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Independent External Peer Reviews for the US Army Corps of Engineers
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is seeking qualified entities to support Independent External Peer Reviews (IEPR) for water resource projects and scientific assessments through a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) awarded under solicitation W912HQ26RA002. This requirement is driven by statutory mandates including the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 and OMB Bulletin M-05-03, which require certain USACE studies to undergo rigorous peer review by independent expert panels. Only eligible 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations may serve as prime contractors. The BPA will have a five-year ordering period with no options and a combined ceiling of $7,000,000 across all awardees, with individual orders capped at $350,000 for single items and $7,000,000 for combinations. Contractor services include assembling and managing expert review panels aligned with National Academy of Sciences standards, developing documentation such as work plans, and delivering IEPRs across key technical domains including planning, biology, economics, environment, hydrology, and engineering. The performance work statement for each order will detail specific requirements, and all work must be completed at the contractor’s facility, with occasional travel as specified. Proposals must be submitted electronically by July 31, 2026, in PDF and Excel formats, with no hyperlinks or self-extracting files permitted. Proposals must demonstrate acceptable management and technical approaches, a strong response to an example order, neutral or higher confidence in past performance, compliance with all requirements, and a fair and reasonable price, with non-price factors weighted significantly higher than cost. The award will follow a best-value trade-off process. Awarded contractors must comply with cybersecurity standards including NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC, AT Level I training, background checks, and identity verification for personnel accessing DoD installations. Invoicing is monthly and must include SAM-verified information, CLIN data, staff names, service percentages, and receipts for direct costs, with no fee allowed on travel or direct costs. All correspondence must reference the contract number, and modifications can only be issued by the Contracting Officer. Government inspection and acceptance will be conducted per the PWS, and deliverables must meet strict quality standards free of grammatical, formatting, or copy-paste errors. The contracting office is located in Alexandria, Virginia, and the point of contact is David
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) requires professional technical services in support of required independent external peer reviews (IEPR). The USACE Mission Support Battalion (UMSB) will award and administer one or more Blanket Purchase Agreements (BPA) on behalf of the USACE Institute for Water Resources (IWR).
These BPAs will serve the needs of the entire USACE consistent with the general scope of work detailed in the Performance Work Statement.
The purpose of this BPA is to provide IEPR services to USACE for scientific assessments and water resource projects. The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Bulletin M-05-03, “Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review,” (2004) and the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA 2007), as amended, mandate that certain scientific assessments and project studies conducted by USACE shall be subject to peer review by an independent panel of experts. In addition, these authorities and directives and related USACE guidance on review processes allow that USACE may choose to perform IEPR on certain work products.
USACE requires contractor support to provide technical services in support of IEPR’s for water resources projects, scientific assessments and related work products consistent with OMB Bulletin M-05-03 and WRDA 2007, as amended, and related USACE guidance. For each order under this BPA, the Contractor will be required to establish a panel of experts, typically in accordance with the National Academy of Science’s (NAS) policy for selecting committee members, and manage peer reviews for project studies,
scientific assessments and/or related work products.
Specific requirements will be detailed in the PWS for each order.
In accordance with the WRDA 2007, as amended, offerors must be an eligible 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Business to submit a proposal as a prime contractor for this requirement.
Amendment 001 is to provide answers to questions and to amend Section L and M of the solicitation.
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