USACE SPK DBB Construction – Marysville Ring Levee (MRL) Phase 2B – Marysville, CA

This Sources Sought Notice is being issued for market research purposes to determine the availability, capability, and interest of small business firms for a potential Government requirement. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE; requests for a solicitation will go unanswered. No award will be made from this Notice. Responses will be used to determine potential acquisition strategies, understand current market capabilities, and to gain knowledge of potential sources.

GENERAL SCOPE:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District (SPK), anticipates a potential requirement to perform design-bid-build construction services for a soil-bentonite cutoff wall over approximately 3,000 feet of existing and realigned levee adjacent to the Yuba River as it passes the city of Marysville, California (CA).

The anticipated project – identified as Phase 2B – is required to strengthen the levee by the addition of the seepage cutoff wall and include construction of seepage berms adjacent to the Union Pacific Railroad crossing. The project is anticipated to begin east of the CA Highway 70 crossing and continue East and to the North, terminating near 4th street.

In addition to the construction of the cutoff walls, work in the Phase 2B levee improvement project is anticipated to include, but not be limited to:

a)         Construction of new and modification of existing landslide and waterside patrol roads.

b)         Removal of abandoned subgrade utilities.

c)         Removal and replacement of the asphalt concrete paved road on the levee crown back to the existing edge of pavement.

d)         Removal of any concrete rubble on levee embankment within cutoff wall alignments.

e)         Erosion control measures and levee seeding, including Contractor disturbed areas.

f)          Providing suitable borrow material needed for the construction of the levee embankment and widening by excavation and transport.

g)         Restoring existing surface storm drains.

h)        Installing new road guardrail, pipe gates, bollards, and pavement striping.

It is estimated that design and construction of the potential requirement can be completed within 730 calendar days.

The potential requirement may result in a solicitation issued approximately December 2022.

If solicited, the Government intends to award the contemplated requirement as a firm-fixed-price contract by approximately March 2023.

In accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 236.204(i), the Government currently estimates the magnitude of construction for this project to be$10,000,000 and $25,000,000.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for the potential requirement is anticipated to be 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The small business size standard for this NAICS, as established by the U.S. Small Business Administration, is $39.5 Million annual. The Product Service Code for the potential requirement is anticipated to be Y1PZ, Construction of Other Non-Building Facilities.

If there is a reasonable expectation that at least two (2) responsible small business concerns under this NAICS can provide the anticipated services at fair market prices, the Contracting Officer is required to set the acquisition aside for small business concerns. If competition is set-aside for small businesses, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, requires that general construction small business Contractors self-perform at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials. If no set aside is made, the requirement is competed with full and open competition, and the awarded Contractor is not a small business, the Contractor is required to perform the percent of work identified in the solicitation under FAR 52.236-1, Performance of Work by the Contractor.

Contractors with the skill, capabilities, workload capacity, and ability to obtain bonding to complete the project described above (either through self-performance and/or Subcontractor management) are invited to provide capability statements to the point of contact listed below. Other than small businesses are also encouraged to submit Capability Statements.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT:

Responses must be limited to ten (10) 8.5 x 11 pages with a minimum font size of point 10.

Please provide the following information:

1) Company name, Employer Identification Number (EIN; previously DUNS #), address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.

2) Experience and capability to complete contracts of similar magnitude and complexity to the potential requirement, including at least three (3) examples of comparable work performed within the past six (6) years. Each example should include a brief description of the project, description of the work performed (identification of self-performance and/or Subcontractor management), customer name, customer satisfaction, timeliness of performance, dollar value of the project, whether a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) was used (see the PLA survey section below) and whether there were any challenges experienced during the project (delays, investigations, health and safety issues, labor shortages, management/organizational issues, etc.).

3) Business size and socioeconomic type for the applicable NAICS (ex: certified HUBZone, Woman-Owned Small Business, Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), 8(a) Participant, small business, or other than small business (large business)).

4) Bonding capability (in the form of a Surety letter).

Please submit all capabilities statements, information, brochures, and/or marketing material as one (1) document, limited to the page maximum above.

Responses will not be considered an offer, proposal, or bid for any solicitation that may result from this Notice. Moreover, responses will not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This Notice is for information and planning purposes only. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any review conducted or the capability statements received.

Please provide responses and/or questions by e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Britanie Butler, at (britanie.v.butler@usace.army.mil) by 1000 / 10:00 a.m. (PT) Thursday, 10 November 2022.

Please include the Sources Sought Notice number, ‘W9123823S0006’ in the subject line.