Atlantic lntracoastal Waterway Facilities Operations and Maintenance, Virginia and North Carolina

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, NOR SPECIFICATIONS, NOR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. Introduction: The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is to identify a qualified and experienced businesses interested in and capable of performing the work described herein. This notice is posted as a market research tool only. The Government will utilize this information in determining an acquisition strategy. This Sources Sought Notice is for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 488310 - Port and Harbor Operations with a Size Standard of $38,500,000.00. Description of Work: The Norfolk District, United States Army Corps of Engineers is seeking eligible businesses capable of performing all services, and providing all materials, supplies, plant, labor, equipment, utilities and supervision (except those specified as government furnished) required to operate, maintain all facilities, all real property facilities, and approximately 3,100 acres of land owned by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, which is known as the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). The northern boundary of the project for this contract is the Interstate 64 bascule bridge at approximately mile 7.1 on the AIWW. The southern boundary of the AIWW on the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal (ACC) is the North Carolina state line, approximately mile 34. The southern boundary of AIWW on the Dismal Swamp Canal (DSC) is the mouth of the Pasquotank River where it joins the Albemarle Sound, approximately mile 68, in North Carolina. The ACC project includes the North Landing Swing Bridge that borders Virginia Beach, Virginia and Chesapeake, Virginia located near Mount Pleasant Road. The bridge is operated 24 hours a day and opens on the hour and a half between 6am - 7pm daily. The Great Bridge lock is a 72 feet wide by 600 feet long navigation lock and support facility with a normal lift of 2.7 feet located in the Great Bridge section of Chesapeake, Virginia. The purpose of the lock is to prevent the inflow of salt water from the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River to the fresh water to the south. Locking's are on demand and operated 24 hours a day. The DSC project includes one highway drawbridge and navigation lock at Deep Creek, Virginia, one highway drawbridge and navigation lock at South Mills, North Carolina. There is a total of three water control structures on the canal and at Lake Drummond. The Deep Creek Lock and South Mills Lock are 52 feet wide by 300 feet long, with a normal lift of 12 feet. Locking's are only 4 times a day, and the Dismal Swamp Canal operating staff works 8 hours per day. Period of Performance: The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed-price contract consisting of a base year and 4 option years for a total of five years of performance and an estimated total contract maximum value of $15,000,000. The anticipated solicitation issuance date will be on or about 17 December 2018. The estimated proposal due date will be on or about 30 January 2019. This action will utilize FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation procedures. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov. Firms must be registered with FBO to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued. General: Firms are required to submit a capability statement in response to this sources sought notice. The statement shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the information listed below. 1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and email address. 2. Firms shall provide examples of your capability to successfully execute this type of construction by detailing comparable work performed. The information shall include: ? A brief narrative description of a maximum of three previous projects comparable in size and scope of this effort performed within the last 5 years of the date of this notice. ? The previous projects shall include: customer name, contract number, period of performance (and if not completed percentage of work completed), type of work, total dollar value of the project. ? The number of staff employed, type and extent of operations and maintenance performed; emergency repairs of facilities performed, and additional experience in operating and maintaining facilities. ? Each previous project shall include the percentage of and type of work that was self-performed and the percentage of and type of work that was subcontracted. 3. Firm's status as either a small or large business. If you are a small business, please state all of the socioeconomic categories in which your company belongs: 8(a); HUBZone; Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); or Woman Owned (WOSB). 4. Firm's Existing Joint Ventures including Mentor/Prot'g and teaming arrangement information. 5. Firm's CAGE code and DUNS number, if applicable. 6. Firm's Bonding Capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars). 7. A statement of the portion of the work for this effort that will be self-performed and how it will be accomplished. Administrative Data: This Sources Sought Notice shall not be construed in any manner to be an obligation of the U.S. Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District to issue a contract, or result in any claim for reimbursement of costs for any effort firms expend responding to this request. No solicitation is currently available. Interested Firm's shall submit responses to this Sources Sought Notice by email to Oneil Sharpe at Oneil.g.sharpe@usace.army.mil no later than 3:00pm EST on or before Friday, 26 October 2018. All interested firms must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) website to be eligible for award of Government contracts.