Repairs to McChord Bridge – Barnes Blvd   4

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

INTRODUCTION:

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District is issuing a Sources Sought to determine interest, availability and capability of 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Women-Owned, and Small Business concerns. The NAICS code for the work is 237310.

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES (IN FULL OR IN PART) OR PROCURED THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION. All Small Business Set-Aside categories will be considered.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:

Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington is approximately 15 miles southwest of Tacoma, Washington. This project is located on Government-owned land and is managed as an active military installation.

CONTRACT DURATION:

The Award Date is anticipated for the month of March 2024 with an estimated contract completion date for the month September 2024.

CONTRACT TYPE:

The proposed action will be a construction project with a Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The Governments intends is to solicit this requirement as an Invitation for Bid (IFB) under FAR Part 14 procedures.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY. RESPONSES WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE RESPONDER. NOT RESPONDING TO THIS NOTICE DOES NOT PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) OR INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) OR RFP, IF ANY ISSUED. IF A SOLICITATION IS RELEASED, IT WILL BE SYNOPSIZED ON THE GOVERNMENT-WIDE POINT OF ENTRY (GPE) AT HTTPS://SAM.GOV. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF POTENTIAL OFFERORS TO MONITOR THE GPE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS REQUIREMENT.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

The Contractor shall furnish all labor, personnel, equipment, materials, operating supplies, tools, supervision, and transportation, in accordance with the plans and specifications to perform Repairs to McChord Bridge Barnes Blvd. on Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA.

Project Description (the below list is not all inclusive):

• Complete laboratory testing of soil to identify hazardous materials including heavy metals and petroleum product contamination.
• All labor, materials, and supplemental design necessary to manufacture, install and test a single demonstration pile (i.e., nonproduction pile).
• Construction of a single span concrete bridge (61 feet by 57 feet) and associated pile foundations and pre-cast concrete superstructure with abutment walls.
• Excavation, haul, and specified placement of approved soil to Gray Army Airfield or other approved JBLM waste site.
• Traffic Signal Antenna Installation.
• Installation of specified fiber optic cable strands, cable enclosures, splices, OSP copper and completing OSP testing allowance.

If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information:

1. UEI Number
2. CAGE Code
3. POC's name, physical address, email address, and telephone number
4. Website address
5. Small business size, socioeconomic categories, and type of ownership for the organization
6. Capability Statement
7. Organization's bonding capability

The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity to:

1. Provide services consistent, in scope and scale, with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated.
2. Secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements.
3. Implement a successful project management plan that includes compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel and risk mitigation.

ELIGIBILITY:

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction with a Small Business Size Standard of $45M. The Product Service Code is Z2LB - Repair or Alteration of Highways/Roads/Streets/Bridges/Railways.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (SITE VISIT):

A site visit will be provided at time of solicitation. There will be no site visit associated with this announcement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT):

Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than five (5) pages in length in Times New Roman font of not less than 10 pitch. This documentation should address at a minimum the following items:

What type of work has your company performed in the past in support of the same or similar requirement?

How much experience does your company have installing/repairing bridges?

Can or has your company completed a task of this nature? If so, please provide details.

What specific technical skills does your company possess which ensure capability to perform the tasks?

Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. All questions must be submitted to the contract specialist identified below. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought.

QUESTIONS TO INDUSTRY:

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, John McGuire john.e.mcguire@usace.army.mil, with a courtesy copy to the Contracting Officer, Brett Vegeto brett.s.vegeto@usace.army.mil and Small Business Programs Office, Enshane Hill-Nomoto enshane.nomoto@usace.army.mil in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF).

The deadline for response to this request is no later than 1:00 PM, PST, 4 December 2023.