Sources Sought for Utility Energy Service Contracts

                                                                   SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

                                                                                     FOR

                                                             UTILITY ENERGY SERVICE CONTRACTS

This is a Sources Sought/Request for Information only. This is NOT a Solicitation Announcement, nor is it a

Request for Proposal. This request does not obligate the Government in any contract award.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, is conducting research to determine the market capabilities of potential contractors to provide electric, natural gas, and water utilities.  The detailed locations are included in the attachment and include North Carolina and Virginia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intends to award Task Orders under the GSA areawide contract (AWC). In the absence of an AWC, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will also consider awarding the utility contracts via a Separate Contract.

All interested firms with NAICS 221122 – Electric Power Distribution or 221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems, as an approved NAICs code have until 11 September 2024 at 1500 EST to submit the following information:

1. GENERAL INFORMATION:

   1. Name & Address of your Firm
   2. Point of Contact (Name/Phone/E-mail)
   3. SAM Unique Entity ID.  (The Unique Entity ID is a 12-character alphanumeric ID assigned to an entity by SAM.gov)
   4. CAGE Code
   5. Business Size, to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Business, and Large Business.
   6. GSA Area Wide Contract Number if applicable

NOTE: Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status should be provided, i.e., letter of certification from VA confirming SDVOSB status.  The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of HubZone and 8(a) via SAM, and VA Certification of VOSB and SDVOSB’s through the Vendor Information Pages at https://vip.vetbiz.va.gov.

1. Please submit your interest and capability to provide Utility Services at specific locations located in the attachment.  Each Utility provider must be an authorized Utility provider with the North Carolina Utilities Commission.

NOTE:  The Government may not give credit to your socio-economic class if there is not sufficient documentation to support it or if the Government cannot verify through other means that your business is as such.

Do not send hard copies of advertising or promotional materials. Please ensure that all responses are comprehensive and provide a name and point-of-contact for your firm for follow-up by this office or the procuring contracting officer. If you have responded to any previous sources sought postings or had other communications with our office regarding preliminary market research for this project, please be advised that it is still necessary for you to respond to this posting. Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the Prime Contractor and work accomplished by the teaming partner.

To protect the procurement integrity of any future procurement, if any, that may arise from this announcement, information regarding the technical point of contact will not be given and no appointment for presentations will be made.

All information is to be provided on a voluntary basis at no charge to the Government. There is no entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs related to or arising out of responding to this request for information. All information provided becomes property of the Government. There is no guarantee, expressed or implied, that the market research for this acquisition will result in any guarantee of award or acquisition strategy. 

Email the requested information, with delivery and read receipt requested to:

Rosalind M. Shoemaker at Rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil  

The email should be titled:  W912PM24QUTLY – Utility Services -[Insert company’s name]

If you have questions, please contact Ros Shoemaker at rosalind.m.shoemaker@usace.army.mil