H--Quality Assurance Testing

The proposed contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all responses received within fifteen days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Columbus Resident Office in Mississippi needs the services of a testing laboratory to perform Quality Assurance (QA) testing as required by Contract W91278-12-D-0002, task order 0001, Remediation of American Creosote Works Superfund Site, Louisville, MS. The QA laboratory will be performing chemical analysis of samples provided to them by the contractor. The laboratory performing work associated with this project shall be verified as a DoD Quality System Manual Version 4.1 compliant laboratory, through the DoD Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) for all analytical methods required to analyze the QA samples. The EPA analytical methods that will be used for this contract include 8260, 8270, 8310, and 1613. It is the Government's intent to procure these services from TestAmerica Laboratories, Inc., who can perform these four EPA analytical methods and are a certified DoD ELAP laboratory.