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SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS For Horizontal Construction Contracts In Support of the Fort Worth District, USACE This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; a market survey for information only, to be used for p... SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS For Horizontal Construction Contracts In Support of the Fort Worth District, USACE This is a SOURCES SOUGHT announcement; 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 SYNOPSIS, THEREFORE NO PROPOSALS ARE REQUIRED AT THIS TIME. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this synopsis or any follow up information requests. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the Sources Sought or resulting market research. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District has a requirement for horizontal construction services requiring the solicitation and award of Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) in support of Department of Homeland Security Programs. The proposed task orders under these MATOCs may be firm-fixed price, fixed price economic price adjustment (FPEPA) or Fixed Price Incentive Firm (FPIF). The actions will be both Design-Build (DB) and Design-Bid-Build (DBB). The Government has identified many projects that will be advertised under the MATOCs that result from this sources sought and other market research efforts. It is the intent of the Government to identify the size and quantity of horizontal construction actions that small businesses and socio-economic programs can support and build an Acquisition Plan and resulting MATOCs that will allow for maximum use of the small business community. The horizontal MATOC requirement is currently estimated to be approximately $16 Billion. It is anticipated that this requirement will be disbursed to multiple MATOC pools with differing geographic boundaries in Texas and the Southwest United States. The results of the market research will determine the type of business set-asides, MATOC capacity, and maximum Task Order size in the resulting Requests for Proposals (RFPs). Contracts typically have a 1 year base period and four 1 year option period(s) for a total of 5 years. However MATOC durations may vary. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities and qualifications of various members 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), and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB). The Government must ensure there is adequate competition among the potential pool of responsible firms. The North American Industry Classification System code for this procurement is 237310, Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction, which has a small business size standard of $36.5M. The type projects anticipated to be completed under the resulting contracts include construction or repair of: roads, boat ramps, parking lots, retaining walls, fences, walls, runways, drainage improvements, and runways. These projects may be design-build or design-bid-build. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting that they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with their own employees for general construction-type procurement. Prior Government contract work is not required for submitting a response under this sources sought synopsis. Anticipated RFP issuance date is on or about 6 March 2020. The official synopsis citing the solicitation number will be issued on Federal Business Opportunities www.fbo.gov and inviting firms to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued. Responses to this Synopsis shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information: The completed Sources Sought Response document included as an attachment to this Sources Sought. Interested Firms shall respond to this Sources Sought Synopsis no later than 17 January 2020. All interested firms must be registered at www.sam.gov to be eligible for award of Government contracts. Email your response to Robert Lopez at Robert.J.Lopez@usace.army.mil