Sources Sought for A-E Services IDIQ MATOC Dam Safety Design

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice to determine the capabilities of firms. This notice does not constitute a solicitation announcement, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach.  No solicitation or technical scope of services is available currently.  The Government will use the responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice to make acquisition decisions.

NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS are available for this notice.  Responses to this Sources Sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions.

Work could occur anywhere within the Continental United States and its territories as assigned to or by the USACE Dam Safety Modification Center; Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Dam Safety Modification Production Center; and other USACE Flood Control Dam and Levee Safety work as necessary to support the mission.

Contractor shall demonstrate through professional registration, company, and personnel resumes, executed examples, and supporting customer feedback documentation its ability to provide engineering support of the following multidisciplinary engineering and architectural support for the Flood Control Dam and Levee services mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dam Safety Modification Mandatory Center of Expertise, Levee Safety Center of Expertise, Risk Management Center, and other USACE flood control project users.

The A/E will be required to provide the appropriate personnel, materials, equipment, management, software, scheduling, quality and cost controls to perform highly complex dam and levee safety modification services, designs, and support and quality assurance monitoring during construction.  Disciplines required as a minimum to meet service needs include:  geotechnical engineering, hydraulic engineering, hydrologic engineering, geologic engineering, geotechnical engineering, geomorphologic engineering, geophysical engineering, seismological engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, structural engineering, civil/site engineering, scheduling, quality assurance staff, surveyors, planning, cost engineering, related to flood control dam and levee safety evaluations, consequence determination, environmental evaluations, geographic information systems expertise, computer aided design and drafting, construction cost engineering and estimating, construction cost and schedule risk analysis, construction engineering, construction Quality Assurance, and surveying will be required to support the program.

Services may also include any or all of the following based on need: Site characterization studies, Engineering evaluations and analyses in support of hydrologic (e.g. Inflow Design Flood) and seismic loading, consequence studies, Dam and Levee screenings, feasibility studies, preliminary and/or final designs, value engineering, constructability reviews, preparation of construction plans and specifications, or other analyses or studies related to the dam and levee safety programs.

A-E services will be required to evaluate flood control dam and levee appurtenances including bridges, gates, spillways, pumping stations, and other appurtenant structures attached to flood control dams and levees as necessary to characterize the project as a whole.  Earth embankment and foundation seepage analyses, inspection, assessment and design of concrete hydraulic structures and hydraulic steel structures associated with flood control dam and levee safety projects.

The A-E would be required to provide dam and levee safety experts to participate in highly complex dam and levee safety risk based Independent Expert Peer Reviews (IEPR), Expert Opinion Elicitations (EOE), for consultation, review of in-progress dam and levee safety design and construction activities, completed dam and levee safety construction, Risk Assessment and Analyses, Potential Failure Modes Analysis (PFMA), and numerical modeling of features associated with dam and levee safety projects.

All businesses will be considered for this SOURCES SOUGHT. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541330, which has a size standard of $15 million in average annual receipts. Award of multiple contracts is being considered. Each contract will likely have a base period of one year with four one-year options periods and have a total shared capacity of $250,000,000.00. Task orders awarded under these contracts will generally be between $100,000 and $90,000,000; it is highly likely possible multiple task orders may be ongoing across the USACE’s or its partners projects at the same time.

The following requests are designed to apprise the US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, of any prospective business A/E’s' project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following. The submission is limited to 20 total pages of information.

1. Offeror's name, address(es), point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.

        2. Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity and comparable work       performed within the past 5 years based on the below criteria.

   (a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: Describe your firms’ specialized experience                  with respect to:

1. Dam Safety Design and Analysis –Risk Assessments, Issue Evaluation Studies, Dam Safety Modification Studies, Independent Expert Peer Reviews, Modification Alternatives Development and Evaluation, Design Documentation Reports, Hydraulic Evaluations, and Rehabilitation Reports, Design new and prepare construction plans and specifications for modification of existing flood control Dam and Levee Structures.
2. Flood Damage Reduction – Risk evaluation of floodwalls, levees, and appurtenant structures, Independent Expert Peer Reviews, Modification Alternatives Development and Evaluation, Design Documentation Reports, and Rehabilitation Reports.

 (b) Professional Qualifications: Describe the professional qualifications of your firm. Provide the                         number and qualifications of registered professional personnel in the following key disciplines,                     including years of actual specialty experience: Geotechnical Engineers, Geologists, Structural                     Engineers, Civil Engineers, Industrial Hygienists, and Engineering Technicians                                             (Draftsmen/CADD Operators).

         Personnel for “Dam and Levee Safety Design and Analysis” shall be shown in the Levels of                         Experience listed below. Provide the number and qualifications of the personnel.

         Level 1 experience includes five to ten (5-10) years of conventional engineering experience for                   dam/levee safety engineering, design, and/or construction in geotechnical, geological, hydraulic,                 structural, or civil engineering.

           Level 2 experience includes ten to fifteen (10-15) years of conventional engineering experience in               dam/levee safety, and at least 5 years of risk- based engineering experience in dam and levee                     systems. Experience should include all that within the Level 1, plus participation on risk analysis                 teams for dam and levee systems, facilitation or participation in potential failure mode analysis                    (PFMA), or estimation of conditional probabilities of failure for static, hydrologic, and seismic failure               modes, and estimating loss of life and economic consequences.

            Level 3 experience includes more than fifteen (15+) years of conventional engineering experience              in dam/levee safety, and at least 5 years of risk- based engineering experience in dams and levee              systems. Experience should include all that within Levels 1 and 2, plus leading risk analysis teams,              conducting Expert Opinion Elicitation, and constructing event trees or using risk-based models to                estimate risks for dam and levee projects. Experience conducting external peer review, quality                    control review, and consistency of decision and action review of Risk Analysis Reports and                          corrective action studies for dam and levee modifications is required.

​​​​​​​(c) Past Performance: Describe your firms’ performance during the past 5 years on similar contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, ability to work independently and small business subcontracting compliance with performance schedules as determined from Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and other sources.

​​​​​​​(d) Quality Management System: Describe your firms’ Quality Management System to include quality control procedures, quality assurance procedures with any subcontracts, and procedures for continual improvement and ensuring customer satisfaction. State any experience with the ISO 9001 standard and the DrChecks automated comment and response system.

​​​​​​​(e) Capacity: Describe your firms’ capacity to perform approximately $30,000,000.00 through multiple task orders, in a one-year period, and accomplish the anticipated work in an efficient manner.

The Government is seeking short statements regarding the company's ability to demonstrate existing expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Commercial brochures or existing marketing materials may be submitted with the Capabilities Statement.  Submission of a Capabilities Statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Corps of Engineers in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This posting is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. After completing its analysis, the Government will determine whether to limit competition to small businesses. Offers that do not meet all requirements outlined in this SOURCES SOUGHT or submit within the allotted time will not be considered.

All interested contractors should provide a response by close of business, October 02, 2025. Submit your response to Lillie V. Bodie via email at lillie.v.bodie@usace.army.mil and Patrina G. Singleton via email at patrina.g.singleton@usace.army.mil. Electronic submission is required.