required to be registered in the System for Award Management (sam.gov).

5. Requirements

Site Visit:

In order to participate in the scheduled site visit, the following process must be followed:

1. All visitors must notify the Contracting Points of Contact (POC(s)) of your intent to attend the event at least three (3) working days prior to the date stated below.

2. On the day of the visit:

a. Visitors without a current access badge shall present a Star ID at the Main Gate Access Control Point (ACP). Security personnel will direct visitors to the Visitor Control Center (VCC) to obtain a one-day visitor pass. The contract specialist will meet visitors at the VCC.

b. Visitors with a current access badge shall meet at the VCC and remain with the group for the duration of the site visit. Otherwise, participation will be denied.

An organized site visit is scheduled for:

Date: 11 May 2026

Time: 10:00A.M. CST

6. Submission:

A written solution must be sent via e-mail submission by 4:00 P.M (CDT); 26 May 2026 with subject line stating SOLUTION for Specific AoI 0006 Material Laboratory Services to POCs listed below.

Solutions received after the specified due date and time will be discarded and not be evaluated by the Government.

AoI Open Period – This AoI shall close at 4:00P.M (CDT): 26 May 2026.

Submit all questions no later than 14 May 2026.

Points of contact:

AoI questions can be sent to:

Contracting Officers: larry.d.stephney.civ@army.mil

Contract Specialist: lakeeta.t.beavers.civ@army.mil

CSO AoI Contracting Officer: amber.e.burdett.civ@army.mil

CSO AoI POC: diana.m.pritchettponder.civ@army.mil