SOURCES SOUGHT
38 -- USACE NASHVILLE DISTRICT - PISTOL CREEK PROJECT
- Notice Date
- 2/3/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 237990
— Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Nashville, P.O. Box 1070, 801 Broad Street, Nashville, TN 37202-1070
- ZIP Code
- 37202-1070
- Solicitation Number
- W912P5-11-X-XXXX
- Response Due
- 2/16/2011
- Archive Date
- 4/17/2011
- Point of Contact
- DAVID SMITH, 615-736-7933
- E-Mail Address
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USACE District, Nashville
(david.a.smith3@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This RFI is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute an Invitation For Bid (IFB), Request for Quote (RFQ), or Request for Proposal or a promise to issue an RFQ/IFB/RFP in the future. No solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. In addition, respondents are advised that the United States (U.S) Government is under no obligation to pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this RFI. At this time, proprietary information is not being requested, and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this RFI. SCOPE: The USACE Nashville District is seeking sources interested and capable for a construction project entitled: Pistol Creek. The work is located on Greenbelt Lake in Maryville Tennessee (Blount County). Tentatively this will be a firm-fixed-price construction contract. Construction magnitude is between $1,000,000 and 5,000,000. Performance and payment bonds equaling 100% of the contract award price will be required. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this project is 237990 and the associated small business size standard is $33,500,000. Duration of the project is approximately 6 to 12 months. PURPOSE: This sources-sought announcement is being issued to identify small business concerns with the capability to accomplish the work. Only those firms responding to this announcement by submitting the following information will assist the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After review of the responses to this announcement, if the Government still plans to proceed with this acquisition in a competitive nature a solicitation announcement will be published in the Federal Business Opportunity for the respective project. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. All interested offerors will have the opportunity to respond to solicitation announcement at a later time if a competitive acquisition is pursued. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Greenbelt Lake is located in Bicentennial Park, a popular municipal park in the center of the City. This is a 5.4 acre lake that is located adjacent to the public library and serves as a centerpiece for Bicentennial Park. The existing control structure at the lake consists of a concrete gravity weir. The weir is about 100 feet wide. Elevation drops about 14 feet from the lake impoundment to the Pistol Creek channel below the dam. The dam is equipped with two low-level screw gate outlets to allow drawdown of the lake. The lake has suffered detrimental impacts due to severe sedimentation and a large population of nuisance wildlife (Canada geese and various duck species). These waterfowl add large quantities of nutrients and bacteria to the lake, negatively impacting the quality of the aquatic environment. The proposed project would excavate sediment from Greenbelt Lake and relocate most of the waterfowl. This alternative - the lake would be drained and the lake bed excavated using standard earth moving equipment. Four different configurations of various depths and cross sections for sediment excavation in Greenbelt Lake were assessed to optimize potential benefits versus costs. Variations between the configurations included such factors as different depths, transition zones, and underwater structures. Sediment Excavation and Removal activities at Greenbelt Lake involve: Prior to sediment removal activities, the lake will be drained by siphoning the water around the dam. The inflows from Pistol and Brown Creek will be diverted through temporary piping to the spillway south of the dam to prevent an increase in turbidity downstream of the lake. Approximately 2,230 feet of piping will be required to divert the water. Cofferdams, approximately 7 feet high, equipped with outlet pipes at the base, will be placed at the outfalls of Pistol and Brown Creeks as a detainment area for the inflows prior to discharge through the temporary piping system. The exact height and location of the cofferdams will be determined through site specific measurements. Cofferdams will be placed in such a way as to maximize the lakebed area available for excavation and facilitate connectivity with the shoreline. The cofferdam system will incorporate the use of nylon or polyester reinforced fabric to create watertight seals with the existing shoreline. A flume boot will be installed to create a watertight seal around the discharge pipe. Any necessary reinforcement within the substrate support system will be evaluated and remedied by a certified installation technician. Conventional mechanical equipment, such as excavators and bulldozers, will be used to remove sediment from Greenbelt Lake. The sediment will be de-watered at designated locations within the project site. The sediment will then be trucked to the local landfill for disposal. Temporary bridges will be utilized throughout the lake as crossing areas for the excavation equipment. A sediment weir structure will be constructed at the small island near the upstream end of the impoundment. The purpose of the weir is to facilitate sediment deposition in the upstream end of the lake. This will trap and remove sediment during high flows before it can be transported downstream. The weir will consist of large-sized boulders (3ft x 2 ft) to create a natural boulder wall. The top elevation of the weir will be approximately 1 foot above the water surface. To provide additional erosion protection and enhanced fisheries habitat, large cobblestones will be placed on top of geotextile fabric at the lake bed. The upstream impoundment area will be used as a sediment collection area, which will require periodic maintenance at approximately IS-year intervals. The Sponsor is aware of this requirement. Greenbelt Lake, Alternative GL - 3. Excavate to 8-foot depth in all areas, with steep slopes. The 8-foot depth would begin at approximately 14 feet from each shoreline and be sustained throughout the center of the lake. The objective of this alternative is to excavate the bottom of the lake to elevation of 862 and create a short, sharp transition from the shoreline to deeper water. An estimated 37,614 cubic yards of sediment would be removed from the lake to achieve the desired elevations. The excavated material would be stacked to drain, and then hauled to the local landfill. The shoreline profile would provide an aquatic vegetation planting area at the O-foot to I-foot planting zone that extends 6-feet beyond the shoreline before dropping off sharply into deeper water. Hard stabilization features such as riprap would be placed within the I-foot to 8-foot depth interval to help stabilize the slope and provide additional fisheries habitat. Quantities: Aquatic vegetation planting area (0-1 ft depth zone) = 16,690 sf Riprap or other hard stabilization structures (1-8 ft zone) = 16,690 sf REQUESTED INFORMATION: Respondents interested in providing a response to this RFI should carefully read the attached draft specification and submit information which clearly describes the following: (In A through H). A. Business name, address, telephone number and point of contact. B. DUNS number and CAGE code. C. Bonding capability (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars A statement of your firms bonding capacity. D. A Statement of Capability (SOC) stating your skills, experience, and knowledge required to perform the specified type of work. This SOC should be a brief description of your company's capabilities. Include a statement detailing any special qualifications and certifications, applicable to the scope of this project, held by your firm and/or in-house personnel. The potential bidders should provide brief references of relevant work they have performed and the magnitude of construction. E. Joint venture information if applicable; existing and potential. F. Comments or recommendation to the attached draft specification. Please provide if any. G. A rough estimate for the construction timeframe. H. Please indicate whether your firm will submit an offer for this project, if this project is set-aside. RESPONSES: Receipt of potential offerors responses shall be no later than 12 Noon CST on 16 Feb 2011. Responses to this sources sought may be faxed to the attention of David A. Smith at (615) 736-7124; mailed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District, CELRN-CT, Room A604, 110 Ninth Ave. South, P.O. Box 1070, Nashville, TN 37203-1070; or send via email to david.a.smith3@usace.army.mil. You may also submit supplemental materials such as brochures and product literature. DO NOT SUBMIT PROPRIETARY AND/OR BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL DATA. EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SUBMIT A BID ON THIS PROJECT WHEN IT IS FORMALLY ADVERTISED, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT A RESPONSE TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS.
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- Address: USACE District, Nashville P.O. Box 1070, 801 Broad Street Nashville TN
- Zip Code: 37202-1070
- Zip Code: 37202-1070
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