SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet, Atlantic Shore Front, Coastal Storm Risk Management Project Groin Project
- Notice Date
- 11/13/2019 1:15:59 PM
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 237990
— Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction
- Contracting Office
- W2SD ENDIST NEW YORK NEW YORK NY 10278 USA
- ZIP Code
- 10278
- Solicitation Number
- W912DS-20-S-0003
- Response Due
- 11/28/2019 4:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/13/2019
- Point of Contact
- Nicole C. Fauntleroy, Phone: 9177906139
- E-Mail Address
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nicole.fauntleroy@usace.army.mil
(nicole.fauntleroy@usace.army.mil)
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE USED FOR MARKET ANALYSIS ONLY. NO AWARDS WILL BE MADE FROM THE RESPONSES TO THIS SYNOPSIS. NO SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER RESPONSES WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR A FUTURE ACQUISITION. The purpose of this announcement is to gain knowledge of potential business sources; with specific interest in small business, certified 8(a) serviced by SBA districts, certified HUB Zone, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), for work on wetland restoration/creation construction contract. The NAICS Code is 237990 (size standard $39.5 million average annual receipts for preceding three fiscal years). No awards will be made from the responses to this synopsis. No solicitation will be available at this time. Responses will be used to determine appropriate acquisition decisions for a future procurement. A-BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION FOR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT The New York District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (District) is preparing plans and specifications for construction of the East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet, Atlantic Shore Front, Coastal Storm Risk Management Project for the Groin contract.The Atlantic Shoreline planning reach of the study area extends the full length of the Rockaway Peninsula, from Rockaway Inlet on the west, to Beach 9th Street on the east. The Rockaway Peninsula is a narrow strip of land in the Atlantic Coastal Plain, stretching along the western end of the South Shore of Long Island. Located in in Queens County, New York, it is approximately 11 miles in length, averages less than 0.75 miles in width, and is about 7 square miles total. Jamaica Bay forms the northern border of the peninsula. The plan provides for reduction of storm damages from coastal erosion and flooding through storm protective reinforced dune, beach berm and dune, construction of new groins, and modifying existing groins. This Survey is for the Groin contract only. Groin Contract - 14 new groins and 5 groin modifications. The magnitude of the project is between $100 million to $250 million. Duration of construction will be approximately 1095 calendar days after Notice to Proceed. Notice to Proceed is anticipated to occur approximately in spring 2020.B-OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTSThe Contractor will conform to all local, state, and federal laws while carrying out the construction process for this project.The Contractor shall prepare and submit a site-specific safety and health plan to the government for approval prior to mobilization. C-SURVEY OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR INDUSTRY The following is a confidential survey questionnaire designed to apprise the US Army Corps of Engineers, NY District, of any prospective construction contractors’ project execution capabilities. Please provide your response to the following questions. At the end of this survey you will be asked to provide your comments.General The proposed project is for Groin construction work.1. Description of project: Proposed project is for construction of 14 new groins and 5 groin modifications. The Western groin field consists of 12 new groins from B. 145th Street to B. 92nd Street and 1 groin modification at B. 149th Street. The Eastern groin field consists of 2 new groins, one at B. 52nd Street and the other at B. 32nd Street, and 4 groin modifications between B. 45th Street and B. 36th Street.2. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 237990. The Small Business Size standard is $39,500,000. 3. The following information is required from interested sources. (1) Name of firm with address, phone, and fax number, point of contact and email address.(2) Identification and verification of the company as a Small Business Administration (SBA) certified HUBZone Small business firm, or a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business firm, or an SBA certified 8(a) firm with an SBA approved office for performing a competitive acquisition in the State of New York, or a Small Business firm under the size standard assigned to the procurement.,(3) A CAGE Code and DUNS Number for the firm.(4) Statement of Interest: Please indicate whether your firm intends to submit an offer for this project.(5) Qualification Criteria: Responses to this Source Sought shall provide information that indicates the contractor has the experience to perform the work as specified above. Firms should respond to this notice by providing at least three relevant projects that the firm performed as a Prime Contractor. No more than five relevant projects can be submitted as Past Experience. Firms SHALL provide the dollar value of past relevant projects that the firm performed.Also include: (i) Forecasted use of materials, equipment including land-based equipment and water and storage location if applicable; (ii) Capabilities and Capacity for intended operations.(6) Have you worked with environmental window restrictions, e.g., Piper Plover, Sea Turtle?(7) Bonding Capacity: per contract and total bonding capacity.(8) The interested contractor should list the percentage and type of work that they will self-perform. Interested responders should refer to the following FAR Clauses to see the Limitations on Subcontracting that pertains to specific Set-asides.FAR 52.219-14 pertains to Small Business and 8(a) Set-asides). If the acquisition is set-aside for all Small Businesses or the 8(a) Program, the concern will perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with its own employees. FAR 52.219-3 pertains to HUBZone Set-asides. If the acquisition is set-aside for HUBZone Small Businesses, at least 15 percent of the cost of contract performance to be incurred for personnel will be spent on the HUBZone prime contractor’s employees; and at least 50 percent of the cost of the contract performance to be incurred for personnel will be spent on the HUBZone Prime Contractor’s employees or on a combination of the HUBZone Prime Contractor’s employees and employees of HUBZone Small Business concern Subcontractors; and no more than 50 percent of the cost of contract performance to be incurred for personnel will be subcontracted to concerns that are not HUBZone Small business concernsFAR 52.219-27 pertains to Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-asides. If the acquisition is set-aside for SDVOSB, at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract performance incurred for personnel will be spent on the concern’s employees or the employees of other Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business concerns. A joint venture may be considered a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business concern if at least one member of the joint venture is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concern, and makes the following representations: That it is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business concern, and that it is a Small Business concern under the North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) code assigned to the procurement; and each other concern is small under the size standard corresponding to the NAICS code assigned to the procurement; and the joint venture meets the requirements of paragraph 7 of the explanation of Affiliates in 19.101 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The joint venture meets the requirements of 13 CFR 125.15(b)(9) Would you be willing to bid on the project described above? Lease provide a brief description. If the answer is no, please explain why not.(10) Would you be bidding on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s) or as a joint venture?(11) Is there a dollar limit on the size contract that you would bid?(12) What are the largest construction contracts (in dollar amounts) on which you were the prime contractor?(13) What is your bonding capacity per contract? What is your total bonding capacity?(14) Is your company a small or large business as defined by the SBA? Are you classified as a certified 8(a) serviced by SBA districts, certified HUB Zone, or Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)?(15) What type of standard construction equipment do you own and/or operate for work on soft soils such as hydraulic excavators outfitted with long reach booms, low pressure off road hauling equipment, low ground pressure dozers, low ground pressure utility vehicles, use of timber mats to support excavators and to assist in moving across wet areas of the site that is suitable for the work described? For each item of equipment that you list, please specify its load capacity, modifications and any other relevant characteristics and any other relevant equipment. 16) Contractor’s Comments or Recommendations Please provide, if any.Please note that this notice is not a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract as a result of this notice or to pay for any information received. This synopsis neither constitutes a Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. The Government should not construe this Sources Sought Synopsis as a commitment for any purpose. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. Submit three (3) Survey Questionnaires to:Attn: Nicole Fauntleroy, CENAN CT, Rm. 16-300, US Army Corps of Engineers, NY District, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY, 10278Survey Questionnaires will not be accepted after 4:00 pm on the original response date shown in the advertisement in the FedBizOps. If the original response date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a Federal Holiday, the response date will moved to the next business day.Facsimile transmissions of the qualifications statements will not be accepted. Due to heightened security around 26 Federal Plaza, be prepared to leave ample time to gain entry into the building.
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