Lower Columbia River Federal Navigation Channel Management Plan

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District is developing a 20-year dredged material management plan within the Lower Columbia River's (LCR) Federal Navigation Channel (FNC) and is soliciting services to provide 1) a historic context statement for the LCR FNC, 2) inventory and documentation of navigation structures (pile dikes and man-made islands), 3) evaluate the FNC and navigation structures for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), and 4) prepare a National Park Service 10-900b multiple property form with accompanying NPS 10-900 forms for the contributing elements. This contract will cover the LCR corridor from the mouth of the Columbia River to Vancouver, Washington, from river mile (RM) 3.0-105.5, including all lands within one mile of the riverbank (Attachment 1). Attached to this announcement is criteria needed to verify a contractor's capability to develop a management plan to required by NWP. The ability of Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Businesses (including 8(a) firms), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HubZone) Businesses, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses (SDVOSB), and Woman Owned Small Businesses (WOSB) (including Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB)) to meet these requirements is important in determining our strategy. The response of large business vendors is important to verify the availability of competition for this work. The point of contact for small business questions or assistance is the Portland District Deputy for Small Business, Carol McIntyre, at +1 (•••) •••-••••Sign up to see this detail or •••••@•••••.•••Sign up to see this detail. All other questions concerning this opportunity may be addressed to the buyer listed on this announcement. Responses to this Sources Sought Notice may be submitted electronically to the buyer listed on this announcement and should be provided by the date and time indicated. Please limit responses to five (5) double sided pages and include the following information: a. The company's name, address, point of contact, phone number, email address, CAGE and DUNS number. b. The company's small business category (i.e., Small Business, Small Disadvantaged, 8(a) firm, Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)) and business size. c. Relevant information responsive to the attached criteria. Information may include any information the respondent feels verifies their capability to perform leadership development services meeting the criteria attached. Information could include past contracts, and customer satisfaction information. The Government reserves the right to verify information provided in government performance reporting systems such as CPARS or PPIRS. Disclaimer and Important Notes: This is a SOURCES SOUGHT for informational/market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTATION, OR BID, NOR A SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. Any future solicitation will be issued via BetaSAM site (www.beta.SAM.gov), at a later date. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Sources Sought Notice or any follow-up information. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or to provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses a solicitation may be published in BetaSAM. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. All interested vendors should be registered in the System for Award Management.