H--QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTING OF SOIL DENSITY AND MOISTURE CONTENT AT FERN RIDGE LAKE PROJECT

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District in Portland, OR, intends to solicit and award a service contract for a Mobile Lab to provide on-site quality assurance testing of soil density and moisture content at the Fern Ridge Lake Project. The Contractors laboratory facility must be validated by the Corps of Engineers for compliance with provisions in ASTM A880, E 329, C 1077, C1093 and ASTM D 3740. The Fern Ridge Lake Project is 12 miles northwest of downtown Eugene, OR near Veneta, OR. The acquisition will be by means other than full and open competition, Total Small Business Set-Aside, NAICS Code 541380 with a size standard of $10,000,000.00, and FSC H256. The contract will be Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Requirements contract with a contract v alue of approximately $250,000.00. Due to the urgency of this acquisition, the solicitation will be open for only ten days. The solicitation will be issued on the Corps of Engineers website on or about 9 May 2005 and a tentative quote due date of 19 May 2005 at 2:00 pm pacific time. Responses received after that date may not be considered. Responses should include the company name, street address, city, state, country, zip code or postal code, POC, POC telephone, and e-mail address. Please be aware tha t facsimiles will not be accepted. To request a copy go to website https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/ebs. In order for contractors to conduct business with the Department of Defense, they must be approved and registered in the Central Contractor Registratio n, at website http://www.ccr.gov/, before award can be made. This is free to contractors. **NAICS 541380, FSC H256**