THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. THIS IS FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY – This notice does not constitute a solicitation announcement or restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach and NO AWARD will occur from this notice. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS are available for this Notice. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Invitation for Bid (IFB).
INTRODUCTION:
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, is issuing this Sources Sought notice and conducting market research as a means to identify the interest and capabilities of both small and large business entities to provide repairs to the Lexington Harbor Breakwater located in Lexington, Michigan.
No basis for claim against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this Sources Sought Notice. The Government will not pay for information or comments provided and will not recognize any cost associated with the submission of responses or comments.
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. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project includes breakwater repair and dredging operations at Lexington Harbor. The north breakwater is a permeable rubble mound structure and allows sand shoaling within the harbor. Voids in the north breakwater are exacerbating sediment infiltration within the harbor. A walkway is present atop the north breakwater. The walkway is approximately 5 feet wide and generally in good condition. The north breakwater voids are partially sand filled. The sand fill depth varies; however, sand generally extends to the existing water elevation.
The project objective is to alter the existing permeable rubble mound breakwater structure to an impermeable structure. The proposed scope of work includes constructing a grout curtain wall within the structure. The proposed grout curtain wall is chemical grout and a controlled low‐strength material. The chemical grout material is proposed within the sand filled breakwater structure. The controlled low‐strength material is proposed above the sand filled area. The intent of the grout curtain wall is to prevent sand from infiltrating through the breakwater structure.
Additionally, this project proposes to include incidental or optional dredging of an estimated 21,000 cubic yards (cy). Dredge equipment access may require dredging an estimated 9,500 cy within the federal channel and an additional 11,500 cy estimated outside the federal channel in a portion of the existing sand shoal within the harbor. Dredge material disposal is contemplated to use a combination of trucking spoils for upland placement and beach nourishment placement with dredge material within the federal channel to be truck loaded and placed upland. The Lexington Harbor boat launch is available as a transfer site location for upland placement trucking operations at two upland placement sites with the first site located approximately 1‐1/2 miles northwest of the transfer location and the second site located approximately 1 mile southwest of the transfer site. Dredge material outside the federal channel is proposed as beach nourishment deposited in a controlled manner evenly across the nourishment area. The beach nourishment location is anticipated to be approximately 1/2 mile south of the dredge area.
As previously stated, the project includes breakwater repair by constructing a grout curtain wall and incidental and/or optional dredging operations. Listed below are the anticipated features of work and the associated percentage of the total project work.
1. Grout Curtain Wall – 78 percent
2. Dredging – 15 percent
3. Upland Trucking – 5 percent
4. Beach Nourishment Placement – 2 percent
Lexington Harbor Federal Navigation Channel map available at https://lre-ops.usace.army.mil/OandM/projectmaps/LRE_N058.JPG
The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, which has a small business size standard of $45 million. The Product Service Code (PSC) is Y1PZ - Construction Of Other Non-building Facilities. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify the firm’s business size in the attached questionnaire. Small business firms interested in performing this work are strongly urged to respond to this notice. Responses to this Sources Sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions.
SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSES:
If your organization has the potential capacity and capability to perform this type of work, please complete the attached questionnaire and submit via email to Contract Specialist Joseph Orlando at joseph.orlando@usace.army.mil and Contracting Officer Lisa May at lisa.m.may@usace.army.mil no later than 2:00 PM Eastern Time on December 17th 2024. Please reference in the subject line "SOURCES SOUGHT Lexington Harbor Breakwater Repair.” Responses shall be in summary format and shall not exceed twenty (20) pages.
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.
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 notice.
RESPONDENTS WILL NOT BE CONTACTED REGARDING THEIR SUBMISSION OR INFORMATION GATHERED AS A RESULT OF THE SOURCES SOUGHT.
