Comprehensive everglades restoration plan, biscayne BAY coastal wetlands, L-31E flow-way, contract 5B (a phase I project): pump station S-703 and recreational sites; miami-dade county, florida

This is announcement constitutes a Source Sought Synopsis.  This announcement seeks information from industry and will only be used for preliminary planning purposes.  THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS.  Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. 

The Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking interest from prospective bidders for a potential fiscal year (FY) 2021 award of the aforementioned project.  The purpose of this synopsis is to gauge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of the Construction Community, to include Small Businesses, as the Government must ensure there is adequate competition amongst the potential pool of responsible contractors. 

The proposed project will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The Jacksonville District anticipates the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP). No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to said synopsis or any follow-up information requested.

Description of the Project

The BBCW Contract 5B covers the design of Pump Station S-703, a spreader system, and two recreational sites. The S-703 pump station has a capacity of 50 cfs and is located at the intersection of the C-102 and L-31E Canal. 

S-703 will pump water from the L-31E Canal/C-102 into wetlands, east of the L-31E Levee and north of the C-102, via a dissipation/spreader basin and an earthen spreader channel (spreader system).

The two recreational sites will be located east of the L-31E Levee and north of the C-102, near Biscayne Bay. Work will include construction of a shelter with information kiosk, and two tent sites/pads. 

The pump station will have manatee protective barriers, trash racks, and dewatering features, complete with stop logs. Controls will be located in a stand-alone, precast concrete building adjacent to the pump station structure. The pumps will have remote operation capability.

Construction activities include installation of precast concrete, H-piles, king piles, sheet piles, concrete piles, precast concrete, cast-in-place concrete, tremie concrete, flowable fill, precast, concrete, control buildings, pumps, pump platform, pump station controls, electrical work, lighting, lightning protection, fencing, excavation, backfilling, stockpiling, clearing and grubbing, grading, placement of topsoil, sodding, limerock road topping, riprap and bedding stone, installation of stilling wells, stilling well platforms, staff gauges and floating barriers. Additional construction activities may include dewatering, and installation of cofferdams.

In-water construction utilizing divers will be necessary, because of dewatering difficulty due to the local geology and high conductivity of the underlying limestone.  Soil borings indicate the presence of hard limestone within the project area. Excavation of limestone may require large excavator with rock bucket. Materials for embankment and backfill construction can be obtained from offsite sources provided by the Contractor and approved by the Contracting Officer or the Contractor can process the excavated material to meet the classification of satisfactory material for embankment fill and or select fill at no additional cost to the Government. Contract does not allow blasting within the construction limits.

The solicitation will be issued on or about 08 February 2021 and proposals will be due on or about 10 March 2021. The official Synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on the Beta.SAM Contracting Opportunities Website: https://beta.sam.gov.

The Estimated Magnitude of construction is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

The estimated period of performance is 545 calendar days after receipt of the Notice to Proceed excluding final establishment of vegetation.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 237990 and the Small Business Size Standard is $39.5 million.  

Firm’s response to this Synopsis shall be limited to (10) pages and shall include the following information:

1.  Firm’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, website, and email address.

2. Firm’s interest in bidding on the solicitation as a Request for Proposal (RFP)) when it is issued.

3.  Firm’s capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include firm’s capability to execute comparable work performed within the past (10) years). Firms should provide at least 2 examples which include, at a minimum, the following information:

      a. Provide a brief description of the previous projects which include:

1. The Capability to execute and/or manage construction projects of comparable complexity and magnitude.
2. Experience in working in water conditions requiring the use of divers.
3. Experience in installation of steel H-Piles and Sheet piles.
4. Experience in installation of earthen cofferdams, sheet pile cofferdams and dewatering.
5. Experience in culvert installation.
6. Experience in excavation, backfilling and grading.
7. Experience working on a pump station construction project.

b. Customer name

c. Timeliness of performance

d. Customer satisfaction

e. Dollar value of the project

4.  Offeror shall identify their Small Business classification and Small Business Size

_ Small Business

_ Small Disadvantage Business

_ 8(a) Small Business

_ HUB Zone

_ SDVOSB

_ WOSB 

5. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, firms should address the structure of such arrangements to include Joint Venture information if applicable – existing and potential.

6.  Firm’s Bonding Capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars) via letter from bonding company

NOTES:

DO NOT SUMBIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SYNOPSIS IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SOLICITATION OF THIS PROJECT.

DO NOT SUBMIT PROPRIETARY AND/OR BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL DATA.

Submission Instructions:

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed project are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by no later than 21 January 2021 by 2:00 PM Local Time. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Mr. Timothy Humphrey via email at Timothy.G.Humphrey@usace.army.mil and Ms. Tedra Thompson at Tedra.N.Thompson@usace.army.mil.

Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis.

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