Independent Scientific Peer Review

This is Not a Solicitation. The Bureau of Reclamation, Materials and Corrosion Laboratory is hosting a virtual Industry Day through Microsoft Teams on August 19, 2025, from 10:30 to 11:30 Mountain Time (MT) to provide information and gain feedback from industry regarding an upcoming requirement to have select Subject Matter Experts (SME) within the industry review and comment on the draft version of Technical Memorandum 8540-2024-13 Corrosion Mitigation for Buried Metallic Water Pipe (TM 2024).

For this requirement, Reclamation received Congressional instructions to have TM 2024 reviewed and commented on by three (3) select corrosion mitigation SMEs within the categories of Watter Utility, independent water corrosion control consultant, and /or as a academic professor or researcher. The intent of this is to obtain a range of inputs and points of view from key experts.

Reclamation is looking for sources who can achieve the goal of receiving diverse reviews is to encourage companies to obtain a portion or all of the required SMEs through sub-contracting or teaming arrangements with a few different sources. For your review and comment(s) we have attached is a Draft Copy of the Performance Work Statement for this requirement.

The anticipated NAICS code may be 541330 Engineering Services, 562910 Remediation Services, 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology), or another related NIACS still to be determined . Industry Day - Geared Towards US Prime and Sub-Contractors.

Date:

August 19, 2025 Time: 10:30 AM to 11:30 am MT Location:

Microsoft Teams Meeting Registration: All parties interested in attending this event need to RSVP no later than 12:00 PM Mountain Time on Friday, August 15, 2025. Please send your RSVP to the following:

1. Gene Parrill email: gparrill@usbr.gov 2. Kelly Cook email: kcook@usbr.gov 3. Evonne Huggins email: ehuggins@usbr.gov Interested parties should include the following in their email to register: ¿ Company Name ¿ Business Size ¿ Point of Contact ¿ Point of Contact Email ¿ Names of Attendee(s) Once we receive your RSVP a link will be sent out confirming your registration to the event. If you have not received a confirmation email by 8 am MT Monday, August 18, 2025, please contact Gene Parrill at gparrill@usbr.gov.

Thank you in advance for your response and we look forward to seeing you on August 19th! *Reimbursement WILL NOT be provided by the government for participation in or preparation for the industry day.