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SOURCES SOUGHT PANSWD24P0000004156 FY25 Military Working Dog Kennel on Fort Cavazos, Texas US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORT WORTH DISTRICT This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice; a market survey, for informat... SOURCES SOUGHT PANSWD24P0000004156 FY25 Military Working Dog Kennel on Fort Cavazos, Texas US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORT WORTH DISTRICT This is a SOURCES SOUGHT notice; a market survey, for information only, to be used for preliminary planning purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information or industry response to this notice or any follow up information requests. Not responding to this notice does not preclude participation in any future procurement. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the Government-Wide Point of Entry (GPE). It is the responsibility of potential offerors to monitor the GPE for additional information pertaining to this requirement. Responses to the sources sought will be utilized with other market research methods to establish the planned acquisition strategy. The planned acquisition strategy will be posted as a change to this synopsis, as required by regulation. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of industry, to include the Small Business Community: Small Business, Section 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUB-Zone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), or Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB). All are highly encouraged to respond to solidify the acquisition strategy. The acquisition strategy will be determined based on responses received from this notice and/or other market research methods. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Fort Worth District has been tasked to solicit for and award a firm fixed-price, Design-Bid-Build construction project for new construction located at Fort Cavazos, Texas. The Government is seeking experienced firms for the following scope of work: Project includes construction to provide a Design-Bid-Build, Firm Fixed-Price contract. This project is to construct a new 8,909 SF Working Dog Kennel (MWD) Kennel facility and alter the existing Administrative Building to include two Isolation Kennels totaling 300 SF, for use by the 89th Military Police (MP) Brigade. In addition, upgrades will be made to the existing water and wastewater systems. Project has an approved site and there’s no known environmental contamination. In accordance with FAR 36.204, the estimated construction price range for this project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. This project is funded with Unspecified Minor Military Construction funds which have a statutory funding limitation of $9 Million. Estimated duration of the project is 540 calendar days. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 236220 which has a small business size standard of $45,000,000. The Product Service Code is Y1JZ. Should this action be set-aside for small business, firms are reminded of the requirements under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting. Firm will not pay more than 85% of the amount paid by the Government to the prime’s subcontractors that are not similarly situated. Any work that a similarly situated entity further subcontracts will count toward the 85% subcontract amount that cannot be exceeded. Cost of materials are excluded and not considered to be subcontracted. Should this action be solicited as Full and Open Competition, a Small Business Participation Proposal will be identified as an evaluation factor in the solicitation. Large Business(es) must comply with FAR 52.219-9 by submitting an acceptable Small Business Subcontracting Plan. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response to this notice. However, respondents are reminded that all construction performance must follow the USACE Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1), and must also comply with all Federal, State, and local laws, ordinances, codes and/or regulations. Anticipated solicitation issuance date is on or about 15 July 2025, and the estimated proposal due date will be on or about 15 August 2025. The official notice citing the solicitation number will be issued via the GPE and firms are to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued. Response to this Notice shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information: 1. Firm’s name, address, point of contact, phone number, Unique Entity Identifier and e-mail address. 2. Firm’s interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued, whether as a prime or a subcontractor. 3. Firm’s relevant experience to perform the magnitude and complexity outlined in the Scope of Work above by providing: Brief description of the project, customer name, and dollar value of the project – provide at least 3 examples if possible. 4. Firm’s Business Size – LB, SB, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB. 5. Will the firm submit a response as a Joint Venture or other arrangement? If YES, provide specific type: Joint Venture, Mentor-Protégé, Teaming Arrangement, or Other 6. Firm’s Bonding Capacity (construction bonding level per contract and aggregate construction bonding level, both expressed in dollars). 7. Firm’s capability statement. This announcement and all information will be issued via the Government Point of Entry, and Offerors must be active in the System for Award Management (SAM) to be eligible for award of Government contracts, including documenting Sec. 889 Compliance in SAM that includes FAR 52.204-24 and FAR 52.204-25. Contracting will verify the 889(a) and (b) compliance – per FAR 52.204-26. The Supplier Performance Risk System (SPRS) is the Department of Defense, single, authorized application to retrieve supplier performance information. SPRS is a web-enabled enterprise application that gathers, processes, and displays data about the performance of suppliers and must be completed prior to an award in accordance with DFARS 204.7303(b)(1), DFARS 204.7304(e), DFARS 252.204-7020, DoDI 5000.79. Review NIST SP 800-171 for further information. Interested Firms shall respond to this Notice no later than 5 March 2025, 4:00 pm (central local time). Email your response to Kristi L. Morris at kristi.l.morris@usace.army.mil. *EMAIL IS THE PREFERRED METHOD WHEN RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE.