H--Intent to Award sole source

The U.S. Geological Survey intends to award a non-competitive purchase order to North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) located in Raleigh, NC for state accreditation for collection and analysis of water-quality field properties and chemical constituents, to be delivered to the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center located in Columbia, South Carolina. The period of performance is 09/01/2016 to 08/31/2017. NCDEQ is the sole proprietor and only known distributor of this accreditation in the United States. In accordance with FAR 5.207, all responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal or quotation which shall be considered by the agency, however, THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. The Government intends to award this requirement noncompetitively in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). Email responses to [email protected]. Emailed responses are preferred. The NAICS code is 541380. The size standard is $15.0 million. The anticipated award date of the contract is 09/01/2016. The anticipated contract will be firm fixed-price. A vendor must be registered at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ to be awarded the contract.