SOLICITATION NOTICE
H -- Soil Testing - SF-1449
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, St. Paul, Attn: CEMVP-CT, 180 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55101-1678, United States
- ZIP Code
- 55101-1678
- Solicitation Number
- W912ES-12-T-0106
- Archive Date
- 7/7/2012
- Point of Contact
- Jesse Onkka, Phone: 6512905444, Kevin P. Henricks, Phone: 6512905414
- E-Mail Address
-
Jesse.L.Onkka@usace.army.mil, kevin.p.henricks@usace.army.mil
(Jesse.L.Onkka@usace.army.mil, kevin.p.henricks@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation SF-1449 RED RIVER BASIN-WIDE FEASIBILITY STUDY SCOPE OF WORK LABORATORY SOIL TESTING General Description of Work: The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will be conducting soil borings at Fort Ransom, ND and at the Roseau River Wildlife Management Area as geotechnical support of the Red River Basin-wide Feasibility Study. During the exploration, the USACE will collect undisturbed samples (5-inch or 3-inch samples), jar samples, and bag samples which require laboratory tests to be completed on them. The Contractor shall perform the following laboratory soil tests indicated in Table 1-11 below. Table 1-1 contains the type of tests, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) procedure associated with each test, and the number of tests. Type of Test ASTM Designation Number of Tests Atterberg Limits (Liquid Limit and Plastic Limit) D 4318 87 Particle Size Determination (Nested Sieves and Hydrometer) D 422 23 Particle Size Determination (Nested Sieves thru No. 200) D 422 5 3-inch or 5-inch Thin Wall Tube Extrusion and Description D 2487 18 Consolidation D 2435 4 UU Triaxial Compression (Undisturbed) D 2850 6 CU Triaxial Compression (Undisturbed, backpressure saturated, with pore pressure readings) D 4767 14 Moisture Content D 2216 87 The Contractor shall assume that the tests for the Atterberg Limits, Particle-Size Analysis (Nested Sieves), Particle-Size Analysis (Nested Sieves & Hydrometer) will be completed on jar samples, bag samples, and also undisturbed tube samples. Consolidation Tests: Consolidation tests will include determination of an initial moisture content and dry density. The consolidation test shall include an unloading and reloading schedule (where the pressure on the soil is halved) occurring 1 to 2 load increments after the preconsolidation pressure has been exceeded. At the completion of the loading schedule, the sample shall be unloaded (each successive load can be 1/4 th of the preceding load). Triaxial Tests: The Contractor shall assume that all triaxial and direct shear tests consist of three (3) specimens per test. The Contractor shall determine the initial moisture content and dry density for each triaxial specimen along with the moisture content and dry density before shearing of the specimen starts. Other Tests: Any other index testing associated with triaxial or consolidation testing, such as Atterberg limits, grain size analysis, or specific gravity, will be considered not included and requested separately. Laboratory Requirements: The laboratory shall be USACE validated for the tests that are required. The laboratory must be capable of running triaxial compression tests on samples up to 4-inch diameter and have at least 3 years of experience in performing triaxial testing. To minimize the disturbance of the samples, the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will deliver the samples to the laboratory and the testing must be performed locally at the laboratory the samples are delivered to; samples shall not be shipped to another office. For this reason, the laboratory shall be located within the St Paul District. The undisturbed samples submitted for testing will be either 5-inch diameter or 3-inch diameter thin-walled tubes and the laboratory must be capable of extruding these samples. The government reserves the right to be present at the laboratory when samples are being extruded. The laboratory shall retain the remaining portion of the samples not tested and preserve them in such a way that would allow for retesting of the sample at a later date. The laboratory shall retain these samples through the life of the contract. USACE reserves the right to require the Contractor to return the samples USACE and/or may have the contractor dispose of them when contract is officially closed out. All testing must be performed by a USACE validated laboratory and be completed within 2 months from the receipt of the samples. A list of USACE Validated laboratory's can be found at http://gsl.erdc.usace.army.mil/SL/MTC/ValidatedLabsList.htm#MN. Execution: The USACE will be conducting the soil exploration program during the months of June and July of 2012. The Contractor shall expect to receive samples within a week after the soil borings have been completed. The Contractor must be capable of completing the testing and providing the results within 2 months from the date a sample is received. Upon receipt of the samples, the Contractor shall provide the USACE a schedule for when samples will be prepared, tested, and completed. The Contractor shall provide an update to the schedule biweekly. The Contractor shall provide the testing results to the USACE electronically, via email, when the tests are completed and reviewed by the Contractor. The Contractor shall sign the reports to indicate that the reports have been reviewed. The electronic files shall be PDFs of the testing reports. The reports shall only report the sample results associated with a single sample. Multiple sample results shall not be documented together. USACE reserve the right to require the Contractor to revise the reports if errors and omissions are found and resubmit them. In addition to providing PDFs of the reports, the Contractor shall also provide the results of the Atterberg and particle size tests in a format such that the results can be imported into a gINT project. The format maybe a gINT project file or a formatted Microsoft Excel file. The required format of the Microsoft Excel file is attached. The Contractor shall coordinate with the USACE technical point-of contact on the format and delivery of the test results. Report Requirements: The Contractor's test reports shall at a minimum include the information as required by the associated ASTM standards. In addition, the USACE requires the following additions and/or format to the test reports: •· Photo of the specimen after extrusion and photos of the triaxial specimens after shearing is completed (the photos of the sheared specimens can take the place of the sketch or can be in addition to the sketch). •· Pressures associated with triaxial tests reported in tons per square foot (tsf). •· The readings taken throughout the test ( i.e. stain, deviator stress, and pore pressure (when applicable), dial readings, deflections, etc) and the reduced data shall be provided in tabulated form. Payment: The Contractor must quote a unit price for each type of test or service listed above, along with the total price per test type (unit price x number of tests), and a total price for all the testing. The Contractor will be paid based on the quantity of tests completed. The Contractor can submit monthly bills and will be paid for all testing that has been completed and for which laboratory test results have been received. When submitting the bill, the Contractor shall provide a list that indicates what samples and what tests have been completed and reported to the USACE. Technical Points of Contact: Luke Schmidt at (651) 290-5670, Ryan Price at (651) 290-5318, Kevin Nelson at (651) 290-5844,
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Minnesota, United States
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