A.02.10 Sources Sought Notice-Cantonment Area Roads 8.10.2022.pdf

Title: Cantonment Area Roads, Cooper Avenue Widening Fort Meade, MD

W912DR22R0074

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR

PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION,

SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District, requests letters of interest from qualified SMALL AND LARGE BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS interested in performing work on the potential construction of Cantonment Area Roads, Cooper Avenue Widening Fort Meade, MD.

By way of this Market Survey/Sources Sought Notice, the USACE Baltimore District intends to determine the extent of capable firms that are engaged in providing the services described hereunder.

Responses to this Sources Sought announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Therefore, the type of set-aside decision to be issued will depend upon the capabilities of the responses to this notice.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S. Government to form a binding contract. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to this notice.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District (NAB), has been tasked to solicit for and award construction services for the 476524-CAP 086767 Cantonment Roads, Fort Meade, MD project. The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed-price (FFP), design-bid-build (DBB) contract procured in accordance with FAR 15, Contracting by Negotiations, under a one-step Best Value Tradeoff Process.

The horizontal construction roadway widening project is located at Fort Meade, MD. The project scope includes roadway dualization of Cooper Avenue from Mapes Road to Rockenbach Road and Reece Road from Cooper Avenue to MacArthur Road. The project also includes the construction of a roundabout roadway feature at the existing signalized Cooper Avenue and Reece Road intersection. Drainage systems, stormwater management, and erosion and sediment control are included within the scope of the project. Traffic improvements including signing and marking and lighting photometrics and infrastructure will be provided along each roadway corridor. Landscaping improvements, wetland and tree reforestation permitting/mitigation, and maintenance of traffic are also included in the project.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business (SB), Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZones), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Veteran- Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), and Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition within any given socioeconomic category of responsible contractors. Large businesses are not prohibited from submitting a response to this notice; however, SB, Section 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, SDB, VOSB, and WOSB are highly encouraged to participate.

In accordance with DFAR 236.204 – Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the magnitude of this project is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000. The North American Industry

Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 237310 – “Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction”, which has a small business size standard of $39,500,000.

Should the acquisition be set-aside for the 8(a) program, 8(a) firms are reminded that they need to have a bonafide office in the geographical areas of consideration where the work is to be performed as determined by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this sources sought notice.

Responders should address ALL of the following in their submittal:

1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, e-mail address, CAGE code and UEI number.

2. Indicate if your company is currently registered with the Systems for Award Management (SAM) database. If not, indicate if it has been registered or does it plan to register.

3. In consideration of NAICS code 237310, with a small business size standard in dollars of $39.5M, indicate your firms business classified (size): Large Business (LB), Small Business (SB), Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), HUBZone Small Business, or 8(a) Business.

4. Indicate if your company is currently prohibited from doing business with the Federal Government.

Yes/No. (If yes, explain).

5. Provide a letter from the surety regarding the bonding capability for a single contract action and aggregate both expressed in dollars.

6. Indicate if your company is interested in performing as a prime or subcontract for the above project.

7. Provide three (3) examples of projects similar to requirements described above completed within the past five (5) years. Include point of contact information for the examples provided as past performance on indicated projects may be verified. Contractors with unsatisfactory past performance may not be considered capable of successfully performing this type of work.

8. Responders should have experience in the areas listed below and provide narratives identifying that specific experience:

a. Capability Statements should include information and details of a minimum of two (2) projects with similar scope of work and magnitude of construction within the past six (6) years. These projects must be of relevant scope and complexity and demonstrate a minimum completion value of $20,000,000.00.

b. At least one project must demonstrate experience with renovation to a research facility to include:

1. Maintenance of traffic procedures

2. Underground stormwater quantity storage

3. Communications conduit relocation

c. P6 Scheduling capabilities.

d. Independent full-time, dedicated, self-performing (Prime contractor) safety staff.

e. US Citizens (should include naturalized citizens/Legal citizen)

f. Satisfactory draft and final CPARS (at a minimum).

g. DB Prime contractor experience of at least 5 projects over $15 Million.

9. Total submittal shall be no longer than ten (10) pages in one (1).pdf file Double sided pages will count as two (2) separate pages

Comments will be shared with the Government and the project design team, but otherwise will be held in strict confidence.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, QUOTE OR BID. It is a market research tool being utilized to determine the availability of potential qualified contractors before determining the method of acquisition. In addition, this sources sought is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for any information solicited or delivered.

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed requirement are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice NLT 11:00 AM (EDT) 26 August 2022. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Amber.L.Duty@usace.army.mil and michael.j.getz@usace.army.mil referencing the sources sought notice number PANNAD-22-P-0000 004603.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. If you have any questions concerning this opportunity please contact: Amber Duty via email; Amber.L.Duty@usace.army.mil.