Drilling Services

Sources Sought/ Request for Information - DRILLING SERVICES . This market survey is for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SOURCES SOUGHT. No reimbursement will be made for any cost associated with providing information in response to this sources sought or any follow-up information request. The purpose of this sources sought is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of firms interested in participating in the competition to compete and perform a fixed price service contract. The Government will not pay for any information provided as a result of this market survey. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District is planning to solicit/award a contract to experienced source(s) capable of performing services listed in this synopsis. The work performed under this contract will provide geotechnical data to serve as the basis for designing large civil works structures. The work will be performed at various sites in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi and will consist of furnishing all plant, labor, equipment, materials, and supplies necessary to drill soil borings, recover soil samples, test specimens in accordance with lab assignments to be provided by the Government, and record test results in an electronic database. All interested, capable, qualified and responsive contractors are encouraged to reply to this sources sought synopsis. The Government is requesting interested contractors to furnish the following information: (1) Company name, address, point of contact, telephone number, e-mail address: (2) Type of Business (small, small disadvantaged, service disabled veteran, women-owned or HubZone small business concerns); (3) State your bonding capacity as of date of your response. All responses will be reviewed for preliminary planning purposes in determining future acquisition strategy. (4) Provide no more than five (5) references, of most recent and relevant contracts, performed within the last three (3) years of work same/similar in nature to this requirement. Include name, address, telephone number, and email address of references. Also provide a brief description of work performed, contract number, total contract value, and period of performance. Submission of information should be limited to not more than five (5) pages. Please provide affirmation that your firm can comply with the following minimum requirements: FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, which requires a small business concern perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this requirement is 541380, Testing Laboratories. The Small Business Size Standard for this requirement is $15.0 million.The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Memphis will be the procuring office. E-mail responses to this request for information should be sent to: Estella.c.blackman@usace.army.mil. Fax responses should be sent to (901) 544-3142. Please send only one response - by fax or e-mail. The due date and time for responses to this announcement is 2:00 p.m. C.S.T. on March 29, 2017.