The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Omaha District, intends to negotiate and award a Sole Source Section 1135 Project - construction of various environmental structures, Sheridan, WY.

The USACE, Omaha District intends to negotiate and award a sole source contract in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agecny Requirements.  The USACE, Omaha District intends to provide "fair opportunity" for a larger (Public Law) PL 84-99 levee rehabilatiation project under an existing Rapid Disaster Infrastructure I (RDI I) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aisde Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC).  The identified project in this notice is to complete a project in accordance with Section 1135 of the Water Infrastructure Act of 2018.  This 1135 project has the same staging area and overlays the same footprint as the PL 84-99 project so it is not feasible to have two separate contractors working in the same area.  And both projects are expected to be completed this construction season.  This 1135 project generally consists of:  1) excavation and stockpiling topsioil for reuse and providing soil and clay materials for the PL 84-99 project; 2) excavating the channel bank and removing and disposing of the existing concrete pedestrian trail; 3) setting back the channel bank and re-building the concrete pedestrian trail; 4) removing and disposal of non-natice vegetation; 5) constructing in-stream features such as Newbury riffles, J-hook vanes, and boulder clusters and tieing in the featrues into the rehabiltated levee; 6) seeding and planting shrubs and plants; and 7) watering and fertilizing new plants and shrubs, as required.  The estimated cost of this project is $450-$550K. 

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS and no solicitation will be issued; however, any System for Award Management (SAM) registered firm that it can meet the requirement may give a written notification to the Contracting Officer in the form of a capability statement, including an explanation how the contractor would be able to effectively and efficiently operate in the same footprint as the RDI I contractor at the same time.   Responses must be provided by 6/24/2020 2 pm local time.  A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement will be based on market research, including responses to this notice.  It is within the Government's sole discretion to decide whether the information received in response to this notice warrants development of an alternative approach or not.  Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement.  The USACE, Omaha District, will not reimburse any firm for developing a response to this notice.   The NAICS code is 237990 and the size standard is $36.5M