SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Sources Sought for Capability Statements from all qualified A-E Firms regarding geotechnical engineering, soil borings and soil and concrete testing in south Louisiana.
- Notice Date
- 4/9/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army Engineer District, New Orleans, US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
- ZIP Code
- 70160-0267
- Solicitation Number
- W912P8-09-SS-0010
- Response Due
- 4/27/2009
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2009
- Point of Contact
- Walker Pitts, 504-862-1819<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS NOTICE IS FOR SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR INVITATION FOR BID. SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. The number for this announcement is W912P8-09-SS-0010. The US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, solicits a capability statement from all qualified A-E firms regarding geotechnical engineering, soil borings and soil and concrete testing in south Louisiana. Projects include levees, floodwalls, pump stations and related flood control and hurricane protection work. Over a three year period, the potential contract cost is $25 to $35 million. A rough breakdown of the total is $15 to $20 million for soil borings, $6 to $12 million for soil testing for design, $1 to $3 million for field tests during construction and about $3 million for geotechnical engineering. We are currently investigating issuing one or more indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity and/or multiple award task order contracts under which to solicit this work. The responses to this Sources Sought will help determine the appropriate type, size and number of contracts. (a) Field work includes: soil borings: 5 undisturbed, general type and soil probes; cone penetrometer tests (CPT), field vane shear tests, installing geotechnical instrumentation (piezometers, slope inclinometers and wells), and performing field QA soil tests during construction (e.g., in-place density tests and soil classification tests). Conduct pile driving analysis, and perform noise and vibration monitoring. General type borings will utilize 3-inch x 42-inch thin wall Shelby tubes, and undisturbed soil borings will utilize 5-inch x 4.5-foot tubes and fixed-piston type methods will be used in the soil boring operations. Some borings will require hard access (marsh, swamp or heavily forested areas) and work over water requiring special equipment. Samples must be delivered promptly to the testing lab. All sampling equipment will be furnished by the contractor. (b) Testing laboratory and storage facility shall be established within 50 road miles of the New Orleans District headquarters office once the contract has been awarded. Testing laboratory assignments may include classifying, determining moisture content and Atterberg limits, performing unconfined compression tests, performing (Q) and (R) triaxial compression shear tests; performing direct shear (S) tests, consolidation tests 4 diameter, mechanical grain size and hydrometer analysis; performing a variety of soil testing in accordance with ASTM D specifications; computing and compiling test results; furnishing boring and laboratory data in both text and CADD files fully compatible with the Intergraph/Bentley MicroStation CADD software. (c) Design assignments may include selection of design parameters; stability analyses of levees, reinforced embankments, dikes and other earthen structures; stability analyses of slopes for revetments, channels and excavations; pile capacity curves; settlement analyses; cantilevered, anchored, and braced sheet pile analyses; bearing capacity determinations; retaining and flood walls analyses; seepage analyses; dewatering design, ground water study and operation and interpretation of data obtained from A-E provided pile driver analyzer. Design reports and plates will be furnished as paper copies and as MicroStation compatible design files and reports and plates in an electronic format. (d) Geotechnical engineering services during construction; geotechnical engineer and technician will be stationed on site for consultation and material testing. (e) Field QA testing, including soils and concrete, during construction. Provide the following minimum personnel to perform work: five (5) 4-person drill crews and 3 crews must be stationed within 50 miles of MVN District Office; two (2) 2-person survey crews; capacity to produce 25 triaxial 3 point UU tests and 50-Atterberg limits per day; eight (8) Registered Professional Engineers specialized in Geotechnical Engineering practice; twelve (12) engineering/soils lab technicians; and four (4) CADD draftspersons. Provide the following minimum equipment to be utilized for the project: five (5) core drill rigs with off road access capability (undisturbed drill rig Failing 1500 or equivalent), two (2) pile driving analyzers, two (2) soil probes, two (2) cone penetrometers, seven (7) vibration monitoring devices, three (3) noise monitoring devices, six (6) triaxial test cells, ten (10) 4 inch diameter consolidometers, one (1) direct-shear machine. Provide adequate temperature controlled space for storage of undisturbed samples before testing. Firm must have a Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) water well contractor license and the soil testing laboratory must / will need to be validated by Corps of Engineers Material Testing Center. All interested companies are invited to submit a Capability Statement with appropriate documentation, literature and brochures and should include: 1) Firm name, address, telephone, and fax numbers, 2) Past experience with similar work. 3) provide dollar value range of contracts for which you would be most likely to compete. IMPORTANT: Responses must be limited to no more than 5 pages. Submission of a Capabilities Statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings. However, participation will assist the Corps in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities, including available capacity of various segments thereof. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents WILL NOT be notified of the results of the evaluation. Fax responses will not be accepted. The responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT synopsis may be e-mailed to FREDERICK.W.PITTS@usace.army.mil or faxed to Walker Pitts at 504-862-1819 or mailed to Attn: Walker Pitts and must be received no later than: 5:00 pm Central Time Zone, 27 April 2009. Contracting Office Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans, ATTN: CEMVN-CT-W, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans, LA 70160-0267
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- Address: US Army Engineer District, New Orleans ATTN: CEMVN-CT, P.O. Box 60267 New Orleans LA<br />
- Zip Code: 70160-0267<br />
- Zip Code: 70160-0267<br />
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