W912P8-27-SS-0001 Sources-Sought.pdf

W912P8-27-SS-0001

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR

CALCAISEU RIVER SALTWATER BARRIER FRP TAINTER GATE

INTRODUCTION

The US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, Contracting Division 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 the Calcaiseu River Saltwater Barrier FRP Tainter Gate. The intention is to procure this on a competitive basis

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET

RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

(IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN

COMPETITION. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered. 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. RESPPONSES

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.”

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The work consists of the design, fabrication, and delivery of five (5) replacement fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) Tainter Gates at the Calcasieu River Saltwater Barrier Structure. The base bid is to include design, fabrication, and delivery of two (2) gates with an option bid for the remaining three (3) gates. The new FRP Tainter Gates require full integration into the existing structure which include interchangeable installation and operation to the steel gates. This will include but not be limited to the bolted connection to the structure, seal locations, machinery lifting connections, similar range of weight and center of gravity, and specific installation requirements. The completed FRP Tainter Gates will be delivered by barge and off loaded at the Calcasieu River Saltwater Barrier and Sector Gate facility. Gate installation is not required and will be performed by the USACE.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, and size and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

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; and 4) provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 326199 – All Other Plastic Manufacturing with a Small Business Size Standard of 750 Employees. The Product Service Code is 9330. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES

STATEMENT)

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than twenty (20) pages in length. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 1:00 PM, local time, 04 November 2026. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed to Taylor Brandon, taylor.h.brandon@usace.army.mil and

Karen Hargrave, karen.d.hargrave@usace.army.mil

This documentation must address at a minimum the following items:

1.) Is your firm a Small Business Concern? (Small business size standard: 750 employees) 2.) What is the location of your firm’s fabrication plant?

3.) What is the anticipated location of your firm’s field assembly site?

4.) What are the size limitations of the fabrication site?

5.) What is your firm’s Individual/Aggregate Bonding Capability?

6.) USACE - New Orleans District will require bonding for this project. In order to qualify for projects above your Individual/Aggregate Bonding Capability, would you consider creating a Joint Venture?

7.) USACE - New Orleans will be advertising this project with the Two-Phase Design Build Process, are you interested?

8.) Do you have the capabilities or partners to cover the design and fabrication stages?

9.) Please provide your firm’s capabilities and relevant projects.

The contract type is anticipated to be a firm-fixed-price, Two-Phase Design Building contract.

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

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to Taylor Brandon, taylor.h.brandon@usace.army.mil and Karen Hargrave, karen.d.hargrave@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.