Water Testing - Edwards AFB

The Defense Health Agency seeks laboratory analytical services for Safe Drinking Water Act compliance testing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, with quotations due September 14 by 4:30 PM PDT. This is a 100% small business set-aside (total small business) issued as an RFQ under NAICS 541380 and PSC B533.

Place of performance is Building 3925, 55 North Wolfe Avenue, Edwards AFB, California 93524. The contractor must hold current California Water Boards Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) certification and comply with National Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (NELAP) standards. All analytical procedures must follow current standard methods manuals with minimum detection limits meeting California Primary or Secondary Drinking Water Standards.

The contract includes a base period from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027, plus four optional one-year periods extending through September 30, 2031. The requirement encompasses 25 contract line items covering routine compliance monitoring and emergency/short-notice analyses for Total Coliform, Heterotrophic Plate Count, Arsenic, Secondary MCL parameters, Disinfection Byproducts, Nitrate, Nitrite, Lead & Copper, Radiological testing, Volatile Organic Compounds, Asbestos, Synthetic Organic Compounds, Metals by ICP-MS, and Cyanotoxins. Routine testing totals approximately 870 samples annually, with quantities per CLIN ranging from 6 to 572 analyses per year. Award will be firm-fixed-price.

Evaluation uses a "Past Performance Price Tradeoff" methodology with past performance weighted more important than price. Technical capability must be rated as Acceptable (evaluated as a two-page capabilities statement with proof of ELAP certification); only acceptable quoters proceed to past performance and price evaluation. Quoters must submit two recent and relevant past performance references from the past three years and complete pricing worksheets for all CLINs. Edwards AFB and USAF laboratory command retain inspection rights for all laboratory facilities and analytical techniques. Quotations must be submitted electronically to Belinda M. Hsieh (belinda.m.hsieh.civ@health.mil) and Brandi M. Roberts (brandi.m.roberts5.civ@health.mil). DBIDS biometric identification is required for base access.