SourcesSought AE IDIQ_FY27 Geotech MATOC.pdf

Title: Architect-Engineer (A-E) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for Geotechnical, Civil, and Environmental Engineering Services

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT: This Sources Sought announcement is part of a MARKET SURVEY for information and preliminary planning purposes only. This is not a solicitation or pre-solicitation announcement. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this synopsis. This notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose other than a MARKET SURVEY. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the MARKET SURVEY. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests.

The US Army Corps of Engineer, Los Angeles District, is seeking capable firms large and small business interested in providing Architect-Engineer (A-E) services meeting the project description described herein. Depending upon the market research of responses received, the proposed acquisitions will be competitive, firm fixed price, indefinite delivery Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC). The Government will use information received in response to this Sources Sought to conduct market research and determine the appropriate acquisition strategy, including the appropriate extent of small business participation. The anticipated contract, when solicited, will be procured in accordance with the Selection of Architects and Engineers (40 U.S.C. chapter 11) as implemented in FAR Subpart 36.6. Firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for all the required work. This procurement will be performed using, but not limited to, North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) 541330 for Engineering Services. The Product and Service Code (PSC) is C219.

The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community, Section 8(a) Certified Small Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service- Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB)). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsive contractors. The Government intends to use responses to these sources sought synopsis and appropriate contracting and business processes to complete an open pre-solicitation notice in the near future for indefinite delivery indefinite quantity A-E services contract(s), dependent on availability of funds.

The Government is considering multiple contract pools, which may include an unrestricted pool and one or more small business or socioeconomic set-aside pools, depending on the results of market research and the final acquisition strategy.

The small business size standard for this code is $25,500,000.00. To be considered a Small Business under this NAICS Code, the respondents' average revenue for the last three fiscal years cannot be more than $25,500,000.00; if the average revenue for the last three fiscal years is over $25,500,000.00, the respondent will be considered a Large Business. Respondents shall identify their business size under NAICS 541330 and, as applicable, identify their current socioeconomic status, including 8(a), HUBZone, WOSB/EDWOSB, and SDVOSB status. When the requirement is solicited, firms will be selected for negotiation based on demonstrated competence and qualifications for all the required work.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Architect-Engineer (A-E) services are required to provide the full spectrum of design and engineering disciplines on all or portions of Civil Works projects as a primary focus, alongside feasibility studies, emergency operations support, and vertical engineering and construction phase services. Projects will primarily be located within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District boundaries—which encompass Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah—as well as the broader South Pacific Division (SPD) Area of Responsibility. This work encompasses all architectural, engineering, and related technical services necessary to complete assigned task orders for comprehensive studies, site investigations, and designs. Individual task orders will define specific scopes of work for civil and heavy civil construction projects, including dedicated support to Interagency and International Services (IIS) partners such as the U.S. Border Patrol, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Environmental Infrastructure programs, in addition to diverse military installations. Work will also involve coastal and port facilities, dam and levee safety evaluations, inland flood control systems, and rapid geotechnical support during District flood and earthquake emergencies, covering erosion protection, slope stability, seepage, stress, and ground deformation analyses.

Field investigations and geotechnical evaluations will require extensive exploration capabilities across both land and water. Contractors must possess the capacity to conduct onshore and offshore subsurface exploration, including rotary wash drilling, vibratory core sampling, Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) soundings, and marine geophysics such as side-scan sonar and sub-bottom profiling.

Work will encompass complex groundwater modeling, dewatering system design with effluent treatment, and the design, downhole geophysical logging, and testing of water supply and brackish water wells. In addition, teams must design and install geotechnical instrumentation, including piezometers, settlement markers, slope inclinometers, and monitoring wells. Environmental site characterization requirements will entail preparing Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and Underground Storage Tank (UST) Site Inspection, Remedial Investigation, and Feasibility Study reports, supported by deep and shallow drilling, soil vapor sampling, and long-term groundwater monitoring. Coastal engineering services will also include evaluating and determining the physical and environmental suitability of dredged material for placement, alongside traditional designs for breakwaters, revetments, seawalls, and beach nourishment.

Design and engineering responsibilities span an extensive variety of foundation systems, civil infrastructure, and specialized materials. Contractors will evaluate and design shallow spread footings, mat foundations, deep driven or drilled piles, flood walls, and specialized retaining wall systems including cantilever, soil nail, Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE), and sheet pile walls, as well as excavation stabilization for tunneling. Infrastructure tasks will incorporate the design of clean water, sewer, and stormwater pipelines, pump stations, and water and wastewater treatment facilities, all developed in full compliance with USACE criteria and regional transportation agency standards. Dam and levee safety support will entail static and dynamic seismic analyses, finite element modeling, Initial and Continuing Eligibility Assessments under the USACE Rehabilitation Program, periodic inspections, risk screenings, and the preparation of comprehensive Operations and Maintenance manuals.

Materials engineering capabilities must cover laboratory testing for rock and soil properties, concrete mix designs, roller-compacted concrete, chemical and compaction grouting, asphalt concrete, corrosivity evaluations and mitigation, and thermal mass studies for spillways and large concrete structures.

To support project execution and field delivery, contractors must provide robust Engineering During Construction (EDC) services across the District's area of responsibility. These duties include performing on-site excavation monitoring, dewatering oversight, quality assurance testing, daily field inspection reports, and prompt responses to Requests for Information and contractor submittals. All technical deliverables must meet rigorous agency standards, consisting of standalone geotechnical reports, Engineering Considerations and Instructions to Field Personnel (ECIFP), and contract documentation. Detailed design drawings must be generated exclusively in Autodesk Civil 3D, while all exploratory soil boring logs and subsurface data must be developed and delivered using OpenGround Cloud software. Specifications must be prepared through the Unified Facilities Guide Specifications (UFGS) using SpecsIntact software, incorporating District-specific criteria. Furthermore, selected firms must develop, implement, and maintain an approved Design Quality Control Plan (DQCP) and Design Quality Assurance Plan (DQAP) covering all prime and subcontractor work, in addition to maintaining a cost accounting system approved or certified by the Defense Contract Audit Agency.

The anticipated acquisition may require contractors to demonstrate an accounting system capable of supporting the contemplated contract type and pricing arrangements.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Your firm is invited to submit your expression of interest in this requirement and statement of your capabilities in performing the work identified in the project description. Responses to this NOTICE must contain the following information.

1. Statement that your firm is interested in submitting a proposal for this project if it is formally advertised.

2. Name of the firm to include address, phone, and Point of Contact.

3. Company CAGE code and SAM.gov UEI.

4. Statement of Capability (SOC) stating your firm's knowledge and experience based on the key areas identified below. For non-joint venture, non-mentor-protégé arrangement or non-teaming arrangement, identify the percentage and scopes that were self-performed and the percentage and scopes of work subcontracted. If responding as a proposed joint venture, mentor-protégé arrangement, or other teaming arrangement, identify each participant and the anticipated role of each firm. If your firm's role was as a sub-contractor, describe the services your firm provided.

Identify the percentage of work self-performed and scopes by each party of the joint venture, mentor-protégé, or teaming agreement and the percentage of work and scopes the subcontractor performed;

include the contract number of any federal contracts. For each project listed in your SOC as the prime contractor, please provide a title, total contract amount, description of the work, and location. Past performance evaluations of past experience on individual projects of similar scope, magnitude, and complexity to what is described in the MATOC Project Scope, describing no more than three (3) projects that are complete or at least 50% complete from within the past six (6) years. Examples from within the South Pacific District footprint are encouraged).

a. Design: Civil Works project designs could involve levees, floodwalls, dams, spillways, pumping stations, various mechanical gate structures, stilling basins, hydraulic flow control structures, bridges, buildings, infrastructure (road and utility) systems, and operations and maintenance manuals.

b. Study/Investigation: Civil Works studies may include, but not be limited to, cost/benefit analysis, quantitative and qualitative risk assessments, dam and levee inspections, preparation of engineering analysis, acquisition of geotechnical/geophysical/topographic/hydrographic data, material testing, hydraulic physical modeling, and constructability reviews.

c. Military: Military projects may include, but not be limited to, foundation characterization/remediation for military/vertical construction, dam/bridge inspection.

d. Primary discipline(s) required is/are Civil Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer, Hydrologic Engineer, Hydraulic Engineer, Structural Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Geophysicist, Cost Engineer, Hydrogeologist, Geologist, Seismologist, Risk Assessor, Project Manager, Surveyor, GIS Specialist, CADD Designer, and CADD Operator. Secondary disciplines may include Economist, and Environmental Planning.

e. Individual task orders may include maintenance and repair type projects and miscellaneous architectural and engineering services associated with civil works projects. Construction phase services may also be required.

f. The contractor shall be responsible for products being completed per the latest A-E Guide and proving the capability to access ProjNet (formally called DrChecks) at www.projnet.org. A-E Guides can be requested from John Quackenbush at john.r.quackenbush@usace.army.mil.

ProjNet access help can be requested from John Quackenbush at john.r.quackenbush@usace.army.mil.

The qualification statement is limited to 6 pages total using 12-point-font of Times New Roman, single- sided 8.5 by 11 inch pages. For small business concerns, your Small Business Administration certification of small business status and type of small business is required with this submittal, but will not be counted in the total pages. The responses must be specific to each of the qualifications listed above to show that the respondent meets each qualification or has the skills and experience.

Responses will be reviewed for market research purposes to assess the availability of firms with capabilities relevant to the anticipated requirement. Responses will not be evaluated or ranked as proposals or used to make an A-E selection.

DO NOT submit a SF 330 alone in response to this NOTICE. Submissions will be evaluated on the team, prime and subcontractor personnel.

The submission of your interest is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings. Your participation will assist the Los Angeles District in identifying sources with required capabilities. If a determination is made by the Government to compete this requirement, then a solicitation will be synopsized in SAM only (https://www.sam.gov) at a future date. The sources sought announcement number will be indicated in that announcement. Submit your expression of interest and information as a PDF format attachment to an e- mail, addressed to Carlos.F.Antonio@usace.army.mil, and Matthew.P.Judd@usace.army.mil.