Clemson Pump Station Trash Rack Rake System

This is a Sources Sought Request for Information notice only. This is not a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District is issuing the 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 performing Design-Build Construction Services for Clemson Pump Station Trash Rack Rake System at Clemson, South Carolina. The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement. 

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 238290 with a size standard of $16.5 Million. IAW FAR 36.204 (f), the magnitude of this construction project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Inquiries will only be accepted via email to Contract Specialist, Mrs. Arcia E Fusi at Arcia.E.Fusi@usace.army.mil, please CC the Contracting Officer, Ms. Whittni C. Hiscox at Whittni.C.Hiscox@usace.army.mil. The requested information should be completed and submitted no later than May 11, 2022 at 12:00 pm Eastern Time.

Statement of Work

The contractor will be required to Design and Construct a trash rake, its monorail, support structure, foundations, controls, and associated accessories at Clemson Pump Station, 604 Lake Drive, Clemson, SC 29634.  The Trash Rake System shall service the three existing Clemson Pump Station Hunnicutt Creek bar screens (each approximately 10’-0” wide and 14’-0” tall).  All secondary electrical work required to serve the trash rake system shall be furnished by contractor.  Lighting protection system (LPS) for trash rack system shall be furnished by contractor.  The trash rake, controls, and accessories shall come from a manufacturer.  Equipment requiring minimum maintenance is a prime factor when selecting equipment.

The Trash Rake System shall include the following equipment: Rake/Gripper (Trash Rake), Support Structure, Monorail, Main Panel, Remote Controller, Cable Festooning System, and Anchor Bolts.  Trash rake is required for collection, removal, and handling of coarse solids from bar screens. The rake shall be a single piece of equipment capable of manually (under push button control) raking bar screens and transporting debris to the designated dumpsite, awaiting 30 cubic yard roll-off dumpster, or dump truck. Each bar screen shall be front cleaned by the rake head assembly with teeth designed to fully penetrate the bar screens while descending and shall operate on an overhead monorail. Designs employing multiple rakes and designs employing chains, sprockets, bearings, shafts or other moving parts fixed to bar screens are explicitly excluded. Designs employing open monorail construction (I-Beams) and designs employing pivoting teeth by changing cable lengths or by static weight shall not be allowed. Only qualified manufacturers that have been regularly engaged in the design and manufacture of Trash Rakes, controls, and accessories similar to those specified herein with multiple systems operating in the US will be considered.

Provide new concrete driveway connecting the existing roadway of Lake Drive to the trash dump area for new trash rake system. Provide removable personnel guardrail at the edges of the existing and new concrete pad to the extent required by Code. Provide wheel stops on the existing concrete pad to prevent vehicles/dumpster from damaging new guardrail.

Please see attached, A.02 CPS Overhead  and A.02 Pond Cleaning, (reference for trash rack and dump site. The truck is located where dump site will be).

If you are interested in this project and/or your organization has the potential capacity to perform these services, please submit the following AND your answers to the attached A.02 Market Research Questionnaire to the Point of Contacts (POC) information listed below:

1. Name and Address of your Firm
2. Point of Contact (name/phone/email)
3. Company website
4. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number
5. Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) code (http://www.dlis.dla.mil/cage_welcome.asp)
6. Business Size, to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small   Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, and Large Business. The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of HUBZone, 8(a), and SDB via the System for Award Management (SAM) (www.sam.gov/)
7. Bonding capability for your firm in terms of single and aggregated bonding

Capability statement addressing the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. Please state if you have experience in performing Design-Build construction. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements to include the percentage anticipated to be self-performed by each party.

SUBMISSION: All interested contractors should respond by email to the Points of Contact listed below no later than the Sources Sought due date and time. Responses must include identification and verification of the company's small business status and a completed A.02 Market Survey Questionnaire, which is provided as an attachment to this Sources Sought Annoucement.