1. General. This is a SPECIAL NOTICE and is for informational/market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION OR BID, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. 2. Notice Details. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Northwestern Division, Portland District (CENWP) is seeking industry input as it evaluates project risks, industry capabilities, and the potential acquisition strategy for the driving of steel piles in an effort to maintain pile dikes along the Columbia River. This proposed project title, "Columbia River King Pile Navigation Aids". The North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) for this potential requirement would be 237990, "Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction". The related size standard is $36.5M. 3. Project Site Background/Scope. The project is located at various locations along the Columbia River between river miles 41 and 137 in Wahkiakum, Cowlitz and Clark counties of WA and Columbia and Multnomah counties of OR. The work includes installation of steel piles and incidental related work. This effort is to include the following: a. Install 68 steel piles of various diameters and lengths along the Columbia River. b. Provide between 20 and 25 cubic yards of rock scour protection at each pile location. c. Fabricate and install signage atop each pile. Anticipated contract award is at the end of September 2019. The in water work window is approximately September 2020 through November 2020. Estimated Construction Cost (ECC): The current ECC is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. 4. Path Forward. To insure that the acquisition goes as smoothly as possible, CENWP will be conducting this vendor outreach to give contractors a chance to ask questions and inform the team of possible considerations. Then post a pre-solicitation, then solicitation around the end of July. 5. Acquisition Strategy Methods and Considerations. CENWP anticipates the Columbia River King Pile Navigation Aids will be solicited and awarded using the sealed bidding process. USACE is involving construction contractors early to make sure all feedback and considerations are incorporated. 6. Communications with Industry. CENWP is interested in feedback from interested firms. Firms must follow the submission instructions below to coordinate a question, comment, or concern for a group teleconference. CENWP will hold the teleconference from 10 AM to 12AM on 09 July 2019, and make sure there is an in house assess to discuss question, comment, or concerns. a. Submission Instructions. To submit a question, comment, or concern prior to teleconference use ProjNet-Bidsm. Telephone and email inquiries will not be accepted. ProjNet-Bidsm is a web-based program that allows bidders to post questions regarding a upcoming solicitation and to view all questions by other bidders and answers by USACE. ProjNet-Bidsm can be accessed through ProjNetsm at https://www.projnet.org/projnet/. To access the ProjNet-Bidsm website the first time: 1) Click the Bid tab 2) Click Bidder Inquiry. (The Agency is USACE.) 3) Enter the following information for access: The Bidder Inquiry Key: WMQ9KE-CBI35D Valid business contact information (e.g. Company name, contact person, business address, phone number and email address). (required on first project only) Establish secret question and answer which will be used as a password. (required on first project only) 4) For subsequent access use your email address, the Bid Inquiry Key and response to the secret question to access the ProjNet-Bidsm Module. 5) Submit questions or review questions and answers. (A bidder who submits a question will receive an automated email notification that their question has been received. When an answer is posted to a question, the question and answer is then available for all other bidders to review. 6) For a specific step-by-step for POSTING YOUR INQUIRIES, is available in the Reference link on the Contract Viewer. 7) For questions about the ProjNet-Bidsm, please contact the Call Center help desk toll free at 1-800-428-HELP, which operates from 8AM to 5PM (Central US time zone). ProjNet-Bidsm questions can also be emailed to the helpdesk at staff@rcesupport.com. b. Please include any questions, recommendations, or concerns the firm has which may influence the acquisition strategy and would like to discuss. c. The Teleconference Info: 877-402-9753 Access code: 6353335 Security: 1234 7. Disclaimer. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Special Notice or any follow up information. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's capabilities to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted.