Buchanan Dam Vegetation Removal

This Sources Sought Notice is for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability, capability and interest of small business firms for a potential small business category type set-aside. NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought Notice. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME as this is solely for Market Research. Please do not request such documentation. Requests for any of this information will go unanswered. If the conditions at FAR 19.502-2(b) are met the contracting officer is required to set the acquisition aside for small business concerns. If set-aside, FAR 52.219-14, requires that the small business contractor will self-perform at least 50% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials. Accordingly, interested contractors having the skill, capabilities, and workload capacity to complete the described project (either through self-performance and/or the managing of subcontractors) are invited to provide their capability statements to the point of contact listed below. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential acquisition. The purpose of this notice is to obtain a snapshot of current market capabilities and gain knowledge of potential small business sources, to include small businesses in the following socioeconomic categories: Certified HUB Zone; Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and 8(a) small business concerns able to perform vegetation removal and wood chipping/grinding. Other than small businesses are encouraged to express interest and submit capability statements as well. Contractors capabilities will be reviewed solely for the purpose of determining an appropriate acquisition strategy to include whether this prospective action is appropriate to be set-aside for the small business community or should proceed as an unrestricted full and open acquisition. Other than small businesses are encouraged to respond to this NOTICE to provide a greater context of current market capabilities. However, per the Federal Acquisition Regulations, preference will be given to the small business categories as listed above. In determining the acquisition strategy, the Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors. The Government estimates issuing a solicitation in late December 2022. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed price contract. The NAICS Code is 561730, Landscaping Services. The size standard is $8.5 Million. Product Service Code is S208, Housekeeping - Landscaping/Groundskeeping. GENERAL SCOPE: Remove all brush, woody debris, trees both dead or alive on and within 50 ft from the dam, all spillway wing walls, five dikes and downstream weir/bridge abutting to the natural landscape at the Buchanan Dam Project. Tree trunks are measured to their centerline. Excavation, remove the trunk (or stem), stump, root ball, and all roots. Fill and compact to the original soil. All brush, woody debris, and trees from the project and the existing wood/tree pile in the storage yard shall be chipped or grinded to wood chip. Finished wood chips may be left on project. CAPABILITY STATEMENT The following requests are designed to inform the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, of current service contractor market capabilities. Please provide your response to the following. The submission is limited to 10 pages. 1) Offeror's name, UEI #, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address. 2) Offeror's experience and capability to complete (either through self-performance in excess of 50% or the managing of one or more subcontracts as a Prime) contracts of this magnitude and complexity and comparable work performed within the past 6 years. Describe the Prime's self-performed effort, brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project. 3) Offeror's socioeconomic type and business size (Certified HUB Zone; Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) and 8(a) small business concerns). The Capabilities Statement will not be considered an offer (proposal) or a bid for any future Request for Quotes/Proposal that may result from this notice. Moreover, it will not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This notice is for information and planning purposes only. The respondents will not be notified of the results of any review conducted of the capability statements received. Please notify this office in writing via email by 25 November 2022 at 10:00AM PST. Submit response and information through email to: contact@example.gov. Please include the Sources Sought No. W9123823S0012 in the subject line.