Sources SoughtW9126G21R0013VA NCA DFW_21Oct2020.pdf

Action Code: Sources Sought Notice (Solicitation No. W9126G-21-R-0013, titled “DFW Columbarium, Shelter, & Cortege Lane II”)

Date: 21 October 2020

Contracting Office Address: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) P. O. Box 17400, CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX, 76102

INTRODUCTION

The USACE Fort Worth, TX is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to support the requirement for Construction of Non-Building Facilities.

The intention is to procure these construction services on a competitive basis.

THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL BE SET-ASIDE FOR SERVICE DISABLED VETERAN

OWNED SMALL BUSINESS (SDVOSB) FIRMS. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

DISCLAIMER

“THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS

IS NOT A “REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)” TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES

NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT

OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A

CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE

AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO

THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES

WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS

NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST

FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF

A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE

GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE). IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL

INFORMMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.”

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

The National Cemetery Administration (NCA), Veterans Administration (VA), is designated as the construction program.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to: 1) provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation.

SYNOPSIS:

This SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE is for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of potential competitive opportunities for SDVOSB firms. NO

SOLICITATIONS, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS

TIME; therefore, do NOT request a copy of a solicitation. Potential offeror’s having the skills, capabilities and bonding requirements necessary to perform the described project work are invited to provide feedback via email to Clyde Gardner at Clyde.L.Gardner@usace.army.mil. All responses shall be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

USACE intends to issue Design-Bid-Build RFP to expand burial capacity at Dallas Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas, TX. The scope of this project includes the construction of Columbarium, Committal Shelter and Cortege Lane, which consists of approximately 9,000 niches. Work includes but is not limited to: heavy site work, foundation construction, site preparation, earthwork preparation and large retaining wall construction, irrigation, backfilling, grading, road pavement, curbs, and certain other items and specific tasks as further defined by detailed design specifications and drawings. The estimated period of performance consists of 480 calendar days, i.e., 3 base CLINS plus 2 options, etc.) with performance commencing in January 2021).

Specifics regarding the number of option periods will be provided in the solicitation. This magnitude of construction of the proposed work is between $5M - $10M. Offeror’s must be registered and active with the System for Award Management (SAM), including the NAICS 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction with a size standard of $39.5M, they are bidding under, in order to receive a Government contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: VA National Cemetery, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

ELIGIBILITY

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) firms.

CONTRACT TYPE

Firm-Fixed Price.

The Product Service Code is Y1PZ, Construction of Other non-building facilities.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT

The following requests are designed to apprise the USACE, Fort Worth District, of any prospective construction contractors' project execution capabilities. Please include the following in your response:

1.) Offeror’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address, DUNS Number, Cage Code

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

3.) Offeror’s capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity, including company structure and in-house capabilities; this experience must have been performed within the last six (6) years.

4.) Example of work shall include a brief description of the project, customer name, and timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project.

5.) Can or has your company managed a team of subcontractors before? If so, provide details.

6.) What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?

7.) Offeror’s bonding capability.

The proposed contract is anticipated to include tasking that would be accomplished by labor categories that are subject to the Davis Bacon Wages.

Upon evaluation of the capability statements, if it is determined that this requirement will be an unrestricted competition, the Government intends to evaluate the Small- Business responses and conduct further market research to identify a subcontracting goal.

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than four

(4) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 3:00 pm, CST, 4 November 2020.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Clyde Gardner, in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email Clyde.L.Gardner@usace.army.mil

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified above. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.