Repair Ski Hill Drive

PLEASE NOTE:  Due date and time for responses has been extended to Thursday, 4/23/20 @4:00pm. - RH

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY.  The U.S. Government desires to procure a requirement for culvert removal, precast concrete box culvert installation, precast pipe culvert installation, excavation and grading, base aggregate, asphalt paving, traffic control, landscaping, seeding, and erosion control at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.  Please see attached specifications.  Please be advised that the U.S. Government will not be able to set aside this requirement if 2 or more small businesses do not respond with information to support a small business set-aside.  We encourage all small businesses, in all socioeconomic categories (including 8(a) Business Development Program, Small Disadvantaged Business, Historically Underutilized Business Zone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, and Women Owned Small Business concerns), to identify their capabilities in meeting the requirement at a fair market price.

This notice is issued solely for information and planning purposes – it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ)/Invitation for Bid (IFB)/Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFQ, IFB or RFP in the future.  This notice does not commit the U.S. Government to contract for any supply or service.  Further, the U.S. Government is not seeking quotes, bids or proposals at this time and will not accept unsolicited proposals in response to this sources sought notice.  The U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this notice.

Submittals will not be returned to the responder.  Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future RFQ or IFB or RFP, if any is issued.  If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Government-wide Point of Entry.  It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the Government-wide Point of Entry for additional information pertaining to this requirement.

The anticipated NAICS code(s) is:  237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction; with a corresponding size standard of $39,500,000.00.

Attached are the specifications of the work to be performed.

Responses to this announcement must be received no later than 2:00pm CST, Tuesday, 4/21/2020.  Responses shall be emailed to Rosalyn Howard at rosalyn.l.howard.civ@mail.mil.

No phone calls will be accepted.

All questions must be submitted to the email address identified above.  The Government is not committed or obligated to pay for the information provided and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.

In response to this sources sought, please provide:

1.  Name of the firm, point of contact, phone number, email address, DUNS number, CAGE code, a statement regarding small business status (including small business type(s)/certifications(s) such as SDB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB, etc.), and the corresponding NAICS code.

2.  Identify whether your firm is interested in competing for this requirement as a prime contractor or not.  Identify subcontracting, joint ventures or teaming arrangement that will be pursued, if any.

3.  Information in sufficient detail regarding previous experience (indicate whether as a prime contractor or subcontractor) on similar requirements (include size, scope, complexity, timeframe, government or commercial), pertinent certifications, etc., that will facilitate making a capability determination.

4.  Information to help determine if the requirement is commercially available, including pricing information, basis for the pricing information (e.g., market pricing, catalog pricing), delivery schedules, customary terms and conditions, warranties, etc.

5.  Identify how the Army can best structure these contract requirements to facilitate competition by and among small business concerns.

6.  Identify any condition or action that may be having the effect of unnecessarily restricting competition with respect to this acquisition.  Please contact the MICC Advocate for Competition, Scott Kukes, at scott.d.kukes.civ@mail.mil or 210-466-3015 if you believe that this action is unreasonably restricting competition.  Include the subject of the acquisition, this announcement, and the MICC POC information from the beta.sam.gov notice.  Provide the specific aspects that unreasonably restrict competition and the rationale for such conclusion.

7.  Recommendations to improve the approach/specifications/draft PWS/PRS to acquiring the identified items/services.