Core analysis services

Notice of Intent


This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to negotiate a purchase order with Core Laboratories of Denver, Colorado for cores and core sample analysis collected from a mud-rotary borehole drilled as described in the attached Statement of Work.

Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Century Geophysical LLC is, to the USGS¿ knowledge, the only source capable of providing all required and optional services. Other laboratories or geotechnical companies in the vicinity would need to ship samples to other locations for processing. Due to the nature of the core material and the required tests, transportation of the core and/or subsamples needs to be minimized. Movement of core and/or subsamples can disturb the material and alter the porosity, specific retention, and hydraulic conductivity, introducing error that would negatively impact the scientific integrity of the study

The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government.

The NAICS code for this action is - 541380, Testing Laboratories.

Responses to this announcement shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to nlushenko@usgs.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than November 28, 2022 at 1700 ET.

Statement of Work is attached.