Sources Sought: Laboratory Safety Inspection and Workplace Exposure Assessment Services

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) is seeking capability statements from all firms interested providing laboratory safety inspection and workplace exposure assessment services.

The proposed project will involve visiting 2-3 laboratories per year and reporting findings and recommendations. Reports will address OSHA compliance, qualitative exposure assessments, and workplace physical and chemical hazard assessments.

Services are anticipated at the following laboratory locations:

Edinburg TX: Biology lab, some DNA/RNA work, insect rearing, field work (crop pest surveys), greenhouse work

Fort Collins, CO: Biology lab, field work (crop pest surveys), greenhouse work

Buzzards Bay, MA: Biology lab, some DNA/RNA work, insect rearing, field and forest work (crop pest surveys), greenhouse work, work with fumigant pesticides.

Miami, FL: Analytical chemistry, biology lab, greenhouse work, filed work (plant biology), work with fumigant pesticides

Phoenix, AZ: Biology lab, field work, rangeland work on ATV

Beltsville, MD: DNA/RNA lab, molecular biology, greenhouse, biology lab

The anticipated period of performance is five years.

All interested parties are invited to submit capability statements for acquisition planning purposes. The following information is requested (5 page limit)

1) Company name, address, and primary point of contact information
2) A statement of capability, including the laboratory locations the firm is capable of performing this services
3) Recent and relevant past performance information
4) Business Ownership and Self‐Certification information (i.e. Small Business, Women‐Owned
Small Business, Veteran Owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned)
5) Current Government Certifications (i.e. 8(a) certified, 8(a) joint venture, Small Disadvantaged
Business HUBZone Certified)
6) List Pertinent Codes: NAICS Codes (numbers only), DUNS number, and CAGE code

The USDA reserves the right to determine if a small business set-aside is appropriate based upon the capability information provided in response to this notice, and other pertinent information gathered by the contracting officer. Respondents should ensure the information provided is detailed, current, accurate, and complete.

Please submit capability statements by email to Lisa Draves at lisa.a.draves@aphis.usda.gov no later than August 15, 2017.