Sources SoughtPosted May 14, 2025·Responses due May 23, 2025

B--ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY SERVICES

Bureau of Reclamation · LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541380
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
140R3025Q0048
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
B504
Place
Not stated
Contact
Bell, Larissa (lrbell@usbr.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 140R3025Q0048 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • May 14, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Aug 15, 2025
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
  • Sep 16, 2025
    Award Notice
    SGS NORTH AMERICA INC. · $125K
    Open

Next steps for this stage

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  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

Sources Sought for Environmental Laboratory Services for Lower Colorado Basin Regional Offices and Lower Colorado Dams Office THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. This Sources Sought notice is being issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future. No formal solicitation for this work exists at this time. All qualified concerns may submit capability statements for consideration. Capability statements received will be reviewed to… (show all)

determine the technical, administrative, and management capability of such offerors to perform this type of work. The capability statements will be used to determine appropriate procurement strategy, in particular whether a set-aside or an alternate procurement strategy is warranted. The Government does not intend to award a requirement and will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice. The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Basin Regional Office and the Lower Colorado Dams Office has a requirement for a contractor to provide environmental analytical laboratory services to ensure compliance with federal and state environmental regulatory compliance requirements. Environmental analytical laboratory services shall include analysis of environmental media to include solids, liquids, air, and semisolids. Attached is a DRAFT Statement of Work (SOW). The government is seeking responsible sources having capabilities to perform the services. This acquisition when announced, will be issued under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 541380, Testing Laboratories and Services with a Small Business Size Standard of $19.0 million. If an offeror feels that there is a more suitable NAICS Code classification for this item, please indicate when submitting your capability package. Capability Statements: This Sources Sought synopsis affords interested parties an avenue to provide feedback for this requirement via capability statements. This is optional and participation will not affect a party�s ability to provide a proposal if a solicitation does result from this requirement. Interested parties are requested to provide capability statements that specifically address the capacity and capability to provide the requirements in the Statement of Work. The statements shall provide administrative information to include the following: - Business Name, mailing address, phone number, fax number, and point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number - Business type and size (for the applicable NAICS) - UEI number. These statements should specifically address the following: 1. Provide a summary of your technical capability to meet the SOW requirements. 2. Please identify any/all existing contract vehicles your company is prime contract holder under for which these services could be ordered from (i.e. GSA FSS, OASIS, NASA SEWP). 3. Please identify your company's core competencies and experience directly relevant to the activities associated with environmental consulting/remediation services. Submit a list of comparable support services that your company provided within the last two years for government agencies. Include customer points of contact (POCs) for each effort, including their name, official title, address, phone number, and e-mail address. 4. Provide an overview of your company's business management, project management, and management assurance systems. 5. If you contemplate a partnership arrangement, please explain how that would enhance your ability to meet each of the technical requirements of the statement of work. Identify the team composition and what competencies each member would deliver. SUBMISSION DEADLINES: The capability statement must be submitted via email to LRBell@usbr.gov no later than Friday, May 23, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. (Pacific). The capability statement shall not exceed 5 pages in length. All questions or suggestions regarding this Sources Sought will be emailed LRBell@usbr.gov . ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THIS IS NOT A NOTICE OF SOLICITATION ISSUANCE THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY to identify large or small business sources that can provide capabilities to the BOR and receive comments regarding the requirements documentation. All information submitted will be considered procurement sensitive, becomes Government property, and will not be returned. Information which the respondent considers Proprietary Information pursuant to existing laws and regulations must be marked accordingly [see FAR 3.104-1 (3) & (4)]. NO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION shall be submitted in response to this Notice. Attachment - Draft - LCB SOW ENV Lab Services

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (LOWER COLORADO REGIONAL OFFICE), same NAICS 541380.

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $9K to $31K, median $16K; range $3K to $63K.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
BSA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC2$83KJul 27, 2026
SGS NORTH AMERICA INC.2$14KSep 17, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 2 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Bureau of Reclamation since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Reclamation job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 0 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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