RFI W912EE26S0004 Industry Day List of Questions.docx

Department of the Army U.S. ARMY Corps of engineers, Vicksburg DiSTRICT 4155 CLAY street vicksburg, ms 39183-3435

W912EE26S0004 Industry Day – Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant Request for Information and Industry Comment

Purpose:

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to engage in a collaborative dialogue with industry to refine the acquisition strategy and technical requirements for an upcoming construction project. The feedback and insights gathered from your responses are critical and will be used directly to shape a more effective and well-informed final solicitation. We invite interested firms to provide detailed responses regarding their capabilities, proposed technical solutions, and perspectives on the acquisition approaches outlined herein. This process is intended to mitigate project risks, improve feasibility, and ensure the resulting contract structure is aligned with industry best practices, ultimately leading to a more successful project partnership.

Submission Instructions:

Interested firms are invited to submit a capabilities package addressing the requirements below. Please structure your response into two parts:

Part 1: Corporate & Past Performance Part 2: Technical & Acquisition Questions.

Part 1: Corporate Information & Past Performance

1. Company Details: Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and email address.

2. Identifiers: CAGE code and UEI.

3. Statement of Interest: A statement confirming your firm’s interest in submitting a proposal in response to a solicitation, if issued.

4. Business classification: Small Business (SB), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone Small Business (HUBZone), 8(a), or Other than Small Business (Large Business).

5. Joint Venture Information (if applicable): Describe your partner’s relevant experience and your history in successfully working on other contracts with this partner.

6. Bonding Capacity:

· Single and Aggregate bond limits

· Point of contact for your bonding company

7. Major Sub-Contractors: A list of potential major sub-contractors your firm would rely on and describe their relevant experience and your history in successfully working on other contracts with this subcontractor.

8. Past Performance (Comparable Projects)

· Provide at least three (3) examples of comparable work performed with the past five (5) years.

· For each project, include a brief description, customer contact information, project outcome, timeliness of performance, and the final dollar value.

· Narratives for this section should not exceed 10 pages in total.

PART 2: TECHNICAL & ACQUISTION QUESTIONS

1. Describe your plan for self-performing work, subcontracting the work, and/or engaging in a Joint Venture. What key features of this project would you self-perform and what key features would you subcontract?

2. The project site is in a rural area, accessed by MS HWY 465, with limited public utilities, and subject to flooding events on the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers. What are your anticipated needs for an on-site laydown area, temporary utilities, and security/access control? How would you plan to obtain these services?

3. The Yazoo River may be needed to transport riprap and heavy equipment (valves, cranes, piles, bridge girders, etc.) due to roadway limitations. What type of offloading facility would be needed and what are the minimum draft requirements?

4. Borrow material may need to be hauled from up to 6 miles away. What solutions can you propose for delivering this material to the site efficiently?

5. What potential supply chain, transport/delivery, temporary storage, or Buy America Act compliance risks do you foresee for the following specialty and/or long lead items? How would you mitigate those risks:

a. Structural Steel

b. Piling

c. 14 total 1800 cubic feet per second (cfs) vertical axial pumps

d. 14 total 5000 HP (approximate) electric pump motors with starters

e. Mass Concrete (ready mix versus onsite batching)

f. Up to 75-ton (estimated) overhead bridge crane within pumping plant building

6. Construction funding for this project is expected to be received incrementally, leading to multiple construction contracts based on severable features of work. The current proposed plan includes the following separate contracts:

a. Civil Site Work (e.g., preload/overburden for the pumping plant foundation, temporary access roads)

b. Construction of inlet and outlet channels

c. Pumping Plan Construction (including all vertical construction, installation/testing/commissioning of the pumps, motors, overhead crane, and associated M/E/P systems, physical security systems, site access, site utilities, etc.

It is likely that the contracts may need to be broken down into even smaller features of work. How would you propose structuring or phasing the work to accommodate incremental funding?

7. For the Site Preparation/Foundation and Channel Excavation work, the government is considering using a Single Award Task Order Contract (SATOC) awarded via a Best Value Trade Off Source Selection. We are seeking industry feedback on three (3) potential structures:

1. A single SATOC to issue one (1) or more Task Orders for the Site Preparation – Foundation project only.

2. A single SATOC to issue one (1) or more Task Orders for the Channel Excavation project only.

3. A single, larger SATOC to issue multiple Task Orders that combines both the Site Preparation and Channel Excavation projects.

8. For the Pumping Plant construction, the government is considering a two-phase acquisition strategy using Pre-Qualification of Sources (DFARS 236.101-70). We are seeking industry feedback on this entire process:

· Phase 1: Pre-Qualification A sources sought notice will be posted on SAM.gov to select and create a short-list of pre-qualified offerors.

· Interim Phase: Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) Each pre-qualified firm will be awarded a non-negotiable fixed amount stipend to provide design review comments and input at the 30%, 60%, and 90% design milestones.

· Phase 2: Final Solicitation After the design is finalized, a competitive solicitation will be issued only to the pre-qualified group for the final contract award.

What feedback, issues, or benefits does industry see with this two-phase approach, including the use of non-negotiable, fixed-amount stipends for Early Contractor Involvement?

9. Is there any additional feedback you would like to provide regarding the technical design aspects or the proposed acquisition approaches for this project?

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