H--Construction Materials Testing Services for Puerto Rico

The Jacksonville District USACE is preparing to release a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Construction Materials Testing Services for the Portugues Dam and other projects in Puerto Rico. This procurement is a Small Business Set-Aside. Multiple Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contracts may be awarded provided sufficient qualified contractors present offers. The contract term will not exceed a total of five years. The minimum guarantee for each contract is $3,000. Maximum order limits are $200,000 for each contract year. The Government reserves the right to exercise the contract option periods before the expiration of the base contract period or preceding option period, if the contract amount for the base period or preceding option period has been exhausted or nearly exhausted. Individual fixed price task orders, with negotiable line items, will be issued. The primary purpose of this proposed contract is to provide services for quality assurance testing by qualified laboratory equipment and field technicians in accordance with applicable ASTM, AASHTO, FDOT, CRD, and other sampling standards as applicable. Laboratory and field tests will include, but may not be limited to soils, concrete, and asphalt materials. These services will be utilized on active Corps of Engineers construction projects and will serve to validate and verify the results of quality control testing performed by the construction contractor. The testing laboratory must be a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers validated testing laboratory in accordance with ER 1110-1-261 and ER 1180-1-8100 (http://www.usace.armymil/inet/usace-docs/) and must maintain this validation throughout the term of the contract. In addition, any laboratories subcontracted to perform specific tests must also be Corps of Engineers validated for the specific test being performed. Testing will consist of, but may not be limited to, the following: Aggregates: ASTM C 40, ASTM C 117, ASTM C 127, ASTM C 128, ASTM C 136, ASTM C 142, ASTM C 566, ASTM C 702, ASTM C 75 Concrete and Masonry: ASTM C 31, ASTM C 39, ASTM C 138, ASTM C 143, ASTM C 172, ASTM C 173, ASTM C 1064, ASTM C 42, ASTM C 470, ASTM C 511, ASTM C 617, ASTM C 805, ASTM C 1077, ASTM C 1231, ASTM C 109, ASTM C 1019 Soils: ASTM D 421, ASTM D 422, ASTM D 698, ASTM D 2488, ASTM D 1556, ASTM D 1557, ASTM D 2216, ASTM D 2487, ASTM D 2488, ASTM D 2922, ASTM D 2937, ASTM D 3017, ASTM D 3740, ASTM D 4220, ASTM D 4318 The applicable North American Industry Classification System code is 541380 with a size standard of $12.0 million. Firms must either currently have USACE validations for above listed tests in accordance with ER 1110-1-261 and ER 1180-1-8100, or the capability of obtaining validations prior to any contract award. See http://www.wes.army.mil/SL/MTC/mtc.htm. The RFP will be electronically issued using the Army Single Face to Industry (ASFI) Acquisition Business Website (https://acquisition.army.mil/asfi/) on or after 15 December 2008 with offers due on or after 5 January 2009. When issued, the RFP may also be viewed via the Federal Business Opportunities, http://www.fedbizopps.gov. Proposers/Offerors: Please be advised of the on-line registration requirement in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) database www.ccr.gov, and directed solicitation provisions concerning electronic annual On-line Representations and Certifications (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov. Representations and certifications are required to be updated annually as a minimum to keep information current, accurate and complete. The electronic annual representations and certifications are effective until one year from date of submission or update to ORCA.