Geochemical rock sample analysis - act labs
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 140G0125Q0098
- Agency
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Office of Acquisitions and Grants
US Geological Survey, Department of the Interior
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541380 Testing Laboratories and Services
- PSC
- B517 Special Studies/Analysis- Geological
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston Acquisitions Branch, has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to award a non-competitive, indefinite-quantity indefinite-delivery contract to Activation Laboratories, Ltd. (ACT Labs) in Ontario, Canada. The contract is specifically for geochemical analysis of various rock samples, including sulfide and silicate samples, sediments, soils, waters, and solid media leached samples. USGS has determined that ACT Labs is the only viable source for this work due to the critical need for consistent results and data compatibility with previous scientific projects. The sole source procurement will be conducted under the authority of FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items. The notice is classified under NAICS code 541380 for Testing Laboratories and Services, with a size standard of $19 million.
Contractors interested in this opportunity should note that while the notice appears informational, all responsible sources may submit a quotation for consideration. Key requirements include mandatory registration at SAM.gov and submission of responses via email to Susan Ruggles (sruggles@usgs.gov) by March 27, 2025. The primary objective is to ensure continuity in geochemical analysis techniques and result comparisons, particularly for environmental and metallogenic research projects that span decades. Submitted information should comprehensively demonstrate the vendor's capability to provide required analytical services. Vendors must understand that this is not a competitive solicitation but rather an informational notice to potentially justify a direct award to ACT Labs. All submitted information must be provided at no cost or obligation to the government, with the sole purpose of supporting the offeror's potential capability to meet the USGS's specialized scientific analysis requirements.
Notice text
THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE AWARD. IT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS.
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston Acquisitions Branch, Reston, VA, intends to award a non-competitive, indefinite-quantity indefinite-delivery contract, under the authority of FAR 13.5 Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items, to Activation Laboratories, Ltd. (ACT Labs), based in Ontario, Canada. The USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center has requirements for geochemical analysis of various rock samples, including sulfide and silicate samples, sediments, soils, waters, and solid media leached samples.
ACT Labs is the only source because it is vital to past and current projects that we obtain consistent results for overall comparisons with data obtained in previous years (that occasionally go back more than 20 years) and in different but related environmental and metallogenic projects. Samples that are analyzed by any other lab will not have the same instrument calibration or be prepared for analysis using the same separation technique. To compare results from different labs does not support data compatibility objectives.
The Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 13.501(a). All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered; HOWEVER, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.
The NAICS code for this action is 541380 and the size standard is $19 million. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/index.html to be awarded the contract.
Responses must be emailed to Susan Ruggles, sruggles@usgs.gov, no later than 03/27/2025. All information submitted should support the offerors capability to provide the items required and shall be furnished at no cost or obligation to the Government.
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