South Bend Dock & Plaza Deck Coating Replacement

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES & MARKET RESEARCH ONLY. The intent of this notice is to assess industry's small business concerns, including SBA Certified 8(a) Firms, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Veteran-Owned SmallBusiness (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB), capability and interest in performing this requirement. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR OFFERS OR PROPOSALS. This notice does not represent a commitment by theGovernment to issue a solicitation or award a contract. This is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability and adequacy of potential sources prior to issuing a formal solicitation. The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for information received as a result of this announcement. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. If no responses are received from potentially responsible small business sources, GSA under the FAR part 19.501(b) will have completed its due diligence regarding setting this procurement aside for small businesses and will proceed with procuring this requirement on an unrestricted basis. The General Services Administration (GSA), Region 05, is seeking a qualified firm to perform a construction project including the remediation of water ifiltration, restorationof structural concrete pavement, application of a pedestrian membrane system, restoration and replacement of exterior accessories and interior finishes, replacement of existing loading dock bumpers and waterproofing of sound walls at the Grant Federal Building at 204 S Main St, South Bend, IN 46601. The construction performance period is 4 months upon receipt of notice to proceed. The construction cost estimate is between $250,000 and $500,000. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for the proposed acquisition is 236220 with a small business size standard of $36.5 million. No other information is available. If you are an interested party, please provide the following information. All information submitted is subject to verification. Additional information may be requested to substantiate responses. 1. A short statement regarding your business' expertise and experience on projects similar in scope and size. 2. Are you a small or large business? If small business, indicate any and all applicable small business representation(s) (8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned, etc). 3. Do you have the bonding capability to cover 100% of construction cost? 4. Include three projects completed within the last five years similar in size and scope to the work described above. Provide a customer point of contact for each project listed (telephone and email address). 5. Indicate your intent to bid on a subsequent solicitation. Interested firms should submit the above information to the Contracting Specialist at the email address provided in the point of contact section of this announcement. Please CC the Contracting Officer, Martin Harris. Electronic submission only is allowed. Your submission should be no longer than 5 pages. Responses are due by 2:00 pm EST on December 7, 2018. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. NOTE: All contractors doing business now or in the immediate future with the Federal Government must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database. The website for registration in the SAM database is www.sam.gov. All contractors interested in obtaining a copy of the anticipated future solicitation must be registered in the Government Point of Entry (GPE)-FedBizOpps (FBO) system at www.fbo.gov.