Snow and Dust Samples, Access to Study Site, and Assistance with Sample Collection/Instrumentation

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering Research and Development Center-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (ERDC-CRREL) has a requirement for snow and dust samples, access to study site, and assistance with sample collection and instrumentation. Snow samples must be collected within 24 hours of a dust-on-snow event. The Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies is the only vendor within the vicinity of the study site that can meet the requisite timeline for sample collection and assistance with instrumentation. The study site available through the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies is unique in the availability of long-term meteorology data and necessary climate conditions to achieve project objectives. Therefore, ERDC-CRREL intends to sole-source this requirement to the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies.

This is not a request for proposal and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract.
The associated North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541380 which has a size standard of $15,000,000.00. This is not a small business set aside. Any interested party that believes they can fulfill this requirement should submit a capability statement to be reviewed. All submissions will be considered, however there is no guarantee that submissions in response to this notice will in any way alter the Government's acquisition strategy.

Please provide responses to this notice no later than 28 August 2018 at 5:00PM, Central Standard Time (CST), to:
Rhoda.A.Lewis@usace.army.mil

Telephone responses will not be accepted.

Responses to this notice will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. A determination by the Government not to compete the contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.

Contracting Office Address:
ERDC-CRREL
72 Lyme Road
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
Point of Contact(s):
Rhoda Lewis, 217-373-4479

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