Santa Ana River Mainstem, Lower Santa Ana River Channel, Reach 9-BNSF Railroad Bridge Protection, Riverside County, California

This Sources Sought announcement is part of 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. 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 evaluation). The US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District is seeking sources for an Unrestricted Request for Proposal for proposed construction in support of the Santa Ana River Mainstem, Lower Santa Ana River, Reach 9, BNSF Railroad Bridge Protection, Riverside County, CA. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of the community of large scale construction contractors. The Government strives to ensure that there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors. Project description: The project consists of constructing slurry concrete diaphragm walls for scour protection of the BNSF Railroad Bridge just downstream of Prado Dam on the Santa Ana River, Corona, CA. The design incorporates diaphragm walls to protect the bridge piers and abutments from long-term and localized scour with hydromill deep foundation trench excavation techniques to facilitate construction. Diaphragm walls around the existing piers will be 3' thick and varies from 32' to 47' deep. The abutment protection diaphragm walls will be 4' thick and varies from 34' to 92' deep. The deeper walls will need to be constructed under the RR bridge with approx. 25' vertical clearance. The bridge piers will also be protected with pier nose extension CIP walls up to 44' high built on new steel pile foundation. The estimated price range of this project is $25,000,000. to $100,000,000. Estimated duration of the project is 1,460 calendar days. The NAICS code is 237990-Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The small business size standard for this acquisition is $36.5 million Prospective prime contractors interested in this synopsis must respond to the following questions. Responses shall be limited to 5 pages. 1. Offeror's name, address point of contact, phone number and email address. 2. Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include offeror's in-house capability to execute construction, experience of the prime contractor as well as any major subcontractors may be submitted; comparable work performed within the past 5 years, and brief description of project, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of project). Provide at least 3 examples if applicable. 3. Offerors should describe the availability and capability of all necessary equipment, both small and large businesses. The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources either singularly or as part of an assembled team under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. Interested firms should submit a document describing relevant demonstrated experience and qualifications via email to contact@example.gov no later than 01 July 2016. The submission should address all questions in the sources sought questionnaire above and your firm's ability to perform the requirement. All interested firms must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts. to effectively complete the work. 4. Offeror's type of business and business size (whether large business, small business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a)). 5. Offeror's joint venture information, if applicable, existing and potential. 6. Offeror's bonding capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, expressed in dollars). 7. Offerors (other than small businesses) should also provide their assessment of the degree of involvement by Small and Small Disadvantaged Business subcontractors, stated as a percentage of subcontracted dollars. This sources sought announcement is open for responses from both small and large businesses. The Government is seeking to identify qualified sources either singularly or as part of an assembled team under (NAICS) 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. Interested firms should submit a document describing relevant demonstrated experience and qualifications via email to contact@example.gov no later than 23 May 2017. The submission should address all questions in the sources sought questionnaire above and your firm's ability to perform the requirement. No hard copy or facsimile submissions will be accepted. Cover letters and extraneous materials (brochures, etc) will not be considered. Questions concerning submissions should be directed to contact@example.gov Personal visits for the purpose of discussing this announcement will not be scheduled. Emails or phone calls requesting personal visits will not receive a reply.