Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Chemistry Testing of Dredged Materials Services

Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Chemistry Testing of Dredged Materials services, Contract No. W912DS22D0003. This Notice is being published in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requiring dissemination of information on proposed contract actions. This is a notice of intent to sole-source and modify Contract No. W912DS22D0003 with additional contract capacity by $740,000.

The statutory authority for this sole-source procurement is FAR 6.301-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District intends to sole source additional Chemistry Testing of Dredged Materials services under Contract No. W912DS22D0003 to Battelle, Inc. To date, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded $3,742,647.87 in task orders on this contract. The total capacity of the contract is $8,000,000.00. The work being completed under this contract consists of:

sample handling, processing and shipping; chemical analyses; QA/QC procedures, and necessary corrective actions. The New York District has identified an increase in the number of projects where sampling and testing will be required during the remaining two years of the current contract. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency.

Capability statements must be received by the response date and time of this notice. Submissions will be reviewed to determine if they can meet the requirement. A determination by the Government to compete this proposed modification based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

It is anticipated the modification will be made, within approximately fifteen (15) days after the date of this notice unless the Government determines that any other organization has the capacity to meet this requirement. The approved Justification and Approval (J&A), for this modification will be posted following the closure of this notice.

Response Date: 4:00pm EST July 21, 2025. Please email responses to Mr. Brian Winters at brian.h.winters@usace.army.mil.