Furnish all equipment, materials, supplies, personnel and labor necessary for medical testing services in support of the united states army corps of engineers vicksburg district office of safety and occupational health

*** UPDATE ***
Various questions were asked and have been answered. Please refer to the attached document - Notice of Updates and Response to Various Questions. Attachment A - Bid Schedule has been updated and Attachment B - estimated Testing Quantities has been updated.

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Amendment W912EE18Q0016-0001 extends the response date from Monday, 27 August 2018 at 12:00 PM CST to Wednesday, 5 September 2018 at 12:00 PM CST.

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This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Proposals are being requested, solicitation W912EE18Q0016 is attached.

Solicitation Number W912EE18Q0016 is being issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) with the intent to issue one Firm-Fixed Price Contract, using simplified acquisition procedures, while reserving the right to make multiple awards from this solicitation if determined to be in the government's best interest. This solicitation is being issued utilizing full and open competition on an unrestricted basis. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99. The NAICS code for this procurement is 621511 - Medical Laboratories, with a size standard of $32,500,000.00. This procurement is being conducted in accordance with regulations at FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, has a requirement for Medical Testing Services as specified in the attached solicitation W912EE18Q0016.

OFFERS MAY BE PROPOSED AS FOLLOWS:

Complete the following: Solicitation - W912EE18Q0016 and Attachment A - Bid Schedule.

TECHNICAL INQUIRIES AND QUESTIONS

Technical inquiries and questions relating to this solicitation are to be submitted via Bidder Inquiry in ProjNet at (https://www.projnet.org). Offerors are encouraged to submit questions at least 1 day prior to the solicitation due date, in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. To submit and review inquiry items, prospective vendors will need to use the Bidder Inquiry Key presented below and follow the instructions listed below the key for access. A prospective vendor who submits a comment/question will receive an acknowledgement of their comment/question via email, followed by an answer to the comment/question after it has been processed by our technical team. All timely questions and approved answers will be made available through ProjNet.

The Solicitation Number is: W912EE18Q0016

The Bidder/Offeror Inquiry Key is: PR4P97-6XARYY

Specific Instructions for ProjNet Bid Inquiry Access:
1. From the ProjNet home page linked above, click on Quick Add on the upper right side of the screen.
2. Identify the Agency. This should be marked as USACE.
3. Key. Enter the Bidder Inquiry Key listed above.
4. Email. Enter the email address you would like to use for communication.
5. Click Continue. A page will then open saying that a user account was not found and will ask you to create one using the provided form.
6. Enter your First Name, Last Name, Company, City, State, Phone, Email, Secret Question, Secret Answer, and Time Zone. Make sure to remember your Secret Question and Answer as they will be used from this point on to access the ProjNet system.
7. Click Add User. Once this is completed you are now registered within ProjNet and are currently logged into the system.

Bidders/Offerors are requested to review the specification in its entirety, review the Bidder Inquiry System for answers to questions prior to submission of a new inquiry. The call center operates weekdays from 8AM to 5PM U.S. Central Time Zone (Chicago). The telephone number for the Call Center is 800-428-HELP.

Notes to Offerors:
Quotes are due by Monday, 27 August 2018, not later than 12:00 PM CST, to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, ATTN: Brent Hester, 4155 East Clay Street, Vicksburg, MS 39183-3435. Quotes may be submitted electronically via email, providing that they are complete and provide all required information to: Richard.B.Hester@usace.army.mil . For information concerning this solicitation, contact Brent Hester at (601) 631-5480; E-mail: Richard.B.Hester@usace.army.mil.

• You are responsible for reading all information contained in this solicitation and all attachments.
• Offerors should check the FedBizOpps web site often for a new solicitation and/or modifications to this solicitation.
• Offerors are responsible for ensuring that their proposals arrive prior to the scheduled closing time.
• Proposals must be clearly identified for Solicitation No W912EE18Q0016 and addressed to the Attn. of Brent Hester, Vicksburg District Contracting Office, CEMVK-CT-S.

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