Sources Sought W9126G24R0007.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

For

Scaffolding Support – Lavon Lake Dam Structure

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice; a market survey for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information or industry response to this notice or any follow up information requests. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future procurement. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the System for Award Management (SAM). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor SAM for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Responses to the source sought will be utilized with other market research methods to establish the planed acquisition strategy. The planned acquisition strategy will be posted as a change to this synopsis.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge on interest, capabilities and qualifications of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). All are highly encouraged to respond to solidify the acquisition strategy.

The acquisition strategy will be determined based on responses received from this notice and/or other market research methods. The planned acquisition strategy will be posted in SAM upon completion of market research analysis.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Fort Worth District has been tasked to solicit for and award a non-personal services contract for Scaffolding Support at Lavon Lake Dam Structure, Lavon Lake, Texas. Anticipated project will be a competitive, firm-fixed price, contract procured in accordance with FAR 15, Negotiated Procurement under Simplified Acquisitions Procurement.

The Government is seeking experienced firms for the following scope of work:

This project will consist of a base year with 1 year option and services will be ordered by issuance of individual Letters of Instruction. The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Scaffolding Support at Lavon Lake Dam Structure as defined in this Performance Work Statement except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The Contractor shall perform to the standards in this contract.

Work will consist of furnishing all labor, materials, fuel, and equipment necessary to perform specified scaffolding services in the gate wells of the dam structure.

Contractor's work and responsibility shall include, but not be limited to, all job designs, planning, programming, scheduling, administration, inspection, and management necessary to accomplish the required scaffolding services. Contractor shall ensure that all work is accomplished in accordance with the contract specifications, all applicable laws, municipal codes, regulations and/or written directives issued by the Contracting Officer.

Estimated duration of the Project is 24 months.

The North American Industry Classification System Code for this procurement is 238990 (Specialty Trade such construction, maintenance, and repair services) which has a small business size standard of $19,000,000.

The Product Service Code is W054 (Lease or Rental of Equipment-Prefabricated Structures and Scaffolding).

Should this Action be set-aside for small business, firms are reminded of the requirements under FAR 52.219—6 Notice of Total Small Business Set-Aside.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this notice.

However, respondents are reminded that all construction performance must follow the USACE Safety and Health, State, and local laws, ordinances, codes and/or regulations.

Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about 20 Jun 2024. The official notice citing the solicitation number issued in SAM and firms are to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it issued.

Firm response to this Notice shall be limited to 3 pages and shall include the following information:

1. Firm’s name, address, point of contract, phone number, Unique Entity Identifier and e-mail address.

2. Firm’s interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued.

3. Firm’s experience to perform the magnitude and complexity outlined in the Scope of Work.

4. Brief description of the project, customer name, and dollar value of the project – provide at least 3 examples within the last 6 years.

5. Firm’s Business Size, - SM, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB.

6. Will the firm submit a response as a Joint Venture or other arrangement? If YES, specific type: Joint Venture, Mentor-Protégée, Teaming Arrangement, or Other.

7. Firm’s Bonding Capacity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars).

This announcement and all information will be issued via the Government Point of Entry, Procurement Integrated enterprise Environment and Offerors must be active in SAM to be eligible for award of Government contracts, including documenting Sec. 889 Compliance in SAM that include 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-25. Contracting will verify the 889(a) and (b) compliance – per FAR 52.204-26. Award cannot be issues for non-compliance until SAM Registration is complete, otherwise offerors will not be eligible for award.

The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) is the Department of Defense, single, authorized application to retrieve supplier performance information. SPRS is a web-enabled enterprise application that gathers, processes, and displays data about the performance of suppliers and must be completed prior to an award in accordance with DFARS 204.7303(b)(1), DFARS 204.7304(e ), DFARS 252.204-7020, DoDI 5000.79. Review NIST SP 800-171 for further information.

Interested Firms shall respond to this Notice no later than 12 June 2024. Mail, fax or email your response to Diana W. Robinson at diana.w.robinson@usace.army.mil. EMAIL IS THE

PREFERED METHOD WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE.