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This is a Sources Sought Notice for potential offerors or bidders to support the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation located at Hyrum Dam, Utah. This is NOT a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and DOES NOT serve to bind the U.S. Government in any way. Interested parties shall not be reimbursed for any costs associated with preparation of their responses.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Upper Colorado Regional Office is conducting market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to identify potential firms who are certified Small Business prime construction contractors. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on Federal Business opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This project will be a Firm-Fixed Price construction contract for constructing a new spillway at Hyrum Dam. The principal components of the work to be performed under these specifications include construction of a new spillway, spillway chute, radial gates, a new stilling basin, two new siphons, and a new precast concrete beam bridge. Other components include: new hoists and hoist enclosure, new embankment dike, dewatering system, foundation treatment, County road realignment construction, regrade reservoir rim between the spillway and dam, re-routing two access roads, mechanical and electrical equipment, demolition of existing spillway, cofferdam.
A new spillway is being designed and is ongoing with a solicitation planned for May of 2018 with contract award in August of 2018. Work is located on the Little Bear River immediately south-west of Hyrum City, Utah. USBR previously posted a Sources Sought Notice for this requirement with responses due October 30, 2017. This Notice supersedes all previous postings for this requirement.
SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATION WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA):
The Government is only interested in responses from small businesses that can execute this potential contract as a prime contractor. Please identify your federally designated small business category or categories.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this project is 237990, Small Business Standard Size $36.5M and the anticipated magnitude of this project in accordance with FAR Part 36.204(e) is between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000. All interested parties should verify that they fall under the NAICS code as a Small Business prior to submission. The Performance period is anticipated to last approximately 1,500 days or on or before February 24, 2023. Contractors will be expected to perform a minimum of 15% of the work with its own employees (FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting). Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make the appropriate acquisition decision. Contractor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov).
The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity. Based on the responses to this Sources Sought Notice/Market Research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open competition. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
All interested and qualified firms responding to this Sources Sought Notice are required to provide the following information:
1. Business Name, physical/mailing address, phone, point of contact, email and website if applicable;
2. CAGE Code & DUNS Number;
3. A list of similar construction projects within the last five (5) years (at least three (3) descriptions)
*Note: The list of relevant contracts/projects shall include the location, contract number, description, and estimated yearly value, and performance dates;
4. Your firms bonding capacity per contract/action;
5. Any or all Small Business Classifications (Tell us if you are certified with the SBA under a socio-economic program such as, but, not limited to 8(a) Program, SDVOSB, VOSB, HUBZone, small disadvantaged, and or WOSB;
6. Firm's Capability Statement: The Capability Statements shall be no more than 5-pages in length. Please address the particulars of this effort, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability;
7. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated to deliver technical capability, firms should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.
Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Michael Stanard at mstanard@usbr.gov. Facsimiles will not be accepted. Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice.
If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact: Michael Stanard at mstanard@usbr.gov.
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