HORIZONTAL CONSTRUCTION MULTIPLE AWARD TASK ORDER CONTRACTS FOR GALVESTON DISTRICT AND SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a market survey 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; THEREFORE NO PROPOSALS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Sources Sought or resulting market research. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District has a requirement for horizontal construction services in support of Civil Works Public Law 115-123, Bipartisan Budget (BBA 18) programs. The proposed contracting tool(s) may be firm-fixed price (FFP), fixed price economic price adjustment (FPEPA) or Fixed Price Incentive Firm (FPIF) or Fixed Price Incentive Successive Targets (FPIS). The actions will be Design-Build (DB), Design-Bid-Build (DBB) or Early Contractor Involvement (ECI). The horizontal construction requirement to support the BBA 18 is estimated to be approximately $4.5B. This requirement will be disbursed to multiple contractual instruments. The contracts will be primarily focused within the Galveston District area of responsibility but could be used throughout the Southwestern Division boundaries. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to maximize practicable competition by gaining knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of industry, to include members of the small business community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB). This sources sought is being issued primarily to gather information to support BBA 18 anticipated requirements. The attached "Industry Presentation for Market Research Purposes" is provided for information only and is subject to change. The estimated size of the task orders/contracts is anticipated to be from approximately $3M to $500M. The actual minimum and maximum task order/contract size and socio-economic set-asides for the resulting contract(s) will be determined after the completion of market research, which includes an analysis of the sources sought capabilities statements received. The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Construction, which has a small business size standard of $36.5M. The type projects anticipated to be completed under the resulting contracts include construction or repair of: marine structures, dredge material placement areas, flood control structures, levees, jetties, channels, erosion protection, hydraulic gates, sector gates, retaining walls, drainage improvements, pump stations, roads, bridges, and other related infrastructure. The task orders may be design-build, design-bid-build or ECI. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting that they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with their own employees for general construction-type procurement. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. Anticipated advanced notice issuance date is on or about 1 April 2019. The official announcement citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities (www.fbo.gov). Responses to this Synopsis shall be limited the completed Sources Sought Response document included as an attachment to this Sources Sought. Interested Firms shall respond to this Sources Sought Synopsis no later than 5:00 pm (CST) on 4 January 2019. All interested firms must be registered at www.sam.gov to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Email your response to contact@example.gov.