What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe USDA Forest Service seeks interest and qualifications from small businesses, including 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, and WOSB entities, to perform wastewater treatment plant sample testing for the Jacobs Creek Job Corps Civilian Conservation Center in Bristol, Tennessee. The selected contractor must furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, and transportation to test wastewater samples for CBOD, TSS, Ammonia, E. Coli, and Total Solids, providing analysis reports within seven days. Qualified laboratories must maintain a testing facility within a 60-mile radius of the center to support bi-weekly sample collections and periodic overflow mitigation operations. Responses must be submitted electronically to Contract Specialist Gary Durham and include a capabilities statement along with a DUNS or CAGE code.
Scope of work
- Pick up collected wastewater samples every two weeks, approximately 26 per year
- Carbonaceous Biochemical Oxygen (CBOD) analysis within a 48-hour hold time
- Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Total Solids analysis within a seven-day hold time
- Ammonia analysis with normal turnaround time within 28-day hold time
- E. Coli sample testing commencing within 8 hours of sample collection
- Deliver electronic lab analysis reports within seven days of custody transfer
- Testing for wastewater treatment plant overflow mitigation operations up to seven truckloads daily
- Furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supervision
Minimum qualifications
- Testing location within a 60-mile radius of the project location
- Satisfy requirements of facility NPDES permit, including Title 40 CFR Part 136 methods and QA/QC measures
- Furnish License to Operate upon request
- Compliance with local and federal standards for OSHA and Safety Board
Documents to include with your response
- Capabilities statement
- DUNS or CAGE code
- Certificate of Insurance (upon request)
- License to Operate (upon request)
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit electronically to Contract Specialist Gary Durham. Responses should include a capabilities statement and a DUNS or CAGE code.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Testing Laboratories and Services). This is not this requirement's award history.
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