Vegetation Removal at Lake Shelbyville, Shelbyville, IL

This is a Sources Sought Notice. This Sources Sought neither constitutes a Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This Sources Sought should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. Requests for a solicitation will not receive a response. This Sources Sought Notice is in support of a market survey being conducted by the St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers to identify interested Contractors within the District area for the Scope of Work listed below. The following are general capabilities required to perform the Scope of Work according to USACE standards. The Contractor must be capable to perform the Scope of Work listed below.

General Project Description:

This is a Sources Sought Synopsis. This synopsis neither constitutes a Request for Proposal, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This synopsis should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. This Sources Sought Synopsis is a market survey being conducted by the St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers to identify Small Business Contractors with experience with various aspects of Vegetative Removal Services. The NAICS Code for this requirement will be 115112, Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry. Responses should include a brief capability statement of no more than three pages indicating the experience and capability of a variety of Hazard Tree Removal and Vegetative Control to include, but not limited to: Tree Maintenance, Dead Limb Removal, Tree Removal, Stump Removal, Emergency Call Out, Pruning Services, Roadway Limb Removal, Campsite Pruning, Facility Pruning, Live Limb Pruning as Needed, Vegetation Control, and Brush Removal, The anticipated work would be within the geographic boundaries of our Lake Shelbyville Project Office in Shelbyville, Illinois, in Shelby and Moultrie Counties, IL

A.) Capability Statements:
Note: Under capability statements below, in addition to listing general experience, specifically include a listing of any USACE projects on which you demonstrated the required capability, including levee projects.

1. Briefly explain your experience with Hazard Tree Removal.

2. Briefly explain your experience with Vegetation Control.

B.) Please provide business information in the following format:


Business Name:

Point of Contact: (Name/Phone/Email)

Address:

Business Size:

Cage Code:

C.) Any information submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought Notice is strictly voluntary: The Government will not pay for any information that is submitted by respondents to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government requests interested firms provide an electronic copy of their capability and experience response no later than 4:00 p.m., Central Standard Time, on 26 Oct 2017 and should not exceed 3 one-sided, 8.5 X 11 inch pages, with the font no smaller than 10 point, to the following address: Contracting Division, Attn: Ginger Bjornson, St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers, 1222 Spruce Street, St Louis, Missouri, 63103-2833, Faxes will not be accepted. Email will be accepted, sent to Virginia.e.bjornson@usace.army.mil. Please direct any questions on this announcement to Ginger Bjornson at the above email or phone number 314-331-8054.