Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

************************************************************************************************************************************************** This amendment adds to the list of brandname or equal... ************************************************************************************************************************************************** This amendment adds to the list of brandname or equal items. All other things remain the same. **************************************************************************************************************************************************** THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR BIDS/PROPOSAL. THERE WILL NOT BE A SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this notice or any follow-up information requests. Notification of Brand Name or Equal Items. In accordance with Section 888(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) (Public Law 114-328) as implemented by Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 206.302-1(c)(2), the justification and approval (J&A) addressed in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.303 is required in order to use brand name descriptions in the solicitation for a construction project. This justification and approval is being prepared for the use of a brand name descriptions on items in the firm fixed price construction contract for the Riverbank Park Lot 12 project located in Fort Meade, MD. This project will be solicited as a small business set aside and only to those offerors who have been prequalified. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to include the following proprietary architectural finishes in a solicitation for a construction acquisition under authority of FAR 6.302-1(c)(1), as basis of design. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research ONLY to determine the availability of the following Brand Name Components. This project may include a Brand Name only component, as described below, unless the results of this sources sought notification indicates otherwise. These brand name references are necessary to effectively communicate architectural finish selections of the design. Item Description: Architectural CMU; Brandname/Manufacturer: Trendstone or Trenwyth Industries; Model Name or Model Number: Trendstone, Butter Brickle Item Description: Architectural CMU; Brandname/Manufacturer: Trendstone or Trenwyth Industries; Model Name or Model Number: Northfield, Trendstone, Midwest White Item Description: Architectural CMU; Brandname/Manufacturer: Trendstone or Trenwyth Industries; Model Name or Model Number: Trendstone, Shadow Gray Item Description: Aluminum Composite Material; Brandname/Manufacturer: Alucobond Plus or Alucobond Axcent; Model Name or Model Number: UC120150XL Duranar XL Champagne Gold, Alucobond beige Item Description: Metal Plank Ceiling; Brandname/Manufacturer: Armstrong Metal Works Linear-Classics; Model Name or Model Number: Effects Oak (FXOK, FXOK2) Item Description: Chemical Resistant Resinous Flooring; Brandname/Manufacturer: Stonhard; Model Name or Model Number: Semi Glossy Stoncrete EFX & Stonseal SK6 Item Description: Porcelain Wall Tile; Brandname/Manufacturer: Daltile; Model Name or Model Number: Elixir, Remedy RD20 Item Description: Type O1E Lighting Fixtures; Brandname/Manufacturer: Lithonia; Model Name or Model Number: LED-42C-530-40K-SR5-MVOLT-DNAXD No awards will be made from this Sources Sought Notice and no solicitation will be available at this time. However, responses to this Sources Sought Notice will be used to determine an appropriate acquisition strategy for future acquisitions. This notification serves three purposes: (1) to notify potential offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name only component under future construction projects; (2) to identify potential sources that can provide the brand name only item and/or equivalent; (3) notification of the Army's intent to contract sole source for a Brand Name Only if the market is unable to provide 'equivalent' products. In the event no equivalent equipment exists, the Brand Name Only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR Part 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source". A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted for consideration. In such instances, the brand name or equal component will be embedded in the construction project that will be issued competitively. Only that part of the project requiring brand name components will be sole source if no sources are able to prove an equal product. All responsible sources may submit a capability statement which shall be considered by the agency. The submission must be received no later 3:00 PM Eastern Time on May 24, 2024 to erica.a.eaton@usace.army.mil. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.