Technical Laboratory Support at Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center

 This is a Pre-Solicitation notice (synopsis) for a requirement restricted to competition among Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB). The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has a requirement for non-personal technical support for a number of FHWA Laboratories at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center in McLean, VA. Such laboratories will likely include: Asphalt Binder and Bituminous Mixtures Laboratories; Pavement Test Facility; Chemistry Laboratories; Coatings and Corrosion Laboratories; Aggregates and Petrographic Laboratories; and Concrete Laboratories.

Services required will include the overall management and operation of each laboratory, daily operation and maintenance of laboratory test equipment, specimen preparation and logging, materials testing and evaluation, data acquisition, data scrutiny, data analysis, and documentation including reporting of findings, analysis, and recommendations.

The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be released in the near future, and will be available electronically at http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Interested parties may register at the aforementioned site to receive notification of this action, as well as a variety of other procurement announcements and information. FHWA contemplates a laboratory site visit. While not mandatory, all potential offerors are invited to come and see the labs. The date for the site visit will be contained in the forthcoming RFP. It is the responsibility of offerors to monitor the FedBizOpps website for any amendments or additional information related to the RFP package and this procurement.

The NAICS code for this solicitation is 541380 with a Small Business Size Standard of $11 million. The solicitation and any resultant contract award will include FAR clause 52.219-27 Notice of Total Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Set-Aside. NO OTHER PROCUREMENT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.