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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Project Description: Pavilions, Protection Walls and Cultural Interpretation Panels for Lake Isabella Anticipated Posting Date: 19 DEC 2024 Sources Sought Number: W9123825S0010 S... SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE Project Description: Pavilions, Protection Walls and Cultural Interpretation Panels for Lake Isabella Anticipated Posting Date: 19 DEC 2024 Sources Sought Number: W9123825S0010 SAM Posting Title: Pavilions, Protection Walls and Cultural Interpretation for Isabella, California SAM Posting Description: This Sources Sought Notice is being issued for market research purposes to determine the availability, capability, and interest of small business firms for a potential Government requirement. NO SOLICITATION IS AVAILABLE; requests for a solicitation will go unanswered. No award will be made from this Notice. Responses will be used to determine potential acquisition strategies, understand current market capabilities, and to gain knowledge of potential sources. Background: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento District (USACE), began construction on the Isabella Dam Safety Modification Project (Project) in 2018. USACE is authorized to complete work on the Isabella Dam and Auxiliary Dam under the Flood Control Act of 1944, Public Law 78-534, Chapter 665, Section 110, Page 901. In March 2021, Project team members were made aware of a request from the construction contractor to delineate and open a new borrow area for additional construction materials. Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), USACE determined that ground disturbance in the borrow area would result in an adverse effect to historic properties. Use of the borrow area would destroy contributing elements to an archaeological site and the Tübatulabal Cultural Landscape District. Both the site and district held special importance for the Tübatulabal Tribe as physical remnants of their ancestors’ presence on the landscape, as well as contemporary sources of tribal identity and connection to the traditionally used cultural landscape. USACE determined both properties eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. In accordance with a Programmatic Agreement executed to guide Project compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA, USACE consulted with the California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), Sequoia National Forest (SNF), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), and interested tribes, receiving concurrence in the Determinations of Eligibility (DOE) and Finding of Effect (FOE) and approval of the Supplemental Treatment Plan outlining potential mitigation measures in August of 2021. GENERAL SCOPE: The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District (SPK) anticipates a potential requirement to construct pavilions, protection walls and prepare cultural interpretation panels for Lake Isabella. Prepare an artistic rendering, fabricate, and install seventeen (17) panels approximately 36” x 24” on the history and culture of the Tübatulabal tribe on a pre-existing concrete sitting wall adjacent to the boat ramp at French Gulch Boat Launch. USACE will provide the media (text and images) on the panels. Fabricate and install one (1) pre-engineered shade structure approximately 8’ x 8’ next to the boat ramp at French Gulch. Prepare an artistic rendering, fabricate, and install one (1) panoramic interpretive panel approximately 48” x 24” that depicts an image of the viewshed with Tübatulabal place names in English and Paka’anil, as well as three stories of significance to the tribe, at the Auxiliary Dam Recreation Site. USACE will provide the names and points of interest. fabricate, and install one (1) interpretive panel approximately 36” x 24” describing changes to the Kern River Valley over time. Design and construct a rock sitting wall approximately 15’ x 3’ x 3’ to serve as a base for the interpretive panels at Auxiliary Dam Recreation Site. Wall shall be constructed out of natural stone and pigmented mortar. Wall shall be curved approximately 90 degrees with a radius of approximately 5 feet. Fabricate and install one (1) pre-engineered shade structure approximately 12’ x 12’, covering the rock and interpretive panels at Auxiliary Dam. Install a boulder line along the eastern edge of the turnaround at the end of Old Isabella Road Recreation Site. Boulders shall be of an appropriate size and spacing to prevent vehicles from exiting the turnaround and encroaching on the cultural resource. The potential requirement may result in a firm-fixed-price contract solicited approximately January/February 2025. If solicited, the Government intends to award the anticipated requirement approximately March/April 2025. The Government estimates that construction of the potential requirement can be completed within 365 calendar days from receipt of Notice to Proceed. If market conditions indicate this estimate may be unrealistic, Respondents are encouraged to provide specific information (such as known equipment lead times or other timeline concerns) for Government consideration when responding to this Sources Sought Notice. In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204(e), the Government currently estimates the magnitude of construction for the potential project is $500,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for the potential requirement is anticipated to be 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. The small business size standard for the NAICS, as established by the U.S. Small Business Administration, is $45,000,000 annual revenue. The Product Service Code for the potential requirement is anticipated to be Y1QA, Construction of Restoration of Real Property (Public or Private). If there is a reasonable expectation that at least two (2) responsible small business concerns under this NAICS can provide the anticipated services at fair market prices, the Contracting Officer is required to set the acquisition aside for small business concerns. If competition is set-aside for small businesses, FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting, requires that general construction small business Contractors self-perform at least fifteen percent (15%) of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials. If no set aside is made, the requirement is competed with full and open competition, and the awarded Contractor is not a small business, the Contractor will be required to self-perform the percent of work identified in the solicitation under FAR 52.236-1, Performance of Work by the Contractor. Contractors with the skill, capabilities, workload capacity, and ability to obtain bonding to complete the project described above (either through self-performance and/or Subcontractor management) are invited to provide capability statements to the primary point of contact listed below. Other than small businesses are also encouraged to submit Capability Statements. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: Responses must be limited to ten (10) 8.5 x 11-inch pages with a minimum font size of point 10. Please provide the following information: 1) Company name, System for Award Management Unique Entity Identification number (SAM UEID) or Employer Identification Number (EIN), address, point of contact name, contact phone number, contact e-mail address, and statement identifying whether the company employs union or non-union workers. 2) Experience and capability to complete contracts of similar magnitude and complexity to the potential requirement, including at least three (3) examples of comparable work performed within the past three (3) years. Each example should include a brief description of the project, description of the work performed (identification of self-performance and/or Subcontractor management), customer name, customer satisfaction, timeliness of performance, dollar value of the project, and whether there were any challenges experienced during the project (delays, investigations, health and safety issues, labor shortages, management/organizational issues, etc.). The Government is looking for a construction contractor however, this requirement involves elements of graphic design. Therefore, please provide experience with projects that include elements of graphic design work. 3) Business size and socioeconomic type for the applicable NAICS (ex: Woman-Owned Small Business, Serviced-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), certified Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), 8(a) Participant, small business, or other than small business (large business)). 4) Bonding capability (in the form of a Surety letter). . Please submit all capabilities statements, information, brochures, and/or marketing material as one (1) document, limited to the page maximum above. Responses will not be considered an offer, proposal, or bid for any solicitation that may result from this Notice. Moreover, responses will not restrict the Government to an acquisition approach. This Notice is for information and planning purposes only. Respondents will not be notified of the results of any review conducted or the capability statements received. Please provide responses and/or questions by e-mail to the Contract Specialist, Jessica Padilla, at (Jessica.Padilla@usace.army.mil) by 8:00 a.m. (PT) Monday, 10 January 2025. Please include the Sources Sought Notice number, ‘W9123825S0010’ in the e-mail subject line.