Dorchester Reach - Lake Marion Regional Water Supply Line

PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT: This announcement constitutes a Pre-Solicitation announcement of a proposed contract action pursuant to FAR 5.204. This is not a solicitation. No response is requested at this time. A formal solicitation will follow this announcement with full details, including a response deadline, the complete price proposal schedule, and the construction plans & specifications. The formal solicitation is expected to occur on or around 15 days after the posting of this Pre-Solicitation notice.

OFFERORS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING THIS WEBSITE FOR CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE AND THE FORMAL SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT

PLANNED SOLICITATION: The final RFP for this project will be announced no sooner than 15 calendar days from the date of the pre-solicitation announcement. The contract type will be firm-fixed-price.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: This project includes the installing and placing into successful operation approximately 56,239 linear feet (LF) of 20-inch diameter and smaller water main pipe, a check valve vault, and all associated work. This contract includes all pipe, valves, appurtenances, roadway bores, horizontally directionally drilled pipe, testing, quality control, safety and all other related work, required to place project into successful operation. This project will be a portion of the Lake Marion Regional Water System and will be owned, operated and maintained by Santee Cooper, South Carolina's electric and water utility. The Contractor will be responsible for coordinating work with local utility owners, property owners, Lake Marion Water Treatment Plant personnel, the Town of Harleyville water personnel, Orangeburg County, and Dorchester County.
The work shall be located along roadways, private easements and power line rights-of-way in Dorchester County, approximately as indicated. The exact location will be as indicated on the drawings and verified by Contractor's location survey.

Full details will be posted with the formal solicitation.

MAGNITUDE OF WORK: $5,000,000 TO 10,000,000

TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE: This acquisition will be a 100% Total Small Business Set Aside pursuant to FAR 6.203 & FAR 19.502-2. The NAICS Code selected for this acquisition is 237110, which has a size standard of $36.5 million average annual revenue.

The contractor must be registered in SAM.gov prior to award of the solicitation. The solicitation and any subsequent amendments will only be available in electronic format, downloadable from the internet. No CD-ROMS or hardcopy documents will be distributed. Bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management
(SAM.gov) and at the Federal Business Opportunity Homepage(www.fbo.gov) in order to view or download the solicitation documents. It is the responsibility of bidders to monitor the website for notices and amendments.

PLANNED CONTRACT INFORMATION: The intent is to issue a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP), construction contract. The planned duration for this contract is twelve (12) months; and further details will be provided in the final solicitation.