99--Industry Day Announcement for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District.

The Galveston District Corps of Engineers (SWG) will host a Small Business Industry Day on May 28, 2015 at the Jadwin Building, 2000 Fort Point Road, Galveston, Texas 77550. The purpose of this Industry Day is to conduct market research at the programmatic level in order for SWG to establish acquisition plans for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 as well as the opportunity to partner with local contractors to maximize interest in SWG's contracting requirements. There will be representatives from the District's Operations Management Office and Project Management Office to give brief overviews of their requirements. SWG has a diverse mission that encompasses primarily civil works projects. SWG is responsible for maintaining 760 miles of shallow draft waterways, 240 miles of deep draft waterways, 13 shallow ports and 15 deep draft ports within a 50,000 square mile geographic area consisting of 48 Texas counties and 2 Louisiana parishes along the Texas Gulf Coast. SWG provides support to the Department of Homeland Security within its District Boundaries for primarily vertical construction, A-E, etc. While the bulk of projects are dredging or dredging related requirements such as levee repair, hydrologic surveying, placement area repair, soil and water testing, etc., we also require facility maintenance/repairs on the Jadwin Building, which houses the District's Main Offices, as well as area offices located in Brownsville/Port Isabel, Corpus Christi, and Port Arthur. The Galveston District requires work mostly from the following NAICS Construction Codes: 236, 237, and 238. Other codes identified are 315999, 334111, 336612, 541380, 541611 and 541620. These are the Codes used predominately in the Galveston District. Late registration for the event will begin at 8:30 am with the program starting at 9:00am and ending at 15:00. Lunch will quote mark NOT quote mark be served at the facility. Lunch will be from 11:30 - 13:00. This one day event will be conducted in three phases: Phase I, the first part of the day (early AM) will focus on who we are, what we do, how we do it, work we have planned, etc. Phase II, late morning through early afternoon, will focus on who you are, what you do, as well as professional panels set up by NAICS for your chance to give a short (not to exceed 10 minute) capabilities briefing. These short sessions will be on first come, first served basis. Depending on availability, attendees may select more than one panel to brief. Please see the registration form attached. Phase III, early to mid afternoon, will focus on how to do business with the Corps of Engineers' Galveston District. This will be based on Market Research and the Procurement process as well as an opportunity to openly discuss procurement issues. It is requested those firms interested in attending the capabilities briefings to the panel/panels, when registering, please identify the panel/panels that you would like to brief by checking in order of preference. Attendees will be placed on the list to brief the panels on the first come, first served basis. Attendees are allowed to present to only two of the panels listed below. At this time, it is anticipated each panel will have no more than 12 briefings on this day. The panels that will be hosted by the Corps are: Operations and Maintenance: to consist of Dredging, Horizontal Construction Levee Work, Dewatering, Placement Area Construction, and associated work with Dredging Activities. To consist of Hopper, Hydrologic, Pipeline Dredging, etc.. Construction/Renovation and Alteration/Maintenance: to consist of Vertical construction, New Build, Renovation and Alterations of Floors, Kitchens, Remodeling, Electrical, Elevators, Plumbing, Lawn Care Maintenance, Janitorial Services, Garbage Removal, Water Filtering, Vehicle Maintenance Facilities, Construction of Detention Facilities/Process Centers.etc Architecture and Engineering: Engineering Design Studies, Investigations, Surveys Including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Design Memoranda, Design Analyses, Construction Drawings and Specifications, Constructability Reviews, Construction ACPM Networks, Design Review Checklists, Quantity Surveys, Cost Estimates, Risk and Uncertainty Analyses, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans, Geotechnical Analyses of Field Boring Logs and Laboratory Reports, Hydraulic and Hydrologic Investigations, Value Engineering Studies, Technical Reviews and Quality Assurance of Documents, Construction Management Services such as Reviewing Shop Drawings and Submittals, making Periodic Site Visits, Performing Quality Control to include Sampling and Testing, Preparing As-Built Drawings, Value Engineering (VE) All attendees are required to have a form of picture identification and/or a valid driver's license before they can enter the facility hosting the event. Please contact both persons below when registering for this event. Ms. Mathilda Montgomery at contact@example.gov and Kenneth Adams, Director for Small Business Programs at contact@example.gov no later than May 25, 2015 at 1:00 PM CDT. Contracting Office Address: USACE District, Galveston, 2000 Fort Point Rd, Galveston, TX, 77550 Point of Contact(s): Mathilda Montgomery, +1 (555) 000-0000 To register for this event, please go to the below link and click on register. http://www.swg.usace.army.mil/BusinessWithUs/SmallBusinessOffice.aspx