Drill and Develop New Freshwater Well Near Turner Falls, MA

************************************************************* Please be adivsed: this solicitation is a duplicate of RFQ G13PS00497. The latter was amended to answer vendor questions however it did not transmit to FedBizOpps properly. In order to ensure the answers were posted pubicly the RFQ had to be duplicated. The original RFQ has been open since 07/30/2013. As such, the response period is only two days.

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The U.S. Geological Survey has a requirement for the drilling and development of a freshwater well, in Turner Falls, Massachusetts. The project must be completed within 30 days of the notice to proceed.

There are no option periods.

Request for Quote (RFQ) G13PS00497 will be issued on or about 07/30/2013 with written quotes due on or about 08/30/2013. There will be a site visit on 08/14/2013 at 8:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). All contractors are STRONGLY ENCOURAGED to attend the site visit.

This acquisition is a total small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 213111. The size standard is 500 employees.

The magnitude of construction is $0 to $25,000.00.

The anticipated award date of the contract is 09/04/2013. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/index.html to be awarded the contract.

All responsible sources may submit a bid or quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Responses may be submitted via FedConnect, emailed to dgalvin@usgs.gov or mailed to the address specified in the solicitation.

The RFQ may be viewed on FedConnect at https://www.fedconnect.net/FedConnect/. See Numbered Note 1.