Market Survey Buckhorn Lake Debris Removal.pdf

Market Survey for Buckhorn Lake Debris Removal

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project aside for them. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business, and you are interested in this project please respond appropriately.

Project Location: Buckhorn Lake; 204 Tailwater Camp Rd, Buckhorn, KY 41721

Project Description: The Contractor shall provide removal and disposal of waterway debris from Buckhorn Reservoir in Perry County, KY. Debris removal shall include the collection, loading, hauling, and disposal at approved facilities/locations. The majority of the debris is comprised of vegetative woody debris.

Debris removal shall include the collection of debris from the lake waterway and immediate shoreline, transporting to a designated handling location, offloading, and disposing. The preferred method disposal is incineration. Debris is concentrated along the shorelines at summer pool and higher elevations. During flood events the reservoir sees a large inflow of woody debris that is deposited along the reservoir rim as the pool recedes. The area for debris removal shall start at the dam and move upstream to the Leatherwood Branch. Areas upstream of Leatherwood Branch should only be addressed if the area downstream has been cleared of accessible debris.

Contract duration is estimated at 540 calendar days.

The estimated cost range is between $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 (FAR 36.204 & DFARS 236.204).

NAICS code is 562119 Other Waste Collection. Size Standard is $47,000,000.00.

All interested Small Businesses, certified HUBZONE, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business contractors should respond to this survey via email to Joel.Huberman@usace.army.mil by Monday 26 January 2026 at 12:00 PM ET.

Responses should include:

1. Identification and verification of the company’s small business status.

2. Contractor’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and Cage Code.

3. Documentation from the firm’s bonding company showing current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits.

4. Description of Experience – Provide descriptions of your firm’s past experience on projects with greater than 90% complete, or those projects completed within the last five years which are similar to this project in size, scope, and dollar value. Provide documentation demonstrating experience for projects of similar type. For each example project, include original contract amount, pending and actual modification cost.

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a. Projects similar in Scope to this project include:

• Debris management operations which includes, but is not limited to, emergency debris clearance, separation, removal, hauling, disposal, recycling, dumpsite management, and debris reduction operations.

b. Based on definitions above, for each project submitted include:

i. Current percentage of construction complete and the date when it was or will be completed.

ii. Size of the project

iii. Scope of the project

iv. The portion and percentage of the project that was self-performed.

5. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting;

they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with the firm’s own employees for general construction-type procurement.

Include the percentage of work that will be self-performed on this project, and how it will be accomplished.

NOTE: Total submittal package shall be no longer than 10 pages. Please only include a narrative of the requested information; additional information will not be reviewed.

Email responses and any questions to Joel Huberman at Joel.Huberman@usace.army.mil.

This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government.

Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately for responses to this market survey.

NOTICE: The following information is provided for situational awareness and is not required to respond to this Sources Sought.

All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) prior to award of a solicitation. All proposed contractors are highly encouraged to review FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management, which indicates “All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT).” Those not currently registered can obtain registration by going to the website http://www.SAM.gov. The process can usually be completed from 24 to 48 hours after submission. Contractors will need to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (formerly DUNS number) for processing their registration. If you do not already have a Unique Entity Identifier, one can be obtained from http://www.SAM.gov. Refer to www.SAM.gov for information formerly found in CCR, EPLS, ORCA and FedReg.

Please begin the registration process immediately in order to avoid delay of the contract award should your firm be selected.

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ALERT: You must submit a notarized letter appointing the authorized Entity Administrator before your registration will be activated. This requirement now applies to both new and existing entities. Effective 29 April 2018, the notarized letter process is now mandatory on all CURRENT registrants at SAM who have a requirement to update data on their SAM record. The notarized letter is mandatory and is required before the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) will activate the entity's registration.

Effective 29 June 2018, vendors creating or updating their registration can have their registration activated prior to the approval of the required notarized letter. However, the signed copy of the notarized letter must be sent to the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) within 30 days of activation or the vendor risks no longer being active in SAM.

Vendors can check whether an account is active by performing a query by their CAGE or Unique Entity Identifier (known as DUNS). The new registration process may now take several weeks, so vendors are highly encouraged to begin registering as soon as possible to avoid any possible delays in future contract awards. Remember, there is no cost to use SAM.

To find out additional information about the changes of the SAM registration process, contractors should visit the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) link located at the top of the SAM homepage (www.sam.gov).

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