Chemical Testing of Dredged Material Project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District intends to issue a solicitation package seeking to award one Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the Chemical Testing of Dredged Material project.

The IDIQ contract would consist of the sampling and testing of dredged material following procedures described in the US Army Corps of Engineers New York District/EPA Region 2 Guidance for Performing Tests on Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (April 2016) and the 1991 EPA/USACE, Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (Testing Manual, aka Green Book) and the subsequent updates to these two documents. Work orders would include all or some of the following: sediment and water collection (on contractor supplied ship); sample handling, processing, and shipping; physical and chemical analyses (e.g. sediment, water, and tissue analyses); QA/QC procedures, and necessary corrective actions. Reports containing the sampling logs, all testing results, and QA/QC information in a format required by the New York District Corps of Engineers (NYD) would have to be provided by the contractor for each work order. All sampling would be performed within the Port of New York & New Jersey, the length of the Hudson River, in the Atlantic Ocean at the Historical Area Remediation Site (HARS) and its Reference Site, and in Long Island Sound at the Western and/or Central Disposal Sites.

Competition for this acquisition will be 100% Unrestricted Full and Open Competition with Hub Zone Evaluation Preference. The project magnitude will be between $5 Million and $10 Million. The Period of Performance will be Base Year and (4) optional years from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed (NTP).

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541380 for Testing Laboratories. The Small Business Size Standard for this code is $15,000,000.00

Anticipate the plans and specifications to be posted electronically on or about 01 February 2017 via the Federal Business Opportunity Website at www.fbo.gov, with a bid opening on or about 03 March 2017. Any and all amendments shall be likewise posted. Hard copies will not be available. It is the contractor's responsibility to monitor the FedBizOpps website for any amendments. Bidders are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov. Award will be made to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

The bid opening will be held at 26 Federal Plaza NY, NY 10278, the exact location will be included in the solicitation. All questions must be submitted in writing via email to: Orlando.Nieves@usace.army.mil.

The media selected for issuance of the Solicitation and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the media utilized for this project shall be the internet. Telephone, email or fax requests for the solicitation will not be accepted or honored. Paper copies of this solicitation and amendments, if any, will not be available or issued. Plans and specifications will NOT be provided in hard paper copy or CD-ROM format. The solicitation and all amendments for this acquisition will be posted on a secure Government website known as FedBizOpps (www.fbo.gov) once the solicitation is issued. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation at no charge from the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website, https://www.fbo.gov.

All vendors who want access to the solicitation must be registered System for Award Management (SAM) located at www.sam.gov, and FedBizOpps. To keep informed of changes, check https://www.fbo.gov frequently. Some contractor tools are as follows; 1. Register to receive notification, and 2. Subscribe to the mailing list for specific solicitation at FedBizOpps https://www.fbo.gov. A hyperlink posted in FedBizOpps will direct vendors to FedBizOpps to download solicitations, plans, specification and amendments. Project specification files and drawings are portable document files (PDF). Prospective contractors must be registered in www.sam.gov prior to award. Lack of registration in SAM will make an offeror ineligible to download the solicitation for award.

Direct all contracting questions to the Contract Specialist, Orlando Nieves by e-mail at Orlando.Nieves@usace.army.mil

Contracting Office Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District Room 1843 26 Federal Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10278-0090