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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS and is NOT a solicitation announcement. The purpose of this Market Research and Sources Sought Notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran owned, and Women owned Small Business firms. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the government in making appropriate acquisition decisions. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, anticipates a future IDC procurement to acquire Architect-Engineer (AE) Services under individual task orders throughout the Mobile District Area of Responsibility (AOR) to support the planning and design, specifically for horizontal construction, for the Mobile District’s Engineering Design Program for the Military, Civil, and Support for Other missions. The work will primarily be located in with Mobile District boundaries to include Central and South America, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other locations that may be assigned to the Mobile District, South Atlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Required AE Services supporting the Mobile District’s Engineering Design Program for the Military, Civil, and Support for Others missions under this contract will include, but are not limited to, renovation/repair projects and new construction and the development of construction plans and specifications for new horizontal construction projects; master and sub-area development planning, preparation of the technical portions of design-build solicitations; preparation of project definition and programming documents, charrettes, value engineering studies, facility condition assessments (as it relates to airfield pavements, storm drainage infrastructure, dams and levees), preliminary studies through complete Project Feasibility Report development, interviewing and investigations, cost estimating; site/civil engineering designs and studies for airfields, roads, pavement design, grading, drainage, traffic studies, water and wastewater distribution, collection, and treatment; environmental experience with Section 404 and state wetland permits, best management practices (BMPs), modeling; power distribution and Energy Resilience Conservation Investment Program (ERCIP) projects; topographic & hydrographic surveys, subsurface utility locations/investigations and GIS application; geotechnical engineering design and studies, investigations, testing, drilling, and modeling. Task orders typically range in size from $100,000 to $18,000,000, averaging $500,000.The selected firm must have, either in-house or through consultants, the following professionally registered disciplines, to support the required services as indicated above: (1) Project/Task Order Managers; (2) Civil Engineers; (3) Geotechnical Engineers; (4) Environmental Engineers; (5) Surveyors; (6) Landscape Architects; (7) Master Planners; (8) Cost Estimators; (9) Geologists; (10) Biologists; (11) Archeologists; (12) Hydraulic Engineers; (13) Coastal Engineers; (14) Electrical Engineers; (15) Structural Engineers; (16) Registered Communications Distribution Designer; (17) Architect. (All registration in the States covered by the Mobile District’s Area of Responsibility preferred)

The anticipated contract value is $49,000,000 and duration will be five (5) years. Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 541330 with a Small Business Size Standard of $25,500,000 average annual receipts over five years. Responses are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of eight pages:

1. Offerors' name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers and email addresses.

2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Woman Owned, or 8(a) shall be indicated on first page of submission.

3. Description of firm's capability to provide the AE services for planning and design, specifically for horizontal construction with emphasis on military installations and USACE Civil Works Projects, for the Mobile District’s Military/Civil Works Design and Construction Program, to include services personnel; manage the disciplines; and capacity to execute at least 4 task orders similar to range and average stated above under this IDIQ simultaneously.

4. Past performance/experience on IDC contracts of similar scope and magnitude, specifically for horizontal construction with emphasis on military installations and USACE Civil Works Projects, describing no more than five (5) projects completed within the past five years of the issue date of this Notice.

The five (5) projects shall specifically address the following areas of emphasis and shall be presented in the order listed below:

Project 1 – Military Airfield Design (Paving, Grading, Drainage, and Survey Features)

Project 2 – Roadway (Bridge) Design (Paving, Grading, Drainage, and Survey Features)

Project 3 – Comprehensive Stormwater Master Plan for large military installations (Hydrology and Hydraulic analysis including 2D & 3D stormwater modeling, inventory condition assessment, flood mapping)

Project 4 – General Civil Site Design (Mass Grading and Site Development)

Project 5 – Dams or Levee Systems including (Investigation, Slope Stability, Seepage Analysis, Structural)

The past performance information should include project title, location, general description of the AE Services to demonstrate relevance to support Mobile District’s Engineering Design for the Military, Civil, and Support for Other missions, the Offerors' role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information (reference name, phone number and e-mail address). Include the Prime Contractor’s name and a quantifiable amount (percentage) of the project your company contributed (as well as percentage of the project that a similarly situated subcontractor contributed) to the overall scope of work. Prime Contractor experience is required.

Include prior experience with subcontracting team. FAR 52.219-14 Limitations on Subcontracting will not pay more than 50 percent of the amount paid by the Government for contract performance to subcontractors that are not similarly situated entities.

NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX OR MAIL. ALL RESPONSES MUST BE EMAILED to: Joyce.F.Powell@usace.army.mil. Submittals are due no later than by 12:00 (Noon CST) on 14 March 2024. Submittals will not be returned. Telephonic responses will not be honored. This is not a Request for Proposal, only a Request for Information. No award will result from this Sources Sought. This notice does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Limit response to eight (8) pages or less.

Note 1: This is not a Request for Proposal, only a Request for Information. No award will result from this Sources Sought.

Note 2: This sources sought synopsis is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited.

Note 3: Large Businesses need not respond.

Note 4: All advertisements of Mobile District projects will be through SAM.gov. Detailed information on this and other Mobile District projects are available on the internet at SAM.gov.

Contracting Office Address:

USACE District, Mobile, P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602), Mobile, AL 36628-0001

Place of Performance:

USACE District, Mobile P. O. Box 2288, 109 Saint Joseph Street (zip 36602) Mobile AL 36628-0001

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