Asbestos Personnel Monitoring

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard is soliciting Asbestos Personnel Monitoring Services under Solicitation Number N4215826QE045, a 100% Small Business set-aside classified under NAICS code 562910 with a size standard of $25 million. The contract requires comprehensive airborne asbestos monitoring within the Controlled Industrial Area in Portsmouth, Virginia, encompassing both a Planning Phase of up to 10 hours and an Execution Phase of up to 162 days, running from August through December 2026. All work must comply with OSHA 29 CFR 1915.1001, EPA AHERA 40 CFR 763 Subpart E, and NIOSH 7400 standards, using phase contrast microscopy for analysis with strict exposure limits: personal samples must not exceed 0.1 f/cc and perimeter/clearance samples must remain below 0.01 f/cc. Each sample must be collected in a minimum volume of 1,200 liters at a flow rate not exceeding 16 L/min, with analysis results delivered within 24 hours. The contractor must possess a valid Virginia asbestos license, certify personnel as asbestos-trained workers or supervisors, and implement an NNSY-approved Quality Management System. All personnel must be U.S. citizens with an active Secret security clearance, verified through DISS, and must obtain a DBIDS badge before access is granted. The contracting officer’s representative and project manager are responsible for compliance oversight, and a minimum of two qualified personnel must be on-site throughout the 10-hour workday during execution. The contract is structured as a Firm Fixed Price arrangement with a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable evaluation methodology, where technical acceptability is a pass/fail criterion and award depends solely on the lowest price among technically compliant offers. Proposals must include completed Attachment 1 with Yes/No responses for both line items, signed and dated, and must be submitted electronically via email no later than May 12, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. All submissions require compliance with FAR 52.212-1 and FAR 52.212-4, and must be made by a certified small business in SAM.gov with a valid UEI and CAGE code. Key contractual provisions include prohibitions on inverted domestic corporations, requirements for electronic funds transfer payments via WAW