A.02_Sources Sought for Procurement Warehouse.pdf

PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston District, has a requirement for Procurement Warehouse at

Savannah River Site, SC. This announcement constitutes a Sources Sought (market survey). This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). This is not a follow-on contract. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract.

The purpose of this Sources Sought is to determine interest, capability, and qualifications of potential qualified

Small Business, Certified 8(a) Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Woman-Owned Small Business firm and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business firms relative to the North American Industry

Classification Code (NAICS) 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The Small Business

Size Standard is $45.0 Million. To make an appropriate acquisition decision for the above project, the

Government will use responses to this sources sought. If inadequate responses are received, this solicitation may be issued for full and open competition.

PROJECT INFORMATION:

The USACE Charleston District (SAC) is contemplating a Design Bid Build Construction Contract for Procurement

Warehouse at Savannah River Site.

The New Procurement Warehouse will be a 22,030 square foot procurement warehouse that will be constructed on an engineered building pad and site. The A-E is responsible for design integration of preprepared building utility and system infrastructure that are located at pre-determined points of connection. Therefore, the design and construction should provide an appropriate level of quality to ensure continued use of the facility over that time with the application of reasonable preventive maintenance per industry standards.

The building will be constructed on the Savannah River Site for the Department of Energy/National Nuclear

Security Administration in the F Area. Construction of the building is to be in accordance with commercial building codes/standards. Site procedures (managed by the M&O contractor) are not applicable to construction but are required for access to the Savannah River Site (training, badging, and access requirements apply).

MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION: $10,000,000 and $25,000,000

Respondents shall demonstrate:

1. Experience as a Prime on Federal sites with Security requirements and Operational impediments similar to Savannah River Site with projects of at least $10M.

2. Experience with construction of MILCON level projects administered by USACE

3. Experience with building at least 15,000sqft, pre-engineered structures.

4. Experience expediting construction schedules.

Note: (1) If the decision is to Set-Aside this procurement for HUBZone Small Business, the contractor shall be required to perform in accordance to 13 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) SUBPART 126.700. (a) A qualified

HUBZone Small Business receiving a HUBZONE contract for general construction must perform at least 15% of the contract either itself or through subcontracts with other qualified HUBZONE Small Business concerns.

Note: (2) If the decision is to Set-Aside this procurement for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, the contractor shall be required to perform in accordance to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14

Limitation on Subcontracting (b) states, “The concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees.”

If you can meet all of the requirements for this project and the information in the questionnaire, please respond to this sources sought by email to Shane Stiltner. The e-mail address is michael.s.stiltner@usace.army.mil. Send a courtesy copy (cc) to addison.g.layfield@usace.army.mil . Email is the preferred method when receiving responses to this sources sought. Response must be received no later than 3:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, on 7

May 2025. Late responses may be considered, however interested parties are advised that an acquisition strategy mailto:michael.s.stiltner@usace.army.mil mailto:addison.g.layfield@usace.army.mil decision will be approved ASAP after the deadline, and as such the Government reserves the right to disregard late responses.

Please submit the following information:

REQUIREMENTS FOR RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT

1. SAM Unique Entity ID & Commercial & Commercial, Government Entity (CAGE), or a copy of your entity record on SAM.gov.

2. Name of firm w/address, phone and fax number, and point of contact with a corresponding e-mail address.

3. State if your company is a certified 8(a), Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and size of firm (large or small).

4. Bonding Capacity: State whether your firm can provide a Bid Bond (20% of the total bid amount), Performance and Payment Bonds (100% of the contract amount). Also submit maximum bonding capacity and indicate a list of Construction Contracts underway with project Value to determine remaining bonding capacity.

5. Please indicate whether your firm will submit a bid for this project, if this project is set-aside for 8(a), HUBZone Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business or other Small Business when it’s formally advertised.

6. Offeror's Joint Venture information if applicable - existing and potential

7. Qualification: Responses to this sources sought shall indicate specialized experience and technical competence in your firm’s skills, experience, and knowledge required to perform the specified type of work. This should include documentation of past experience and competence in delivering similar requirements, for which your firm was the prime contractor. Identify the types of projects, the services which were provided, and any special challenges encountered and innovations delivered as a result.

8. Firms submitting responses shall provide information on three (3) examples of construction contracts and completed within the past five (5) years, which are relevant to the description in the section above, in the project information. Please include point of contact information for examples provided as past performance on indicated projects may be verified. NOTE: Contractors with unsatisfactory past performance may not be considered capable of successfully performing this type of work.

9. Respondents shall demonstrate:

1. Experience as a Prime on Federal sites with Security requirements and Operational impediments similar to Savannah River Site with projects of at least $10M.

2. Experience with construction of MILCON level projects administered by USACE

3. Experience with building at least 15,000sqft, pre-engineered structures.

4. Experience expediting construction schedules.

A set-aside cannot be made if a category does not provide sufficient evidence of experience with the above.

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 SOURCES

SOUGHT.

Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, may not be used to assist the Government in the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought announcement.

Additional Info:

Contracting Office Address:

US Army Corps of Engineers, Charleston Office, 69A Hagood Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403

Place of Performance:

Savannah River Site, SC

Point of Contact(s):

Brandon Briggs brandon.c.briggs@usace.army.mil

Addison Layfield addison.g.layfield@usace.army.mil mailto:addison.g.layfield@usace.army.mil