Sources Sought Notice.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT REFERENCE NUMBER N62470-25-R-0004

Title: Military Construction Project (MILCON) P1080 Design-Bid-Build, Power Reliability and Water Resiliency Upgrades, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS

AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.

This Sources Sought Synopsis is being used as a market research tool to determine the availability and adequacy of potential qualified business sources prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation.

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic is seeking qualified Large Businesses and Small Businesses, including U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) certified 8(a), SBA certified HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSB), or Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB). Information received in relation to this notice will be used to assist the Government in developing an overall acquisition strategy.

The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this synopsis.

Upon review of the industry response to this Sources Sought Synopsis, the Government will determine whether a small business set-aside acquisition in lieu of full and open competition is in the Government’s best interest pursuant to FAR 19.502-2(b).

The Government is contemplating award of a MILCON Design-Bid-Build, P1080 Power Reliability and Water Resiliency Upgrades project at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY), Kittery, Maine.

The P1080 project includes the following major components: The Power reliability and water resiliency project provides increased reliability, resiliency, and capacity to the existing electric and water utility systems primarily responsible for the protection of nuclear-powered submarines and nuclear support facilities at PNSY. In order to support this on-base effort, there are two off-base private utility projects which are currently in design phase and will be needed to ultimately connect with the on-base work.

Off-Base Electrical: Provides modifications to the commercial power supply provided by Central Maine Power (CMP) to PNSY.

Off-Base Water: Provides modifications to the commercial water utility supply provided Kittery Water District (KWD) to PNSY.

THIS PROJECT is for the On-Base work. The On-Base project on PNSY provides upgrades and modifications to shipyard power distribution, energy storage, and onsite generation to increase capacity, capability, and resiliency of the microgrid. The scope of this project includes:

New 35 kV Switchgear Upgrades to 5 Substations New power management Switchgear to DC battery ~ 11K LF AC Duct banks ~ 5K LF DC Duct Bank ~1K LF Gas Main

All companies to include service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB), veteran-owned small businesses (VOSB), certified HUB-Zone, certified 8(a), and women-owned small businesses (WOSB), Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSB), small businesses, and large businesses are encouraged to respond. Upon review of industry response to this Sources Sought Notice, the Government will determine whether a set-aside acquisition in lieu of full and open competition is in the Government’s best interest. If you are considering entering into a teaming arrangement, you should provide the name of all teaming partners, the anticipated type of teaming arrangements, address the specific services each member will provide and include applicable professional qualifications and experience for each member, and to what extent your company has worked with the proposed teaming partners in the past. For other than bundled requirements you may be able to joint venture with one or more small businesses and not be considered affiliated as long as each member of the joint venture is small under the applicable NAICS code (13 CFR 121.103(h)(3)). A small business prime will be required to comply with FAR 52.219-14, which limits the percentage paid by small business prime contractors to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities. The limitation on subcontracting would apply to the cooperative effort of the joint venture and not each individual member (13 CFR 125.6(i)). Provide evidence that on past contracts of a similar nature that your company (as the prime contractor) was able to comply with the requirement of FAR 52.219-14 and will be able to comply with this requirement under the proposed contract.

Submittal Requirements: It is requested that interested businesses submit to the Contracting Officer a capabilities package, to include the Sources Sought Contractor Information Form, Sources Sought Project Information Form, Sources Sought Project Matrix, DOD CUI Non-Disclosure Agreement and Project Labor Agreement Request for Information provided as attachments to this notice.

The Sources Sought Project Information Form and Sources Sought Project Matrix shall be used to document a minimum of three (3) up to a maximum of five (5) relevant construction projects for the offeror that best demonstrates experience on projects that are similar in size, scope and/or complexity as listed below. Projects submitted for the offeror shall be completed within the past ten (10) years from the date of issuance of this Sources Sought. For the purposes of this evaluation, a relevant project is further defined as:

Size: Large scale project in excess of $100M. A minimum of two (2) at this size.

Scope: Projects with water and/or power distribution. Submitting one (1) water project and one (1) power project is acceptable. Alternatively, two (2) projects that combine both water and power are also acceptable.

Complexity: Experience executing projects in congested urban or industrial areas with limited construction laydown space (e.g. within downtown areas of a city, on a Navy shipyard, etc.) and experience with detailed sequencing of work, including approval from stakeholders for outages. Experience with multi-year projects with consistently high schedule performance throughout the project. Demonstrated ability to identify schedule risks in advance, develop corrective actions and implement solutions to regain schedule compliance.

Ensure that the project description clearly identifies whether the project is new construction or repair/renovation, addresses how the project meets the scope and complexity requirements as delineated above, and provides the final construction cost.

Please note that if you are responding as an 8(a) Mentor-Protégé, you must indicate the percentage of work to be performed by the protégé. A copy of the SBA letter stating that your 8(a) Mentor-Protégé agreement has been approved would be required with your proposal.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this project is 237130, Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction, with a small business size standard of $45 million. In accordance with DFAR 236.204(v), the magnitude of construction for this project is over $500 million.

The information provided in this notice is subject to change and in no way binds the Government to solicit for or award a contract. The Government will not provide debriefs on the results of this research, but feedback regarding the decision to set aside or not set aside the procurement will be accomplished via pre-solicitation synopsis or solicitation for these services, as applicable. All information submitted will be held in a confidential manner and will only be used for the purpose intended. Points of contact listed may be contacted for the purpose of verifying performance.

The submission package shall be submitted electronically to Stephanie Wray via email at Stephanie.L.Wray2.civ@us.navy.mil and MUST be limited to a 5MB attachment. The Statement of Capabilities must be on 8 ½ by 11-inch standard paper, single spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font minimum and is limited to ten (10) single-sided pages (including all additional attachments). The Sources Sought Project Matrix, and the Project Labor Agreement Request for Information are not included in the page count. You are encouraged to request a read receipt or acknowledgement via reply email.

RESPONSES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN MONDAY 28 JULY 2025 AT 14:00 Norfolk, Virginia local time.

LATE RESPONSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS ACQUISITION AT ANY TIME.

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS INCURRED IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE

IN THIS PROCESS. ALL INFORMATION SUBMITTED IS AT THE OFFEROR’S OWN EXPENSE. ANY

RECOMMENDATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS PROVIDED IN RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE MAY BE

UTILIZED WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS WHATSOEVER OR COST TO THE GOVERNMENT AND

MAY BE INCLUDED IN ANY RESULTANT SOLICITATION.

We appreciate your interest and thank you in advance for responding to this notice.