NFSS IWCS WRF Sources Sought Notice.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

W912P425X11W2

Sources Sought Notice:

Niagara Falls Storage Site Waste Retrieval Facility

1. PURPOSE

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice (Notice) is for the Government to gain knowledge regarding the types, performance attributes, and availability of large, temporary construction enclosures.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District may use information obtained through this Notice to develop an acquisition strategy. Proposals are not requested and will not be accepted from this Notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND A

CONTRACT WILL NOT BE AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS NOTICE.

2. BACKGROUND

The Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS) is a 191-acre property that occupies a portion of the former Lake Ontario Ordnance Works located in the Town of Lewiston, Niagara County, New York. Radioactive residues, wastes, and debris resulting from activities of the Manhattan Engineer District and its successor, the Atomic Energy Commission, were placed into the Interim Waste Containment Structure (IWCS), a 10-acre engineered structure on the west side of the NFSS property. The USACE has a requirement under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program, to remediate the IWCS at the NFSS.

The remedy selected in the Record of Decision for the Interim Waste Containment Structure Operable Unit, Niagara Falls Storage Site (USACE 2018) is excavation, treatment, and off-site disposal of Subunit A materials and excavation and off-site disposal of Subunits B and C materials. A temporary construction enclosure (i.e., Waste Retrieval Facility) is proposed over the southern portion of the IWCS to prevent uncontrolled releases of radon to the atmosphere during excavation of Subunit A materials.

3. GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS

Per the Intermediate – 60% Remedial Design for the IWCS at NFSS, the performance requirements for a temporary construction enclosure (i.e., Waste Retrieval Facility) are:

1. Dimensions of the enclosure are: 350-foot x 480-foot long. Structure must be capable of clear span of 350’-0”, minimum. Bay spacing: 20”-0” on center. Eave height must be 45-foot, minimum.

2. Enclosure must be able to accommodate (16) 7’x7’ approximate sized damper/louvers for HVAC equipment/ductwork along each side wall of the 480’ length of structure. HVAC equipment will be housed in a separate structure.

3. Design Loads include:

Dead: Self-weight Ground snow load, pg: 50 psf Risk Category: IV

Basic Wind Speed, Vw: 120 mph o Wind Exposure Category: C

Seismic Importance Factor: 1.5 o Ss: 0.160 o S1: 0.044 o SDS: 0.170 o SD1: 0.071

Soil site class: D

4. Enclosure must be capable of maintaining an internal negative pressure (vacuum) of

0.1” to 0.3” of water column pressure (0.5 psf to 1.5 psf) so as to prevent uncontrolled releases of radon to the atmosphere during excavation of Subunit A materials.

5. Enclosure will not be heated or cooled but will be ventilated in order to exhaust diesel fumes generated by large earth moving equipment, and for removing low concentration radon.

6. Enclosure will have large motor operated intake louvers on the west side, and large motor operated exhaust louvers on the east side that are connected to a 300,000-cfm exhaust system located in an adjacent building.

7. Motor operated louvers will modulate a slight negative pressure in the enclosure.

8. Enclosure must be designed in compliance with all applicable codes and regulations.

9. Enclosure must have a design life of at least 10-years in constant service.

10. Enclosure is currently envisioned as tensioned PVC fabric over pre-engineered metal members.

11. Enclosure is currently planned to have lighting and low voltage equipment (i.e., fire alarm devices, security devices/etc.) mounted to the roof structure.

12. Enclosure must have vehicular and pedestrian air locks to allow for periodic inspections/vehicle maintenance/heavy equipment maintenance.

Please see Attachment 1 Architectural Drawings for information and site context only. Structures other than tensioned PVC fabric over pre-engineered metal members that satisfy the performance requirements for the temporary construction enclosure may be considered.

4. REQUESTED INFORMATION

1. Company Information: If your company believes it is qualified and able to provide the products and services described in this Notice, please submit the following information:

a. Company Name

b. Address

c. Point of Contact

d. Telephone Number

e. Email address

f. Business type (Socio-economic classification under NAICS 237990)

g. Contractor’s Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and CAGE Code(s)

h. Confirm active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM)

(https://sam.gov/)

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

2. Company Ability to Provide Temporary Construction Enclosure Meeting Government Requirements: Provide evidence/justification of your company’s ability to design, fabricate, manufacture, delivery, and erect a long-span (i.e., ~350-feet) temporary construction enclosure meeting the Government requirements above. At a minimum, articulate the following:

a. Structure type/construction/foundation

i. Data requirements for foundation design

ii. Process of shoring of slopes around proposed building site

iii. Equipment required for building erection.

b. Structure life cycle cost (rough order of magnitude)

c. Timeline: design, fabrication, delivery, erection, deconstruction, disposal

d. Risks and challenges

e. Pre-design information needs

f. Other considerations

3. Company Experience: Provide examples of your company’s experience on up to three

(3) projects similar to this project in scope and size. Submitted projects must be completed within the last five (5) years, or if currently in construction, more than 95% construction complete.

a. Projects similar in scope to this project include construction contracts for the design, fabrication, manufacture, delivery, and erection of long-span (i.e., > 300-feet) temporary construction enclosures.

b. Projects similar in size to this project, include construction contracts greater than $2,500,000 in total cost.

c. For each project submitted include:

i. Name and location of project

ii. Description of work

iii. Current percentage of construction complete

iv. Percentage of work that was self-performed as project and/or construction management services or physical construction type work.

v. Original completion date, actual start and completion dates, and duration

(including modifications)

vi. Initial contract amount and final contract amount (including modifications)

vii. At least one reference who may verify the project information (e.g., Contracting Officer, owner, COR, point-of contact). Include their name, title, project role, email address, and telephone number.

viii. Indicate if project was design-build or design-bid-build.

ix. Identify number of subcontractors by construction trade utilized

5. SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES

The Government will not reimburse any costs associated with responding to this Notice. This Notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract nor does it restrict the Government to a particular acquisition approach. The Government will not be bound to this information if a solicitation is issued. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract action, based on the responses to this Notice, is at the discretion of the Government.

At this time proprietary information is not being requested and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this Notice. All submissions in response to this Notice become Government property and will not be returned. Not responding to this Notice does not preclude participation in any future Request for Proposal, if any is issued. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this Notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor this site for additional information pertaining to the Notice.

The submittal package must be no longer than eight (8) pages in Adobe PDF format, minimum font size is 10 point. Include only the requested information, additional information or pages will not be reviewed.

Submit responses to this Notice no later than 3:30 PM (Eastern Time) on December 9, 2024, by email to Douglas Smith, Contract Specialist, at Douglas.Smith@usace.army.mil, and to Tyrone Palaganas, Contracting Officer, at Tyrone.B.Palaganas@usace.army.mil. Include “NFSS IWCS Temporary Construction Enclosure – W912P425X11W2” in the email subject line.

Telephone or fax responses will not be accepted.