Sources Sought Notice for the Controls and Instrumentation Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for the Washington Aqueduct

Notice ID: W912DR27XC1S4

NAICS Code: 334513 – Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variable

Size Standard: 750 employees

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTE, OR BID. NO AWARD WILL BE MADE FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT.

THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT REIMBURSE RESPONDENTS FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. ALL RESPONSES WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR THE POSSIBLE FUTURE ACQUISITION.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District (NAB), seeks to determine the interest, availability, and capability of potential sources to satisfy controls and instrumentation supplies and incidental service needs of the Washington Aqueduct (WA).

This Sources Sought Notice is one facet of the Government’s overall market research strategy. No acquisition strategy will be determined based solely on the information received from this Sources Sought Notice. Both small and large businesses are highly encouraged to respond in this Sources Sought.

Background

The WA is a public water supply agency that produces an average of 135 million gallons of water per day at two treatment plants located in the District of Columbia. The mission of the WA is to collect, purify, and pump an adequate supply of water to its wholesale customers — DC Water, Arlington County, and Fairfax Water. The place of performance/delivery is the WA’s Dalecarlia and McMillan Water Treatment Plants in Washington, D.C.

Requirement Description

NAB intends to satisfy controls and instrumentation supplies and incidental service needs of WA by awarding a target of three (3) firm-fixed price Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs). Each BPA will have a five (5) year ordering period.

NAB anticipates utilizing the source selection procedures outlined in Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services.

Scope

Industrial process electronic measuring instruments used for monitoring and controlling water treatment and transmission operations, including multiple proprietary brands to ensure compatibility with current equipment.

Brand names required: Endress + Hauser, Rockwell Automation, Schweitzer Engineering, Allen Bradley, ABB, Eaton, Toshiba, Hach, Lovibond, In-Situ ChemScan, Swan Analytical, Benchmark Measurement, Limit Torque, Auma, Rotork, Trident Valve, Accusonic, Precision Digital, Teledyne Meridan, SignalFire, Siemens, Johnson Controls, and Reliable Controls.

Services that may be in a BPA call include but are not limited to: preventative maintenance and repair services for uninterruptable power supply systems; fiber optic cable installation, testing, and repair; and installation, configuration, commissioning and training of supplies.

Master dollar limit: $5,000,000.00

Call limit: $350,000.00

Capabilities

1. General Information
   1. Company Name
   2. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code
   3. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
   4. Company Address
   5. Point of Contact (Name, Title)
   6. Phone Number
   7. Email Address
2. Indicate your business size based on NAICS code 334513, which has a size standard of 750 employees.
   1. If applicable, please indicate if your business falls into any or a combination of the following categories:
      1. Small Business
      2. 8(a) small business
      3. Historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone)
      4. Service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB)
      5. Woman-owned small business (WOSB)
3. Provide a description of your capabilities for providing the controls and instrumentation supplies and services above. Additionally, please include at least two (2), but no more than three (3), examples of past contracts or orders providing controls and instrumentation supplies and services. The examples should include the amount of the order, date, delivery location and customer, and types of supplies.
4. Provide a point of contact that would serve as the BPA account manager for your company.
5. What is the primary nature of your business? (e.g. manufacturer, authorized distributor, third-party seller, etc.)?
6. Provide details regarding your service delivery area, as well as your experience in providing supplies to customers in the Washington DC region.
7. Provide details on your ability to deliver products from receipt of order within specified timeframes.
8. Do you have an online catalog and/or ordering portal?

Response Submission

Submit your response no later than 12 November 2026 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST) by completing the form linked below:

https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/H8uLJuht5n

Questions

If there are general questions as you prepare a response, please contact Kennedy Vila, Contract Specialist at KennedyLuther.S.Vila@usace.army.mil and include Angela Padua, Contracting Officer at Angela.S.Padua@usace.army.mil. Comments will be shared with the Government project team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence.