Source Sought-VMS-71-Fort Hood TX.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

For

Vehicle Maintenance Shop #71, Fort Hood, TX

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 System for Award Management (SAM) It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor SAM for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Responses to the source sought will be utilized with other market research methods to establish the planned acquisition strategy.

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.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Worth District has been tasked to solicit for and award for the construction of a Design-Bid-Build for Vehicle Maintenance Shop#71, Fort Hood, TX. The proposed project will be fully Open Competition for Small Business and Large Business, firm-fixed price procurement. The acquisition strategy decision will be based on the respondent’s capabilities from this source sought and/or other market research methods.

The purpose of this sources Sought is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various small business and large business to determine if there are two or more capable firms that can perform the requirements of the scope of work outlined.

The Government is seeking experienced firms for the following (estimated) scope of work:

The objective of this project is to construct a new Construct a standard design Vehicle Maintenance Shop#71. Project includes a large vehicle maintenance facility, tactical organizational vehicle parking, organizational storage, petroleum, and other hazardous material storage, unmanned aerial vehicle storage and maintenance space, information systems, fire protection and alarm systems, Intrusion Detection System (IDS) installation, and Energy Monitoring Control Systems (EMCS) connection.

In accordance with FAR 36/DFARs 236, the estimated construction price range for this project is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000.

Estimated duration of the project is 900 days.

The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 23620 which has a small business size standard of $45,000,000.

The Product Service Code is Y1AZ.

Should this action be set-aside for small business, firms are reminded of the requirements under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. Firm will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the Government to the prime’s subcontractors that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Cost of materials are excluded and not considered to be subcontracted.

Should this action be solicited as Full and Open Competition, a Small Business Participation Proposal will be identified as an evaluation factor in the solicitation.

Large Business(es) must comply with FAR 52.219-9 by submitting an acceptable Small Business Subcontracting Plan.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this notice. However, respondents are reminded that all construction 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/or regulations.

Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about June 2025, and the estimated proposal due date will be on or about July 2025. The official notice citing the solicitation number will be issued in SAM and firms are to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.

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

1. Firm’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, Unique Entity Identifier and e-mail address.

2. Firm’s interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued.

3. Firm’s experience to perform the magnitude and complexity outlined in the Scope of Work above (indicate whether as a prime or subcontractor)

Brief description of the project, customer name, and dollar value of the project – provide at least 3 examples within the last 6 years.

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

5. Will the firm submit a response as a Joint Venture or other arrangement? If YES, specific type: Joint Venture, Mentor-Protégé, Teaming Arrangement, or Other

6. Firm’s Bonding Capacity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars).

REQUESTED RESPONSE INFORMATION

Responses to this Sources Sought must address at a minimum the following items:

1) Do you have knowledge that a PLA has been used in the local area on projects of this kind? If so, please provide supporting documentation.

2) Are you aware of skilled labor shortages in the area for those crafts that will be needed to complete the referenced project? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible.

3) Are you aware of time sensitive issues/scheduling requirements that would affect the rate at which the referenced project should be completed? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible.

4) Identify specific reasons why or how you believe a PLA would advance the Federal Government’s interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement.

5) Identify specific reasons why you do not believe a PLA would advance the Federal Government’s interest in achieving economy and efficiency in Federal procurement.

6) Identify any additional information you believe the Government should take into consideration regarding the use of a PLA on the referenced project.

7) Does your company intend to bid/propose on this project if a PLA requirement is included in the solicitation? Does your company intend to bid/propose on this project if a PLA requirement is not included in the solicitation?

8) What are the likely cost impacts, if any, to your bid/proposal price if a PLA requirement is included in the solicitation? Please provide as much detail as possible regarding any anticipated cost impacts (positive or negative) of the inclusion of a PLA requirement, including any information you can provide about the magnitude of the anticipated impact.

This announcement and all information will be issued via the Government Point of Entry, Procurement Integrated Enterprise Environment and Offerors must be active in SAM to be eligible for award of Government contracts, including documenting Sec. 889 Compliance in SAM that include FAR 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-25. Contracting will verify the 889(a) and (b) compliance – per FAR 52.204-26. Award cannot be issues for non-compliance until SAM Registration is complete, otherwise offerors will not be eligible for award.

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 shall respond to this Notice no later than 9 December 2025. Mail, fax or email your response to Rodney Alexander at Rodney.d.Alexander@usace.army.mil. EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD

WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE.