Sources_Sought_Synopsis_1.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS:

This is a Sources Sought Notice for potential offerors to support the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in acquiring above and below ground utility investigation and locating services. This work will support approximately 16 miles of water conveyance pipeline and a water treatment facility located in Pueblo and Crowley counties in 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 Basin, is conducting market research in accordance with

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to identify potential firms who are certified Small Business contractors. NO

SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the SAM.GOV website https://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 commercial services contract for providing above and below ground utility investigation and locating services. The period of performance for this project is 08/01/2022 through 02/28/2023.

SUE – PHASE I

The Contractor shall complete subsurface (underground) utility investigations/locates which meet all requirements of SB

18-167 for a “subsurface utility engineering-required project” for the entire defined contract corridor (NOT just the proposed excavation area as stated in SB 18-167). All subsurface utility investigations/locates shall comply with and meet the applicable standards set forth in ASCE 38-02.

The Contractor shall achieve ASCE 38-02 utility quality level B on all subsurface utilities within the defined corridors unless a reasonable rationale by a licensed professional engineer (PE) is given for not doing so. This rationale shall be documented along with the associated utility data. This documentation shall include the name and license information of the approving PE. In the context of this requirement, a “licensed professional engineer” is defined by SB 18-167.

For purposes of pricing and invoicing/payment, this task is broken up into 25 sub-tasks. The requirements for each sub-task are the same and differ only in spatial extents. The spatial extent of each sub-task is defined by the provided maps, GIS Shapefile, and descriptions below.

CO-96 ROW

The CO-96 ROW is broken into 16 sub-tasks based on highway mile markers. The scope of these tasks covers the entire highway ROW between the indicated mile markers but does not include any adjacent private parcels or railroad ROWs.

The first sub-task begins 1,700 feet west of MM 77. The subsequent sub-tasks each begin and end at mile markers.

Railroad ROW at Highway Crossing

At the railroad crossing between CO-96 MM 85 and MM 86, the scope shall include the entire railroad right-of-way extending 250 feet in either direction from the highway centerline. This task does not include any adjacent private parcels.

Pueblo County Parcel No. 2001000003

The portion of Pueblo County parcel no. 2001000003 north of CO-96 and west of CO-96 MM 86. Note that this parcel appears to be noncontiguous based on Pueblo County assessor data.

Pueblo County Parcel No. 1000000123

The portion of Pueblo County parcel no. 1000000123 north of CO-96.

CO-167 ROW

The entire highway right-of-way for CO-167 from the intersection with CO-96 and extending 500 feet south.

Crowley County Parcel No. 10800101

Portion of Crowley County parcel no. 10800101 north of CO-96. This parcel may have been subdivided or otherwise modified after Reclamation collected parcel boundary and ownership data. If this is found to be the case, then the scope shall be defined as the following areas within Township 22 South, Range 59 West of Crowley County (not to include highway or railroad ROWs):

• NW¼ of the NW¼ of Section 3

• NE¼ of the NW¼ of Section 3

• NE¼ of Section 3

• NW¼ of the NW¼ of Section 2

• SW¼ of the NW¼ of Section 2

• NW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 2

• SW¼ of the SW¼ of Section 2

• SE¼ of the SW¼ of Section 3

• SW¼ of the SE¼ of Section 3

• NE¼ of the NW¼ of Section 10 (north of highway/railroad ROW only)

• NW¼ of the NE¼ of Section 10 (north of highway/railroad ROW only)

• NE¼ of the NE¼ of Section 10 (north of highway/railroad ROW only)

• NW¼ of the NW¼ of Section 11 (north of highway/railroad ROW only)

Crowley County Parcel No. 10700008

Easternmost 80 acres of Crowley County parcel no. 10700008. This parcel may have been subdivided or otherwise modified after Reclamation collected parcel boundary and ownership data. If this is found to be the case, then the scope shall be defined as the following areas within Township 22 South, Range 59 West of Crowley County:

• NW¼ of the SE¼ of Section 3

• NE¼ of the SE¼ of Section 3

Crowley County Parcel No. 10800557

The entirety of Crowley County parcel no. 10800557.

Crowley County Parcel No. 10802062

Portion of Crowley County parcel no. 10802062 north of CO-96.

Railroad ROW Parallel to CO-96 from MM 92 to MM 93

The entire railroad ROW which parallels CO-96 from CO-96 MM 92 to MM 93.

ABOVE GROUND UTILITY INVESTIGATION

The Contractor shall locate, identify, and map all overhead utilities within the defined contract corridor. Guy cable anchor points shall be included as applicable. Information to be provided for overhead utilities shall include, at a minimum:

• Northing Coordinate (to nearest 0.1 foot)

• Easting Coordinate (to nearest 0.1 foot)

• Ground Elevation (to nearest 0.1 foot)

• Temperature at the time of measurement (°F)

• Utility Type (i.e., electric, telephone, etc.)

• Height above ground (to nearest 0.1 feet)

• Kilovolts (kV) if electric

• Utility owner (if known)

• Notes (e.g., There are three identical utilities running parallel with approx. 3‐ft of separation from each.)

SUE – PHASE II (QLA LOCATES)

Following receipt of SUE Phase I data, Reclamation will identify specific locations for QLA utility locates.

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

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

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this project is 561990, Small Business Standard Size

$12M. All interested parties should verify that they fall under the NAICS code size standard as a Small Business prior to submission. The period of performance is estimated to be from 08/01/2022 through 02/18/2023. Small business contractors will be expected to perform a minimum of 50% 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.

RESPONSE TO THIS NOTICE 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. UEI or DUNS Number;

3. A list of similar projects (no more than 3 with project descriptions);

4. 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, SDB, and or WOSB;

5. Capability Statement: The Capability Statements shall be no more than 5-pages in length. Please address the particulars of this effort;

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 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Dwane D. Esplin at desplin@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: Dwane D. Esplin at desplin@usbr.gov.