Lauer Dam Rehabilitation Project, Modoc County, North Folk Pit River, California

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Please email karen.k.irving@usace.army.mil AND kathleen.mayer@usace.army.mil for the solicitation..

LAUER DAM REHABILITATION PROJECT, MODOC COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. The proposed procurement is a Small Business Set-Aside Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) Request For Proposal (RFP), and thus open to small businesses only. NAICS is 237990, with a size standard of $36,500,000.00. The magnitude of construction for this project will be between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. Bonding will be required for this acquisition. Offerors attention is directed to Section 002100 in the Solicitation for information regarding the tour of the site. Plans will be issued on or about 24 May 2019, with proposals due on or about 24 Jun 2019. Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds.

THE PROJECT consists the following:

Clearing and grubbing construction areas of vegetation and rubbish.

Removing water from work areas and controlling water to prevent flow of water into work areas.

Excavating, placing, and compacting access roadway embankments, drainage provisions, and gravel surfacing.

Developing a rockfill borrow area using methods that produce rockfill material in quantities needed for embankment construction.

Processing rockfill to meet placement and material requirements.

Clearing, grubbing and removing overburden soil and loose material within the future dam footprint and excavating bedrock to the depths shown in the drawings.

Preparing excavated surfaces to receive fill and concrete.

Constructing a cast-in-place reinforced concrete core wall and plinth along the length of the dam alignment and at the spillway.

Furnishing and installing reinforced cast-in-place concrete intake structures, outlet structures, impact basins, conduit encasement, and other areas as shown on the design drawings.

Placing rockfill along the upstream and downstream sides of the concrete core walls and as backfill at retaining walls.

Placing clay soil and/or geosynthetic materials as required.

Constructing outlet works.

Constructing a spillway at the existing dike/spillway.

Furnishing and installing an outlet works gate house for outlet works controls and the Early Warning System.

Furnishing and installing crest survey monuments.

Localized breach of the existing dam after construction of the new dam.

Placing and compacting waste materials at designated disposal location.

Grading, reclamation, seeding, and establishing vegetation in areas disturbed by construction.

THE PROJECT will be advertised as a Request for Proposal. Competitive proposals will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation package. Evaluation by the Government will result in selection of a firm that represents the best value to the Government. The proposed procurement will result in a firm-fixed price contract. Questions of a technical nature should be addressed to Mr. Phillip Roybal at (505) 342-3367 or e-mail at: phillip.t.roybal@usace.army.mil. OFFERORS MUST BE REGISTERED with System for Award Management (SAM), in order to receive a Government Contract award. To register, the SAM Internet address is: http://www.sam.gov. Additionally, a paper form for registration may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at 1-800-334-3414.

This solicitation will be issued via Internet only. Notification of amendments shall be made via Internet only, as well. It is therefore the contractors' responsibility to check the following address daily for any posted changes to this solicitation. For security reasons, all technical and engineering data related to this solicitation will be distributed using the Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) system. FBO is a web-based dissemination tool designed to safeguard acquisition-related information for all Federal agencies. Interested offerors must register with FBO or they will not be able to download information from the site. Registration instructions can be found on the FedBizOpps website at www.fbo.gov by clicking on the Register Now hyperlink. Contractors registered with Federal Business Opportunity (FBO) may view and/or download this solicitation and all amendments from the Internet AFTER SOLICITATION ISSUANCE. Offerors are encouraged to post notices of prospective subcontracting opportunities on the FedBizOps website at www.fbo.gov. Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time during the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds.

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SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS
For
W912PP19R0022
LAUER DAM REHABILITATION PROJECT, MODOC COUNTY, NORTH FORK PIT RIVER, NORTH OF ALTURAS, CALIFORNIA

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a 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 SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Albuquerque District has been tasked to solicit for and award a contract for the Lauer Dam Rehabilitation project. The proposed project will be a competitive, firm-fixed price contract procured in accordance with FAR 15, Negotiated Procurement using a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) process. However, the results and analysis of the market research will finalize the determination of procurement method. The type of set-aside decision to be issued will depend upon the responses to this synopsis.
The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible contractors.

The Government is seeking qualified, experienced sources capable of performing the following work:

1. Site Construction:

a. Clearing and grubbing construction areas of vegetation and rubbish.

b. Removing water from work areas and controlling water to prevent flow of water into work areas.

c. Excavating, placing, and compacting access roadway embankments, drainage provisions, and gravel surfacing.

d. Developing a rockfill borrow area using methods that produce rockfill material in quantities needed for embankment construction.

e. Processing rockfill to meet placement and material requirements.

f. Clearing, grubbing and removing overburden soil and loose material within the future dam footprint and excavating bedrock to the depths shown in the drawings.

g. Preparing excavated surfaces to receive fill and concrete.

h. Constructing a cast-in-place reinforced concrete core wall and plinth along the length of the dam alignment and at the spillway.

i. Furnishing and installing reinforced cast-in-place concrete intake structures, outlet structures, impact basins, conduit encasement, and other areas as shown on the design drawings.

j. Placing rockfill along the upstream and downstream sides of the concrete core walls and as backfill at retaining walls.

k. Placing clay soil and/or geosynthetic materials as required.

l. Constructing outlet works.

m. Constructing a spillway at the existing dike/spillway.

n. Furnishing and installing an outlet works gate house for outlet works controls and the Early Warning System.

o. Furnishing and installing crest survey monuments.

p. Localized breach of the existing dam after construction of the new dam.

q. Placing and compacting waste materials at designated disposal location.

r. Grading, reclamation, seeding, and establishing vegetation in areas disturbed by construction.

2. LOCATION OF SITE:

a. Lauer Dam is located in Modoc County, in northeastern California on an unnamed tributary of the North Fork Pit River, approximately 15 miles north of the City of Alturas, California.

b. The project site is remote, and there are no available utilities, facilities, or cell phone coverage.

3. PROJECT CONDITIONS

a) The existing Lauer Reservoir is located on Tribal land. The new dam, the spillway channel, and portions of the new reservoir boundary are located on Tribal land as well as land owned by the Bureau of Land Management, the State of California, and the United States Forest Service.

In accordance with FAR 36/DFARs 236, the estimated construction price range for this project is: Between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

--Prime Contractor experience with Concrete Structures, Excavation, Subgrade Preparation, Clay Blanket, Geotextile, Compacted Embankment and Earthen Dam Construction.

--Prime Contractor experience with Rockfill Material, Random Fill, Concrete Plinth, Concrete Core Walls, Dam Crest Gravel Surfacing, Removal and Disposal of Existing Structures, Leveling Slab and Mass Concrete and Outlet Works type Construction.

--Prime Contractor experience Spillway Access Road, Reinforced Concrete Spillway, Backfill, Cast-In-Place Concrete Buildings, Seeding, Topsoil Erosion Control Matting Construction.

The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 237990 which has a small business size standard of $36.5 Million.

Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting that they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with their own employees for general construction-type procurement.

8(a) firms are reminded they need to have a bonafide office in the area to where the work is to be performed should the acquisition be set-aside for 8(a) program.

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

Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about 8 May 2019, and the estimated proposal due date will be on or about 7 June 2019. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov and inviting firms to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.

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, and e-mail address.
2. Firm's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity same or similar to the Lauer Dam Rehabilitation Project (include firm's capability to execute construction, comparable work performed within the past 5 years:
2a. Brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project) - provide at least 3 examples.
3. Firm's experience with the minimum capabilities listed in this Sources Sought Notice.
4. Firm's Business Size - LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB,
5. Firm's Joint Ventures (existing), including Mentor Protégés and teaming arrangement information is acceptable
6. Firm's Bonding Capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars). Indicate whether the firm can bond to the estimated construction price range of this project.

Interested Firm's shall respond to this Sources Sought Synopsis no later than 15 Mar 2019, 2:00PM MST. All interested firms must be registered in SAM to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Mail, fax or email your response to: Karen Irving, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, Contracting Division, 6200 Jefferson NE, Albuquerque NM 87109. Email responses to karen.k.irving@usace.army.mil. EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS.

Firms responding to this sources sought synopsis who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested will not be used to assist the Government in the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this sources sought synopsis.

NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN IT IS FORMALLY ADVERTISED, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS.

If inadequate responses are received, this solicitation may be issued for full and open competition.

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