A market survey is being conducted to make acquisition decisions about this future project and to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project aside for them. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Business, or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and you are interested in this project, please respond appropriately.
The proposed project is for the Design / Build Full Facility Restoration a (Maintenance and Repair Army Reserve (MRAR)) of an existing Equipment Concentration Site (ECS), B-56767, with 14,275 Square Feet (SF) on the federally owned site North Fort Cavazos, TX. This MRAR will support the ECS-64 personnel located at 2401 Park Avenue, Gatesville, TX 76528. ECS-64 supports all the Army Reserve units in the vicinity. The functional spaces for hazmat storage are inadequate, and are failing; roof leaking onto the breaker panel causing it to trip; the air-lines pressure is unreliable and often fails.
Contract duration is estimated at 620 calendar days. The estimated cost range is between $10,000,000 and $25,000,000 per DFAR 236.204. NAICS code is 236220. All interested Small Businesses, certified HUBZone, 8(a), Woman-Owned Small Businesses, or Service- Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business contractors should respond to this survey by email no later than 06 December 2024 at 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time.
Responses should include:
1. Identification and verification of the company’s small business status.
2. Contractor’s Unique Identifier Number and CAGE Code(s).
3. Documentation from the firm’s bonding company showing current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits.
4. Descriptions of Experience – Interested construction firms must provide no more than three (3) example successful Design/Build projects with greater than 95 percent completion or projects completed in the past five (5) years in which the interested firm served as the prime contractor. Example projects must be of similar size and scope.
5. Each project must include the name, title, project role, e-mail address, and telephone number of at least one reference. References may be used to verify project size, scope, dollar value, percentages, and quality of performance.
a. Projects similar in scope to this project include:
National Guard Armories, Army Reserve Centers, Armed Forces Training Centers, barracks/housing quarters, and educational facilities. Project can also include experience in new construction; however, project scope should be at least 75% renovation. An IDIQ contract may be submitted only if a single task order could be considered similar to this project. Task orders may not be combined in order for the contract to be considered similar.
b. Projects similar in size to this project include:
Projects considered similar in size will include projects with new construction and/or renovation of approximately 10,500 sf or greater.
c. Based on the information 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 dollar value of the construction contract.
e. Identify the number of subcontractors by construction trade utilized for each project.
f. Documentation from the firm’s bonding company showing current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits.
g. The portion and percentage of the project that was self-performed.
6. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting (DEVIATION 2019-O0003); they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with the firm’s own employees for general construction-type procurement.
NOTE: Total submittal package shall be no longer than 8 pages. Please only include a narrative of the requested information; additional information will not be reviewed.
Email responses to Christopher.M.Jackson@usace.army.mil. This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this source sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately from responses to this market survey.
NOTICE: The following information is provided for situational awareness and is not required to respond to this Sources Sought.
All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) prior to award of a contract. All proposed contractors are highly encouraged to review FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer – System for Award Management, which indicates “All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT).” Those not currently registered can obtain registration by going to the website http://www.SAM.gov. The process can usually be completed from 24 to 48 hours after submission. Contractors will need to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (formerly DUNS number) for processing their registration. If you do not already have a Unique Entity Identifier, one can be obtained from http://www.SAM.gov. Refer to www. SAM.gov for information formerly found in CCR, EPLS, ORCA and FedReg.
