PWS_QATestingBPA.pdf

Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) Quality Assurance Testing for Construction Contracts

Nashville District Area of Responsibility

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT: December 2023

General. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to perform any of the activities listed in Table 1 through 5. Any of the activities, or combination of activities, may be required anywhere within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Nashville District area of responsibility shown in Figure 1. The activities will be ordered from a Government issued call order using the Price Schedule found in Attachment A. Each call order will include the following items, priced in accordance with the established agreement: mileage to access the work site for performance of on-site testing or pickup of materials for transport to a laboratory; labor for technical personnel drive time to access site for performance of on-site testing or pickup of materials to transport to a laboratory; labor for technical personnel to gather materials on-site and perform required laboratory test work. Call orders will also include any of the items seen in Tables 1 through 5.

Description of Activities. Tables 1 through 5 show activities which may be required by this agreement.

Table 1. Soil Related Activities Included in Blanket Purchase Agreement

Table 3. Bituminous Related Activities Included in the Blanket Purchase Agreement

Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Standard Effort ASTM D698

Standard Test Methods for Laboratory Compaction Characteristics of Soil Using Modified Effort ASTM D1557

Amount of Material in Soils Finer than the No. 200 (75-micrometer) Sieve ASTM D1140 Standard Practice for Classification of Soils for Engineering Purposes (Unified Soil Classification System) ASTM D2487

Density and Unit Weight of Soil in Place by the Sand-Cone Method ASTM D1556

Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and Plasticity Index of Soils ASTM D4318 Standard Test Method for In-Place Density and Water Content of Soil and Soil-Aggregate by Nuclear Methods (Shallow Depth) ASTM D6938

Standard Test Method for Particle Size Analysis of Soils ASTM D422 Standard Test Method for Determination of Water Content of Soil by Direct Heating ASTM D4959 Standard Test Method for Sampling Aggregates ASTM D75 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Water (Moisture) Content of Soil and Rock by Mass ASTM D2216

Standard Test Methof for Bulk Specific Gravity and Density of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures Using Coated Samples ASTM D1188 Standard Test Method for Density of Bituminous Concrete in Place by Nuclear Methods ASTM D2950 Standard Test Method for Quantitative Extraction of Asphalt Binder from Asphalt Mixures ASTM D2172 Standard Test Method for Bulk Specific Gravity and Density of Non-Absorptive Compacted Asphalt Mixtures ASTM D2726

Table 4. Water/Waste Water Activities Included in the Blanket Purchase Agreement

Methods for Chemical Analysis of Water and Wastes EPA 600/4-79/020 Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste: Physical/Chemical Methods EPA SW-846.3-3

Table 5. Concrete Related Activities Included in the Blanket Purchase Agreement

Location of Work. The work may be performed anywhere within the Nashville District area of responsibility. The map in Figure 1 shows the boundary line for the area of responsibility.

Standard Test Method for Bulk Density and Voids in Aggregate ASTM C29 Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test Specimens in the Field ASTM C31 Standard Test Method for Compressive Strenght of Cylindrical Concrete Specimens ASTM C39 Standard Test Method for Temperature of Freshly Mixed Hydraulic Cement Conrete ASTM C1064 Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete ASTM C143 Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Volumetric Method ASTM C173 Standard Test Method for Air Content of Freshly Mixed Concrete by the Pressure Method ASTM C231 Standard Test Method for Density (Unit Weight), Yield, and Air Content (Gravimetric) of Concrete ASTM C138

Standard Test Method for Material Finer than 75:um (No 200) Sieve ASTM C117 Standard Test Method for Specific Gravity & Absorption in Coarse Aggregates ASTM C127 Standard Test Method for Specific Gravity & Absorption in Fine Aggregates ASTM C128 Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Aggregates ASTM C136 Standard Test Method for Organic Impurities ASTM C40 Standard Test Method for Total Moisture Content ASTM C566 Standard Test Method for Reducing Samples to Testing Size ASTM C702 Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali-Silica Reactivity of Combinations of Cementitious Materials & Aggregate ASTM C1567

Standard Test Method for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete ASTM C172 Standard Test Method for Drilled Cores and Sawed Beams ASTM C42 Standard Test Method for Flexural Strength by Third Point Loading ASTM C78 Standard Test Method for Making and Curing Test Specimens in Laboratory ASTM C192 Standard Test Method for Bleeding of Concrete ASTM C232 Standard Test Method for Time of Setting by Penetration Resistance ASTM C403 Standard Test Method for Molds for Forming Concrete Test Cylinders Vertically ASTM C470 Standard Test Method for Splitting Tensile Strength ASTM C496 Standard Test Method for Capping Cylindrical Specimens ASTM C617 Standard Test Method for Unbonded Caps ASTM C1231 Standard Practice for Preparing & Testing Specimens from Shotcrete Test Panels ASTM C1140 Standard Test Method for Determining Consistency & Density of Roller Compacted Concrete using a Vibrating Table ASTM C1170

Standard Practice for Molding Roller Compacted Concrete in Cylinder Molds using a Vibrating Hammer ASTM C1435

Standard Test Method for Obtaining & Testing Drilled Cores of Shotcrete ASTM C1604 Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cement Mortars using Cube Specimens ASTM C109 Standard Test Method for Sampling & Testing Grout ASTM C1019 Standard Test Method for Potential Alkali Reactivity of Aggregates (Mortar-Bar Method) ASTM C1260

Figure 1. Blanket Purchase Agreement Work Limits

For reference, major project sites are shown on the map in Figure 1. However, the work included in this BPA is not limited to those major project sites and may be required anywhere within the work limits shown.

Work to be Performed by the Contractor. When the Government identifies a need for any of the activities listed in Tables 1 through 5, the Government will issue a call order to the Contractor for the required activities. The Contractor, if available, will provide all labor, materials, and equipment necessary to complete the required activities at the required location for the prices set forth by the BPA. This includes, but may not be limited to, transportation, per diem, hotel costs, testing equipment, testing materials, qualified/certified technicians, reports, results, etc. All required activities shall be performed in strict accordance with industry standards and with the methods, procedures, rules, and regulations established for the activities by the applicable association, agency, or governing body. Additionally, activities listed in Table 2 shall be performed by personnel having American Society of Nondestructive Testing (ANST) Level I or II certification, and test reports for activities in Table 2 shall be reviewed by personnel having ANST Level III certification. The Contractor will report to the COR any and all findings, results, or analysis as soon as practicable. Reports of test results shall be provided in a timely manner and presented in industry standard format.

The Contractor may be asked to provide services with no more than a 24 hour notice.

Contractor Technical Qualifications. The Contractor will be required to provide field technicians and laboratory technicians having all the required certifications and training to perform the activities required by the Government.

Additionally, any activity requiring the use of a laboratory shall be performed in a laboratory having a current U.S. Army Corps of Engineers validation for the specific activity being required. The validation process can be found at:

http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/Fact-Sheets/Fact-Sheet-Article-View/Article/476661/materials-testing-center/

Supervisory Controls. The Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), or a Quality Assurance Representative (QAR), may oversee the Contractor’s performance of activities to ensure compliance with the applicable methods, procedures, rules, and regulations. Payment will be made for only those activities performed in strict accordance with applicable standards and procedures.