Drinking Water Systems Maintenance and Support

The Defense Health Agency, through its Lab Sciences Directorate, seeks a contractor to provide comprehensive drinking water sample analysis services to support military operations and ensure public health safety across operating environments and disaster response locations. The contract, identified as HT942726RE008 under NAICS code 541380, is a non-personal services firm fixed-price procurement for the analytical testing of organic, inorganic, and biological contaminants in drinking water matrices using industry-standard methods including EPA 505, 508A, 100.2, and 1613B. Performance is centered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, with sample handling and shipping to the contractor managed under strict preservation protocols tied to analytical method specifications, while the government covers all shipping costs. The contract includes a base period from June 2026 through May 2027 and four one-year option periods extending through May 2031, with all data, reporting, and results subject to stringent quality assurance requirements outlined in the Performance Work Statement and Quality Assurance Surveillance Plan, which emphasize inspection as the primary evaluation criterion across quality, quantity, and timeliness metrics. Offerors must submit a two-volume proposal—Volume I for technical approach, experience, and past performance, capped at 30 single-sided pages, and Volume II for price, with no page limit—by 15 May 2026, using Microsoft Word or PDF formats with Arial 12-point font and one-inch margins. Proposals must comply with SAM registration requirements, including an active Unique Entity Identifier, and adhere to stringent security, cybersecurity, and anti-terrorism mandates such as safeguarding covered defense information, prohibiting acquisition of certain telecommunications equipment, and requiring antiterrorism training. Offerors must also complete special representations regarding whistleblower protections, compensation of former DoD officials, business operations with the Maduro regime, and organizational conflict of interest, including an OCI certification and mitigation plan if applicable. Evaluation will prioritize technical approach, experience, and past performance over price, with no award possible unless a proposal receives an overall rating of Acceptable or higher. All communication must be conducted via email to the designated point of contact, Robert Gonzalez, with no telephone inquiries permitted. Failure to comply with any contractual clause, including those related to cybersecurity, data handling, sample integrity, or subcontractor management, will result in disqualification or contract nonperformance.