A.02.10 Sources Sought Notice - Lower Wicomico Sources Sought Notice 4.28.2022.pdf

TITLE: LOWER WICOMICO RIVER MAINTENANCE DREDGING

SOLICITATION NO. W912DR-22-B-0018

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 BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS interested in performing work on the potential LOWER WICOMICO RIVER MAINTENANCE DREDGING in WICOMICO AND SOMERSET COUNTIES, MARYLAND.

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 dredging services for Lower Wicomico River Maintenance Dredging in Wicomico

County, Maryland. The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed-price, contract procured in accordance with FAR 14, Sealed Bidding, via an Invitation for Bid (IFB).

The project consists of but is not limited to the repair, construction, and installation of the following:

1. Project includes the hydraulic dredging the lower half of the Wicomico River to its authorized depth of 14 feet (plus one foot of allowable over depth). Approximately

120,000 cubic yards of silty material, with small pockets of sandy material, are to be dredged.

2. Placement of material via pipeline will be utilized. Pipeline distance will be, on average, 8 miles, with a maximum pumping distance of 14 miles. The pipeline will travel through the Wicomico River and over land (approximately 4 miles) to reach the placement site.

The pipeline will be placed atop the existing berm at the WMA impoundment and a diffuser shall be used at multiple locations to place the material at a lower velocity into the placement site. The outflow of the pipeline shall be moved across the project placement areas to achieve the desired elevation. As such, careful attention to the prescribed elevation in placing the material is critical to the success of the project.

3. Approximately 70 acres of land will be restored. Due to the location of the placement site being surrounded by water and the WMA impoundment, minimal land access is available with little to no access for heavy equipment from the land side of the project placement site.

4. Wetland restoration is meant to increase migratory bird nesting habitat. To ensure the restoration goals are met the placement location shall also include placing straw bales as natural containment around the southern end of the placement site. The straw bales are to act as containment for dredged material placed for wetland restoration and increasing migratory bird nesting habitat. Approximately 11,000 strawbales will be used stacked two high with an additional single stacked row at the interior of the placement site to provide proper containment of the dredged material. Tidal ditch plugs shall be constructed in areas of high erosion or open water. Approximately 20 ditch plugs of varying size are to be constructed.

5. After dredged material placement, vegetation will be planted to restore the wetland.

Planting of vegetation will occur over the two growing seasons post dredged material placement. Vegetation will be Spartina patens and Distichlis spicata, and possibly a smaller amount of Panicum. Vegetation the first growing season may require aerial seeding, based on consolidation of the dredged material. Vegetation the first growing season shall also require the exterior edge only to be hand planted to provide stabilization, with interior planting occurring the second growing season once material has consolidated.

Project Assumptions: The Contractor is required to supply all labor, materials, equipment, and transportation to complete the construction of the Government furnished plans and specifications.

Contract Deliverable: Provide a completed project per the Government furnished plans and specifications.

Submission Requirements and Timeline: Provide a proposal within 30 calendar days of the solicitation. Construction duration will be approximately 24 months.

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 FAR 36.204 – Disclosure of the Magnitude of Construction Projects, the magnitude of this project is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. The North American

Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 237990 – “Other Heavy and Civil Engineering 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.

Responders should address ALL of the following in their submittal:

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

The following criteria must be considered to ensure the ability to perform the proposed work:

1. 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.

2. Provide one (1) project or multiple projects demonstrating successful experience with constructing an emergency management facility or a facility with similar components or functions.

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

a. Successful experience with local Erosion and Sediment (E&S) Control permit compliance.

b. Successful experience with the construction and commissioning of industrial or government facilities similar in size and function with components including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, life-safety, building information, security, and communication systems.

c. Demonstration of the successful implementation of quality control management programs and safety programs on construction projects similar in size and scope.

d. Successful experience with Autocad software and preparation of As-Built drawings.

e. Successful experience with compiling waste management and sustainability documents during construction for submission for sustainability certifications.

f. The contractor is required to be a US Citizen.

g. Satisfactory Contractor Performance Assessment Reports.

4. Provide a letter from the surety regarding the maximum bonding capability for a single contract action and total aggregate bonding capacity.

5. Responses must include the Offeror’s Name, Company address, CAGE Code, POC

Phone number, POC email, and SAM information.

6. Narratives shall be no longer than ten (10) pages. 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 source sought notice 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 12:00 P.M. EDT 19 May 2022.

All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to carrie.a.lowber@usace.army.mil and Katie.R.Marrette@usace.army.mil referencing the sources sought notice number W912DR-22-B-0018.

Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

mailto:Katie.R.Marrette@usace.army.mil