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Description: The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Seattle District is seeking information regarding capability, level of interest and availability of sources for an upcoming requirement for laborato... Description: The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Seattle District is seeking information regarding capability, level of interest and availability of sources for an upcoming requirement for laboratory testing, reporting, and data validation services. The District is considering the award of one single award task order contract to accomplish this mission. The value of this effort is anticipated to be $1.2 million over a 5-year period with one base year and four option years. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow up information. The purpose of this Sources Sought announcement is to measure the interest of Small Businesses (SB), 8(a), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or HUBZone prime contractor business sources and their size classifications relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 541380, Testing Laboratories (size standard $15.0 Million in average annual receipts). This Sources Sought will be used to determine if there are two or more small businesses that have the experience and capacity to perform the summary of the work listed below with 51 percent of the work completed in-house. NOTE: This requirement is for Services, not Research & Development. Summary Scope of Work: Analytical/testing laboratory services to provide chemical analyses and testing validations. Some of the following generic categories of matrices include: Soil, Water, Sediment, Air, Biota, Chemical Products, and Solid Materials. Interested firms would have capabilities to provide professional scientific and technical services to perform bioassay, chemical analysis, and physical testing pursuant to Federal, State, County, and local laws and regulations (i.e. Washington State MTCA, CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, etc.). Department of Defense (DOD) Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) accreditation and/or other state accreditations will be required to complete requirements for the potential single award task order contract. Data verification and validation is also needed. This involves performing full data validation and verification against criteria established within the analytical method, DOD Quality Systems Manual (QSM), EPA, or other method as required by the task order. Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Analytical Protocols (MARLAP) will be used for radiological parameters. Samples may be submitted from: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana Response Information: Interested firms should submit a capabilities package limited to five (5) pages and include the following: 1) A capability statement expressing interest in this requirement, describing the company and its capability to provide laboratory testing, reporting, and validation services. Include a statement detailing any special qualifications or certifications applicable to the scope of the work, held by the company. 2) Firm's name, address (mailing and URL), point of contact, phone number, email address. 3) Business classification; i.e. Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Small Business, 8(a) Program, or Other. 4) Three to Five examples of similar past projects as the Prime Contractor. 5) Cage code and DUNS number of your firm. 6) Firm's Joint Venture Information (if applicable). 7) Responses to this Sources Sought will only be shared with the Government project team and held in strict confidence. Submit your response to this Sources Sought no later than 13:00 hours 03 April 2019, Pacific Standard Time (PST). All interested contractors must be registered in SAM to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Email responses to: Ms. Lorraine Laurente, Lorraine.Q.Laurente@usace.army.mil and Mr. Darrell Hutchens, Darrell.D.Hutchens@usace.army.mil USACE personnel may contact firms responding to this announcement to clarify a responder's capabilities and other matters as part of this market research process. USACE reserves the right to use any and all information submitted by, or obtained from, an interested party in any manner USACE determines is appropriate, including, but not limited to, the creation of a competitive solicitation. An interested party should avoid including any business confidential, and/or proprietary information in its response.