Non-Destructive Testing Facility RRAD-Sources Sought.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

For

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Facility at Red River Army Depot (RRAD), Texas

DISCLAIMER

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice; a market survey, for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information or industry response to this notice or any follow up information requests. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future procurement. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the Government-Wide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Responses to the sources sought will be utilized with other market research methods to establish the planned acquisition strategy. The planned acquisition strategy will be posted as a change to this synopsis, as required by regulation.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). All are highly encouraged to respond to solidify the acquisition strategy.

The acquisition strategy will be determined based on responses received from this notice and/or other market research methods.

INTRODUCTION

The US Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, is conducting market research through this source sought synopsis to identify small businesses capable of supporting a project. The project involves the construction of a Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) at Red River Army Depot (RRAD), New Boston, TX 75570:

This will be a Firm Fixed-Price contract.

Based on the responses to this Sources Sought notice, the Government will assess small business capabilities to satisfy the agency’s requirements and decide if this procurement should be set-aside for small business. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE

Red River Army Depot (RRAD), Texas

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Worth District is seeking to award a contract to construct an 8,000 SF drive-thru Depot Maintenance Shop, designed to evaluate the integrity of welds, internal defects, structural capability, and overall condition of asset materials. The facility will include radiation protective shielding to ensure the safe operation of existing x-ray equipment at full capacity, while also allowing for potential upgrades to the industrial x-ray system.

SCOPE OF WORK:

In accordance with DFARS 236.204, the magnitude of construction for this project is estimated to be between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

This project is RRAD Non-Destructive Testing Facility, Red River Army Depot, Texas.

This project will include:

• Construct 8,000 SF drive thru Depot Maintenance Shop.

• Evaluate the integrity of welds, internal defects, structural capability, and condition of asset materials.

• Include radiation protective shielding to allow for the existing x-ray equipment to be safely utilized at full potential and permit upgrades and improvements to the industrial x-ray system.

• Building will also facilitate consolidation, expanded capability, as well as training for other NDT equipment including ultrasonic, dye penetrant, magnetic particle inspection, and laser scanning operations.

• The existing x-ray facility will be demolished.

• Utilities required at the project site include 200 LF of electricity, 200 LF of telecom, 100 LF of water and 100 LF of sewer.

General Site Description: The proposed project will be located across Red River Army Depot (RRAD), situated west of Texarkana, Texas, and east of New Boston, off Interstate 30.

Response to this Notice shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information:

1) Company Information:

• Firm’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, Unique Entity

Identifier, and e-mail address.

• Firm’s Business Size – LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB.

2) Capability and Experience:

• A current capability statement with sufficient detail regarding previous experience on similar requirements. Indicate whether projects were performed as a prime contractor or subcontractor, and include information on:

o Size, scope, complexity, and duration of projects o Pertinent certifications relevant to project execution o Specific technical skills that ensure capability to perform the project scope.

3) Business Interest and Participation:

• Indicate whether your firm is interested in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued.

• State whether your firm would submit a proposal if the action were solicited as a Small Business Set-Aside.

4) Teaming and Joint Ventures:

• Identify whether your firm is interested in competing as a prime contractor or subcontractor.

• Indicate any potential Joint Ventures, Mentor Protégé, Teaming Arrangements, or other arrangements, and specify the type.

5) Bonding Capacity:

• Firm’s bonding capacity (both per contract and aggregate construction bonding levels, expressed in dollars).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 236220- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction which has a small business size standard of $45 million.

The Product Service Code is Y1JB – Construction of Testing and Measurement Buildings

Small Businesses are required to comply with FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. The prime contractor will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the Government to the prime’s subcontractors that are not similarly situated.

Prior government contract work is not required to submit a response. However, all performance must follow the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual, (EM 385-1-1, and must also comply with all federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, codes and regulations.

This announcement and all information will be issued via the Government Point of Entry, and Offerors must be active in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts, including documenting Sec. 889 Compliance in SAM that includes FAR 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-25. Contracting will verify the 889(a) and (b) compliance – per FAR 52.204-26.

The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) is the Department of Defense, single, authorized application to retrieve supplier performance information. SPRS is a web-enabled enterprise application that gathers, processes, and displays data about the performance of suppliers and must be completed prior to an award in accordance with DFARS 204.7303(b)(1), DFARS 204.7304(e), DFARS 252.204-7020, DoDI 5000.79.

Review NIST SP 800-171 for further information.

Interested firms must respond to this notice no later than 09 October 2025, 5:00 PM (Central Time). Email responses to Shenika M. Lewis at:

shenika.m.lewis@usace.army.mil.

EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS

NOTICE.

mailto:shenika.m.lewis@usace.army.mil