Silica testing burning man event 2025

The Bureau of Land Management Nevada State Office is seeking a contractor to provide industrial hygiene laboratory services for airborne silica testing during the 2025 Burning Man Event on the Black Rock Playa. The contractor must conduct respirable crystalline silica (RCS) and respirable dust analysis of breathing zone air samples, provide 10 personal air sampling pumps and 30 parallel particle impactor samplers with 37-mm PVC filters, and deliver analytical reports within 14 business days using X-ray diffraction and gravimetric methods compliant with OSHA and NIOSH standards. The contractor must be AIHA Laboratory Accredited with detection limits at or below the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limit of 50 mg/m3. Evaluation criteria weight past performance and technical capabilities more heavily than price, with offerors required to submit technical information separately from pricing. The original deadline for questions was July 18, 2025, and quotes are due by August 6, 2025, at 1:00 PM PDT via email to specified contracting personnel.

This procurement is designated as a 100% small business set-aside under NAICS code 541380 (Testing Laboratories and Services) with a size standard of $19 million. No current incumbents or contractors are identified in the solicitation documents. While specific award values are not disclosed, the contract will be a firm-fixed-price arrangement with payment based on the number of samples analyzed, equipment rental duration, and sampling media provided. The performance period spans from August 25 to September 4, 2025, with active sampling occurring from August 28-30, 2025, requiring analysis of 30 total samples including field blanks. The work will be performed at the Black Rock Playa during the Burning Man Event, with laboratory analysis conducted at the contractor's AIHA-accredited facility and no requirement for on-site personnel presence.