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This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability, capability, and interest of small business firms for a potential small business category type set-aside.

NO AWARD will be made from this Sources Sought Notice.

NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS ARE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME as this is solely for Market Research. Therefore, please do not request such documentation. Requests will go unanswered.

If the conditions at FAR 19.502-2(b) are met, the contracting officer is required to set the acquisition aside for small business concerns. If set-aside, FAR 52.219-14, requires that the small business contractor will self-perform at least 50% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials. Accordingly, interested contractors having the skill, capabilities, and workload capacity to complete the described project (either through self-performance and/or the managing of subcontractors) are invited to provide their capability statements to the point of contact listed below. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential acquisition.

The purpose of this notice is to obtain a snapshot of current market capabilities and gain knowledge of potential small business sources to include small business in the following socioeconomic categories: Certified HUB Zone; Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB); Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), and 8(a) small business concerns to furnish and install new suspended duplex sump pumps and ancillary components in existing sump pump location. Other than small businesses are encouraged to express interest and submit capability statements as well.

Contractors’ capabilities will be reviewed solely for the purpose of determining an appropriate acquisition strategy to include whether this prospective action is appropriate to be set-aside for the small business community or should proceed as an unrestricted full and open acquisition. Other than small businesses are encouraged to respond to this Notice to provide a greater context of current market capabilities. However, per the Federal Acquisition Regulations, preference will be given to the small business categories as listed above. In determining the acquisition strategy, the Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of available contractors.

The Government estimates issuing a solicitation mid April

The Government intends to award a Firm Fixed Price purchase order.

The NAICS Code is 238220, Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors. The size standard is $19 million. Product Service Code is N043, Installation of Equipment – Pumps and Compressors.

General Scope:

Provide and install new suspended duplex sump pumps in existing sump pump location on floor elevation 404.0 ft. Connect the new sump pumps to the existing 6-inch discharge piping within the sump pit. Sump pumps shall be automatically controlled by float switches and an alternator. Provide and install two new motor controllers for sump pump motors. Motor controller enclosures shall be watertight and dustproof. Provide and install new wires inside existing conduit feeding new motor controllers from main distribution panel located on the top of the control tower, elevation 515.0 ft., and motors feeding from wall mounted motor controllers.

Combination motor starter/controllers shall be rated at minimum of 5 Hp operation, 440V, 3-phase, with 3 position pump selector switches. All new electrical equipment shall duplicate the existing electrical equipment capability. Sump alarms shall sound at the top floor of the control tower and at the project office.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT

The following requests are designed to inform the US Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District, of current service contractor market capabilities. Please provide your response to the following. The submission is limited to ten (10) 8.5 x 11 pages and a minimum font size of 10.

1) Offeror's name, Unique Entity Identification Number (UEI), address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address.

2) Offeror's experience and capability to complete (either through self-performance in excess of 50% or the managing of one or more subcontracts as a Prime) contracts of comparable work performed within the past 6 years. Describe the Prime’s self-performed effort, brief description of the project, customer name, timeliness of performance, customer satisfaction, and dollar value of the project.

3) Offeror's socioeconomic type and business size (Certified Hub Zone; Woman-Owned Small Business (WOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB, Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB), and 8(a) small business concerns).

The Capabilities Statement will not be considered an offer (proposal) or a bid for any future Request for Quotes/Proposal that may result from this notice. Moreover, it will not restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach.

This notice is for information and planning purposes only. The respondents will not be notified of the results of any review conducted of the capability statements received.

Please submit your capability statement via email by 11:00 AM Pacific Time on 4 April 2023. Submit requested information via email to: julie.maxwell@usace.army.mil. Please include the Sources Sought No. W9123823S0033 in the subject line.

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