Prequalification of Sources Notice_Venona Rd Widening_W912DR26RA003.pdf

Request for Prequalification Information

EAST CAMPUS VENONA ROAD WIDENING PROJECT

FT. MEADE, MARYLAND

(Notice W912DR26RA003)

PREQUALIFICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

• Responses to this Request for Prequalification Information must be prepared in accordance with the “General Instructions” of this document. The plans and specifications and the price proposal schedule will be issued with the solicitation. Only prequalified interested contractors will receive the solicitation, plans, and specifications.

• All respondents to the prequalification notice will be informed in writing whether they are invited to participate in the resultant acquisition or, based on the information submitted, that they are unlikely to be a viable competitor.

• Interested contractors shall not conduct any advance coordination with any external agencies or parties specifically identified in this document without permission being granted by the Contracting Officer.

• Submit any questions concerning this prequalification request in writing utilizing

ProjNet, https://www.projnet.org/ (See Attachment B – ProjNet Information).

• Questions regarding this notice shall be submitted no later than 12:00PM EDT on 18 JULY 2025.

• Submittal of one (1) digital volume is due by 12:00PM EDT 25 JULY 2025 to both:

Erica Eaton, Contracting Officer, at email: Erica.A.Eaton@usace.army.mil &

Erica Stiner, Contract Specialist, at email: erica.j.stiner@usace.army.mil

• Submittals shall be marked to show the interested contractor's name, e-mail, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), and address by the date and the time submittals are due.

mailto:Erica.A.Eaton@usace.army.mil mailto:erica.j.stiner@usace.army.mil

PREQUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, BASIS OF INVITATION TO

PARTICIPATE IN ACQUISITION, CRITERIA, RATING SYSTEM AND DEFINITIONS

1. OVERVIEW

This is a Prequalification of Sources Notice, in accordance with the procedures authorized by DFARS 236.272, for the East Campus Venona Road Widening (Venona Rd) Project.

This is not a solicitation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District will solicit offers for a Firm Fixed Price Design Bid Build contract in support of the

Maryland Procurement Office (MPO), Ft. Meade, MD, after the prequalification of sources.

Project Description:

This project will be located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. In accordance with DFARS

236.204 – Disclosure of the magnitudes of construction projects, the magnitude of this project is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000. The North American Industry Classification System code (NAICS) for this acquisition is 237310 – Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction. The solicitation is anticipated to be issued to prequalified firms in fiscal year 2026, first quarter.

Per the project Scope of Work (SOW), Venona Road, located at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, will be upgraded to a four-lane roadway, extending eastward and northward from the intersection of O’Brien Road, Samford Road, and Venona Road to south of Ultra Avenue. The new lanes will be south and east of the existing alignment, featuring a grassy median with access lanes.

Project elements: Addition of two lanes to Venona Road, retention walls (based on site conditions and space); drop-arm vehicle barriers near Venona Road; an automated emergency access gate from Taylor Avenue to Venona Road; a pedestrian sally port; security pull-outs and fence access roads; and trailers in the former golf clubhouse parking lot for the East Campus

Integrated Programs Office (ECIPO).

The SOW includes security features for the Taylor Avenue gate, integration with the Perimeter

Security Anti-Terrorism (PSAT) fence (including M50 P1 Certified Cable Barrier), and road realignment on Taylor Avenue. Supporting infrastructure will be constructed for site circulation, stormwater management, security, lighting, and landscaping, integrating with the East Campus.

Improvements include installing new or expanded utility services and distribution systems. Site preparation covers clearing, grubbing, cut and fill, grading, and erosion/sediment control.

Construction will maintain traffic flow. The prime contractor or joint venture partners must have experience managing road projects and developing/implementing Maintenance of Traffic (MOT) plans.

The project requires coordination with stakeholders/utilities (including BGE) and obtaining necessary construction permits/approvals. The contractor will implement erosion/sediment control measures (e.g., silt fencing, sediment basins, temporary seeding) and ensure proper waste disposal per regulations.

The project scope includes a base bid and bid options.

This is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside.

The Prequalification of Sources for this acquisition will be open to all interested small business owners/contractors.

The Government will evaluate the responses for two criterion: 1) Statement of Affiliation (SOA)

Approval and 2) Responsible Small Business. Respondents shall be required to confirm compliance with DFARS 252.209-7002, Disclosure of Ownership or Control by a Foreign

Government via completion of a Statement of Affiliation (SOA) form (Attachment A).

Responses must be complete, be certified as correct information, and must adhere to the prescribed SOA format. The Respondents shall be small businesses under the size standard of

NAICS 237310 and determined responsible in accordance with FAR 9.104.

The Government will review the prequalification information for acceptability (all prequalification requirements will be reviewed and rated as “GO/NO-GO”), to determine a list of qualified/prequalified interested contractors.

Interested contractor’s responses must be rated “GO” for the Prequalification requirement in order to be prequalified/qualified to move on to consideration for the Source Selection evaluation.

All respondents to the Prequalification of Sources Notice will be informed in writing whether they are invited to participate in the resultant acquisition or, based on the information submitted, that they are removed from consideration for the Source Selection evaluation.

Only interested contractors that meet the prequalification criteria will be considered for the subsequent Source Selection, at which time, they can expect to receive a Request for Proposal

(RFP) solicitation document, including plans and specifications.

The Government intends to solicit offers via a request for RFP from only the pre-qualified

Respondents. The Source Selection evaluation, following the Prequalification, will be based on the responses to the RFP. The solicitation package will be sent directly to the Respondents selected from the Prequalification (this information will NOT be posted on Sam.gov).

2. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Interested contractors shall submit a response to this Prequalification of Sources Notice. One (1) digital volume shall be submitted for Prequalification.

Prequalification Requirements

Requirement Location Description Summary

Vol. 1

Statement of Affiliation

(SOA)

Disclosure of Ownership or

Control by a Foreign Government.

See ¶3.1

Note: For consistency purposes, please be sure to adhere to the numbering of the

Requirement and Volume identified in the table and do not make any changes.

3. REQUIREMENTS FOR PREQUALIFICATION

The Government will review responses to determine whether or not the interested respondent’s response meets the minimum acceptable requirements as stated for the requirement to determine a “GO” or “NO-GO” rating. The Government will not review the Prequalification responses to determine strengths.

The Government will evaluate SOA’s submitted by each of the responders to determine if any significant weakness results in a response being considered deficient which would result in a

“NO GO” rating and remove an Respondent from further consideration for the source selection evaluation.

A firm or subsidiary of a firm will not be advanced to the source selection phase if it is determined to be under foreign ownership or otherwise demonstrates an affiliation with a foreign country that sponsors or assists terrorism or is an intelligence threat, in a manner to control or influence the operations or management of this project. To be considered for the prequalified list, Respondents must receive a rating of “GO”.

A rating of “NO-GO” for the Prequalification requirements will result in an interested contractor being removed from consideration for the Source Selection evaluation.

The Government will not carry over “evaluations” from the Prequalification for consideration in the Source Selection.

3.1. REQUIREMENT 1 (VOLUME 1) – STATEMENT OF AFFILIATION (SOA)

3.1.1. Submission Requirements:

3.1.1.1. All companies/firms having access to this project’s requirements, design information or who are building facilities shall be U.S. firms determined to be free of foreign ownership of a country that sponsors or assists terrorism or is an intelligence threat. To facilitate this review the submission response for this requirement shall include completion of the attached Statement of Affiliation

(SOA) form and return the form as part of the response to this Prequalification of Sources Notice.

3.1.2. Submission Format:

3.1.2.1. Complete and submit the SOA form that is attached to this

Prequalification of Sources Notice.

3.1.3. Rating Guidelines:

3.1.3.1. Prequalification requirement is a “GO/NO-GO” requirement. A rating of

“GO” is required for this requirement for an interested contractor to be invited to participate in the resultant acquisition.

3.1.3.2. This is a GO/NO-GO Requirement as described below:

GO: The Interested contractor provides the attached SOA in accordance with paragraph 3.1.1 and is determined to be free of foreign ownership or otherwise influence of a country that sponsors or assists terrorism or is an intelligence threat. The contractor must be a responsible small business meeting the size standard of NAICS 237310.

NO-GO: The Interested contractor does not provide the attached SOA in accordance with paragraph 31.1 or is not determined to be free of foreign ownership or otherwise affiliated to or under the influence of a country that sponsors or assists terrorism or is an intelligence threat. The contractor is non-responsible and/or is not a small business under NAICS 237310.

The Government will not allow an interested contractor that receives a rating of “NO-GO” to be invited to participate in the resultant acquisition.

4. PREQUALIFICATION PROCEDURES

4.1. PREQUALIFICATION BOARD (PQB)

The PQB will be established to review and rate the responses received to this

Prequalification of Sources Notice. The rating will be based on the content of the response, and any subsequent discussions, if required. The PQB will not consider any information incorporated by reference, except as expressly allowed by this RFPI. The

Contracting Officer will determine whether the Respondent is a responsible small business in accordance with DFARS 236.272(c) based on evaluation of the

Respondent’s entity registration information in SAM.gov for the Respondent’s UEI.

4.2. REVIEW

4.2.1. During Prequalification, the PQB will only review the Prequalification responses to the extent necessary to assign a “GO” or “NO-GO” rating for each requirement in the interested contractor’s response. The Government will not review the

Prequalification responses to determine strengths; this will only take place during the Source Selection evaluation.

4.2.2. During the Prequalification, the Government will review each response to determine if any significant weaknesses result in a response for the SOA requirement being considered deficient, which would result in a “NO-GO” rating, and remove an interested contractor from further consideration for the Source

Selection evaluation. A firm or subsidiary of a firm will not be advanced to the source selection phase if it is determined to be under foreign ownership or otherwise demonstrates an affiliation with a foreign country that sponsors or assists terrorism or is an intelligence threat, in a manner to control or influence the operations or management of this project.

4.2.3. To be considered for the prequalified list, interested contractor’s SOA responses must be rated “GO” to be qualified to be invited to participate in the acquisition.

4.2.4. A rating of “NO-GO” will result in an interested contractor being removed from consideration for the Source Selection.

4.2.5. Interested contractors are cautioned to put forth their best efforts, and to furnish all information clearly to allow the Government to review and rate their SOA.

Interested contractors should not assume that they will have an opportunity to clarify or correct anything in their response after submitting it. If the interested contractor fails to demonstrate qualification in accordance with the requirements and criterion above, the interested contractor will be disqualified from any further consideration.

5. BASIS OF INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ACQUISITION

Interested contractors responding to the prequalification will receive a written notice of either being invited to participate in the acquisition or not. Interested contractors not being invited to participate will receive a brief explanation for the basis of the opinion. The Contracting Officer will invite the interested contractors who have met the prequalification requirements and received a “GO” rating for each criterion of the requirement, 1.) Approved Statement of

Affiliation and 2.) Responsible Small Business, to participate in the acquisition. Interested contractors will not be invited if they receive any rating of “NO-GO” for any applicable requirement.

ATTACHMENT:

Attachment A: Statement of Affiliation Form

Attachment B: ProjNet Information

Attachment C: Scope of Work