Install Guidance Tracks for USDA Cotton Ginning Laboratory, Stoneville, MS

This is a pre-solicitation notice.

The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Southeast Area (SEA) Cotton Ginning Laboratory in Stoneville, Mississippi, 38776 has a requirement to Install Guidance Tracks to include:

All professional services to sawcut existing asphalt to provide a 810’ (length) x 18” (width)x 12” (depth) trench and install 810’ of USDA furnished C4x4.5 Steel Channel embedded in concrete at minimum 3500 psi.).

USDA ARS SEA intends to issue a Request for Quote for a firm fixed priced construction purchase order. The solicitation is anticipated to be a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS code for this requirement is 332312 with a size standard of $500 M. Contractors shall not directly contact the facility to discuss this requirement.

During the solicitation phase, contractors will be provided the opportunity for a site visit and to ask any relevant questions.  A site visit has been scheduled for Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. CST.  Participants will meet at:
USDA-ARS Cotton Ginning Facility, 111 Experiment Station Road in Stoneville, MS.

Pre-registration to attend the site visit is required no later than Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. CST. Pre-register by email notification to Roger Bright at roger.bright@usda.gov.  Provide names of personnel to be in attendance, each firm is limited to two individuals. Wearing of face masks and practicing of social distancing is required at the site visit.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes - it does not constitute the Request for Quotes (RFQ). The Government anticipates issuing an RFQ for this requirement around June 7, 2021. This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for these services.  The statement of work is attached to this notice for information only. The full RFQ, applicable provisions/clauses, wage rates, etc. will be posted when the full RFQ solicitation is released around June 7, 2021.