ANNUAL ON-RAMPING for the Prequalification of Sources List For Cutoff Wall Levee Improvement - Seepage and Stability Construction Contracts For USACE, Sacramento

*****Final PSL updated September 14, 2021***** This is the ANNUAL ON-RAMPING for the PREQUALIFICATION OF SOURCES LIST (PSL) announcement (previous notice W9123820S0001& W9123820S0022), issued in accordance with DFARS 236.272 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Acquisition Instruction (UAI) 5136.272. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow up information requests. Respondents will be notified of the results of the Prequalification of Sources Selection. The following contractors were prequalified as of 26 August 2020: DMM Cutoff Walls: Raito, Malcolm International, JAFEC, Keller, Treviicos SB & SCCB Cutoff Walls: Odin, Maloney-Odin, Forgen, Ahtna-Great Lakes, Geo-Solutions, Nordic, Treviicos (SCCB only) Earthwork: Nordic, Odin, Maloney-Odin, Kiewit, Forgen,Ahtna-Great Lakes Jet Grout: Treviicos, Pacchiosi If you are already pre-qualified for the types of cutoff you wish to perform, kindly confirm your continued interest. Please note in this PSL document we have removed the Jet Grout experience to the submission requirements since the next contract does not have a jet grout scope. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District is seeking to expand the PSL for levee improvement cutoff wall construction within the Sacramento Valley. The objective of the Prequalification of Sources process is to identify and select responding firms that demonstrate the capacity and capability to successfully support critical USACE cutoff wall construction projects and thus establish a PSL. Identifying and selecting prequalified sources will be based solely on the responding firm's ability to meet the specific criteria that assess the firm's bonding capability, capability to concurrently complete large construction projects, previous experience completing a large cutoff wall construction project, financial accounting capabilities to support potential Government fixed-price contracts, and past performance. The selection process will be objective in that responding firms either meet or fail to meet the criteria. Failure to meet any one of the criteria may result in non-selection. The criteria were designed to ensure selection of clearly qualified contractors with experience and capability relevant to the anticipated requirements, provide competition, and minimize subjectivity in the Government's assessment. The PSL will be available for use while other acquisitions are underway for similar requirements. The PSL will be reviewed annually to ensure a legitimate need exists. Presently, the Government anticipates at least two contract actions over approximately the next three years. The PSL will be used as a vehicle to solicit several stand-alone - C type construction contracts where the high-end of any single contract is not expected to exceed $100M at this time. This, however, does not preclude the Government from soliciting and awarding a contract in excess of this amount if determined to be in the Government's best interest. After the PSL is established, the Government intends to proceed by issuing solicitations using FAR Part 14 procedures (i.e., Invitation for Bid (IFB)). However, the Government reserves the right to issue solicitations using FAR Part 15 (i.e., Contracting by Negotiation (i.e., Best Value using Lowest Price Technically Acceptable up to and potentially including Trade-Off)) when determined to be in the Government's best interest. The SPK projects that are likely to be constructed under stand-alone contracts that will be advertised to the firms on the PSL include cutoff walls using conventional, Deep Mix Method (DMM) / Deep Soil Mixing (DSM) / Cutter Soil Mixing (CSM) / One Pass Trenching (OPT) / or Trench Cutting Re-Mixing Deep Method (TRD) methods and conventional materials including soil bentonite and/or slag cement-cement bentonite. Projects will be located within the Sacramento Valley with a particular focus on levee improvements on the Sacramento and American Rivers. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for procurements offered to firms on the Prequalified Sources list is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Construction, which has a small business size standard of $39.5M. Bonding Requirements: Pursuant to the Miller Act, Performance and Payment bonds shall be provided for each project awarded under the PSL. Notice to Proceed (NTP), will not be issued until after the successful bidder or offeror provides sufficient bonding to cover the work required as communicated under the project solicitation. To be considered qualified for the PSL, firms must meet the following minimum requirements: The Contractor's company, subcontractor, joint venture partner (JVP), or merged company (MC) must have experience in cutoff walls used for seepage control within the last ten (10) years from this announcement. Multiple headings on any one contract must be considered as one construction project experience. 1. Conventional slurry supported cutoff wall construction project experience must include using long-reach excavators or clamshells and include at least two (2) soil bentonite (SB) cutoff walls and two (2) slag cement-cement-bentonite (SCCB) completed cutoff wall projects. This may be submitted in four separate projects or as little as two projects if each project includes one SB and one SCCB wall within it. For each of the four (4) different experiences demonstrated the following cutoff wall standards must have been met to demonstrate sufficient capability: A minimum of 50 feet deep; A minimum of 24-inches wide; A minimum of 500 feet long; A maximum permeability of 1x10-6 cm/sec for SB cutoff walls; A maximum permeability of 1x10-6 cm/sec for SCCB cutoff walls at the end of the curing time period specified in the project's contractual requirements; and The SCCB cutoff wall must have had a minimum unconfined compressive strength of 50 psi at the end of the curing time period specified in the project's contractual requirements. 2. Deep Mix Method (DMM) cutoff wall construction project experience must include at least one in-situ soil mixing methods classified as: Wet Rotary Shaft (WRS), Wet Rotary End (WRE), Wet Rotary and Jet End (WJE) or Wet Vertical Panel (WVP), as described in the Federal Highway Administration manual Deep Mixing for Embankment and Foundation Support. This experience must also include completed construction of at least one (1) DMM cutoff wall projects including, but not limited to, Deep Soil Mixing (DSM) / Cutter Soil Mixing (CSM) / One Pass Trenching (OPT)/Trench Cutting Re-Mixing Deep (TRD) method cutoff walls. This experience must include setting up and operating the batch plant and delivery system to the cutoff wall location, and all associated work with constructing the cutoff wall. The submission for the following cutoff wall standards must have been met to demonstrate sufficient capability: A minimum of 75 feet deep; A minimum of 24-inches wide; A minimum of 500 feet long; A maximum permeability of 1x10-6 cm/sec; and A minimum unconfined compressive strength of 50 psi at the end of the curing time period specified in the project's contractual requirements. 3. Earth Embankment Construction Project Experience must include construction of at least one (1) project that included placing at least 50,000 cubic yards of engineered fill for flood control levee, earth dam, or earthen embankment for water retention or conveyance, completed in the last five (5) years. 4. Single bonding capability of at least $50M and aggregate bonding capability of at least $200M if intending to be the prime contractor. If a firm is applying for partial qualification of the PSL and to be a sub-contractor, the bonding requirement is waived. 5. Past Performance information that demonstrates satisfactory or above ratings for the projects used to demonstrate previous experience. 6. Certification/statement that all responses to the Prequalification of Sources requirements are accurate and complete by a principal of the firm. Cutoff Wall Construction Project Experience Supporting Data. Example experience provided must include documentation such as contract document excerpts for each project submitted which demonstrates experience in the above requested information, and laboratory and testing data for cutoff wall permeability and strengths, as appropriate. Additionally, each example project must include a point of contact that may be reached if needed to verify the data. There is no page limitation however, please flag or mark the pages to assist in verification of the requested data. Cutoff Wall Construction Project Experience Submission. Prequalification will be based on the experience submitted and approved. Therefore, contractors may be qualified for the experience listed in #1-3 or in any combination thereof. An individual's experience gained through employment with previous companies may qualify as the firm's experience provided the individual was substantially involved in the construction of a cutoff wall. Such substantial involvement must be clearly documented in the Capability Statement. For individual-based experience the following additional information must be provided for each individual comprising the firm's experience: Identify the specific requirement / project. Identify the scope of the project. Identify the individual's title and role on the project. Describe the scope of the individual's labor effort on the project. Describe how the individual's experience constitutes - substantial involvement. Solicitation Process: 1. The Government will provide all of the firms on the Prequalified Sources List notification of its intent to advertise a requirement via a Presolicitation Notice. The purpose of this notice is twofold. In addition to signaling the Government's intent to advertise a requirement, this notice will also be used for subcontracting opportunities. The notification will include a brief summary of the requirement, and a request for each firm to provide the Government with a positive or negative statement of interest in proposing on the project. 2. The firms will be provided a closing date by which they must respond positively or negatively to their interest in competing on the specific project. In addition to indicating an interest in the project, small businesses on the Prequalified Sources List must also provide proof of sufficient bonding capacity. If the solicitation is issued as a small business set-aside (see para. 3 below), then proof of bonding capacity will have been used to demonstrate that the small business concern can responsibly compete. 3. After the specified closing date for receipt of interest, the Government will consider whether the - rule of two is met per FAR 19.502-2(b) to determine if the project must be set aside for the small businesses on the list. If the - rule of two is met, then an IFB solicitation will be issued and if proceeding as a small business set-aside, only prequalified small businesses would be eligible for a contract award. 4. Per FAR 36.103(a), Contracting Officers shall use sealed bid procedures for a construction contract if the conditions in 6.401(a) apply. Therefore, the Government will consider if: Time permits the solicitation, submission, and evaluation of sealed bids; The award will be made on the basis of price and other price-related factors; It is not necessary to conduct discussions with the responding offerors about their bids; There is a reasonable expectation of receiving more than one sealed bid. 5. SPK expects that these conditions will be met for most, if not all, contract actions contemplated for use with the PSL. However, in the event that one of these conditions is not met; or if it is determined to be in the Government's best interest to consider entering into discussions with offerors, then the Government reserves the right to issue Requests for Proposals (RFP) and follow procedures prescribed in FAR Part 15. 6. As it is expected that most if not all contemplated projects will proceed as FAR Part 14 acquisitions, the date of bid opening will generally be 30 days after issuance of an IFB. 7. The bid results will be made available to all bidders (i.e., those contractors on the PSL that actually submitted a bid - but not those contractors on the PSL that did not bid). 8. Upon identification of the apparent-low bid, the bid will be reviewed for conformity to the solicitation requirements (i.e., responsiveness) and contractor responsibility must be considered. 9. After an affirmative determination of contractor responsibility is made per FAR 9.104, the Government will proceed with contract award. Department of Defense (DoD) Secure Access File Exchange (SAFE): Solicitations will be distributed via DoD SAFE to those contractors that indicated a positive interest in the project at hand and intent to bid using DoD SAFE. Responses to this Prequalification of Sources announcement shall contain: 1. The completed Prequalification of Sources requirements above. The submission must be signed by a principal of the firm to be considered valid. Submissions with electronic signatures are acceptable and have the full force and effect of ink signatures. All requirements must be answered for the response to be considered valid to demonstrate the experience listed in #1-4, or in any combination thereof. Completed submissions shall be returned in Adobe PDF format. 2. A letter from your firm's surety documenting the single bonding capability of at least $50M and the aggregate bonding capability of at least $200M. 3. Certification/statement that all responses to the Prequalification of Sources requirements are accurate and complete by a principal of the firm. Interested Firms shall respond to this Prequalification of Sources Announcement no later than 28 May 2021 by 1:00pm PST. All interested firms must be registered at www.beta.sam.gov to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Email your responses to DeAnna Wagner at contact@example.gov