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SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

This is a Sources Sought Notice for potential offerors or bidders to support the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the Florida Canal on the Florida Project located southeast of Durango, Colorado. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and DOES NOT serve to bind the U.S. Government in any way. Interested parties shall not be reimbursed for any costs associated with preparation of their responses.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Upper Colorado Regional Office is conducting market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to identify potential firms who are certified Small Business prime construction contractors. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on beta.SAM.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

This project will be a Firm-Fixed Price construction contract for converting an existing open-channel water conveyance system into a lined canal. The project includes furnishing and installing PVC lined canal with a shotcrete cover, furnishing and placing concrete for structures, fabrication and installation of miscellaneous metalwork, and furnishing and installing canal gates.

Work is located at the Florida Canal on the Florida Project which is approximately 8 miles southeast of Durango, Colorado.

SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATION WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA):

The Government is only interested in responses from small businesses that can execute this potential contract as a prime contractor. Please identify your federally designated small business category or categories.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this project is 237110, Small Business Standard Size $39.5M and the anticipated magnitude of this project in accordance with FAR Part 36.204(f) is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. All interested parties should verify that they fall under the NAICS code as a Small Business prior to submission. The performance period is estimated to have construction completed by May 1, 2022 and with seeding completed by November 1, 2022. Contractors will be expected to perform a minimum of 15% of the work with its own employees (FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting). Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make the appropriate acquisition decision. Contractor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov).

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought Notice/Market Research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open competition. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

All interested and qualified firms responding to this Sources Sought Notice are required to provide the following information:

1. Business Name, physical/mailing address, phone, point of contact, email and website if applicable;

2. CAGE Code & DUNS Number;

3. A list of similar construction projects within the last five (5) years (at least three (3) descriptions) *Note: The list of relevant contracts/projects shall include the location, contract number, description, and estimated yearly value, and performance dates;

4. Your firms bonding capacity per contract/action;

5. Any or all Small Business Classifications (Tell us if you are certified with the SBA under a socio-economic program such as, but not limited to 8(a) Program, SDVOSB, VOSB, HUBZone, Small Disadvantaged, and or WOSB;

6. Firm's Capability Statement: The Capability Statements shall be no more than 5-pages in length. Please address the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability;

7. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver technical capability, firms should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday, February 1, 2021. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Karen Caskey at kcaskey@usbr.gov. Facsimiles will not be accepted. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice.

If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact Karen Caskey at kcaskey@usbr.gov.