Concrete Testing BPA for USACE, Pittsburgh District

BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Concrete Testing

U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS

PITTSBURGH DISTRICT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Pittsburgh District, is conducting market research in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 10 to determine the availability of qualified sources capable of testing concrete. 

The Pittsburgh District jurisdiction includes 22 navigation locks and dams and 16 multi-purpose flood-damage reduction reservoirs, a remote operations site and a maintenance and repair facilities in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.  The intent of the BPA is to provide the Government with a cost-effective rapid-response method to supply the facilities within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District.  Specific testing sites and requirements will be requested through purchases made under this BPA that shall be referred to as Calls. 

The Contractor shall supply concrete testing services to USACE navigation projects in the Pittsburgh District. Testing may include, but is not limited to, temperature testing, air testing, slump testing, washout testing, cylinder casting and compression strength testing. Mix design, refinement, and certification testing may be required.  Further requirements may be specified for each separate BPA Call.  

For the purposes of this BPA, USACE is considering either leaving as one complete region or dividing the district region into northern and southern areas. A spreadsheet listing the proposed areas is attached.

USACE welcomes comments and suggestions regarding the coverage area. Potential contractors are asked to specify if they would be capable of performing in the entire Pittsburgh District region or the proposed northern or southern areas. Based upon responses and internal deliberation, USACE may seek to create separate BPAs for the northern and southern areas. A document listing the pro-posed northern and southern areas is attached to this source sought.

Note: This is not a solicitation. This is a Sources Sought Notice (SSN) for planning purposes only.  The information obtained from responses to this SSN may be used in the development of an acquisition strategy and future solicitation.  No contract will be awarded based on the SSN nor any reimbursement made for information submitted.

Periods of Performance will be negotiated at the Call level.

No set-aside determination has been made at this time.

The contractor shall furnish all labor, equipment, devices, and materials and perform all work in accordance with the specifications.

The contractor shall comply with all applicable federal, regional, state, and local laws and commercial standards.

The above description of work is for general information only and is not intended to include or describe every feature of the work or to define the complete scope of the work.

RESPONSE PROCEDURE
To assist with planning, the GOV requests interested contractors submit the following by 10:00 AM ET, 7 May 2026:

1. A capability statement.  This must include:         

     a. Technical Capabilities

• List of testing capabilities (field and laboratory)

    b. Geographic Coverage & Response Capability

• Ability to service:
  • Entire Pittsburgh District
  • Northern / Southern regions (as proposed)         

2. Dated letter, certification, or registration in the appropriate program repository from the appropriate competent jurisdiction that evidences SB, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB, and/or SDVOSB participation and/or certification, such as an SBA certification letter or other evidence. (For more information on the definition or requirements, refer to http://www.sba.gov.).

All the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on the availability of interested SB, 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB, EDWOSB, or SDVOSB concerns. Failure to submit all the information requested may result in a contractor being considered ‘not interested’ in this requirement.

Firms that meet the requirements described in this announcement are invited to submit their documentation to the attention of Aaron Barr, Contract Specialist, at aaron.m.barr@usace.army.mil , and copy Miriaha Sigmon, Contracting Officer, at Miriaha.D.Sigmon@usace.army.mil