Notice_of_Intent.pdf

5 September 2018

Notice of Intent to Sole Source

Katherine K. Fisher

US Army Corps of Engineers

1616 Capitol Ave Omaha, NE 68102

Product/Service Code: H156

Subject: Notice of Intent to Only One Responsible Source Will Satisfy Agency Requirements per FAR 6.302-1

Solicitation Number: W9128F18Q0100

Closing response date: 11 September 2018

This is a special notice prepared in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 5.203(a) –Publicizing and Response Time

US Army Corps of Engineers - Omaha District, intends to issue a Firm-Fixed Price contract to Terracon Consultants

Inc. 15080 A Cir, Omaha, NE 68144 on a Sole Source basis.

Authority-

The authority for this single source acquisition is FAR 6.302-1. Soliciting from a Single Source in accordance with

41 U.S.C. 1901.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District intends issue a solicitation for a single source, firm-fixed-price service contract for the procurement of services contract to provide geotechnical laboratory testing.

This notice of intent is issued under Per FAR 6.302-1 Only One Responsible Source Will Satisfy Agency Complete

List of Testing Requirements

A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The

NAICS code is 541380, “Soil Testing Laboratories Services” The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small

Business Administration is $15,000,000.00

Description of work-

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform geotechnical laboratory testing as defined in Appendix A; except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The laboratory shall be local to the Omaha area so samples can be conveniently delivered and samples can be visually observed by project engineers prior to determining testing requirements. All testing shall be performed by qualified personnel in accordance with ASTM or other prescribed standards, and shall be performed by an accredited laboratory with current USACE Materials Testing Center (MTC) validation through the Engineering Research and

Development Center (ERDC) for all testing performed.

All testing shall be performed at the contract laboratory. See Appendix A for specific laboratory tests to be requested below:

Visual Engineering Soil Classification - ASTM D2488

Water Content - ASTM D2216

Density Determination (Shelby) -ASTM D2937

Density Determination (Irregular) - Wax Dip - Archimedes principle

Hand Penetrometer, Qp

Unconfined Compression Max Stress & Strain - ASTM D2166

Unconfined Compression with curve - ASTM D2166

Atterberg Limit (Single Point) - ASTM D4318

Atterberg Limit (Multiple Point) - ASTM D4318 https://www.naics.com/naics-code-description/?code=237990

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Atterberg Limits (Shale) D4318 using USACE method for prep

Hydrometer Analysis – Hydro portion of ASTM D422

Loss on Ignition - ASTM D2974

Sieve Analysis (Unwashed) - ASTM C136

Sieve Analysis (Washed) - C117/C136 or sieve portion of D422

Combined Sieve/Hydrometer - Complete ASTM D422

Minus 200 Wash - ASTM D1140

Standard Proctor (Soil) – ASTM D698 Method A or B

Standard Proctor (Rock) – ASTM D698 Method C

Standard Proctor with Fly ash blended in lab - ASTM D698

Modified Proctor (Soil) – ASTM D1557 Method A or B

Modified Proctor (Rock) – ASTM D1557 Method C

Relative Density (Min/Max) - ASTM D4254 & D4253 (Small Aggregate)

Relative Density (Min/Max) - ASTM D4254 & D4253 (Large Aggregate)

Laboratory CBR (Must have proctor values) - ASTM D1883

Specific Gravity - ASTM D854

Porosity - EM 1110-2-1906 Appendix II for calculation

Consolidation (to 16 tsf) – ASTM D2435

Plotted consolidation load curves for D2435 (add to above)

Consolidation Unload/Reload (cyclic loading) as part of D2435

Swell Test (Single Pressure) - ASTM D4546 Method B

Swell Curve (Loading-after wetting test) - ASTM D4546 Method C

Remolded Swell (remolding charge) in addition to swell test cost

Tri-axial Compression, UU - ASTM D2850

Tri-axial Compression, UU (Remolded) - ASTM D2850

Tri-axial Compression, CU - ASTM D4767

Tri-axial Compression, CU (Remolded) - ASTM D4767

Constant Head Permeability - ASTM D2434

Falling Head Permeability - ASTM D5084

Direct Shear-Slow (Cohesion) - ASTM D3080

Hand Trimming of Soil Samples

Los Angeles Abrasion (Small) ASTM C131

Los Angeles Abrasion (Large) - ASTM C535

Aggregate Soundness by Sodium or Mag Sulfate - ASTM C88 pH (by Meter) SM 4500 H+ and Electrical Conductivity

Sulfate Content (EPA Method) EPA 9056

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS. Interested concerns must show clear and convincing evidence that competition of this requirement would be advantageous to the Government. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal or quote to the contracting officer before the notice end date. If no affirmative written responses are received by 2:00 PM Central Daylight

Time on 11 September 2018, a solicitation will be made without further notice. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement is solely within the discretion of the Government. Electronic responses and question shall be submitted via email to

Katherine.k.fisher@usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.