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SOURCES SOUGHT

The Sacramento District intends to award a $99M A-E Construction Phase Services Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) in accordance with Public Law 92-582 (Brooks Act), FAR 36.6 and the Engineering Pamphlet (EP) 715-1-7.

Purpose:

The Sacramento District is conducting market research to identify large and small businesses which have the capability to complete/manage multiple projects simultaneously. The requested information will be evaluated for the purpose of determining the capability and availability of Large Businesses as well as Small Businesses and to develop subcontracting goals for the various categories of Small Businesses.

Construction Phase Services are required to support construction activities and may include tasks supporting projects not yet in construction. The A-E service activities anticipated include a broad range of engineering and construction support activities including (but not limited to) assistance and guidance to field and design offices, project management, construction Quality Assurance (QA) inspection and reporting, interpretation of construction contract documents, shop drawing review, review of Construction Schedules and Quality Control (QC) plans, evaluation of construction methods and investigation and reporting of construction contractor claims. The A-E firm(s) will act as an independent contractor and not as an agent of the U.S. Government and shall in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract furnish all labor and supervisory management required for the performance of the work that will be described in separately issued task order scopes of work (SOW). Selected firms may be required to provide personnel on site from 1 to 5 years which may include those associated with QA services, schedulers, civil engineering technicians, CAD technicians, professional licensed engineers and project engineers (registered and non-registered namely architects, mechanical, structural, electrical, certified value engineers, fire protection engineers, geotechnical engineering, NAS schedulers, BIM (Building Information Modeling) specialist, cost engineers, commissioning specialists etc.).

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice for MARKET RESEARCH ONLY to determine the availability and capability of both Large and Small Business contractors for prime and subcontracting opportunities.

If a requirement is a Small Business Set-Aside, then Small Business firms are reminded under FAR 52.219-14 Limitation on Subcontracting that they must self-perform at least 50% of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of concern for service-type procurement.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 541330 which has a small business size standard of $22,500,000.00. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 8711. The Product and Service Code (PSC) is C219.

NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought

The Government intends to award a 5-year Firm Fixed Price Multiple Award IDIQ Contract with Government requirements being competed amongst the MATOC pool and completed as individual Task Orders.

The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the pool of available contractors.

Location:

The services will support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and its customers located anywhere within the geographical boundaries (Continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii and U.S Territories) of the USACE South Pacific Division and all existing Sacramento District customers, including military installations, Federal agencies, and civil work entities where the USACE is otherwise authorized to respond. However, contract capacity may be shared with other CONUS geographic USACE Districts where the principles of the ER5-1-10 and the Project Management Business Process have been met.

SUMBISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR SOURCES SOUGHT:

Interested statements shall be limited to five pages and shall include the following information:

1. Firm's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and email address.

1. CAGE Code and DUNS Number.

1. Firm's statement of capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity (include firm's capability to execute A-E services with a similar scope, comparable work performed within the past 5 years, brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction and dollar value of the project). Provide at least 3 examples. SF330s SHALL NOT be submitted in response to this sources sought announcement.

1. Firm's Business Size

1. Firm's Joint Venture (existing), including Mentor Protégés and teaming arrangement information is acceptable.

Based on the results of this sources sought, there could be multiple synopsis, one for Unrestricted (UR) firms and another for Small Business (SB) firms.

Submission of interest to this sources sought announcement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Sacramento District in identifying sources with required capabilities. Firms responding to this sources sought announcement, who fail to provide ALL of the required information requested, will not be used to assist the Government in the acquisition decision, which is the intent of this announcement.

All interested contractors should notify this office in writing by email by 4:00 PM, Pacific Standard Time (PST) on 17 March 2023. Submit responses via email to Ronald Arbour at ronald.p.arbour@usace.army.mil. Please include the Sources Sought No. W9123823R0023 in the subject line.

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