Sources Sought 004483.pdf

Description of Work: This is a Sources Sought Notice and is for information purposes only.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS, OR BIDS.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, intends to award a firm fixed price contract for Delaware City CDF Fish Relocation.

Contract work consists of:

Capture and relocation of native fish species from an 85-acre waterbody (herein the

“DMPF Pond”) within the Federally owned and maintained Delaware City Dredge

Material Placement Facility (DMPF) to an approximately 28-acre pond (herein the

“Relocation Pond”) within the Federally owned Chesapeake and Delaware (C&D) Canal

Conservation Area. The Relocation Pond is located approximately five (5) miles west of the DMPF pond and both waterbodies have access via gravel roadways. The fish relocation effort is to be completed prior to the placement of dredged materials from the

Delaware River, Philadelphia to Sea Federal navigation channel which is tentatively scheduled to begin in March of 2025.

A Delaware Scientific Collection Permit/Fish Stocking Permit is required from the

Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)

Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) for the fish relocation effort and will be obtained prior to the work by the USACE, with technical assistance from the Contractor. Vehicular access may be restricted at the collection and relocation locations. The contractor shall coordinate in advance with USACE for access needs and dates.

The period of performance for the contract will be 60 calendar days. Estimated cost range of the project is $10,000, to $40,000.

The NAICS Code for this project is 114119 Other Marine Fishing.

Responses to this Sources Sought Announcement will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Narratives are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight (8) pages.

1. Offeror’s name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, 8(a), Women-Owned small businesses shall be indicated on first page of submission.

3. Provide construction bonding level per single contract/task order. Provide the aggregate sum- total construction bonding level. Provide both capabilities which must be expressed in U.S. dollars; along with current available bonding capacity.

4. Description of capability to perform similar or same projects listed above and manage subcontractors if applicable.

5. Past performance/experience on projects of similar scope and magnitude, describing no more than three (3) projects completed within the past five years.

The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed projects, the Offeror’s role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address).

Responses should be sent to Kevin.j.hannings@usace.army.mil on or before 28

February 2025, at 2:00 PM EST.