Sources Sought/Request for Information-FY16 River Repairs and Upper Bank Paving. This market survey is for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow-up information requests. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of all firms interested in participating in the competition to compete and perform a fixed price construction 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 a wide range of construction projects. Contractors would be required to furnish all plant, labor, materials, and equipment for performing various repairs to stone navigation structures to include all types of stone dikes, revetment Articulated Concrete Mattress (ACM and stone only), chevrons, bendway weirs, hardpoints and other river training structures. Work may also include the construction of hardpoints, and the placement of riprap upper bank paving at various locations on the Ohio River (Ohio River Mile 972 near Mound City, Illinois) and Mississippi River between River Miles 954.0 Above head of Passes (AHP) (confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers) to 599.0 ( AHP) (mouth of the White River, Arkansas). Additional work may include bank grading and dressing, excavation, crushed stone blanket, riprap paving, placement of stone fill and stone paving in specified areas such as dike fields, revetments, and other locations along top bank and in overbank areas landward of top bank, removal and redistribution of stone from dikes and other areas, breaking out pavement, placing and painting range markers, and range clearing. Individual task orders will be issued designating the locations and types of work that will be performed. Each task order will specify the amount of time allowed for completion of the work. The work consists of placing approximately 450,000 tons of stone for the base contract period. 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, and e-mail address; (2) Type of Business (small business, small disadvantaged business, etc.); (3) State your firm's bonding capacity as of the date of your response. (4) Will consolidating River Repairs and Upper Bank Paving into a Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) for a base year with four option years impact your ability to compete for this requirement? (5) What negative impacts, if any, will your firm experienced as a result of the consolidations of specific requirements? (6) Will consolidating this requirement impact your ability to participate in this type requirement within the Mississippi Valley Division? (7) Would you be willing to participate in a future acquisition for River Repair and Upper Bank Paving under a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) scenario? All responses will be reviewed for preliminary planning purposes in determining future acquisition strategy. (8) Provide no more than five (5) references, of the most recent and relevant contracts, performed within the last ten (10) years of work same/ similar in nature of which 3 of these 5 must involve articulated concrete mattress installation. Include name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address of references. Also provide a brief description of the work performed, contract number, total contract value, and period of performance. Submission of information should be limited to not more than five (5) pages. If your firm is a Small Business, provide affirmation that your firm can comply with the following minimum requirements: FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, requires that 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 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business Size Standard for this requirement is $36.5 million. The total estimated value of this project will be a ceiling value Not to Exceed (NTE) $45,000,000 for the base and four option years. Offerors must be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM), including the NAICS code they are bidding under, in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. For additional information regarding this solicitation please contact Judy E. Stallion at
+1 (555) 000-0000. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District will be the procuring office. E-mail responses to this request for information should be sent to:
contact@example.gov. Faxed responses should be sent to
+1 (555) 000-0000. The due date and time for responses to this announcement is 10:00 a.m. C.S.T. on November 23, 2015.
