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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to determine if there are interested and qualified firms to perform work on an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indef... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is issuing this Sources Sought Notice to determine if there are interested and qualified firms to perform work on an IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract for its Operations Division. Responses to this sources sought will be used by the Government to make an appropriate procurement decision. The IDIQ contract would primarily consist of the sampling and testing of dredged material for placement at the Historic Area Remediation Site (HARS) following procedures described in the following two documents and any subsequent updates: US Army Corps of Engineers New York District/EPA Region 2 Guidance for Performing Tests on Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (April 2016) https://www.nan.usace.army.mil/Portals/37/docs/regulatory/Formdoc/FINAL_NYD-R2_REGIONAL_TESTINGMANUAL-APRIL%202016.pdf 1991 EPA/USACE, Evaluation of Dredged Material Proposed for Ocean Disposal (Testing Manual, aka. Green Book) https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2015-10/documents/green_book.pdf The IDIQ Contract would also include testing of dredged material for upland disposal following procedures described in New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Technical & Operational Guidance Series (5.1.9) for In-Water and Riparian Management of Sediment and Dredged Material (November 2004) and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, The Management and Regulation of Dredging Activities and Dredged Material in New Jersey’s Tidal Waters (October 1997) and the subsequent updates to these two documents. Work orders would include all or some of the following: sediment and water collection (on contractor supplied vessel); sample handling, processing and shipping; physical and biological analyses (e.g. toxicity and bioaccumulation testing, and physical analyses); QA/QC procedures, and necessary corrective actions. Reports containing the sampling logs, all testing results and QA/QC information in a format required by the New York District Corps of Engineers (NYD) would have to be provided by the contractor for each work order. All sampling would be performed within the Port of New York & New Jersey, the length of the Hudson River, in the Atlantic Ocean at the Historical Area Remediation Site (HARS) and its Reference Site. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541380. The business size standard is $11,000,000. All interested businesses should notify this office via e-mail to the Contract Specialist listed below, by 19 August 2021, 5:00PM ET. Responses should include: (1) Identification of the firm as a Large or Small Business; (2) If the firm is a Small Business they should also identify if they are a SBA certified 8(a), HUB Zone or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business; (3) The firm’s Duns Number and CAGE Code; and (4) State in writing if the contractor has any experience with HARS testing for US Army Corps of Engineers. Send responses to the following POC: Monica Chahary, Contract Specialist, E-mail: monica.c.chahary@usace.army.mil and the following Secondary POC: mohenda.surage@usace.army.mil. This is NOT a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract as a result of this notice or to pay for any information received. This synopsis neither constitutes a Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This Sources Sought Synopsis should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. Submittals will be used for market survey information only.