Algae Testing Services Blanket Purchase Agreeement

Pre-solicitation Notice Algae Testing Services W912BV18Q0082 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Southwestern Division (SWD), Tulsa District (SWT) intends to issue a commercial solicitation, W912BV18Q0082, Algae Testing Services, for testing water samples collected by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel at Corps lakes throughout the Tulsa District. The solicitation will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541380 and the applicable Small Business Size Standard, as established by the U.S. Small Business Administration, is $15,000,000.00. The Government intends to Award one Firm Fixed Price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to the responsible offeror whose offer is conforming to the requirements of the solicitation and will be most advantageous to the Government considering price, and past performance. The BPA will be in effect for five years, with annual reviews to determine if the Agreement will be continued. The solicitation will be issued via Internet only on Feb Biz Opps Website at http://www.fbo.gov. Solicitation issue date is on or about 6/15/2018. Quotes are anticipated to be due on or about 6/22/2018. Contractors must be registered and current with System for Award Management (SAM) in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. Prospective offerors shall submit questions and inquiries related to this solicitation in accordance with the following (no other means of questions or inquiries will be answered except through Bidder Inquiry). To submit and review bid inquiry items, offerors will need to be a current registered user or self-register into the system. To self-register go to the aforementioned web page and click on the BID tab. Select Bidder Inquiry, select agency USACE, and enter the Bidder Inquiry Key for this solicitation listed below, your e-mail address, and then click login. Fill in all required information and click create user. Verify that information on next screen is correct and click continue. From this page you may view all bidder inquiries or add an inquiry. Bidders will receive an acknowledgement of their question via e-mail, followed by an answer to their question after it has been processed. The Solicitation Number: W912BV18Q0082 The Bidder Inquiry Key is: WVCVCU-IR6GUK The Bidder Inquiry System will be unavailable for new inquiries after 20 June 2018 at 4:00 PM (Central) in order to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response and amend the solicitation, if necessary. Previous BPA information: W912BV-12-A-0008 awarded to BSA Environmental Services, Inc. The BPA Master Dollar Limit on the previous BPA was $150,000.00.