SOURCES_SOUGHT_EBHD_Utility_Rehab_140R4024R0014_1.docx

United States Department of the Interior

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

Upper Colorado Regional Office

140R4024R0014 - SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

Elephant Butte Historic District Utility Rehab

Please respond to tvillegas@usbr.gov, no later than 5:00 PM MDT (Mountain Daylight Time) on April 16, 2024

NOTICE: THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, BUT RATHER A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS TO DETERMINE POTENTIAL SOURCES FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY.

NO FORMAL SOLICITATION FOR THIS WORK EXISTS AT THIS TIME

The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin Region, Albuquerque Area Office, has a need to replace sewer and water lines, demo and installation of electrical services, installation of optical fiber, and replacement of water tanks at the Elephant Butte Historic District (EBHD) located in Elephant Butte, New Mexico in Sierra County.

Based upon responses to this announcement, the Government may determine to set this acquisition aside or proceed with an unrestricted solicitation. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237110 – Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction and the related small business size standard is $45.0 million. Product Service Code (PSC) is Z2NZ – Repair or Alteration of Other Utilities. This notice is not a request for proposals/quotations and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner.

Background

Congress authorized the construction of Elephant Butte Dam on February 25, 1905, with construction beginning in 1911. The EBHD area consists of approximately 130 acres and 65 different structures, 32 of which are recorded on the National Register of Historic Places. Reclamation owns all buildings and assets within the Historic District. Several original structures were built during the construction of the dam between 1911-1916 while others were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s and 1940s.

Two of the original buildings are the water tank and old Reclamation administrative building that now serves as a Lodge. The CCC came in and added the majority of the recreation assets including two of the houses in Hospital Canyon, restaurant, 15 of the casitas, the fish hatchery area, the RV park, and numerous trails and beautiful rock retaining walls throughout the area.

The area was under a lease agreement with New Mexico State Parks but was turned back to Reclamation in 2015 due to the needed improvements and little financial assistance through the Title 28 cost share agreement. The area is currently open to the public (with the exception of the restaurant) and is temporarily managed by a licensee while a concession contract is being put into place.

Reclamation’s first step was to address immediate safety concerns at EBHD. Reclamation has addressed or is currently addressing the immediate needs. Additional improvements are needed considering the infrastructure is at the end of its useful life or past its useful life. The improvements made to safety and infrastructure will enhance the likelihood of potential businesses bidding for a concession contract for the area. The required safety improvements include a geotechnical investigation at the restaurant, infrastructure upgrades including electric, water, wastewater, roofing, signage, and other recreation related upgrades.

Principal Components of Work

A. Replacement or installation of four utilities across the EBHD Site:

1. Replacement of the Sewer Lines.

a. Removal of existing sewer lines including connections to existing manholes.

b. Installation of PVC gravity sewer lines in place of the removed sewer piping including connections to existing manholes.

c. Installation of force main.

2. Replacement of Water Lines.

a. Removal of existing water lines.

b. Installation of new PVC water lines and appurtenances.

c. Replacement of water system pumps.

3. Demo and Installation of Electrical Services.

a. Demo of overhead electrical wires and associated power poles.

b. Installation of below grade electrical wiring.

c. Furnish and install two-DC Fast Charging electric vehicle charging stations.

d. Installation of dark-sky compliant site lighting.

e. Furnish and install RV Pedestals with 50A, 30A, 20A receptacles.

4. Installation of optical fiber, copper network cable, and infrastructure for the future connection to an ISP, network switches, and wireless access points.

a. Replacement of DSL lines with fiber.

b. Installation of cable and mounting point for future wireless access points.

5. Replacement of three existing water storage tanks.

All responsible Small Business Sources are encouraged to respond with their capabilities statement to include experiences and expertise, examples of similar projects that reflect the requirement, type of work complexity and value which shall be reviewed by the agency and demonstrates the firm's experience and capability to perform the principal components of the project listed above.

Interested Small Business Sources should include the following information in their Capability Statement response:

(a) Business name, address, cage code, and point of contact information.

(b) Unique Entity ID for SAM.gov

(c) Business Size and Type: 8(a), HUBZone, Women-owned, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Small Business, etc.

(d) Evidence of your experience performing similar and relevant work as the type and scope indicated in this Sources Sought Notice within the last three years. The evidence should include the following: contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts and points of contact with email and telephone numbers. Please do not include more than three past projects.

(e) Include attachments cataloging the company’s equipment assets (as necessary), resources that demonstrate company responsibility and capability to perform required work.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of potential contractors for solicitation planning purposes only. This is NOT a request for proposals and is NOT to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses to the sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to the sources sought notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice.

Submit an electronic Capabilities Statement to tvillegas@usbr.gov by April 16, 2024, at 5:00 PM MDT. Prospective contractors must be registered and must maintain an active registration in the System for Award Management, (SAM), as required by FAR 4.1102.

Prospective contractors must be registered in SAM prior to submitting a proposal. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for prospective award. Information on SAM registration can be obtained via the internet at http://www.sam.gov.

When it is determined that a formal solicitation will be issued, a Pre-Solicitation Notice will be posted on SAM.gov Federal Contract Opportunities.

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