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The US Army Corps of Engineers has a requirement for Geotechnical Drilling and Testing Services. The solicitation number is W912EQ23R0022 and is being issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP).

The work performed under this contract will provide geotechnical data to inform our geotechnical analyses and designs. The integrity of the engineering design work is dependent on the accuracy and completeness of the geotechnical data obtained under this contract. The work will be performed at various sites within the continental U.S., but primarily in Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. The work shall consist of furnishing all plant, labor, equipment, materials, and supplies necessary to drill borings, recover samples, conduct cone penetration tests (CPT and CPTu), perform pore pressure dissipation tests, vane shear tests, recover CPT-based direct push soil samples, test lab specimens, record test data, install and monitor piezometers, and install inclinometers in accordance with this contract. The exact quantities associated with drilling, sampling, testing, and other Contract Line Items will be governed by conditions and materials encountered at each work site and will not be fully known until after the work has been performed. The Government will estimate the approximate cost of each task order based on the best available information, and the Contractor shall invoice each Contract Line Item according to the actual quantities supplied or performed. The Contracting Officer reserves the right to direct the sequence of work.

Plans and specifications will be on the System of Award Management (SAM) website https://sam.gov/content/home on or after 27 February 2023. Offerors may register on the Interested Vendor’s List (IVL) on SAM. Compact disc and hardcopies will not allowed. All documents required for proposal submittal, including amendment, shall be included. The Request for Proposal will be issued on or about 27 February 2023.