FY17 Channel Improvement, River Structures Repairs and Stone 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, Vicksburg District (MVK) is planning to solicit/award contracts to experienced source(s) capable of performing a wide range of construction and maintenance projects. Contractors would be required to furnish all plant, labor, materials, and equipment for performing various construction and repairs to stone navigation structures and stone bank paving. Typical type of projects include all types of stone bank paving, stone dikes, chevrons, bendway weirs, hardpoints, and other river training structures at various locations on the Mississippi River from the vicinity of Cessions Towhead at River Mile 616 AHP (Above Head of Passes), to Union Point at River Mile 326 AHP. 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. Individual task orders will be issued designating the locations and types of work that will be performed. 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 Structures Repairs and Upper Bank Paving into a Single Contract impact your ability to compete for this requirement? (5) What negative impacts, if any, will your firm experience 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 Structures 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. 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. 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 Jason Carlock at +1 (555) 000-0000. E-mail responses to this request for information should be sent to: contact@example.gov. Faxed responses will not be accepted. The due date and time for responses to this announcement is 1400 C.S.T. on 09 March 2017.