Design-Bid-Build Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration-Phase 2A

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS (for Market Research purposes ONLY) to determine the availability of small business firms for a potential small business category type set-aside. NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought synopsis. NO SOLICITATION OR SPECIFICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME; therefore, any requests for a copy of a solicitation or specifications will go unanswered. Firms having the skill, experience / capabilities and bonding capacity necessary to perform the described project are invited to provide feedback via email to contact@example.gov. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. Particularly, the purpose of this NOTICE is to gain knowledge of potential small business sources to include small businesses in the following categories: Certified 8(a), Certified HUB Zone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Woman Owned, for a prospective Design-Bid-Build Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Contract - Phase 2A in Hamilton City, CA. The capabilities will be evaluated solely for the market research purpose of determining whether or not to pursue a Set-Aside for the Small Business (SB) Community or an Other Than Small Business Procurement. Other than small businesses may respond to this notice. The government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors. This Government estimates issuing a two-phase RFP in the summer of 2017. The estimated magnitude according to Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations 236.204 is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The NAICS is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, the size standard is $36.5 million, and the Federal Service Code is Y1NZ, Construction of Other Utilities. SCOPE OF WORK AND PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Hamilton City Flood Damage Reduction and Ecosystem Restoration Project Phase 2A Contract is located Sacramento River immediately north of Hamilton City, California. The Phase 2A contract includes construction of approximately two miles of setback levee embankment between County Road 203's intersection with the existing levee and highway 32's intersection with the existing levee, crossing through orchards and row crop fields. The levee will average 7.5 feet in height with a 15-foot crown and 3H:1V side slopes and includes construction of approximately 1,500 feet of seepage berm. A fill borrow source is located within three miles of the site. Other features of work include excavation of ditches on both the landside and waterside of the proposed levee and the backfilling of existing ditches. Removal of orchards, abandoned flood irrigation systems, and sprinkler irrigation systems will be a part of this contract. Installation of a gravel patrol road on the levee crown is also required. CAPABILITY STATEMENT The following requests are designed to apprise the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, of any prospective construction contractors' project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following. The submission is limited to 10 pages. 1) Offeror's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address. 2) Offeror's interest in submitting an offer on the prospective solicitation if/when it is issued. 3) Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity and comparable work performed within the past 5 years - Describe your self performed effort, brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project) - provide at least 3 examples. 4) Offeror's type of small business and Business Size (Small Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned and/or Small Business, 8(a), Woman Owned) 5) Offeror's Joint Venture information if applicable - existing and potential 6) Offeror's Bonding Capabilities in the form of a letter from a Surety OR a third-party Attorney in Fact on behalf of a Surety. All sureties shall be identified on the Department of Treasury List of Certified Companies. Any surety NOT identified on this list will not be considered; and therefore a prime contractor that submitted evidence of bonding capacity using a surety not identified on this list will not be considered. The Capabilities Statement for this sources sought is NOT to be submitted as an offer or bid for any future Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid that may result from this synopsis, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach, but rather short statements regarding the company's ability to demonstrate existing-or-developed expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Any commercial brochures or currently existing marketing material may also be submitted with the Capabilities statement. Submission of Capabilities statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Corps of Engineers in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government be held financially liable for information solicited. Respondents will NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation. After completing its analysis, the Government will determine whether to limit competition among 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran, HubZone, or all Small Business firms or proceed with full and open competition as Other Than Small Business. Submissions that are not timely and/or do not meet the requirements as contained herein will not be considered.