Tioga-Hammond & Cowanesque Lakes, Water Testing

Pre-solicitation Notice W912DR-15-T-0002: This solicitation will be advertised as a Small Business Set Aside. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541380 (Testing Laboratories). The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes Project desires to purchase the collection, transportation, and testing of water at the public use and administrative areas throughout the Tioga-Hammond and Cowanesque Lakes Project areas as per the our designated schedule. This will include picking up samples at Ives Run Maintenance building, providing sample bottles, custody forms, reports and invoices.

This requirement must be provided in strict accordance with the Performance Work Statement (PWS) included in the request for quote (RFQ) that can be obtained from www.fbo.gov. Only those vendors who can provide the requirement EXACTLY as stated in the statement of work may provide a quote. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency. The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation will be the Internet only. This solicitation will not be issued in paper. You must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) database to receive a government contract award. You may register with the SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/.

All questions shall be submitted via e-mail to robert.n.jackson@usace.army.mil .

The solicitation will be provided in an electronic format, free of charge on or about November 14, 2014, to all authenticated account holders of Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) System (www.fbo.gov). To familiarize vendors with the newly released FBO system, please download the Vendor Guide found here (http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/EBS/FBO_Vendor_Guide.pdf). Please note that all Corps of Engineers acquisitions are considered Sensitive, But Unclassified Documents, and require users to have a valid MPIN entered in the FBO system to access package.
The media through which the Government chooses to issue this solicitation/amendment will be the Internet only. This solicitation or any amendments will not be issued in paper. No phone or fax request for copy of solicitation will be accepted.