140R6024R0020__Medicine_Creek_Dam_Concrete_Repair_Presolicitation_Notice_2.docx

TITLE: Medicine Creek Dam Concrete Repairs

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 140R6024R0020

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES.

PURPOSE: The Bureau of Reclamation’s Missouri Basin Regional Office intends to issue a solicitation for a construction requirement to repair deteriorated and eroded concrete in several areas of the Medicine Creek Dam and spillway. In accordance with FAR 36.204, the estimated magnitude of this proposed construction project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The principal components of work that would be completed under this project include the following:

A. Provide construction management, including submittal preparation, transmittal, comment incorporation, and resubmittal process;

B. Construct a site access road, including culverts at the outlet works discharge channel crossing;

C. Saw cut and remove existing concrete from damaged areas within the spillway chute and along the outlet works stilling basin walls;

D. Furnish and place new concrete in repair areas, and raise the outlet works walls by 2 feet;

E. Repair cracked concrete on the spillway bridge piers;

F. Project closeout and lessons learned.

This is not a comprehensive list of contract requirements. The solicitation will include Specifications that will include all the required tasks as well as drawings.

PROJECT LOCATION: The project is located at Medicine Creek Dam, which is approximately 11 miles north of Cambridge, Nebraska in Frontier County and forms Harry Strunk Lake.

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The resulting contract will be for an approximately 485-day period of performance. The Government anticipates contract award on or around September 20, 2024.

NAICS AND SIZE STANDARD: NAICS Code for this project is 237990 – Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction with a business size standard of $45 million.

COMPETITION: Solicitation 140R6024R0020 is anticipated to be a total set-aside for small businesses.

SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Bureau of Reclamation anticipates solicitation 140R6024R0020 for this requirement will be issued as a Request for Proposal to the System for Award Management (SAM) website on or around July 8, 2024. Proposals will be due approximately 30 calendar days after the solicitation is issued.

SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM, www.sam.gov): Any vendor interested in doing business with the Federal Government must be registered in the SAM database PRIOR to to submission of a proposal. SAM is a Federal Government-owned and operated FREE website that consolidates the Central Contractor Registration (CCR), Online Representation and

Certifications Application (ORCA), and the Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). This website is located at https://sam.gov.

Invoice Processing Platform (IPP): It should be noted that the awarded contract will have a requirement that all invoices be submitted through the Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) located at www.IPP.gov. This means a requirement to be currently registered in SAM.gov.

POINT-OF-CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS: The Contracting Officer for this solicitation is Ryan Cope, email: rcope@usbr.gov and the Contract Specialist is Kent Munro, email: kmunro@usbr.gov. Any communications regarding this procurement must be made in writing and forwarded via email and must identify the solicitation number, company name, address, email address, phone number including area code, and point of contact. Emails shall be addressed to both the Contracting Officer and Contract Specialist.

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (SOLICITATION), AN INVITATION FOR BID (IFB), NOR IS IT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the requesting party to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals, bids, or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this Notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this Notice. This Notice is strictly for compliance with FAR Subpart 5.2. As a result of this Notice, the Government may issue a competitive solicitation; however, should such requirements materialize, no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to the Notice (e.g. use of such information as either part of its evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement).