Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for laboratory services to analyze environmental samples.

The Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD), located in Richmond KY, has a requirement for a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for laboratory analysis of environmental samples. This includes analysis of groundwater samples (generally occurring semi-annually) to demonstrate compliance with the environmental permit for the demilitarization operations and requirements for analysis of samples collected from various other operations for the purpose of making waste disposal determinations, on an as-needed basis.

Services shall be requested on as needed basis based on Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection (KDEP) requirements. These services support environmental permitting and other federal and state requirements necessary to be fulfilled by BGAD. The laboratory shall have a current DoD Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) certification for the applicable analyses.

It is the Government's intent to award a Single Source BPA in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1) to Pace Analytical Services, LLC to provide all management, labor, tools, supplies, and equipment necessary to perform each task included in the attached Scope of Work.

The intent of the BPA is to provide the government with a streamlined cost-effective acquisition method in accordance with FAR 13.303, Blanket Purchase Agreements, to request services as needed that may require a short suspense to meet KDEP deadlines.

A BPA is a simplified method of filling anticipated repetitive needs for services by establishing charge accounts with a qualified source of service. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.303, Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPAs), the Contractor agrees to the identified terms and conditions for a BPA to provide management, labor, tools, supplies, and equipment necessary to perform the tasks listed in the attached Scope of Work titled Laboratory Analysis of Environmental Samples Dated 03 April 2023.

The period of performance of the resulting agreement will be 12 months from the date of award with two available option years to exercise.

The Master Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) does not obligate any funds. In accordance with FAR 13.303-3(a)(2), the Government is obligated only to the extent of authorized purchases made via properly executed BPA Call Orders made under the BPA. The BPA Master Limit is $225,000.00. No single BPA Call Order shall exceed $75,000 in total cost.

Please note, there is no guarantee that any or all requirements will be issued using established BPAs, or to any BPA Contractor. When using BPAs, requirements shall be competed among eligible BPA providers or rotated among eligible BPA providers at the Contracting Officer's discretion.

Market research derived from prior solicitations, procurement history, and research has found no other contractor interested and/or capable of supplying all labor, material, equipment, and services needed to fulfill the attached scope of work.

A solicitation will not be issued; however, all responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency. The information submitted must be provided in sufficient detail to demonstrate the contractor's ability to fulfill this requirement in accordance with the statement of work.

In accordance with FAR 5.207(c) (16), any other interested contractor may submit a capability statement by the closing date of this announcement, which is 5:00 PM 23 October 2024, which shall be considered by the agency for the purposes of determining whether to establish multiple blanket purchase agreements for competition or proceed with a noncompetitive action for a single source BPA to the listed contractor. Submissions must be emailed to jeremy.s.turner10.civ@army.mil.

All technical inquiries and questions relating to this notice are to be submitted via email to Jeremy.s.turner10.civ@army.mil. Interested parties shall submit questions at least 2 days prior to the closing/response date of the solicitation to ensure adequate time is allotted to form an appropriate response.

Any offeror that does not have an active SAM.GOV registration will be rejected as non-responsive. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.

In accordance with:

52.204-7(b)(1) System for Award Management. An Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer or quotation and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement resulting from this solicitation.

52.204-13(c) System for Award Management Maintenance the Contractor shall maintain registration in SAM during contract performance and through final payment of any contract, basic agreement, basic ordering agreement, or blanket purchasing agreement. The Contractor is responsible for the currency, accuracy, and completeness of the data within SAM, and for any liability resulting from the Government's reliance on inaccurate or incomplete data. To remain registered in SAM after the initial registration, the Contractor is required to review and update on an annual basis, from the date of initial registration or subsequent updates, its information in SAM to ensure it is current, accurate and complete. Updating information in SAM does not alter the terms and conditions of this contract and is not a substitute for a properly executed contractual document.

Please see attached Scope of Work for additional information.