Construct Groundwater Pump & Treat Facility

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS TO CONDUCT MARKET RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPING A PROCUREMENT STRATEGY FOR AN UPCOMING CONTRACT to construct a groundwater pump and treat facility in Moses Lake, WA. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT. A solicitation is currently not available. After review of the responses to this notice, and if the Government still plans to proceed with the acquisition, a separate solicitation announcement will be published in the FEDBIZOPS. Responses to this POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS are not adequate response to any future solicitation announcement. Interest in this announcement is open to businesses located nationwide regardless of business size. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potentially qualified business to perform the work described and ascertain interest from Small Businesses (SB), 8(a), Small Disadvantage Business (SDB), Woman Owned Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or HUBZone prime contractor business sources and their size classifications relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 237110. Note for the purposes of this procurement, a concern is considered a small business if its annual average gross revenue, taken for the last 3 fiscal years, does not exceed $36.5 million. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate structure of the resulting Request for Proposals, and the acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible. PROJECT INFORMATION: The Seattle District is anticipating soliciting a project to construct a groundwater pump and treat facility that will extract groundwater contaminated with Trichloroethylene (TCE), remove TCE contamination via activated carbon filtration and then infiltrate the water back into the ground using infiltration trenches. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS: Contractor must have experience in designing, constructing and operating a pump and treat facility associated with TCE contaminated groundwater. Contractors must be familiar with hydrogeology and contaminant transport in groundwater associated with fractured basalt in Moses Lake, WA or other similar sites. The magnitude of construction for this project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Responses to this sources sought synopsis shall provide the prime contractor's name, address, email, business category, business size, business type (JV, etc.), and information pertaining to bonding capacity. NOTE: CONTRACTOR MUST BE ABLE TO BOND FOR THE ENTIRE AMOUNT OF THE PROJECT. 1. Contractor can demonstrate successful completion of a design, construction and operating a pump and treat facility associated with TCE contaminated groundwater. 2. Contractor is able to demonstrate familiarity with hydrogeology and contaminant transport in groundwater associated with fractured basalt in Moses Lake, WA or other similar sites. Bonding Information: Provide the following, on the bonding company's letterhead: a. Bonding Limits: (1) Single Bond, (2) Aggregate b. Proof the contractor can provide bonding for a single item of $7,500,000.00. c. Length of time the contractor has been associated with the bonding company. d. Claims History and Outstanding Claims of the Contractor. e. Surety to be used for Performance and Payment Bonds. f. Other commitments that might interfere with performance of the contract. g. Point of contact for the Bonding Company Please note that this research is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation for competitive bids/proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Corps. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirements are invited to submit, in writing, complete information describing their interest and ability to meet all requirements stated above. Firms formally organized as design-build entities, design firms and construction contractors that have associated specifically for this project, consortia of firms or any other interested parties may submit information. Associations may be as joint ventures or as key team subcontractors. Any legally organized Offeror may submit information, provided that the Offeror or Offeror's subcontractor has or will have professional architects and engineers, registered in the appropriate technical disciplines. Responses to the Sources Sought Synopsis should be received as soon as possible but no later than 2:00 pm (Pacific Time) on Tuesday, February 28, 2017. The responses should be forwarded to the attention of Kelly Gunn, Contract Specialist, by email: Kelly.L.Gunn@usace.army.mil.