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140L0621R0024

RESER DAM RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a requirement for repairing Reser Dam located in Blaine County, Montana approximately 11.5 miles north west of Chinook, MT. Major items of work for this project include, dewater reservoir and construction area, excavate the dam embankment for removal of the existing outlet works, excavate upstream face of the dam and salvage existing riprap. Remove and dispose of the existing outlet works structures including an existing 24-inch diameter Corrugated Steel Pipe (CSP) upstream conduit, two 42-inch diameter CSP riser pipes and associated concrete headwalls, a 30-inch diameter CSP downstream conduit with steel cutoff collars, and a gabion outlet basin.

Reconstruct the dam embankment, construct new dam outlet works, place gravel road surfacing along the dam crest. Reclaim all disturbed areas including staging areas and temporary roads which consists of preparation of the soil for seeding but does not include seeding. The work covered by this contract includes furnishing all labor, material, equipment, and incidentals necessary to complete this requirement as per the accompanying specifications and drawings.

The estimated project magnitude of construction is $1,000,000.00 – $5,000,000.00.

This Sources Sought (SS) is intended as a means of conducting market research, which will help determine the best method for the anticipated solicitation and subsequent award. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this requirement is 237990, “Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction”. The small business size standard is $39.5 million. FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, will apply wherein at least 15 percent of the work must be performed by the small business prime contractor and similarly situated small business subcontractors.

This announcement is issued solely for information and planning purposes, which will help determine the best method for the anticipated solicitation and subsequent award. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or solicitation nor a promise to issue a solicitation in the future. This request does not commit the Government to contract for any supplies or services whatsoever. Further, the Government is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this announcement; all costs associated with responding will be solely at the interested party’s expense. Not responding to this announcement does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on BetaSam.gov. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

Responses to this notice will inform whether and how this requirement may be set aside for small business competition. Interested parties are encouraged to respond here:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlDbRK647C_ZPiKx -aGrDPahUME1WTFkwMU5SMTdZS0dSSjVTV0tWRVdCSy4u