B01_08_SAM_Sources_Sought_Posting_Sep_9_2024_2.pdf

This is a Sources Sought Notice. In preparation for an upcoming procurement, Department of the Interior (DOI), the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Region 10 California Great Basin Region Construction Acquisitions Office, Sacramento, CA, is conducting market research to determine potential sources for a construction project, Arroyo Canal Fish Screen/Sack Dam Fish Passage Project. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business size standard for this code is $45M. This notice is not a request for proposal and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner. In accordance with (IAW), disclosure of the magnitude of constructions is between $100,000,000 and $200,000,000. This procurement will require 100% performance and payment bonds. The Government will use interested vendors responses to the sources sought in determining a best acquisition approach.

All types of businesses with the capability to fulfill the requirements briefly described herein are encouraged to submit responses.

BACKGROUND: The Arroyo Canal Fish Screen and Sack Dam Bypass Project is integral to restoring spring-run Chinook salmon to the San Joaquin River. This project implements two of the highest priority projects identified in the 2006 Settlement: fish passage around Sack Dam and a fish screen on the Arroyo Canal to prevent entrainment of juvenile Chinook salmon in the canal. This project is necessary in order to allow salmon to freely move up and down the river to complete their lifecycle (downriver to the ocean and upriver to spawn). The project furthers the Department of the Interior’s efforts to restore Chinook salmon and other fish to the San Joaquin River and is authorized in the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act (P.L. 111-11). Arroyo Canal and Sack Dam are owned and operated by Henry Miller Reclamation District #2131. The dam and canal are the sole diversion and conveyance facilities for the reclamation district and provide agricultural water supply to approximately 47,000 acres of farmland in the San Joaquin Valley along with conveyance of water supply to Federal and State wildlife refuges and private duck clubs.

SUMMARY OF WORK: Work is located at Sack Dam on the San Joaquin River, approximately 24 miles west of Madera, California in Madera and Fresno Counties and the principal components of work include:

In river work requires dewatering and cofferdam contractor designs and installation(s) using methods such as sheet piling and/or embankment construction. Water deliveries are required to be maintained throughout the duration of construction.

Installation of closed-ended steel pipe piles and sheet piles beneath concrete slab foundations.

Concrete headwork structures with associated gates with actuators, decking with guardrail, earthwork, upstream and downstream channel improvements, retaining walls, and river rock-lined fish ramp.

Concrete fish ladder with baffles.

Earthen berms with riprap slope protection and gated gravel roadways on the crest.

Mechanically stabilized earthwall for riverbank stabilization.

Fish screen with screen cleaner, monorail, electrical outlets, and air burst system.

Maintenance building with gravel yard, security fencing, engine generator set with diesel fuel tank, compressor, Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, power and access roadway.

Programable Logic Controller (PLC) based control, monitoring, and automation system for Sack Dam Fish Passage and associated features.

Provide a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) for approval and install/maintain all storm water pollution prevention measures as indicated in the approved SWPPP.

The period of performance for this requirement is estimated to be 1050 calendar days.

REQUIREMENTS: Interested parties shall include the following information in response to this Sources Sought announcement:

(1) Company name and address

(2) DUNS number and CAGE Code

(3) Type of business (e.g., large business, small business, 8(a), veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small disadvantaged business, and/or women owned small business) as validated via the System for Award Management (SAM)

(4) Company point of contact (name, phone, and e-mail address)

(5) A positive statement of intent to submit an offer to a solicitation for this work as the prime contractor.

(6) Evidence of recent (within the last 10 years) experience in performing work of a similar scope and magnitude. For each statement of evidence (limit to no more than three (3)), include the following:

a. Contract/Project Number

b. Customer/Client name (business or agency for which the work was completed)

c. Project Value (dollar amount)

d. Project period of performance

d. Points of Contact (include phone numbers and email addresses)

(7) Single contract bonding capacity

Interested sources shall submit the requested information electronically to Contract Specialist, Sydney Johnson, via e-mail at sgjohnson@usbr.gov no later than 8:00 AM PD on 24 September 2024.

This is not a request for technical or cost proposals. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice or reimburse for costs incurred by interested parties providing the information requested herein. Submitted information will not be returned. Information received will be considered solely to make an informed decision regarding a potential procurement. Any questions or responses to this Sources Sought announcement shall be directed to Sydney Johnson, Contract Specialist, via e-mail at sgjohnson@usbr.gov. or Matthew T. Byrne, Contracting Officer, via email at mbyrne@usbr.gov .

Responses to the Sources Sought announcement are not offers and cannot be accepted by BOR to form a binding contract.