SME PEER REVIEW - CORROSION MITIGATION

THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR QUOTES THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS ONLY This Sources Sought is for the purpose of identifying firms that can meet the following Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Requirements. This requirement is for independent scientific review by three (3) Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in the field of corrosion engineering and mitigation of the draft Technical Memorandum 8540-2024-13 Corrosion Mitigation for Buried Metallic Water Pipe (TM 2024). See attached draft Performance Work Statement.

This requirement will be issue under NAICS 562910 -Professional Services- Environmental Services. This Sources Sought is not to be considered as a request for quotes or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the contractor submission to this Sources Sought or the Government's use of such information.

The Government reserves the right to reject, in whole or in part, any contractor's input resulting from this RFI. No contract will be awarded as a result of this announcement. Data submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned.

INSTRUCTION FOR SUBMISSION: Respondents should include as part of their submission:

a. Do you have experience in providing independent scientific reviews “specifically in the field of corrosion engineering and mitigation”?

b. Please provide examples of relevant work experience-include a summary of the project, point of contact, dollar value. Provide any information if you are a FEDVAR (Federal Value-Added Reseller).

c. Do you intend to partner with another company to perform these service?

d. Do you intend to perform these services as a Prime Vendor, subcontractor or Joint Venture (JV)?

e. After reviewing the attached scope of work, do you have any questions or concern?

f. Are you a small business under the NAICS 562910.

g. Is there another NAICS we should consider this procurement?

h. What socio-economic categories do you qualify for as validated via the System for Award Administration (SAM)?

NOTE: All offers must register on the SAM located at http://www.SAM.gov.

i. Any interest party must include the following:

a. UEI Number b. Company Name c. Company Address d. Business size e. Company points of contact, phone, and email address. f. Past work experience. If you have experience working with other Federal Agencies and/or commercial businesses of similar size and scope, please include agency, contracting officer and/or business name contract number (if applicable) agreement number, expiration date and amount and type of contract (e.g. FFP, T&M, Labor hour etc).

Any proprietary information must be marked as such, the RFI information should not exceed a total of 10 one-sided 8 1/2x11 pages, with one-inch margins, and font no smaller than 12 point. After review of the attached documentation, interested parties may submit a response in an electronic format only via email to Kelly Cook at kcook@usbr.gov no later than January 14, 2025, 5:00PM ET. Electronic files should be in Microsoft Office Word or PDF format. All information should be UNCLASSIFIED material only.