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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Project Description: Sacramento River Erosion Contract 3

Anticipated Posting Date: 18 August 2025

Sources Sought Number: W9123825S0021

SAM Posting Title: USACE SPK DBB Construction - Sacramento River Erosion Contract 3 – Sacramento, California

SAM Posting Description:

This Sources Sought Notice is being issued for market research purposes to determine the availability, capability, and interest of small business firms for a potential Government requirement. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE; requests for a solicitation will go unanswered.

No award will be made from this Notice. Responses will be used to determine potential acquisition strategies, understand current market capabilities, and to gain knowledge of potential sources.

GENERAL SCOPE:

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District (SPK) anticipates a potential requirement for flood risk reduction work along the Sacramento River. The project begins approximately 7 miles downstream from the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers in a part of the Sacramento River that receives tidal influence. Contract 3 totals 2.8 miles along the river’s east levee in Sacramento’s Pocket neighborhood. The work involves, but is not limited to, protecting in-place vegetation, existing facilities, and structures not scheduled for removal; earthwork; import of rock materials, construction of stone protection;

installation of planting benches and in-stream woody material (IWM); grass seeding and erosion control; and all incidental related work. Note that all graded stone C, soil filled stone, and topsoil must be delivered by barge or water-based access only. Barges must be brought to the site pre-loaded with construction materials and construction equipment. Hydroseeding may be delivered and placed using the levee access road. The proposed work is located within the floodplain of the Sacramento River and no work within the floodway or excavation into the existing levee section is permitted during the regulatory flood season for the Sacramento River, which extends from November 1 to April 15. In-water work has additional environmental restricts and is only permitted between July 1st - October 31st.

The potential requirement may result in a firm-fixed-price solicitation issued approximately November 2025. If solicited, the Government intends to award the anticipated requirement by approximately February 2026

The Government estimates that construction of the potential requirement can be completed within 670 calendar days from receipt of Notice to Proceed. If market conditions indicate this estimate may be unrealistic, Respondents are encouraged to provide specific information (such as known equipment lead times or other timeline concerns) for Government consideration when responding to this Sources Sought Notice.

In accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 236.204(ii), the Government currently estimates the magnitude of construction for the potential project is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for the potential requirement is anticipated to be 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering. The small business size standard for the NAICS, as established by the U.S. Small Business Administration, is $45,500,000 annual revenue. The Product Service Code for the potential requirement is anticipated to be Y1LC, Construction of Tunnels and Subsurface.

If there is a reasonable expectation that at least two (2) responsible small business concerns under this NAICS can provide the anticipated services at fair market prices, the Contracting Officer is required to set the acquisition aside for small business concerns. If competition is set-aside for small businesses, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, requires that general construction small business Contractors self-perform at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials. If no set aside is made, the requirement is competed with full and open competition, and the awarded Contractor is not a small business, the Contractor will be required to self-perform the percent of work identified in the solicitation under FAR 52.236-1, Performance of Work by the Contractor.

Contractors with the skill, capabilities, workload capacity, and ability to obtain bonding to complete the project described above (either through self-performance and/or Subcontractor management) are invited to provide capability statements to the primary point of contact listed below. Other than small businesses are also encouraged to submit Capability Statements.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT:

Responses must be limited to twelve (12) 8.5 x 11 inch pages with a minimum font size of point 10.

Please provide the following information:

1) Company name, System for Award Management Unique Entity Identification number (SAM

UEID) or Employer Identification Number (EIN), address, point of contact name, contact phone number, contact e-mail address, and statement identifying whether the company employs union or non-union workers.

2) Experience and capability to complete contracts of similar magnitude and complexity to the potential requirement, including at least three (3) examples of comparable work performed within the past six (6) years. Each example should include a brief description of the project, description of the work performed (identification of self-performance and/or Subcontractor management), customer name, customer satisfaction, timeliness of performance, dollar value of the project, whether a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) was used (see the PLA survey section below), and whether there were any challenges experienced during the project (delays, investigations, health and safety issues, labor shortages, management/organizational issues, etc.).

3) Business size and socioeconomic type for the applicable NAICS (ex: Woman-Owned Small Business, Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), certified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), 8(a) Participant, small business, or other than small business (large business)).

4) Bonding capability (in the form of a Surety letter).

5) PLA Survey. A PLA is a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with labor organization(s) that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project.

Pursuant to Executive Order 14063, Use of Project Labor Agreements for Federal Construction Projects, agencies are mandated to use PLAs for large-scale construction projects (defined as projects where the total cost to the Government of the project is estimated to be at least $35,000,000.00) unless exempted by the agency Senior Procurement Executive.

A. Do you have knowledge that a PLA has been used in the local area on projects of this kind? If so, please provide supporting documentation.

B. Are you aware of skilled labor shortages in the area for those crafts that will be needed to complete the referenced project? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible.

C. Are you aware of time sensitive issues/scheduling requirements that would affect the rate at which the referenced project should be completed? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible.

D. Identify specific reasons why or how you believe a PLA would advance the Federal Government’s interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement.

E. Identify specific reasons why you do not believe a PLA would advance the Federal Government’s interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement.

F. Identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the use of a PLA on the referenced project.

G. Identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the non-use of a PLA on the referenced project.

H. Do you think requiring a PLA will increase contract costs or contribute to cost savings?

Why or why not? How?

I. Do you think requiring a PLA will increase contract risk? Why or why not? How?

J. If you have previously been party to a PLA, approximately how long did it take to negotiate the terms of the PLA? Did PLA negotiation delay construction start? If so, by how long?

K. Any other information you think should be considered regarding the use of PLAs for the anticipated project.

Please submit all capabilities statements, information, brochures, and/or marketing material as one (1) document, limited to the page maximum above.

Responses will not be considered an offer, proposal, or bid for any solicitation that may result from this Notice. Moreover, responses will not restrict the Government to an acquisition approach. This Notice is for information and planning purposes only. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any review conducted or the capability statements received.

Please provide responses and/or questions by e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Julie Maxwell, at Julie.Maxwell@usace.army.mil by 1000 / 10:00 a.m. (PT) Monday , 18 September 2025.

Please include the Sources Sought Notice number, ‘W9123825S0021’ in the e-mail subject line.