Geoscientist Base + 2 Option Years

The Department of the Interior (DOI), United States Geological Survey (USGS), Earthquake Science Center (ESC), seeks to award firm, fixed-price contract for a consultant with expertise as a geoscientist to perform research to support funded earthquake hazard research projects.

The contracted geoscientist will research the study of active faulting and crustal deformation at several sites in northern California and will work in close cooperation with the Northern California Earthquake Geology Project within the USGS Earthquake Science Center. Some of the research tasks are well-defined and others include some amount of reconnaissance work and tasks for which the way forward will be determined as research progresses via communication between the USGS staff and the contractor. The objectives are to advance several lines of natural hazards research related to active faulting and deformation in California. The tasks include but are not limited to complex research steps that may involve fault trenching, sediment coring, geophysical surveys, exploratory excavations, reconnaissance work to identify new research sites, and the related analysis, documentation, and publication of research results.

The place of performance includes USGS offices, the contractor's home office, and field sites in the western United States.

NAICS Code: 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Size Standard $16.5 million.
PSC Code: B517 Special Studies/Analyses - Geological.

This acquisition is set aside for small business.

The anticipated award will be for a contract for approximately 15 months; with two additional one-year option periods. Estimated start date around mid-August through mid-September.
The statement of work will be released with the Request for Quotation, which we expect to be available in mid-July to late July, IAW FAR 5.102(a)(1). We intend to award a single contract as described above in accordance with the procedures of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12 (Acquisition of Commercial Items) and FAR Part 13.5 (Simplified Procedures for Certain Commercial Items).
This notice and any resulting solicitation or contract conform to the requirements in place through FAC 2024-05, effective 22 May 2024.

Prospective contractors are not required to respond to this pre-solicitation notice. Direct all questions or concerns to the Contracting POC at jongjoco@usgs.gov.

Contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) in order to participate in this requirement. The SAM can be found at https://www.sam.gov. Payments will be made via Electronic Funds Transfer using the data within the SAM registration database.

Contracting POC:
Joahnne Ongjoco, Contract Specialist
USGS Branch of Acquisition and Grants, Sacramento Office
3020 State University Drive East, Modoc Hall Suite 2002
Sacramento, CA 95819
jongjoco@usgs.gov