Active SLED Opportunity · CALIFORNIA · COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

    Laboratory Testing Services

    Issued by County of Sacramento
    countyRFPCounty of SacramentoSol. 256646
    Open · 13d remaining
    DAYS TO CLOSE
    13
    due May 26, 2026
    PUBLISHED
    Apr 28, 2026
    Posting date
    JURISDICTION
    County of
    county
    NAICS CODE
    541380
    AI-classified industry

    AI Summary

    The County of Sacramento seeks proposals for laboratory testing services focused on groundwater quality testing to meet regulatory requirements. The solicitation includes detailed evaluation criteria and submission requirements, with a due date of May 26, 2026.

    Opportunity details

    Solicitation No.
    256646
    Type / RFx
    RFP
    Status
    open
    Level
    county
    Published Date
    April 28, 2026
    Due Date
    May 26, 2026
    NAICS Code
    541380AI guide
    Agency
    County of Sacramento

    Description

    The County of Sacramento, Department of Waste Management and Recycling (DWMR or County) is soliciting proposals for laboratory testing services.  DWMR has a continuous ongoing regulatory requirement for groundwater quality testing. Please see RFP document in Attachments for more detailed information and background.

    Project Details

    • Reference ID: 2026-GEN-0045
    • Department: Waste Management and Recycling
    • Department Head: Jennifer Claiborne (Director)

    Important Dates

    • Questions Due: 2026-05-12T22:00:00.000Z

    Addenda

    • Addendum #1 (released 2026-04-29T22:11:56.469Z) —

      Please use the See What Changed link to view all the changes made by this addendum.

    Evaluation Criteria

    • Materials Proposed (10 pts)
    • On Hand Inventory (10 pts)
    • Experience with Projects of Similar Size and Scope (35 pts)
    • Approach & Methodology (10 pts)
    • Price (25 pts)
    • References (5 pts)
    • Quality of Response (5 pts)
    • Risk Assessment (10 pts)

    Submission Requirements

    • Certification of Independent Contractor Status (required)

      "I hereby certify that the Contractor/Consultant firm employs five or more full-time employees. "Full-time," as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, means persons employed for 20 or more hours per week, and excludes temporary employees whose term of employment will be less than one (1) month. This certification satisfies the Internal Revenue Service criteria for treatment of the above-named Contractor/Consultant as an independent contractor, not an employee for tax withholding purposes."

    • Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 1 (required)

      WHEREAS it is in the best interest of Sacramento County that those entities with whom the County does business demonstrate financial responsiblity, integrity, and lawfulness, it is inequitable for those entities with whom the County does business to recieve County funds while failing to pay court-ordered child, family, and spousal support which shifts the support of their dependents onto the public treasury.

      Therefore, in order to assist the Sacramento County Department of Child Support Services in its efforts to collect unpaid court-ordered child, family, and spousal support orders, the following certification must be provided by all entities with whom the County does business:

      Contractor/Consultant hereby certifies that either:

    • Contractor Certification of Compliance, part 2 (required)

      New Contractor/Consultant shall certify that each of the following statements is true:

      a. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all applicable state and federal reporting requirements relating to employment reporting for its employees; and

      b. Contractor/Consultant has fully complied with all lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders and notices of assignment and will continue to maintain compliance.

      NOTE: Failure to comply with state and federal reporting requirements regarding a Contractor/Consultant's employees or failure to implement lawfully served wage and earnings assignment orders or notices of assignment constitues a default under the contract; and failure to cure the default within 90 days fo notice by the County shall be grounds for termination of the contract. Principal Owners can contact the Sacramento Department of Child Support Services at 1-866-901-3212, by writing to PO Box 269112, Sacramento, CA 95826-9112, or via the Customer Connect website at www.childsup.ca.gov.

    • Iran Contracting Act Certification (required)

      (California Public Contract Code, sections 2202-2208)

      When responding to a bid or proposal or executing a contract or renewal for a County of Sacramento contract for goods or services of $1,000,000 or more, a vendor must either:

      A. certify it is not on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by the California Department of General Services (“DGS”) pursuant to Public Contract Code section 2203(b) and is not a financial institution extending twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) or more in credit to another person, for 45 days or more, if that other person will use the credit to provide goods or services in the energy sector in Iran and is identified on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by DGS; or

      B. demonstrate it has been exempted from the certification requirement for that solicitation or contract pursuant to Public Contract Code section 2203(c) or (d). 

      To comply with this requirement, please select one of the options below. Please note: California law establishes penalties for providing false certifications, including civil penalties equal to the greater of $250,000 or twice the amount of the contract for which the false certification was made; contract termination; and three-year ineligibility to bid on contracts. (Public Contract Code section 2205.)

      OPTION #1 - CERTIFICATION
      I certify I am duly authorized to execute this certification on behalf of the vendor/financial institution, and the vendor/financial institution is not on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by DGS and is not a financial institution extending twenty millon dollars ($20,000,000) or more in credit to another person/vendor, for 45 days or more, if that other person/vendor will use the credit to provide goods or services in the energy sector in Iran and is identified on the current list of persons engaged in investment activities in Iran created by DGS.

      OPTION #2 - EXEMPTION
      Pursuant to Public Contract Code sections 2203(c) and (d), a public entity may permit a vendor/financial institution engaged in investment activities in Iran, on a case-by-case basis, to be eligible for, or to bid on, submit a proposal for, or enters into or renews, a contract for goods and services. If you have obtained an exemption from the certification requirement under the Iran Contracting Act, please select "EXEMPTION" below, and attach documentation demonstrating the exemption approval with your electronic submission

    • SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEI) (required)

      Provide your SAM.gov Unique Entity ID (UEI). If your firm does not have a UEI, go to: https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration to obtain one.

    • Proposal (Without Cost Proposal) (required)

      Upload your proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

    • Separate Cost Proposal (required)

      Upload your fee proposal. Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your proposal and is attached separately here.

    • Confidential Sections of Proposal (if applicable)

      The County will treat all information submitted in a proposal as available for public inspection once the County has awarded a contract. If you believe that you have a legally justifiable basis under the California Public Records Act (Government Code section 6250 et. seq.) for protecting the confidentiality of any information contained within your proposal, you must identify any such information, together with the legal basis of your claim in your proposal, and present such information in this section as part of your proposal response package. The final determination of whether the County will assert a proposer's claim of confidentiality shall be at the sole discretion of the County. Click "file upload" below to upload any proposal documents you consider to be confidential documents.

    • Proposed Contract Exceptions

      If proposing any exceptions to the County's Sample Contract, upload a redlined revision of the Sample Contract attached to this solicitation here. Any submissions are for negotiation purposes only.

      If no exceptions are proposed, please skip this question.

    • Provide the full contact name, title, and e-mail of the signatory for your firm. Provide contact information for the contract manager for your firm in order to distribute contract documents, including other recipients requiring a copy, if awarded. (required)

      Signatory: name, title, email

      Contract manager/admin: name, phone, email

    • PaymentWorks Contact (required)

      Please provide the name and e-mail for a finance point-of-contact for your firm that will receive an invitation to complete the vendor registration process on the County's PaymentWorks portal.

      To clarify, if you are set-up with other agencies using PaymentWorks, that information is not available to the County, so you must complete this process for the County.

    • What type of solicitation is this? (required)
    • If you have selected RFP or RFQual, would you like the evaluation scoring criteria to be made public? (required)
    • Electronic Pricing Table (required)

      Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table?

      Choose this if:

      1. This is a quote for a finite set of goods or commodities
      2. This is a public works bid, but you want the bidder to list their total project cost here.
      3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
    • Will federal funds be used for this agreement? (required)
    • Will this agreement exceed $1,000,000.00? (required)

      If "yes" proposers will be required to complete the Iran Contracting Act Certification. 

    Key dates

    1. April 28, 2026Published
    2. May 26, 2026Responses Due

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