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BPA for ISOTOPIC/MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS — Equipment and Materials Testing- Ores, Minerals, and Their Primary Products

Issued by INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE · US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY · OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL · via SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities

Published
9 Sept 2026
Closes
15 Sept 2026, 17:00 UTC
Reference
140G0126Q0254
Location
United States
Sector
Construction & Infrastructure

Details

INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF THE · US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY · OFC OF ACQUSITION GRANTS-NATIONAL is soliciting BPA for ISOTOPIC/MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS — Equipment and Materials Testing- Ores, Minerals, and Their Primary Products. Solicitation number 140G0126Q0254. Classified under NAICS 541380 — Testing Laboratories. Product/service code H296 — EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS TESTING- ORES, MINERALS, AND THEIR PRIMARY PRODUCTS. Responses are due by 15 September 2026 17:00 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

USGS, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center (FBGC) is seeking to establish a BPA for 5 years, with no options to exercise and with no minimum or maximum amount or order per year or number of orders per year, to request for lab sample analysis service to process geologic samples and provide geochemical, mineralogical, and isotopic analyses. The laboratory must be registered to international quality standards through the International Organization for Standardization / International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 17025:2017 (including ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 9002 specifications). Calls issued as needed, not to exceed $200,000.00 over the period of five (5) years. Therefore, it is very important for the contractor to bid for unit price per sample, and the total price will be calculated from the total number of samples. The BPA calls will be processed as fixed Price Contracts. No funding will be obligated for BPA. All charges will be processed through obligations on BPA calls, and they will be fixed price contracts. Work shall be performed IAW attached SOW. This acquisition is a total small business set-aside. The NAICS code is 541380. The size standard is $19.5 million. A vendor must be registered at https://sam.gov/SAM/ to be awarded the contract. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the agency. Quotes must be emailed to [contact details removed].

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