SOURCES SOUGHT
H -- GeoTechnical Lab Testing
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Omaha, Attn: CENWO- CT, 1616 Capitol Ave, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102-4901, United States
- ZIP Code
- 68102-4901
- Solicitation Number
- W9128F-18-S-M010
- Archive Date
- 2/23/2018
- Point of Contact
- Donna R. Larson, Phone: 4022903692
- E-Mail Address
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donna.r.larson@usace.army.mil
(donna.r.larson@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought: W9128F-18-S-M010 This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR BID. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is conducting market research to identify sources (Small Business and Other-than-Small Business) that have the knowledge, skills and capability to perform the work concerning the potential project described below. Responses are requested only from: POTENTIAL PRIME CONTRACTORS. The responses to this sources sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions for this project. Project Description: General: This is a non-personal services contract to provide geotechnical laboratory testing. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. Description of Services: The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform geotechnical laboratory testing as defined in Appendix A; except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The laboratory shall be local to the Omaha area so samples can be conveniently delivered and samples can be visually observed by project engineers prior to determining testing requirements. All testing shall be performed by qualified personnel in accordance with ASTM or other prescribed standards, and shall be performed by an accredited laboratory with current USACE Materials Testing Center (MTC) validation through the Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) for all testing performed. No special safety requirements are required above those required for a testing laboratory. No security clearances are required to perform this work. Complete geotechnical testing of soil and aggregate samples. All testing shall be performed at the contract laboratory. See Appendix A for specific laboratory tests to be requested. The estimated Indefinite Delivery Type Contract (IDT) will be $500,000.00 over a five (5) year period. Individual Task Orders will not exceed $50,000.00. The estimated period of performance is 1825 calendar days. Submission Details: All interested, capable, qualified (under NAICS code 541380) and responsive contractors are encouraged to reply to this market survey request. Interested PRIME CONTRACTORS ONLY should submit a narrative demonstrating their experience in construction projects of similar nature as described above. Narratives shall be no longer than 10 pages. Email responses are required.   Please include the following information in your response/narrative: • Company name, address, point of contact, phone number, e-mail address, and DUNS number. Identify any corporate affiliations. • Business size to include any official teaming arrangements as a partnership or joint venture. As well as, any socio-economic categories (i.e. SDB, HUBZone, SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB) • Details of similar projects and state whether you were the Prime or Subcontractor • Project references (including owner with phone number and email address) • Project cost, term and complexity of job Past Performance Information Past performance information for the previous 3 years that clearly demonstrate familiarity and experience with the requirements All interested Offeror/Contractors should submit their information to Donna Larson via email only, Not Later Than 10:00am CDT on Thursday, February 8, 2018. Email address: donna.r.larson@usace.army.mil. Appendix A Visual Engineering Soil Classification - ASTM D2488 Water Content - ASTM D2216 Density Determination (Shelby) -ASTM D2937 Density Determination (Irregular) - Wax Dip - Archimedes principle Hand Penetrometer, Qp Unconfined Compression Max Stress & Strain - ASTM D2166 Unconfined Compression with curve - ASTM D2166 Atterberg Limit (Single Point) - ASTM D4318 Atterberg Limit (Multiple Point) - ASTM D4318 Atterberg Limits (Shale) D4318 using USACE method for prep Hydrometer Analysis - Hydro portion of ASTM D422 Loss on Ignition - ASTM D2974 Sieve Analysis (Unwashed) - ASTM C136 Sieve Analysis (Washed) - C117/C136 or sieve portion of D422 Combined Sieve/Hydrometer - Complete ASTM D422 Minus 200 Wash - ASTM D1140 Standard Proctor (Soil) - ASTM D698 Method A or B Standard Proctor (Rock) - ASTM D698 Method C Standard Proctor with Fly ash blended in lab - ASTM D698 Modified Proctor (Soil) - ASTM D1557 Method A or B Modified Proctor (Rock) - ASTM D1557 Method C Relative Density (Min/Max) - ASTM D4254 & D4253 (Small Aggregate) Relative Density (Min/Max) - ASTM D4254 & D4253 (Large Aggregate) Laboratory CBR (Must have proctor values) - ASTM D1883 Specific Gravity - ASTM D854 Porosity - EM 1110-2-1906 Appendix II for calculation Consolidation (to 16 tsf) - ASTM D2435 Plotted consolidation load curves for D2435 (add to above) Consolidation Unload/Reload (cyclic loading) as part of D2435 Swell Test (Single Pressure) - ASTM D4546 Method B Swell Curve (Loading-after wetting test) - ASTM D4546 Method C Remolded Swell (remolding charge) in addition to swell test cost Tri-axial Compression, UU - ASTM D2850 Tri-axial Compression, UU (Remolded) - ASTM D2850 Tri-axial Compression, CU - ASTM D4767 Tri-axial Compression, CU (Remolded) - ASTM D4767 Constant Head Permeability - ASTM D2434 Falling Head Permeability - ASTM D5084 Direct Shear-Slow (Cohesion) - ASTM D3080 Hand Trimming of Soil Samples Los Angeles Abrasion (Small) ASTM C131 Los Angeles Abrasion (Large) - ASTM C535 Aggregate Soundness by Sodium or Mag Sulfate - ASTM C88 pH (by Meter) SM 4500 H+ and Electrical Conductivity Sulfate Content (EPA Method) EPA 9056
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Omaha, NE, Omaha, Nebraska, 68102, United States
- Zip Code: 68102
- Zip Code: 68102
- Record
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