Geotechnical Engineering Services

Project work will be performed within the Detroit and Chicago Districts' Boundaries. Work may also be performed for other projects within the boundaries of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, which includes all or parts of the following 17 states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Work may also be performed in Illinois and Wisconsin, within the boundaries of the Rock Island District. Geotechnical services are required to support the US Army Corps of Engineers civil works and military missions, including: drilling; soil and rock sampling; borehole testing; well installation and pump testing; borehole and surficial geophysical testing; rock joint mapping; material laboratory testing; instrumentation installation, programming, and monitoring; surveying of borehole locations; quality assurance testing; geotechnical analyses and design; geo-environmental subsurface soil and groundwater sampling, well installation, laboratory chemical analysis; and report preparation. a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence. (1) Geotechnical explorations and materials laboratory testing. Conduct on-shore, off-shore, and riverine subsurface explorations including: soil drilling and sampling; rock drilling and coring; in-situ borehole testing such as pump testing, pressure testing, and borehole geophysics; well installation; instrumentation installation, programming, and monitoring; laboratory testing of overburden, rock, and materials samples; rock joint mapping; and surveying of borehole locations. Exploration drilling will include the services of qualified geologists or geotechnical engineers as appropriate for full-time inspectors. (2) Geotechnical engineering design, modeling, analysis, and reporting. Perform geotechnical analyses and design; develop plans and specifications; and prepare subsurface exploration reports. (3)Provide construction Quality Assurance testing on geotechnical and construction features using qualified personnel. (4) Geo-environmental explorations including (HTRW) Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste sites and laboratory chemical analysis. Conduct subsurface geo-environmental investigations including drilling, well installation, soil and groundwater sampling, and chemical laboratory analysis. Prepare site exploration reports. The firm shall present a proposed organization chart and a narrative in Section H on SF 330 describing how the organization will function, including how the QA/QC plan will be implemented. b) Professional Qualifications. Education, training, professional registration, certifications, overall and relevant experience, and longevity with the firm of key management and technical personnel. Laboratory capable of receiving Corps of Engineers validation for testing soil, rock, concrete, and other construction material samples. Describe current or past certifications or accreditations in Section H on SF 330. A firm that receives a contract will be expected to obtain the Corps of Engineers validation at their own cost. The firm must also be able to procure the services of an environmental laboratory capable of receiving Government pre-approval for testing soil, sediment, and water samples.