Large Pure Water System (RO)

The Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, specifically the Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit at the National Sedimentation Laboratory, is soliciting quotations for a Large Pure Water System (RO) capable of producing reverse osmosis/Type 3 water at 120 liters per hour or up to 2,400 liters per day from municipal potable feed water. Solicitation number 1232SA26Q0117 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for commercial items, and the Government anticipates making one firm-fixed price award. Key requirements include an ergonomic floor-standing design with a maximum footprint of 48.8 x 21.4 x 21.3 inches, operation at less than 50 decibels, pretreatment cartridges achieving specified ionic and particulate rejection rates, an interactive touchscreen interface with operational wizards, automatic feed water quality assessment technology, and operation on standard 120V, 60Hz electricity. The Government will evaluate quotations using lowest price technically acceptable criteria, considering technical acceptability, price fairness and reasonableness, and past performance. Critical deadlines include a question deadline of January 27, 2026, at 4:00 PM Central Time and a quotation due date of February 5, 2026; offerors must hold prices firm for 90 calendar days from the submission deadline.

This acquisition is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees under NAICS code 333310. No incumbent contractors or current award values are specified in the solicitation materials. The contract includes delivery, installation, technician training, associated travel costs, and shipping, with all work required to be completed within 120 days of award. Quotations must be submitted electronically to Jessica Pacheco at jessica.pacheco@usda.gov and must include pricing, signatures, SAM Unique Entity Identifier number, active SAM.gov registration, acknowledgement of amendments, and a technical package describing the company's capability and approach. Place of performance is F.O.B. destination to the National Sedimentation Laboratory located at 598 McElroy Drive, Oxford, Mississippi 38655, with payment to be made by electronic funds transfer through SAM.