A.02 Cathodic Protection Services REQUEST FOR INFORMATION W912HP24S5005 6.20.24.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION W912HP24S5005

Project Description—Cathodic Protection and Corrosion Control Services, Worldwide

PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT:

This notice constitutes a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) only. This announcement seeks information from industry and will ONLY be used for preliminary planning and market research purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION NOTICE. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to determine interest and capability of potential qualified contractors relative to the North American Industry Classification code 541330. The Small Business size standard for this NAICS code is $25.5M. The type of solicitation issued and the manner of advertisement will depend on the responses to this RFI.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Charleston District has been tasked to solicit the interest of prospective offeror(s) to determine the availability of qualified contractors to compete under a potential solicitation resulting from this announcement. The purpose of this RFI is to gauge interest, capabilities and qualifications from industry as the Government must ensure there is adequate competition amongst the potential pool of responsible contractors. Responses to this synopsis will be used as a market research tool in order to determine acquisition strategy and how the upcoming solicitation will be advertised. This RFI is intended for both Small and Large Businesses (Update accordingly).

BACKGROUND & SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS:

Background: The Charleston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires the services of firms to provide cathodic protection and corrosion control services worldwide.

The solicitation will result in a firm fixed price type procured using insert procurement method process.

Summary of Requirements:

Work may consist of:

(a) Engineering services and design for preparation of plans and specifications for construction documents, cost estimates, engineering investigations, studies, inspection, preparation of Operation and Maintenance Manual and associated at site, and Post Construction Award Services (PCAS), and minor repairs in support of investigations and designs for the cathodic protection and corrosion control projects, worldwide for DoD.

(b) Preparation of Design-Build Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to be used by the Government for obtaining competitive bids for construction contracts, and preparation of Source Selection Criteria.

(c) Engineering Site Investigations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(d) Field inspections and written evaluations of existing facilities

(e) Testing of Cathodic Protection systems

(f) Maintenance and minor repair of cathodic protection systems

(g) Replacement of ineffective Cathodic Protection components

(h) Supplementation/augmentation of improperly sized corrosion control engineering systems

(i) Direct assessment of underground or underwater facilities to determine extent and cause of corrosion

(j) Installation of new corrosion monitoring/test stations or soil access portals

(k) Training of activity personnel in the field of corrosion control, with emphasis on maintaining existing systems and environmental compliance

(l) Troubleshooting failures and devising remedies to correct ineffective systems, understanding of other

(m) engineering systems that can affect the isolation of cathodically protected structures such as electrical grounding systems

(n) Further details will be provided in the solicitation when it is posted.

PLACES OF PERFORMANCE / LIST OF SITES:

Worldwide

REQUESTED INFORMATION:

(1) Your firm's intent to submit a proposal for this contract when it is formally advertised.

(2) Name of firm with address

(3) Point of Contact (name/phone/email)

(4) Business Size, Large Business or Small Business to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and/or Woman-Owned Business. The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of Hubzone, 8(a) and SDB via SBA.gov

(5) A letter of current bonding capacity from an acceptable surety/bonding company both expressed in dollar value per contract and aggregate bonding capacity.

(6) Teaming / JV arrangements: Although we are not looking for formal signed agreements at this time, if you intend to “team” with another firm, formally or informally, you must submit information, not more than one (1) page, about your team’s involvement. More specifically, you must submit sufficient information for the government to determine the roles each team member will play and what your socio-economic status is or will be considering the proposed arrangement. Therefore, included in your one (1) page if you are a small business and you intend to mentor/protégé and/or JV with a large business both team members must sign agreeing that 51% of the profits and managerial function will go to and be performed by the small business. Likewise, if you are an 8(a) firm intending to mentor/protégé and/or JV with a large business both team members must sign agreeing that 40% of the labor will be performed by the 8(a) firm. Additionally, if the team is a mentor/protégé arrangement, identify the areas that will be mentored. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status as a team should be provided. The Government may not give credit to your socio-economic class if there is not sufficient documentation or if the Government cannot verify that your business is as such.

(7) A Statement of Capability (SOC) stating your firm's skills, experience, and knowledge required to perform the specified type of work will be utilized as a market research tool in making decisions related to the solicitation of this contract. This should include documentation of your breadth in past experience and competence in delivering similar requirements, and your ability to perform multiple task orders simultaneously. If you have multiple office locations, indicate where those are and what areas of the southeastern region you have primarily worked in. The SOC should be no more than four (4) pages in length.

(8) Demonstrated Experience: Insert what the contractors need to submit in order to demonstrate capability to perform, to include geographic location, project size, equipment list and equipment capability.

NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR THIS

PROJECT WHEN IT IS FORMALLY ADVERTISED, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT

A RESPONSE TO THIS RFI.

WHEN / WHERE TO SUBMIT RESPONSES:

Interested business concerns are requested to complete and return via email any responses to this RFI electronically no later than 2pm EST, on 3 Jul 2024 to the attention of the Contract Specialist/Officer, Walter Gordon Jr, Walter.L.Gordon@usace.army.mil . To ensure your submission is received and processed appropriately, please subject your email "RFI RESPONSE:

W912HP24S5005 FIRM NAME HERE" Participation is voluntary; respondents will not be paid to participate. However, your participation in this market research endeavor is greatly appreciated and will be instrumental in assisting the USACE Charleston District in making the solicitation decision most appropriate for market conditions and to meet the Government requirements.

NOTE: The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. Submittals will be used for market survey information only.

Interested parties providing information as part of this market reseaprch process are hereby advised that your information will NOT be used later as part of the evaluation process should you choose to submit a proposal in response to any solicitation that may result in the future. All information submitted under this RFI will be considered proprietary and will not be available for use outside of the Federal government.