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This contract solicits potable water delivery and testing services for federal facilities in California, including Owl Canyon Campground, Afton Canyon Campground, and El Mirage Visitor Center, under a firm fixed price arrangement with a base period of one year and three option years extending through April 30, 2030. The work requires compliance with federal labor standards, including the Service Contract Act and Executive Orders mandating minimum wages and paid sick leave, and is governed by Wage Determination No. 2015-5629 Rev 28 applicable to Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. All offers must be submitted via email to michael_anson@ios.doi.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on May 5, 2026, and must include a technical approach demonstrating adequacy of methodology, experience in delivering similar services in extreme and off-road environments with two verifiable past performance examples, and a complete pricing schedule that clearly delineates base and option year costs without unbalanced pricing. Evaluation will follow a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) methodology, where offers must first be deemed technically acceptable before price becomes the deciding factor. Performance is subject to F.O.B. DESTINATION terms, with government inspection and acceptance occurring at the delivery site, and failure to meet quality standards—specifically, more than two unsatisfactory inspections—results in a 10% financial deduction. The contractor must comply with all federal supply chain security requirements, including prohibitions on covered telecommunications equipment and services from entities such as Huawei, ZTE, ByteDance, Kaspersky, and others, and must not use covered products or services in performance. Sustainability labeling requirements are mandatory, including USDA BioPreferred, EPA Recovered Material, ENERGY STAR, WaterSense, and Safer Choice certifications on applicable products. Invoicing must be done exclusively through the Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), and all offerors must maintain active SAM registration with accurate Unique Entity Identifiers and CAGE codes, and must certify size status, socioeconomic classifications, and absence of debarment or delinquent tax liabilities. Packaging, bar-coding, and military marking standards are not specified, and no quantitative contract value is provided, as all pricing fields remain placeholders.