Drilling and Related Services

Amendment 00001 is hereby issued to replace the Evaluation Criteria in its entirety. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. ______________________________________________________________________________ This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the solicitation; quotations are being requested, and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation No. 6913G626Q300051 is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ). This solicitation is being conducted under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. This solicitation document and Incorporated provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01, effective 03/13/2026. The NAICS Code is 562211; the Small Business size standard is $47M. This solicitation incorporates provisions and clauses; full text of provisions and clauses may be accessed electronically at http://www.acquisition.gov/far-overhaul The U.S. Department of Transportation, John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe Center), is providing support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Targeted Brownfields Assessments (TBA) program. As part of this effort, a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA), including the advancement of soil borings, and the construction of groundwater monitoring wells at the Fort DuPont Parade Ground (the Site) located at 260 Old Elm Ave, Delaware City, Delaware. This requirement will provide assistance with the soil borings and related tasks as part of the Phase II ESA, in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW). REQUIREMENTS/Contract Line Items (CLINs) The Government intends to award a firm fixed price purchase order as a result of this Combined Synopsis/Solicitation. This notice is expected to result in a single award, subject to receipt of an acceptable quote. Please provide a firm fixed price quote in accordance with the attached list of items. Please enter a total amount for CLIN 00100. CLIN 00100 - Fort DuPont Phase II Soil Boring and Well Construction Quantity: 1 Unit: JB Total price $_______________________________ PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE The period of performance for the resulting award will be date of award to January 31, 2027. INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS: This combined synopsis/solicitation hereby incorporates all Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) provisions and clauses contained herein. FAR 52.212-1 (SEP 2025), Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items applies to this acquisition and is incorporated by reference, Vendors are required to meet all solicitation requirements. Failure to meet a requirement may result in a vendor submission being ineligible for award. If the vendor finds it necessary to take exception to any of the requirements specified in the solicitation, the vendor shall clearly identify where it is addressed in its proposal. Each exception shall clearly identify the specific paragraph and/or part of the solicitation to which the exception is taken. FAR 52.212-2 (SEP 2025), Evaluation�Commercial Products and Commercial Services is hereby incorporated by reference. FAR Clause 52.212-4 (SEP 2025), Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Products and Commercial Services is hereby incorporated by reference. Additional clauses and provisions that apply to this acquisition are provided in the attached terms and conditions. The following Transportation Acquisition Regulation (TAR) Clause is incorporated as an attachment: TAR Clause 1252.232-70 Electronic Submission of Payment Requests, (TAR Class Deviation 2025-02_A1) Contractors must maintain their SAM registration throughout the life of the contract through final payment. Contracting officers must validate the contractor has an active Federal Government contracts registration in SAM. The offer should be addressed to the following: U.S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Attn: Darcy Hubbard, V222, 220 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. The signed offer must be submitted via e-mail to the contracting officer Darcy.Hubbard@dot.gov. The time for receipt of offers is 3:00 PM Eastern Time on 08/28/2026. No telephone requests will be honored. The Government will not pay for any information received.