This is a MARKET SURVEY/SOURCES SOUGHT notice to determine the capabilities of small business firms for a small business set-aside. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business and you are interested in this project please respond appropriately.
This notice does not constitute a solicitation announcement, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This Notice does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP); it does not guarantee the future issue of a RFP; nor does it commit the government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. No solicitation or technical scope of services is available at this time. The Government will use the responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice to make acquisition decisions. Small businesses are strongly encouraged to review this SOURCES SOUGHT and submit according to the directions in this notice.
GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Under the planned contract, the contractor will be required to remove 5 existing tainter gates from the Appleton Lower Dam, properly dispose of four of the gates, load one of the gates onto a truck for transportation by others to a corps partnered research facility, perform concrete restoration as necessary, furnish and install new tainter gates. There are a total of 5 tainter gates to be replaced.
The Appleton Lower Dam is located in Appleton, Wisconsin on the Fox River. The existing gates were to have been refurbished, but were found to be in advanced disrepair and the Government requires replacement instead of refurbishment. Structural drawings have been prepared to adequately describe the steel fabrication. The contractor will be responsible to ensure that the concrete gate piers are touched up following gate removal and properly sized to receive the new gates.
All interested Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business contractors should respond to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice via email no later than September 20, 2022 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time. The following requests are designed to apprise the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District, of any prospective small business hydraulic steel structure fabrication and installation, minor concrete repair and structural steel demolition, removal and disposal capabilities. As a note, one of the existing tainter gates will remain government property after removal and will be loaded on to a truck for transport. The other four gates will be the responsibility of the contractor. The work will be performed on the river, please ensure your response acknowledges construction experience in or on water Please provide your response to the following. The submission is limited to 8 total pages of information.
Type of Action: Invitation for Bids (IFB), Firm Fixed Price Contract
Estimated Advertisement Date: 14-NOV-2022
Estimated Award Date: 09-JAN-2023
Estimated Performance Period: 365 calendar days under NAICS 237990 Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
Estimated Cost: Between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00 (base plus options)
REQUESTED INFORMATION:
Projects similar in scope to this project include:
Projects similar in size to this project include:
Construction experience must include metal fabrication of Structural steel installed over water into Abutments, Piers, Dams or other receiving structure.
Based on the definitions above, for each project submitted, include:
a. Current percentage of construction complete and the date when it was or will be completed.
b. Scope of the project.
c. Size of the project.
d. The portion and percentage of the project that was self-performed.
e. Name/Title of project, contact information of project POC
f. Dollar Value of project
SUBMISSION OF RESPONSES: Respondents interested in providing a response to this Notice shall provide their submittals to Ericka Hillard prior to 3:30 p.m. (Central Time) on September 20, 2022, via email to: (ensure that the number & title of the Sources Sought Notice of "W912P622S0004, Appleton Lower Dam Gates 1-5 Replacement,” is included in the subject line of the email). Any electronic files (EMAIL) CANNOT EXCEED this Agency's size limit of 20MB (includes email and its attachment); files exceeding this size will be denied access to Ms. Hillard's email inbox. NEGATIVE REPLIES ARE WELCOMED.
