SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- A-E Services - Dam and Levee Safety Engineering, Design, Risk Analysis, and related services
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Huntington, Attn: CELRH-CT, 502 8th Street, Huntington, West Virginia, 25701-2070, United States
- ZIP Code
- 25701-2070
- Solicitation Number
- W91237-18-R-SS01
- Archive Date
- 12/6/2017
- Point of Contact
- Joshua Westgate, Phone: 3043995050
- E-Mail Address
-
joshua.k.westgate@usace.army.mil
(joshua.k.westgate@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice to determine the capabilities of small business firms for a small business set-aside. This notice does not constitute a solicitation announcement, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. No solicitation or technical scope of services is available at this time. The Government will use the responses to this SOURCES SOUGHT notice to make acquisition decisions. Small businesses are strongly encouraged to review this SOURCES SOUGHT and submit according to the directions in this notice. This announcement is to gain knowledge of potential qualified small business sources for Architect Engineering firms to support Dam and Levee Safety Engineering, Design, Risk Analysis, and related services. Work would be required for any project assigned to organizations within the USACE in the Continental United States (CONUS). The A/E services to be provided under this contract will be multidisciplinary in nature to support our mission to plan, design, construct, modify, operate and control reservoirs and dams, flood damage reduction projects, navigation projects, rehabilitation projects and Support for Others type projects. The A/E will be required to provide the appropriate personnel, materials, equipment, management, quality and cost controls to perform risk based dam safety engineering, planning, and analyses services to include, but not limited to, providing experts and expert services, modeling, forensic analysis, planning, engineering investigations/studies; risk assessments; designs; reports; peer reviews, expert opinion elicitations, failure modes analyses, CADD, and related services. Only small businesses will be considered for this SOURCES SOUGHT. The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541330, which has a size standard of $15 million in average annual receipts. Award of multiple contracts is being considered. Each contract will likely have a base period of one year with four one year options periods and have a total shared capacity of $10,000,000.00. Task orders awarded under these contracts will generally be between $20,000 and $750,000; it is likely possible multiple task orders may be ongoing across the nation at the same time. The following requests are designed to apprise the US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, of any prospective small business A/E's' project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following. The submission is limited to 40 total pages of information. 1) Offeror's name, address(es), point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address. 2) Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity and comparable work performed within the past 5 years based on the below criteria. (a) Specialized Experience and Technical Competence: Describe your firms' specialized experience with respect to: (1) Dam Safety Design and Analysis -Risk Assessments, Issue Evaluation Studies, Dam Safety Modification Studies, Independent Expert Peer Reviews, Modification Alternatives Development and Evaluation, Design Documentation Reports, Hydraulic Evaluations, and Rehabilitation Reports. (2) Flood Damage Reduction - Risk evaluation of floodwalls, levees, and appurtenant structures, Independent Expert Peer Reviews, Modification Alternatives Development and Evaluation, Design Documentation Reports, and Rehabilitation Reports. (b) Professional Qualifications: Describe the professional qualifications of your firm. Provide the number and qualifications of registered professional personnel in the following key disciplines, including years of actual specialty experience: Geotechnical Engineers, Geologists, Structural Engineers, Civil Engineers, Industrial Hygienists, and Engineering Technicians (Draftsmen/CADD Operators). Personnel for "Dam Safety Design and Analysis" shall be shown in the Levels of Experience listed below. Provide the number and qualifications of the personnel. Level 1 experience includes five to ten (5-10) years of conventional engineering experience for dam/levee safety engineering, design, and/or construction in geotechnical, geological, hydraulic, structural, or civil engineering. Level 2 experience includes ten to fifteen (10-15) years of conventional engineering experience in dam/levee safety, and at least 5 years of riskbased engineering experience in dam and levee systems. Experience should include all that within the Level 1, plus participation on risk analysis teams for dam and levee systems, facilitation or participation in potential failure mode analysis (PFMA), or estimation of conditional probabilities of failure for static, hydrologic, and seismic failure modes, and estimating loss of life and economic consequences. Level 3 experience includes more than fifteen (15+) years of conventional engineering experience in dam/levee safety, and at least 5 years of riskbased engineering experience in dams and levee systems. Experience should include all that within Levels 1 and 2, plus leading risk analysis teams, conducting Expert Opinion Elicitation, and constructing event trees or using risk-based models to estimate risks for dam and levee projects. Experience conducting external peer review, quality control review, and consistency of decision and action review of Risk Analysis Reports and corrective action studies for dam and levee modifications is required. (c) Past Performance: Describe your firms' performance during the past 5 years on similar contracts with respect to cost control, quality of work, ability to work independently and compliance with performance schedules as determined from Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS) and other sources. (d) Quality Management System: Describe your firms' Quality Management System to include quality control procedures, quality assurance procedures with any subcontracts, and procedures for continual improvement and ensuring customer satisfaction. State any experience with the ISO 9001 standard and the DrChecks automated comment and response system. (e) Capacity: Describe your firms' capacity to perform approximately $1,500,000.00 through multiple task orders, in a one-year period, and accomplish the anticipated work in an efficient manner. The Government is seeking short statements regarding the company's ability to demonstrate existing expertise and experience in relation to the areas specified herein. Commercial brochures or existing marketing materials may be submitted with the Capabilities Statement. Submission of a Capabilities Statement is not a prerequisite to any potential future offerings, but participation will assist the Corps of Engineers in tailoring requirements to be consistent with industry capabilities. This posting is for information and planning purposes only and shall not 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. After completing its analysis, the Government will determine whether to limit competition to small businesses. Offers that do not meet all requirements outlined in this SOURCES SOUGHT or submit within the allotted time will not be considered. Firms are strongly encouraged to make known their interest and experience in this type of work. Electronic submission via email is preferred. Please email or fax your qualification statement to Joshua.K.Westgate@usace.army.mil, fax: (304) 399-5281 by close of business of November 21th, 2017. If you prefer to mail your submission, please contact Mr. Westgate via the email above for instructions.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: 502 8th St., Huntington, West Virginia, 25701, United States
- Zip Code: 25701
- Zip Code: 25701
- Record
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