About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Government seeks capability statements for market research regarding the inspection, calibration, standardization, and certification of materials testing instruments and laboratory equipment. The planned action is a hybrid firm-fixed-price and time-and-materials performance-based services purchase order. Eligible respondents include Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), HUBZone, or other small businesses under NAICS 541380 with a $19.0 million size standard. Interested vendors must submit company details, socio-economic status, relevant past experience from the past five years, and subcontracting estimates via MS Forms or email by December 2, 2026, at 2:00pm PST.
Scope of work
- Technical inspection and preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment
- Equipment calibration across required operating ranges with documented traceability to SI units
- Standardization of equipment to establish consistent reference conditions
- Application of physical, tamper-evident equipment service labels
- Issuance of equipment certificates conforming to AASHTO R18 Section 6.5
- Immediate tagging and Out-of-Tolerance reporting for equipment exceeding tolerance limits
- Out-of-cycle diagnostic troubleshooting, corrective repairs, and alignment
- Post-repair operational verification and recalibration
Minimum qualifications
- Contractor calibration facility and field operations must maintain ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation by an ILAC-MRA recognized accrediting body
- Personnel must have documented training, education, technical competence, and a minimum of 3 years of direct experience
- Standards and test equipment must maintain active, traceable NIST calibration certificates with a minimum Test Uncertainty Ratio of 4:1
Documents to include with your response
- Proof of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation
- Proof of personnel qualifications
- Documentation of relevant past experience from the past 5 years
- Certificate of Insurance
Key dates
- Responses due
- December 2, 2026, at 2:00pm PST
How to submit
- Method
- MS Forms or email
- Instructions
- Responses may be submitted using the MS Forms attachment or via email. Submissions must include company details, POC, UEI, business size, socioeconomic category, subcontracting estimate, intent to quote, and past experience.
Contract details
- Term
- A base period of twelve (12) months with four (4) optional periods of performance of twelve (12) months each
- Place of performance
- FHWA-WFLHD compound located at 610 E Fifth Street, Vancouver, Clark County, WA 98661-3801
- Insurance and bonding
- Worker's Compensation Insurance as required by law; Comprehensive or Commercial General Liability Insurance with coverage limits not less than $1,000,000 combined single limit for each occurrence; Automobile Liability Insurance; Any other insurance required by state law.
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- 690567-27-SS-0002
- Agency
- Department of Transportation
- Buying office
- Federal Highway Administration › 690567 Western Federal Lands DIV
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Dec 2, 2026, 5:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 4, 2026
- NAICS
- 541380 · Testing Laboratories and Services
- Product/service code
- H266
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- WA, 98661
- Contracting contact
- WFL.Services
wfl.services@dot.gov
3606197738
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
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.
Recent similar awards: Department of Transportation, NAICS 541380, performed in WA
| Vendor and award | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY & TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS69056723P000039 · AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS (AASHTO) ACCREDITATION PROG | $88,000 | Sep 30, 2027 |
Top vendors in this category: Department of Transportation, NAICS 541380, since Oct 1, 2024
481 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
- 1. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER INC$48.3M
- 2. BANGHAM ENGINEERING INC$8.9M
- 3. SOIL AND LAND USE TECHNOLOGY, INC$6.6M
- 4. PURDUE UNIVERSITY$6.6M
- 5. VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE & STATE UNIVERSITY$5.1M
Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.