Z--FSC TO PERFORM WATER SAMPLING (NREA), MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER, TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA

The Department of the Navy, NAVFACSYSCOM PACIFIC, has awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity Facilities Support Contract to BABCOCK Laboratories, Inc., a small business located in Riverside, California. This contract, identified by number N62473-15-D-2202, carries a not-to-exceed value of $1,361,850.00. The award resulted from a competitive small business set-aside procurement conducted under solicitation N6247314R0604, utilizing low price technically acceptable (LPTA) source selection procedures. The contract falls under NAICS 541380 for Testing Laboratories and Services and PSC Z.

The scope of work involves providing water sampling services at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. BABCOCK Laboratories, Inc. is responsible for furnishing all labor, materials, equipment, and supervision required to retrieve water samples from various installation locations, package and transport those samples, and perform laboratory analysis. The contractor must provide results via facsimile transmission, Electronic Data Transfer (EDT), or the United States Postal Service. The period of performance includes a 12-month base year with four 12-month option periods.

To maintain compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, the contractor must be certified by the State of California and maintain a State of California Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) certification. The contract specifically requires the use of the Colilert analysis method for all drinking water bacteriological analysis. This project is managed by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division (FEAD) at Twentynine Palms.