Notice of intent to award a noncompetitive award
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 140G0324Q0031
- 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
- B599 Special Studies/Analysis- Other
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice was published by the U.S. Geological Survey to announce its intent to award a noncompetitive contract. The USGS intends to negotiate a purchase order with SGS-AXYS Analytical Services, Ltd. for contaminant analyses in various samples, including solid sediment, SPMD passive samplers, and POCIS passive samplers.
The purpose of this notice is to satisfy FAR requirements by announcing the USGS' intent to award a contract on a sole source basis to SGS-AXYS Analytical Services, Ltd. The contract is for contaminant analyses in a maximum of 21 solid sediment samples, 8 SPMD passive samplers, and 3 POCIS passive samplers during the wet season. Responses to this notice are due by December 19, 2023 at 2:00 pm Pacific Time to be considered, though no solicitation will be issued as the USGS has determined SGS-AXYS to be the only qualified source able to meet its requirements for ultra-trace contaminant analysis, ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, and methodological consistency with previous analyses. The contract is expected to be awarded by the stated deadline and last 60 days to support a FEMA mission assignment requiring analytical services that can accommodate its timeline, complexity, scope, and special requirements.
Notice text
This is a notice of intent to solicit from a single source.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), intends to negotiate a purchase order with SGS-AXYS Analytical Services, Ltd. For contaminant analyses in solid samples, SPMD-1, SPMD-2 and POCIS. Contaminant analyses will quantify wildfire, urban, household, and agricultural contaminants in a maximum of 21 solid sediment samples, 8 SPMD passive samplers (including 4 blanks), and 3 POCIS passive samplers (including 1 blank) during the wet season.
Award will be made in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b) and the procedures at FAR Part 12 entitled, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13 entitled, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. SGS-AXYS Analytical Services, Ltd. is, to the USGS' knowledge, the only source that is an "ultra-trace facility" offering contaminant quantification. SGS-AXYS offers comprehensive suites of analytes for many classes of contaminants. Their methods are ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited and are adopted by US EPA. The 60-day duration of the FEMA Mission Assignment requires a Vendor who can a accommodate the timeline, complexity, scope, and special analytical requirements of this study. Finally, SGS-AXYS analyzed the initial post-fire soil and sediment samples from Lahaina and continued use of this vendor will ensure methodological consistency and direct comparability of the results.
The purpose of this notice is to satisfy the requirements of FAR Subpart 5.2. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all responsible parties may submit a quotation by the closing date of this announcement which shall be considered by the agency. No solicitation will be issued. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government.
The NAICS code for this action is 541380 - Testing Laboratories and Services.
Responses or inquiries shall only be accepted through electronic mail addressed to sklingler@usgs.gov and must be uploaded and received in their entirety no later than 19 December 2023 at 2 pm PT.
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