Water and soil testing services

The Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado Region is seeking water and soil testing services through Solicitation 140R4025Q0074 for its Western Colorado Area Offices in Grand Junction and Durango, Colorado. The contractor must be a certified laboratory capable of analyzing approximately 5,500 water and soil samples annually collected from reservoirs, rivers, creeks, canals, and water wells across Colorado and New Mexico, covering testing categories including organics, inorganics, metals, physical and biological parameters, and radiochemistry. Contractors must maintain current certifications from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, New Mexico Environment Department, and National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, while providing sample bottles within 24 hours of request and delivering final test reports within 30 days of sample receipt. The government will evaluate proposals using a tradeoff approach based on technical capability, past performance, and price. Quotations must be submitted via email to desplin@usbr.gov by 2:00 PM Mountain Daylight Time on August 6, 2025, and the government intends to award without discussions.

This procurement is designated as a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 541380 with a size standard of $19.0 million. The contract structure includes a base year from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, followed by four option years extending through September 30, 2030, plus an additional six-month extension option through March 31, 2031, creating a potential contract period of up to five and one-half years. Services will be performed primarily in Colorado and New Mexico, with the contractor required to handle unfiltered samples and include all shipping costs in their pricing, including delivery of sample bottles to the Durango Reclamation office within 24 hours and overnight shipping of samples to the contractor's laboratory. The comprehensive price schedule encompasses extensive testing parameters with specific method detection limits and analysis methods, and performance will be monitored through a Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan to ensure compliance with contract standards.