Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for administrative or contractual questions is Contract Specialist Monique Paano at email: Monique.A.Paano@usace.army.mil. Please no phone calls. All questions m... POINT-OF-CONTACT: The point-of-contact for administrative or contractual questions is Contract Specialist Monique Paano at email: Monique.A.Paano@usace.army.mil. Please no phone calls. All questions must be submitted in writing to the above point-of-contact. FOR INFORMATION ONLY: This Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation Notice is ONLY A NOTIFICATION that a solicitation is anticipated and forthcoming. All questions regarding this Synopsis/Pre-Solicitation should be submitted in writing via email to Ms. Paano at the email indicated above. Sources Sought Announcement for this project was listed on FBO under W912DW-19-X-04SB. Summary Scope of Work (SOW): OVERVIEW: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Seattle District, requires replacement of the bulkhead for placement in front of the sluice gates at Libby Dam, MT. The bulkhead will be fabricated at the contractor's fabrication shop, and delivered onsite, with incidental installation of bearing surface plates for bulkhead storage in the existing slot. The emergency sluice gate is used for emergency closure of the main sluice way or regulating outlet for the spillway. This gate is comprised of a single section and it takes one emergency sluice gate to close the sluice way. The emergency sluice gate is raised and lowered by the intake crane auxiliary hoist. The emergency sluice gate is equipped with stainless steel roller chains which allow the gate to move up and down under unequal hydrostatic loads and flow during emergency closure scenarios. DELIVERABLE: The contract will include fabrication, painting, delivery, installation, and testing of the gate, ballast plates, seals, cathodic protection, dogging beams, and minor installation of the new bearing surface for dogging at the existing slot on the dam. Approximate gate dimensions: 13' x 21' x 3'. Approximate Weight with No Ballast Plates = 62,000 lbs Approximate Weight with 3 Layers of Ballast Plates = 103,000 lbs. Solicitation number W912DW19R0016 will be posted to the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov, on or about 6 May 2019. The solicitation will be a Request for Proposals. Proposals will be due no sooner than 30 calendar days after actual solicitation issuance date. See the solicitation for details about proposal submission. The NAICS code for this procurement is 332312, Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing, and the associated small business size standard is 500 employees. The solicitation will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The solicitation documents for this requirement will be issued in electronic format only and will be made available online via the FBO website at www.fbo.gov under the subject solicitation number. NO CD's OR HARD COPIES WILL BE AVAILABLE. Offerors are responsible for checking for any update(s) to the Notice/Solicitation. The Government is not responsible for any loss of Internet connectivity or for an offeror's inability to access the document(s) posted at the referenced website. To obtain automatic notifications of updates to this notice, you must log in to www.fbo.gov and add the solicitation to your Watchlist. If you would like to list your firm so others can see you are an interested vendor, you must click the Add Me To Interested Vendors button in the listing for this solicitation on www.fbo.gov. The FBO Response Date listed elsewhere in this synopsis is for FBO archive purposes only. It may have no relationship to the actual solicitation due date. The solicitation due date and time will be contained in the solicitation and any solicitation amendments that are issued. IMPORTANT NOTICE: All contractors proposing on Department of Defense (DoD) solicitations must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database prior to award of a contract. The purpose of this database is to provide basic business information and capabilities to the Government. The SAM website can be accessed at www.sam.gov. Contractors are encouraged to register as soon as possible. All new contracts can be made ONLY to contractors who are registered in SAM. This requirement applies to all DoD contract awards.