Updated Sources Sought Topo Hydro Survey IDIQ 2025_20250312 FINAL Cleaned.docx

UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NORFOLK DISTRICT

NOTICE TYPE: SOURCES SOUGHT

DISCLAIMER: This Sources Sought Notice is for planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation or a commitment by the government to award a contract. The government reserves the right to cancel or amend this notice at any time.

BACKGROUND: The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is seeking sources for an Architect-Engineering (A&E) service contract to provide Topographic and Hydrographic surveying services under NAICS 541370 Surveying and Mapping (except Geophysical) Services.

PURPOSE: This Sources Sought Notice aims to identify qualified sources that can provide the necessary A&E services, while also gathering information from industry on typical practices, technical capabilities, and availability of resources.

SIZE STANDARD: Sources are sought for all interested firms with a NAICS code of 541370 with a small business size standard of $19,000,000.00.

SCOPE OF WORK: The surveying services required may encompass a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to:

· Topographic surveys

· Hydrographic surveys

· Geodetic surveys

· LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) surveys

· Property boundary surveys Example projects may involve surveying various features, such as waterways, placement areas, and infrastructure, to gather accurate data for design, construction, and maintenance purposes.

Specific tasks may include, but not limited to:

· Locate all benchmarks provided and create recovery notes for each benchmark using either the provided benchmark recovery form or a similar form used by the contractor.

· Provide topo quality XY coordinates on each recovered mark.

· Level through all found benchmarks initiating on the OPUS benchmark. Level notes shall follow the established USACE supplied format. Set and or check any existing gauges by conventional leveling and verify and record RTK result as a confidence check.

· Survey all areas of channel and extension to create 100% coverage of the bottom in the defined area when performing a multibeam survey

· The supplied survey lines shall extend as noted in each projects plan and line files. Any area that cannot be survey due to shallow depth of water, the distance of 3 times of the project depth outside of the toes of the channel shall be required by any means necessary to acquire the depth.

· Reduce soundings by RTK and PPK to tidal datum and display soundings to 0.1’ significant figures.

· Locate all navigation aids for each project using an RTK system and label nav aids per format provided and shall be in a HYPACK target file.

· Keep a field corrector sheet of all survey cross section for each project

· Keep each project and associated information individual to itself. Include metadata files for each data set. Government will supply the metadata generator tool.

· Process all data for correction to required horizontal and vertical datum, include the required multibeam cutout cross sections in the final processed MBCO data files using the supplied HYPACK line file.

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR INDUSTRY: The following confidential survey questionnaire is designed to apprise USACE Norfolk of prospective contractors' project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. All questions pertains to topographic and hydrographic surveying of navigation channels in various locations, including but not limited to, the areas within and surrounding the District's area of operations.

Section 1: Company Information

1. Company name:

2. Address:

3. UEI:

4. Point of contact:

5. Phone number:

6. Email address:

Section 2: Surveying Services and Technical Capabilities

1. What types of surveying services does your company provide? (Check all that apply)

· Topographic surveys

· Hydrographic surveys

· Geodetic surveys

· LIDAR surveys

· Property boundary surveys

· Other (please specify)

2. What software does your company use for data processing and analysis

3. Does your company have experience with data integration and fusion from multiple sources? If yes, please describe.

Section 4: Project Experience

1. Has your company completed any surveying projects similar to the ones described in the Sources Sought notice? If yes, please provide a brief description of the project, including the location, scope of work, and duration.

2. What was the approximate cost of the project?

3. Were there any challenges or lessons learned during the project? If yes, please describe.

Section 5: Quality Control and Assurance

1. What quality control and assurance procedures does your company have in place for surveying services?

2. Does your company have a firm familiarization with the safety and health requirements of EM 385-1-1?

3. PLS License is required, does your company have any other certifications or accreditations related to surveying services? If yes, please specify.

Section 6: Capacity and Availability (Anticipated award Q4 of 2026)

1. Is your company currently participating in or holding any other MATOCs, SATOCs, or contracts with government entities or private industry? Please provide brief description.

2. Are there any limitations or constraints on your company's ability to provide surveying services?

3. What is your company's availability for responding to requests for surveying services?

Section 7: Additional Information Is there any additional information that your company would like to provide regarding its surveying services capabilities or experience?

RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS: This Sources Sought should not be construed in any manner to be an obligation of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District to issues a contract, or result in any claim for reimbursement of costs for any effort you expand responding to this request. No solicitation is currently available.

The Government will utilize this information in determining an acquisition strategy. Please state all of the socio-economic categories in which your company belongs (8(a), Hub-zone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned).

The responses to this Sources Sought must be submitted no later than 12:00 PM EST 28 March 2025 via email to CPT Jonathan J. Chae at Jonathan.J.Chae2@usace.army.mil cc’d Stormie Wicks at Stormie.B.Wicks@usace.army.mil.

The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on SAM.gov, https://sam.gov/content/home All prospective contractors are required to be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to contract award. Offerors and contractors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements by calling 1-866-606-8220 or via the Internet at https://www.sam.gov. Representations and Certifications Applications apply to this solicitation. Representations and Certifications may be completed online via the SAM.