Technical Support for Coast Guard Ballast Water Management Program

The U.S Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), Cambridge, MA, in support of the U.S. Coast Guard is seeking expert technical support services of a marine biologist, micro biologist and civil engineer for type approval process for Ballast Water Management Systems (BWMS). The U.S. type approval process requires a thorough review and evaluation of ballast water treatment technologies for use in U.S. waters. This technical support is needed during the type approval process, particularly for new and emerging technologies, data quality issues, or other technical issues requiring expert knowledge of biological efficacy testing and ballast water treatment system design and operation. Under the authority FAR Subpart 13.106-1(b) the Government intends to award a Purchase Order on a sole source basis to CDM Federal Program Corp. The NAICS Code for this procurement is 541690; the Small Business size standard is $15.0 million. Notice: Interested firms must submit a written capability statement to the above named point of contact providing clear and convincing evidence of the firms' capability to provide the required services. Written capability statements must be submitted within three (3) calendar days from the date of publication of this synopsis. Responses received after three (3) calendar days or without the required documentation will be considered non-responsive and will not be considered. Such documentation will be utilized solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a competitive basis. The Government will not pay for any documentation provided in response to this synopsis and documentation received will not be returned to the sender. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement on a full and open competitive basis, based upon responses received to the synopsis, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Telephone calls made in place of the required documentation will not be accepted.