Helena floodwall construction project

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement: market survey for information only to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of all firms interested in participating in the competition to compete and perform a firm-fixed price construction contract. The Government will not pay for any information provided as a result of this market survey. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District has been tasked to solicit and award a project for Helena, AR Floodwall.

Project: The Helena, Arkansas Floodwall Replacement Project, located in Phillips County Arkansas, is approximately 3,700 linear feet in length and is divided into (3) segments: northern, middle, and southern segments.  This project is for the replacement of approximately 1,600 linear feet of floodwall that only includes the northern and middle segments.  This project will involve the following types of work: demolition of existing concrete structures as well as the existing L-shaped floodwall; traffic control; disposal of demolished concrete and construction debris; removal of old railroad scale pit; excavation of earthen material; removal of wooden timber piles; installation of sheet piles; dewatering, access roads, and excavation of a riverside borrow pit; clearing and grubbing; offroad hauling and temporary storage of borrow material; installation of wick drains; deployment of temporary flood protection system during demolition and at openings as required using filled gabion baskets; fabrication of steel swing gate; installation of a new reinforced inverted T concrete floodwall; concrete slope paving; turf establishment; asphalt and concrete pavement; and leak testing of swing gates. There will be an actively operating granary within the project construction limits which the contractor will be required to work around.  The granary, river levels, and other factors will affect construction sequencing and schedule.

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

The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 237990 which has a small business size standard of $45 Million.

Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, they must perform at least 15% of the cost the contract, not including the cost of materials, with their own employees for general construction-type procurement. If a large business firm is selected for this announcement, they must also comply with the FAR 52.219-9 clause regarding the reequipment for an approved subcontracting plan. Firm's response to this Announcement shall be limited to 5 pages (submitted in one document) and shall include the following information:

1. Firm’s name, address, point of contract, phone number, e-mail address, Cage Code, and UEI number.

2. Firm’s capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity to execute comparable work performed within the past five years. Incorporate a brief description of the project, customer's name, timeline of performance, customer satisfaction and dollar value of this project - provide at least three examples.

3. Firm’s Size: large, small business category and business size, (Small Business, HUB Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Woman Owned Small Business, or 8(a)).

4. Firm’s Joint Venture information if applicable - existing and potential.

5. Firm's Bonding Capability (bonding level per contract and aggregate bonding level, both expressed in dollars, via letter form the bonding company).

Interested Firms shall respond to this Sources Sought Announcement no later than then 12:00 p.m. CST 24 March 2025 via email only.

All interested firms must be registered in SAM (www.sam.gov) and NIST SP 800-171 compliant to be eligible for award of Government contracts.

Please email your response to: Kimberly Bass, Contract Specialist Contracting Division, USACE - Memphis District, Memphis, Email: kimberly.e.bass@usace.army.mil.