W912EE - In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.215-3, “Request for Information or Solicitation for Planning Purposes”. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST, announcement to be used for preliminary market research purposes only. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS SYNOPSIS. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources-sought notice or any follow up information requests.
The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of various members of 8(a), HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Economically Disadvantaged Women Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) to compete and perform service under a contract. The type of solicitation and contract issued may depend upon the responses to this source sought notice.
The vendor must be capable of furnishing all labor, supervision, tools, materials; equipment and transportation to perform Hydraulic/Hydrological Engineering Services within the Mississippi Valley Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Vicksburg District.
The work consists of providing professional services as required in connection with Automated Hydrographic Surveying, including both single-beam and multi-beam methods, and Automated Topographic Surveying in support of the Vicksburg District Maintenance Dredging and Mat Sinking Operations at various locations primarily within the limits of the Vicksburg District but may include any district within MVD. Automated Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Differential GPS Hydrographic Surveys and Automated Topographic Surveys will be required on the Mississippi River, its tributaries, and smaller rivers and streams and associated harbors.
ADCP Surveys for the acquisition of river current and discharge data may be required for acquisition of current and flow patterns at locks and dams, around dikes, bridge piers or obstructions in channels. The work consists of taking a defined number of discharge measurements on a routine basis along the Mississippi, Red, and Ouachita Rivers. The measurements will be taken with the use of an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and a single beam depth sounder. The data collected will be imported into personal computer software specifically designed to calculate and view flow measurements. The Proposal shall include the Contractor’s software(s) to be employed under this solicitation if selected. The work will also require collecting daily water stage data at approximately 50 gaging sites throughout the Vicksburg District and reporting information daily and monthly to the Vicksburg District. Additional work will consist of maintenance of permanent reference elevation markers at each gaging site and infrequent collection of suspended sediment samples at specific discharge ranges. Extreme flow conditions may require a combination of the ADCP, a single beam depth sounder, and differential GPS. The contractor may be required to take special purpose flow pattern and discharge measurements at lock and dam locations. The contractor may be required to verify his system by comparison with conventional discharge methods. All measurements will be in English units.
Subcontracting guidelines referenced in FAR 19.505(b)(1)(i) shall be followed. Firms must demonstrate their ability to perform at least 50% of the work pursuant to FAR 19.505(b)(1)(i), on multiple projects involving the required disciplines referenced in the PROJECT INFORMATION paragraph, with experience in the items listed below.
The requirement being considered will be an Indefinite Delivery Type (IDT) Contract as outlined in FAR Part 36 Construction and Architect-Engineer Contracts. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Code applicable to this requirement is 541330, Engineering Services with a small business size standard of $25.5 million.
Interested companies responding to this sources-sought should include the following information:
1. Company name, address, phone number, email, Unique Entity Identification (UEI) Number, CAGE Code, point of contact (POC) name, as well as business category (small businesses or other than small to include subsets).
2. Information describing the company’s capability to perform the work described. Provide specific capabilities on relevant work of the same or similar in size and complexity. Include contract numbers, contract descriptions, dollar value, and a customer point of contact, telephone number and email address. Identify whether your firm was a prime vendor or subcontractor. Specialized Experience should be demonstrated in the following areas:
(1) Firm must have prior recent experience in Automated Hydrographic Surveying in streams ranging in size from the Mississippi River to small creeks, oxbows, and canals.
(2) Firm must have prior recent experience in topographic, construction, and maintenance dredging surveys. Firm should demonstrate the capability to provide all services in a timely, professional manner and in a format consistent with Corps of Engineers CADD/GIS systems by submission of examples of completed work.
(3) Firm must have prior recent experience in horizontal and vertical control surveys.
(4) Firm must have experience in ADCP hydrographic surveying with data collection integrating a single beam depth sounder and differential GPS positioning.
(5) Firm must have experience in collecting discharge measurements by conventional methods.
(6) Firm must have experience in collecting and analyzing suspended sediment samples from river streams ranging in size from the Mississippi River to small creeks, oxbows, and canals.
Professional qualifications should include:
(1) Firm must have at least one professionally registered land surveyor in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
(2) Firm must delineate the capability, background, and experience of the key personnel within the firm who will be responsible for the administration of the contract and should indicate the ability to ensure the successful performance of the work required.
(3) Firm must clearly demonstrate the availability of adequate numbers of experienced personnel to perform the various tasks associated with automated hydrographic surveys, automated topographic surveys, ADCP data collection and with dredge alignment surveys.
3. Provide company business size based on NAICS code 541330. Also, provide business type ((i.e., Small Business or Other than Small) and all applicable socio-economic category information (Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned Small Business, Hub Zone Small Business, etc.)).
4. Provide a Statement of Interest in the project.
5. A narrative statement demonstrating your firm's capability and experience in providing Hydraulic/Hydrological Engineering services of a similar nature as described above. Your response should include the following information: details of similar contracts/projects (within the past 5 years) to include contract number, dates of service, project references (including owner with phone number and email address), size and scope of contract/project.
Interested contractors shall submit their response by e-mail only. The response must be submitted as a single application-generated (not scanned) PDF document that is less than or equal to 4MB in size. Please note that hard copies will not be accepted. Responses to this notice are due NO LATER THAN 2:00 p.m. CDT, Friday, December 13, 2024, via email to the primary point of contact listed Kasey Davis at Kasey.T.Davis@usace.army.mil. Also copy furnish R. Ellis Screws at Ellis.Screws@usace.army.mil.
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Any future solicitation, including specifications and/or drawings, will be made available on the SAM.gov website (https://www.sam.gov/). Interested parties are solely responsible for monitoring the aforementioned website for the release of a solicitation package and/or any updates/amendments.
