**Amendment 0002** THIS IS A PRELIMINARY NOTICE THAT THE DUE DATE FOR PROPOSALS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 6 FEBRUARY 2024 AT 1300 CENTRAL TIME. The official Amendment to the Solicitation will be posted soon. **Amendment 0001** - The purpose of this amendment is to update the Wage Determinations, add the Project Detail Sheet, revise the verbiage in the Evaluation Factors for Award, paragraph 3.1.2 concerning CPARS and PPQs, add site visit information to Section L - Instructions, Conditions & Notices to Offerors and revise FAR 52.252-3, Alterations in Solicitation (Apr 1984). PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Nashville District USACE has a requirement for a firm fixed price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery Requirements contract made up of one (1) base period and four (4) one (1) year option periods for O&M services at Lake Barkley. Lake Barkley is located on the Cumberland River in West Kentucky and North Central Tennessee. The areas of work are located in Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg County, Kentucky and Stewart County, Tennessee. Principle cities in the areas are Kuttawa, Eddyville, and Cadiz, Kentucky and Dover, Tennessee. NAICS CODE AND SBA SIZE STANDARD: The NAICS code for this project is 561210 with a size standard of $47,000,000. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: 100% Small Business Set-Aside SOLICITATION AND CONTRACT TYPE: It is anticipated that from the Request for Proposal Solicitation, the Government will award one (1) Firm-Fixed Price Requirements Contract to the firm that provides the best value to the Government. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The anticipated contract period is date of contract award thru 31 December 2024 for the base contract, with four (4) one-year option periods. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): Offerors must be successfully registered in the SAM, www.sam.gov, in order to receive a Government contract award. *Currently, www.sam.gov is taking longer than normal to renew/reactivate vendors in SAM, please ensure you submit requests to renew/reactivate SAM registration at least 60 calendar days prior to expiration* Offerors must have their representations and certifications available on-line in SAM or provide them with their proposal in order to receive a Government contract award. Assignment of a CAGE Code can take up to ten (10) business days after completion of SAM registration. Offerors are highly encouraged to register as soon as possible. SITE VISIT: The clauses at 52.236-2, Differing Site Conditions, and 52.236-3, Site Investigations and Conditions Affecting the Work, will be included in any contract awarded as a result of this solicitation. Accordingly, offerors or quoters are urged and expected to inspect the site where the work will be performed. Please refer to the solicitation, once posted, for the exact date and time of the site visit. No other site visit will be scheduled or granted. Once posted; the solicitation will include the latest information on the organized site visit. (a) Tentatively; an organized site visit has been scheduled for- Thursday, January 18th, 2024 - Time: TBD (b) Participants will meet at- Lake Barkley Visitor Center 200 Barkley Dam Overlook Grand Rivers, KY 42045 *NOTE: All participants are required to have personal safety equipment, i.e. hard hat and safety toe shoes. Safety equipment will not be provided. This is mandatory. Contractors who do not have these items present at the Site Visits will not be able to participate in the visit. REQUIREMENT TO REGISTER TO ATTEND SITE VISIT: Only registered persons will be permitted to attend the site visit. In addition to the below information, please also provide your name of firm, firm's CAGE and/or Unique Entity Identifier number (DUNS number), name and position title of primary point of contact and their telephone number and email address. Only two persons from each business entity will be permitted to attend. U.S. Citizens: To register, U.S. citizens interested in attending the site visit must submit a Nashville District (LRN) Security Access Form to the Point of Contract (POC), Samantha Bedard via email at
contact@example.gov no later than COB on 15 January 2024. If submitting the form in less than two business days, the person may not receive approval for participation. Notification of approval or denial will be provided prior to the date of the site visit. The form is available as a pdf attachment on www.sam.gov with this pre-solicitation and is titled as U.S. National Site Visit Registration Form. Foreign Nationals (FNs): FNs wishing to attend the site visit shall submit a completed LRN FN Security Form and legible color copies of two of the following documents: Passport (unexpired or expired), Certificate of U.S. Citizenship (INS Form N-560 04 N-561), Certificate of Naturalization (INS Form N-550 or N-570), unexpired foreign Passport with I-551 stamp or attached INS Form I-94 indicating unexpired employment authorization, an Alien Registration Receipt Card with photo (INS Form I-151 or I-551), unexpired Temporary Resident Card (INS Form I-688), unexpired Employment Authorization Card (INS Form I-688A), unexpired Reentry Permit (INS Form I-327), unexpired Refugee Travel Document (INS- Form I571), or unexpired Employment Authorization Documentation issued by the INS which contains a photograph (INS Form I-688B) to the LRN POC. These documents must be submitted ten (10) days prior to the site visit. Exceptions will be considered on a case-by-case basis but will be limited. The form is available as a pdf attachment on www.sam.gov and is titled as Foreign National Security Access Form. Additional guidance is available at http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/Portals/49/docs/Security/Sec%20508%20Foreign%20National%20Sec%20Access%20Form%20JUN%202014.pdf POINT-OF-CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS: The Contract Specialist for this solicitation is Samantha Bedard, telephone:
+1 (555) 000-0000, email:
contact@example.gov. Any communications regarding this procurement must be made in writing via e-mail. It must identify the Solicitation number, company name, address, e-mail address, phone number including area code, facsimile number, and point of contact.
