QA Laboratory Services aAke ISabella

vvvThis requirement is to supply Quality Assurance (QA) sampling and testing services for the Lake Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project. The project consists of: modification of existing dam embankments, modification of an existing spillway, construction of a new spillway, modification of control towers and conduit, highway and road realignments, and USFS Recreation Facility Relocations. The project includes: heavy civil rock fill and earthwork construction, zoned embankment construction, stone protection, construction of Portland cement concrete structures and fills, pavement construction, construction of buildings, site work and utilities, and other work as required. The project requires: on-site production of rock, on-site and off-site production of aggregates, on-site production of borrow soil, on-site production of water, on-site and off-site production of various Portland cement concrete mixtures, off-site production of hot-mix asphalt concrete pavement mixtures, and on-site production of grout. The Quality Assurance (QA) Contractor will provide inspections, materials sampling, field and laboratory testing, and services. For quality assurance, random sampling and testing will be performed to verify that materials and material placements conform to specified requirements. The contractor will be required to establish, staff and receive laboratory validation of an on-site laboratory. The Government will provide the laboratory building, located at Lake Isabella Dam, Kern County, California. The QA Contractor shall be responsible for all laboratory equipment and supplies. A list of the type of tests required is attached. A list of anticipated laboratory equipment is attached. It is anticipated, over the 54 month period of the contract, over eight thousand tests of various types will be required. The Government will consider a set-aside for small business should there be adequate qualifying companies.